Sigh. A few days late and what will ultimately prove to be millions of dollars short.
Two days after corruptocrat Terry McAuliffe won the governorship, tabloid site Gawker finally decided to acknowledge that yes, Virginia, McAuliffe is a “sleazebag”:
Meet Virginia's new sleazebag governor. http://t.co/MYj1FkRTfJ
— Gawker (@Gawker) November 7, 2013
Tweeters couldn’t help but wonder why Gawker didn’t think this was worth knowing before Election Day:
Gawker: "We waited 'till after the election so he could win" RT @Gawker: Meet Virginia's new sleazebag governor. http://t.co/l5HOLcA1w9
— Erik Soderstrom (@soderstrom) November 7, 2013
Weird how journos just discovered he was sleazy AFTER the election RT @Gawker Meet Virginia's new sleazebag governor http://t.co/33KlAekqGC
— Vincent Adultman (@MavisGary) November 7, 2013
Gawker: the place to find news that you coulda used but now it's too late. MT @Gawker: Meet VA's new sleazebag gov http://t.co/gVOkXJlX8x
— FilmLadd (@FilmLadd) November 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/398497120216313857
Also funny?
Also this: http://t.co/KU1fOKz21I RT @JGreenDC Funny this ran now and not a few days ago http://t.co/BygpvCfaz2 …
— Drew (@FigDrewton) November 7, 2013
That’s right. Mother Jones also took its sweet time with its McAuliffe exposé.
It was smart of Mother Jones to save this for election day. Wouldn't want to *actually* hurt The Macker: http://t.co/s3rOCiB3Gn
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) November 7, 2013
At least Mother Jones didn’t wait until after the election was completely over, but this is still a major journalism fail. Did it ever occur to MoJo that voters really could’ve used this information before going to the polls?
Would have been nice to know this a couple weeks ago: http://t.co/JIXLncXbSC
— Daniel Sattelberger (@DanSattelberger) November 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/FBillMcMorris/status/397940744599916544
https://twitter.com/bcody11/status/397925689472847872
If you're going to write about McAuliffe's crony background, might want to do it before election day #VAGov http://t.co/dOr5AEEBwj
— K. I. Pines (@KIPines) November 6, 2013
Even liberal @motherjones can't stand @TerryMcAuliffe. Of course they wouldn't admit it until almost after the fact. http://t.co/IzIz8VVZiS
— Peter A. Finocchio (@PeterAFinocchio) November 7, 2013
From @MotherJones http://t.co/xwBxWW3aqt who were brave enough to post this after 1:00 PM Virginia time today.
Enjoy that Virginia.
— Eric Teetsel (@EricTeetsel) November 6, 2013
Way to go, media hacks.
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