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Another racist democrat

Deacfreak07 said:
Well at least it’s official. What an asshole.
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He's probably hoping that the troubles of Fairfax and Herring will move the spotlight off him, he can ride out the storm, and this will somehow die down. Which, imo, isn't going to happen and is a terrible miscalculation on his part. I think I saw a poll where his support had plummeted since this scandal broke. I don't know what he expects his base of support to be if he tries to stay on. The Democrats have abandoned him and called on him to resign. The GOP doesn't like him because of his statement on late-term abortion (however misconstrued), so I don't think he'll pick up any new support from that quarter.

If he won't quit, the VA Dems will probably just publicly and officially disown him, and force him to be governor as an independent. Of course he can continue to claim he's a Democrat all he wants, but the state and national parties can make him a pariah - no attendance, participation, or invites to party functions or events, no delegate status at the 2020 DNC, etc. I wonder if they'll try to impeach and remove him - there would probably be support to do so from both sides of the aisle in his case.
 
So let me get this straight..the black guy is going to be the only one to lose his job.
 
No idea what the impeachment/removal from office standards are in Virginia- I would assume he could be impeached by the legislature.

Or, according to junebug, a prominent Democrat could just call him (not sure who) and let him know he must step down and then it would happen. Given that Northam can only serve 1 term, not sure how junebug thinks such a prominent democrat has any leverage to make that happen. Northam's political career is over whether he steps down now or at the end of his term.

Maybe he believes in the Clinton kill list and thinks that Killary will let him know that he has to step down or be murdered like Vince Foster.
 
Impeaching somebody for that seems totally ludicrous and is a slippery slope. I mean the purpose of impeachment is due to some sort of malfeasance and basically all we've got on this guy is that he showed particularly poor taste in college.
 
And is lying about it now.

I agree impeachment is too far. He should do the right thing and resign after losing the confidence of his party. Same with Fairfax.
 
The Washington Post is looking pretty piss-poor here..might need an Enquirer story for cover..
 
ChrisL68 said:
Impeaching somebody for that seems totally ludicrous and is a slippery slope. I mean the purpose of impeachment is due to some sort of malfeasance and basically all we've got on this guy is that he showed particularly poor taste in college.
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He has actually lied from the get go.

As for Fairfax..every American is afforded the right to defend themselves no matter the accusation or “how credible” the evidence against them appears. I don’t know much about Lt Gov. Fairfax..but hasn't it always been our basic understanding of our fundamental rights as American Citizens that we each be afforded due process under the law? That we are not sentenced and convicted on accusation alone?

The AG..he has the most cover. He gathered with members of the black caucus and a show of tears was made and duly reported. He has some “cathartic display” on his side.
 
We will see if basic democratic principles can survive even socialist light
 
A prominent politician lied?

News flash - We can quibble about the severity of the lies, but they all lie.
 
WFU71 said:
A prominent politician lied?

News flash - We can quibble about the severity of the lies, but they all lie.
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yeah, well that's true, but it's more OK for Democrats to lie because they mean well (and according to Ocasio-Cortez, they are morally right), and, well ... Trump ...
 
You’re posting that on a thread with a bunch of democrats calling on democrats to resign for, among other things, lying.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
You’re posting that on a thread with a bunch of democrats calling on democrats to resign for, among other things, lying.
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You’re assuming sailor has any idea what he is posting. The fact that bis fingers still work is something of a minor miracle. Most people with advanced-stage dementia lose the ability to type.
 
The UVa yearbook is
named for blackface.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outl...1b268c-2b0d-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html

See article for supporting links.


“The state’s flagship university, the University of Virginia (where Herring’s performance took place), embraced blackface enthusiastically, especially once the Civil War meant that the school could no longer rely on income from hiring out enslaved people it owned to work on nearby plantations. Starting during Reconstruction, U-Va. made blackface a part of its fundraising strategy. In 1886 or 1887, the official University Minstrel Troupe donated the proceeds of its show to the construction of the university chapel, where couples continue to marry each year. The show, which included a “stump speech” — a stand-up comedy routine lampooning black politicians — also featured a “Berlesque of Mikado,” probably in yellowface.

For decades, the U-Va. minstrel troupe “sweetly” sang in “darky dialect,” as their programs put it, to raise funds. During World War I, a university-sponsored minstrel show took place on the steps of the Rotunda. The school’s yearbook is named “Corks and Curls,” minstrel slang for the burned cork used to blacken faces and the curly Afro wigs that were signature costume pieces (though the yearbook officially denies that’s where the name came from), and scores of old copies highlight the prominence of blackface on campus.”
 
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