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OliverQ

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11. Yeah, he did blackface in 2018. Not 35 years ago.

Reply to KayF (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 1, 2019, 09:51 PM

Feb 2019

We also know it's extremely rare for Republicans to ever resign over something like that. Usually they get promoted.

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Must be dinner time. Democrats are eating their own again. [View all] NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 OP

Eating their own is something Democrats do really well. LisaL Feb 2019 #1

Unfortunately! COLGATE4 Feb 2019 #69

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Feb 2019 #2

LOL. No. He should clearly resign. He was 25 at the time, not a teenager or a child. manor321 Feb 2019 #3

My god. It was 35 VERY LONG YEARS AGO, & it doesn't and SHOULDN'T define the man TODAY. LBM20 Feb 2019 #5

It wasn't "dumb", it was hateful. Deliberately so. Codeine Feb 2019 #59

BINGO ChubbyStar Feb 2019 #61

The only solution is to fully integrate the entire country. I think the lack of diversity delisen Feb 2019 #64

It was also 35 years ago and he didn't commit any crimes OliverQ Feb 2019 #8

I do not agree with you. Desert grandma Feb 2019 #10

I so agree with you! Desert grandma Feb 2019 #4

the Sec of State of Florida just resigned KayF Feb 2019 #6

But that behavior was so much more recent. LBM20 Feb 2019 #9

Yeah, he did blackface in 2018. Not 35 years ago. OliverQ Feb 2019 #11

If you're referring to Gov. Northam cyclonefence Feb 2019 #7

Oh heck, it was 35 LONG years ago. Please. DUMB and WRONG but SO long ago. We don't crucify people LBM20 Feb 2019 #12

If you are not a person of color cyclonefence Feb 2019 #13

Thank you. jrthin Feb 2019 #38

Guarantee the GOP is already scouring for something to pin on Fairfax Jake Stern Feb 2019 #14

It works every time Bettie Feb 2019 #34

35 years ago, he has apologized. No one gets through this life without doing Autumn Feb 2019 #15

We are allowing our party to be manipulated to having no NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 #16

If it was a Republican governor the GOP would close ranks and support him. Autumn Feb 2019 #18

That GOP Governor would still be an open bigot today. Dawson Leery Feb 2019 #30

Amen appalachiablue Feb 2019 #39

I can't even conceive of the Democrats rallying around him KayF Feb 2019 #17

We really do love to eat our own. It's monumentally fucked up. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2019 #19

Can I share that banging wall with you? NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 #21

You sure can, anytime! Plenty of room here. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2019 #22

You'll run out of space on that wall soon enough Bettie Feb 2019 #35

I hear you, my dear Bettie... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2019 #36

Is there more room? mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #60

Absolutely! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2019 #63

Me too. COLGATE4 Feb 2019 #70

If there is nothing else like this in his past, I would forgive him. He was young - 25. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #37

"Our own" should not include his ilk. nt Codeine Feb 2019 #68

So, we are the party of perfection. No mistakes, no learning, NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 #20

No Ted Kennedy, No Robert Byrd Jake Stern Feb 2019 #43

Obviously any honors bestowed on Ted Kennedy should be recalled. JFK was a womanizer delisen Feb 2019 #67

I live in the South OBrien Feb 2019 #23

Wow. babylonsister Feb 2019 #24

You rang??? NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 #25

Demnivorous. democratisphere Feb 2019 #26

I like that...must remember. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 #27

When i first heard about this I didn't marlakay Feb 2019 #28

Agreed. Snackshack Feb 2019 #29

That is our superpower. elfin Feb 2019 #31

Good points. nt Baltimike Feb 2019 #32

Northam may be one of "your own," but he is not one of mine fountainofyouth Feb 2019 #33

+1 Codeine Feb 2019 #66

We claim Vermont as a state despite the fact it allowed racism to drive its African delisen Feb 2019 #71

If he resigns the Lt. Gov Justin Fairfax will take his place yaesu Feb 2019 #40

You know, maybe we would be well-served in this instance by adopting the usual republican stance... Volaris Feb 2019 #41

Sorry but his own lack of convincing damage control here certainly didn't do him any UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #42

K&R UTUSN Feb 2019 #44

Meanwhile, Repug Senator Hawley continues to vote creep judges to lifetime appointments Hassler Feb 2019 #45

Yes a mistake but leaders have to lead angrychair Feb 2019 #46

They've been trying their best here in New Jersey DirtEdonE Feb 2019 #47

come on...if it were a Republican Chakaconcarne Feb 2019 #48

Don't care if it's been 35 years ago - hate is hate. KKK hoods and blackface are symbols iluvtennis Feb 2019 #49

Exactly. We Are Better Than This. Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #51

So crucify someone for their entire life over a dumb mistake decades ago? Not right. LBM20 Feb 2019 #53

Not wanting to be represented by a person Codeine Feb 2019 #65

Agreed. Owl Feb 2019 #50

we need... myohmy2 Feb 2019 #52

The Lt Gov would replace him and the Lt Gov is a Dem. iluvtennis Feb 2019 #54

thank you... myohmy2 Feb 2019 #58

Preet Bharara says "Be Gone" iluvtennis Feb 2019 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author appalachiablue Feb 2019 #56

Rev Dr Barber: Yes, the photo of Gov Northam is a form of racism that's ugly & grotesque, BUT... iluvtennis Feb 2019 #57

Afraid so. delisen Feb 2019 #62

K&R nt backtoblue Feb 2019 #72