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Nice: Former DNC chair left his wife in the delivery room for a media party
McAuliffe, center, with his family (Image: Terry McAuliffe for Governor)

Nice: Former DNC chair left his wife in the delivery room for a media party

Buzzfeed's Andrew Kaczynski exposes the true politician behind "family man" Terry McAuliffe:

“We got there a little after noon and spent the whole afternoon in her room. I was trying hard not to appear restless, but I am not one to sit still for long and soon I was going stir-crazy, which drove Dorothy nuts. ‘Isn’t there something you need to do?’ she finally said. I told her The Washington Post was having a party that evening for Lloyd Grove, who wrote the ‘Reliable Source’ column. ‘Go!’ she said. ‘You’re like a caged animal here. I’ll call you if I need you.’ I went flying out the door and drove to the party. I kept calling Dorothy to make sure she was fine. I made the rounds at the party and ran into Marjorie Williams, who was writing a story on me for Vanity Fair, magazine. She was shocked to see me at the party. ‘Isn’t Dorothy having a baby today?’ she asked. ‘That’s right,’ I said, ‘but she threw me out the room.’ Marjorie just couldn’t understand how I left Dorothy alone. I almost told her about the night I was born and how my mother wanted my father to stay at home to watch Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, but decided against it. I went back to the hospital after the Washington Post party and at 3:33 A.M. little Sarah Swann McAuliffe was born.”

And who could forget how the former DNC chairman stopped on the way home from the hospital for a fundraiser?

It was after his son, Peter, was born when McAuliffe decided raising "a million bucks for the Democratic Party" was a higher priority than a crying wife and newborn son:

Dorothy was starting to well up in the backseat. She was having trouble understanding how I could be taking my wife and newborn baby to a fund-raiser on our way home from the hospital. We got to the dinner and by then Dorothy was in tears, and I left her with Justin [a campaign aide] and went inside. Little Peter was sleeping peacefully and Dorothy just sat there and poor Justin didn't say a word. He was mortified. I was inside maybe fifteen minutes, said a few nice things about [United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters President Marty Maddaloni], and hurried back out to the car. I felt bad for Dorothy, but it was a million bucks for the Democratic Party and by the time we got home and the kids had their new little brother in their arms, Dorothy was all smiles and we were one big happy family again. Nobody ever said life with me was easy.

Is there a way to possibly fit all that on a bumper sticker?

McAuliffe, center, with his family (Image: Terry McAuliffe for Governor)

McAuliffe, now running for governor in Virginia, released his first warm & fuzzy campaign ad last month.  See the video and put it into context after the jump...

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