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In reply to the discussion: Gov. Northam should not resign [View all]SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)17. Fine, but don't be upset when his voting base starts to look like one that doesn't...
believe in accountability for past racist incidents. His political career is over. No reason to let him drag the VA Dem party down with him because make no mistake the people most hurt by this revelation are the reason candidates like Ed Gillispie and Corey Stewart get and will continue to be defeated.
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I think it depends on the circumstances and we need to weigh each case on what happened and when.
cstanleytech
Feb 2019
#63
Aye it is and some of the people I have seen on other sites online calling for him to resign are
cstanleytech
Feb 2019
#69
Is that opinion based on recent actions of his or simply this one incident from 30+ years ago?
cstanleytech
Feb 2019
#65
No. This was 35 very long years ago. EVERYONE did something dumb when much younger and long ago.
LBM20
Feb 2019
#8
Kavanaugh lied NOW, acted like a child in the hearing NOW, and did crimes. VERY different.
LBM20
Feb 2019
#23
NO !!! BK lied 3.5 months ago and not 35 years ago. If he had just done a GWB and said when he
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#26
+1, the PRESENT is dirty has hell seeing they support an openly racist leader
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#24
If they are republican their PRESENT is not clean seeing they support an openly racist leader of
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#22
Insisting on clean histories for Republicans is one thing. Getting them is an entirely
Autumn
Feb 2019
#50
Fine, but don't be upset when his voting base starts to look like one that doesn't...
SaschaHM
Feb 2019
#17
Northham should resign at the same time in his term as George Allen did. Allen had a noose in his of
keithbvadu2
Feb 2019
#19
Because it was never brought up and he led a life that shows he is not racist. Do you ask for
LBM20
Feb 2019
#27
It think this is the bigger issue; Northram new the picture was there and didn't apologize for it...
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#29
He should only resign if Dems are committed to impeaching Kavenaugh for his lies.
Pepsidog
Feb 2019
#41