Terry McAuliffe Makes Bizarre TV Appearance With A Bottle Of Rum

Clinton campaign Chair Terry McAuliffe boldly combined flacking for Senator Clinton with an audition for A&E's Intervention in one completely loopy Morning Joe appearance. Clad in the most hideous shirt ever made, bearing a large bottle of rum, and braying at host Mika Brzezinski that they were going to drink on on the set of the show Wednesday morning. Brzezinski responded to the overture with a noise that sounded like: "Weeehhhh-heeeheeeeheeeoookay," later adding, "...wow." But McAuliffe, despite being overtired, seemingly sauced, and on the run from Obama-supporting Puerto Rico based chupacabras, nevertheless effortlessly recited the campaign talking points, predicted a victory in South Dakota, and offered the somewhat presumptuous statement, "I don't think Hillary will declare victory tomorrow night." Then, it was off for some more pina coladas!

[WATCH.]

BRZEZINSKI: And, joining us now, Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe looking very good in his Hawaiian shirt or maybe Puerto Rico shirt.

MCAULIFFE: Puerto Rico.

BRZEZINSKI: How are you, Terry? How are you?

MCAULIFFE: I just got back at 2:00 this morning, and Mika, I want you to know, I brought you back your own Bacardi Gold from Puerto Rico. You and I are going to share this together and celebrate another big win by Hillary Clinton.

BRZEZINSKI: Weeehhhh-heeeheeeeheeeoookay! I'm ready for that Terry, I'm ready.

MCAULIFFE: And good news is, tomorrow night we are going to have Hillary Clinton's celebration in New York so I will be with her, I will be on set with you wednesday morning, in person.

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BRZEZINSKI: Oh, and Terry, Terry, bring the bottle. okay?

MCAULIFFE: We'll have it to celebrate Hillary, the nominee of the Democratic party.

BRZEZINSKI: Wow. Okay. There would be some not so god news, though, to bring that, I'm sorry to bring you down a bit and please don't start drinking that because that's for me. But the delegate count doesn't add up, Terry?

MCAULIFFE: Yep.

BRZEZINSKI: Especially now, more added toward Obama.

MCAULIFFE: Yep...Listen, what I've said and I've said it on your show for a while. By the time the process is over, it is now clear that Hillary Clinton has gotten more candidates more than any person ever running for president. We're ahead in the popular vote. We added 142,000 last night. What's important last night is this was 100% Hispanic primary, and once again, Hillary won by more than two to one. A key, core constituency for the fall election. Who's the best in the general election? Hillary Clinton. You have had that map up. Look at that map and those states we have to win this fall. Hillary Clinton has won all of those states that we have to win this fall. So last night was another big win. Add that to last week in Kentucky, the week before West Virginia, the week before in Indiana, then Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio. She has been on a roll.

BRZEZINSKI: Okay, Terry, I mean, you're good.

Comments

[GayGrandpa]

He is going to need more than a cup of Joe come Wednesday morning...­he is going to be hung over and the rest of us will be drinking Mimosas! YES WE CAN!

[tompaineaz]

Have you seen these numbers:

http://www.americanresearchgroup.com/

Blowout in SD by Hillary.

Has anyone seen similar figures?

[clintfatigue]

It's SO over. Time to accept.

[kristin]

Was that Bagdad Bob ---I mean, Puerto Rican Bob I just listened to. Or was that Terry McAulliffe on The Onion. Or is it just definitely waaaay past time for this Democratic primary to be over.

[tulsey]

Terry is on of my favourite gandy dancer popinjays. He should go on tour with Carvelle in Dem Con Jam to help with Hill's bills.

[mesuki]

Even at the very end,they're still spinning this Hillary won crap. I'm so glad The Clinton camp won't be running this country. They're so full of s- - -!

[jungpatawan]

16 delegates on a dead campaign
Yo ho ho and a botte of rum!

Maybe this guy should have had the brain surgrey today!

JP

[Braveheart1]

LOL!!

[Zoolie]

How can you tell if he's drunk, or not? He's always bizzare.

Mika seems smitten by him.

[Testtubebaby]

Lawd, she's smitten with anything that swings low.

[Grannysue]

Guess him and Icky head and Hill will be doin shots tomorrow huh!

[rcpmac]

http://i26.tinypic.com/fvv1bk.jpg

[RRonin]

"Ran into a chum with a bottle of rum
and we wound up drinking all night" - J. Buffett

[foneric]

Terry is a complete douche. Name one success that he achieved for the Democratic party while he was head of the DNC. Answer, helping the republicans win the house and senate and the White House. He is worhless and we have way too many like him and Carville, Begala, Brazile, Lanny Davis, the list is almost endless. And when someone like Dean or Obama try to rally grassroots Dems for a common cause the Clinton proteges will slash and burn anyone who isn't in their DLC win of the party.

[Rockwell]

Wow. He went all Paula Abdul on us. The man's obviously been drowning his sorrows. The bitter ex boyfriend who's in denial about being dumped. Hillary's going to concede tomorrow night and she told the campaign over the weekend.

I think Terry, Lanny and some other rabid Clintonites already had the curtains picked out for their West Wing offices and they just can't deal with this new reality.

[Brooklynindy]

Having lived in Puerto Rico for 10 years, I have the following observations:

1) No need to slam the guy for bringing home a bottle of rum from Puerto Rico. Everyone returning from PR does so. Why the puritanism?

2) Please DO slam the shirt. Only tourists wear those tacky flowered shirts, the natives never did, never will.

3) There is no valid comparison between the mainland Hispanic vote (which in itself is not monolithic, either) and the Puerto Rican vote. Vastly different cultures, voter profiles and political cultures. Clinton won because she's already very well known in Puerto Rico and because she campaigned like Puerto Rican politicians do, with loudspeakers blaring music through the neighborhoods, waving and giving out goodies.

One of the goodies that appeared this past week in Puerto Rico was a flyer titled, "Do you really know who Barack Obama is?", asserting that he's part of some secret Islamic group whose goal is to infiltrate politics, achieve Obama's election as president, and then destroy the government from inside...G­ood, clean campaigning.

[tgh86]

Terry's next job: Daily Show correspondent.

[billrott]

The great Terry McAulliffe. Here waDsults from when he was DNC Chair:

2002:

Senate: Republicans picked up 2 seats
House: Republicans picked up 8 seats

2004:

Senate: Republicans picked up 4 seats
House: Republicans picked up 3 seats
President: George W. Bush won