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Vogon_Glory

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14. The people calling for Northam's resignation live in
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 10:29 AM
Feb 2019

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Such rarified circles that they’ve never heard of Cory Stewart, But they’d cheerfully hands Virginia’s government over to Republican reactionaries to prove some arcane and obtuse political point that they alone understand.


Living in a state with three horrible right-Wing reactionaries as Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Attorney General, I can’t help but question the quality of either their thought processes or their connection to reality.

I’m old enough to to remember decades of right-Wing bleating about the late Senator Robert Byrd’s onetime membership in the KKK, nearly HALF A CENTURY AFTER BYRD QUIT!!!

I’d have thought that more Democrats would have learned from the experience.


Losing Al Franken wasn’t enough. Maybe the purists can get Elizabeth Warren to resign because she once walked under a ladder or Kamala Harris to quit because she occasionally steps on a crack in the sidewalk.



Steward ran for senate not governor dsc Feb 2019 #1
You're right, he ran for senator maxrandb Feb 2019 #10
and there goes the whole premise of your post shanny Feb 2019 #103
I am a little confused as how old he was at th time. olegramps Feb 2019 #35
Some clarity -- He was a 25 year old Med student -- NOT college aged whathehell Feb 2019 #57
We know that's the yearbook it's in ... one from 1984 mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #79
Please tell me.. whathehell Feb 2019 #89
We really need to move away from pretending like... cbdo2007 Feb 2019 #2
"A Klan hood has always been a Klan hood: It's meant to terrify and intimidate..." DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #4
Well said. Tipperary Feb 2019 #27
Evidently, the publisher didn't share you morals. olegramps Feb 2019 #38
How many of us True Blue American Feb 2019 #66
Yep, why work to destroy us when they know we will destroy ourselves... cbdo2007 Feb 2019 #120
I agree. True Blue American Feb 2019 #122
How many of us are governors? Drunken Irishman Feb 2019 #135
Doesn't matter True Blue American Feb 2019 #136
Yes it does. Drunken Irishman Feb 2019 #137
Again it's not what he did 50 years ago is what he didn't admit to 5 months ago uponit7771 Feb 2019 #106
Having everyone "admit" what they did 50 years ago though is the problem. cbdo2007 Feb 2019 #119
Most of us have different versions of your past. True Blue American Feb 2019 #123
You can simply give a summation of the past and admit to doing really stupid stuff but then uponit7771 Feb 2019 #129
The bottom line is Northam is hurting the party. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #3
I believe the party is hurting itself by the outrageous rush to judgment. democratisphere Feb 2019 #11
If a guy who voted for George Walker Bush twice is our best we need to do a lot better. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #13
This leaves no room for change or growth. phylny Feb 2019 #65
It is no longer about Northam. Every prominent Democrat DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #67
That vote adds some to the persuasion that he should leave treestar Feb 2019 #92
"Was he a Repub that recently?" DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #96
P we did do a lot better relative to the Republican that was running uponit7771 Feb 2019 #107
My friend, he won because he had a D after his name DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #108
It is not a "rush to judgement" to condemn a white man who dressed in blackface Tarc Feb 2019 #18
Not a Civil Discussion Roy Rolling Feb 2019 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #22
This is EXACTLY the place it belongs. Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2019 #56
No, whether or not you like the idea, white privilege is quite real. PatrickforO Feb 2019 #77
This was in the news 4 days ago. wcast Feb 2019 #128
What the heck? Boomer Feb 2019 #100
What is not civil is how we are being treated by the party whopis01 Feb 2019 #118
There is absolutely no proof that Northam was in blackface democratisphere Feb 2019 #23
He admitted it. Tipperary Feb 2019 #28
Shoe polish on facial cheeks is not blackface. I sure wouldn't want democratisphere Feb 2019 #31
Shoe polish on the whole face is, which is what is pictured. nt Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2019 #58
The statement made by Northam is completely unrelated to the democratisphere Feb 2019 #59
He originally stated it was him. Then he backtracked. Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2019 #63
He admitted he was in the blackface/klan pic. Tipperary Feb 2019 #104
Not in the most recent press conference on Saturday, February 2. democratisphere Feb 2019 #110
Lol. And you believe this. Tipperary Feb 2019 #112
Prove that he is in the picture. So far, no one can. democratisphere Feb 2019 #113
Please keep up DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #32
That statement was made on 2/1/19. Northam's statement democratisphere Feb 2019 #37
Was he lying on Friday or was he lying on Saturday? DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #39
I think that you are losing. olegramps Feb 2019 #40
Unfortunately we are all losing when presumed innocent people democratisphere Feb 2019 #44
"Mob mentality"? "Rush to judgement"?...Huh? whathehell Feb 2019 #68
There is no proof that Northam is the person in either costume democratisphere Feb 2019 #124
..It's nothing like the Al Franken case whathehell Feb 2019 #134
Keep digging. olegramps Feb 2019 #121
Far too many Democrats are way ahead of me. democratisphere Feb 2019 #125
Now I can agree with that. Yes they signed on to the condemnation of racism long ago. olegramps Feb 2019 #130
So did I, along with Northam. democratisphere Feb 2019 #131
Like lying to the citizens on a hourly basis. olegramps Feb 2019 #133
It is in his yearbook; he owns it. Tarc Feb 2019 #45
His yearbook? He said he never obtained the year book. democratisphere Feb 2019 #49
He's hurting us with a vital demographic. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #64
If it is confirmed that Northam is innocent, Democrats will democratisphere Feb 2019 #72
What part of he said it was him in the photo don't you understand? DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #73
The majority of Virginia voters elected Northam, a Democrat, democratisphere Feb 2019 #76
It's not true because he said it was him in the photo (REDUX) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #82
2/2/19 was the latest claim that it was not Northam in the photo. democratisphere Feb 2019 #94
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus. (REPRISE) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #95
Deflect, dodge, hide Tarc Feb 2019 #116
Who's a drunken redumbliCON alleged rapist? democratisphere Feb 2019 #117
Great point. True Blue American Feb 2019 #70
Thanks for your rational, reasonable support! democratisphere Feb 2019 #74
THANK YOU. Rainbow Droid Feb 2019 #115
In this post, you get Northam's name and his opponent wrong... SidDithers Feb 2019 #5
25 year old Medical school grad not 20 Blues Heron Feb 2019 #6
LOL DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #8
Stewart was defeated in the Republican gubernatorial primary by Gillespie Recursion Feb 2019 #7
He defeated Ed Gillespie, which is bad enough to know what VA escaped. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #9
Whataboutism sellitman Feb 2019 #12
+100 cyclonefence Feb 2019 #16
Yet, some keep trying to get.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #42
BANG. My immediate reaction when I saw thread title. bullwinkle428 Feb 2019 #48
The people calling for Northam's resignation live in Vogon_Glory Feb 2019 #14
"The people calling for Northam's resignation live in View profile Such rarified circles that they'v DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #17
Fairfax is not a Republican reactionary. Iggo Feb 2019 #20
Because racial insensitivity is akin to walking under a ladder... Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2019 #61
Kampala Harris? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 #85
Cory Stewart lost in the primary; even the pukes didn't want him. shanny Feb 2019 #102
I am learning about Tom Perriello, whom Northam defeated in the primary. blogslut Feb 2019 #15
Recall that Perriello lost his Congressional seat in the "Tea Party bloodbath" year of 2010, bullwinkle428 Feb 2019 #52
I remember seeing him giving one of the best defenses of Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2019 #54
Redistricting also helped with his loss. phylny Feb 2019 #69
Wow! I'm kind of in love with Tom Perriello now nt renate Feb 2019 #111
Agree it is up to VA as they know the effects on the legislature treestar Feb 2019 #19
He was 25, not 20. nt Tipperary Feb 2019 #24
Just a note: LakeArenal Feb 2019 #25
Good one. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2019 #36
Prince Harry... LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #43
Calling things stupid is not any argument. LakeArenal Feb 2019 #60
Let's Make This Simple LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #71
I don't need your simplicity. I understand your argument. LakeArenal Feb 2019 #78
I'm not sure at this point if Northam is a racist..... LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #99
+1000! mcar Feb 2019 #105
If he wasn't a royal but an MP, especially a Labour MP , he likely would have had to resign. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #46
That's just speculation on your part. LakeArenal Feb 2019 #62
To an ordinary man it might look like speculation. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #81
Yes I'm so ordinary. You are so extraordinary LakeArenal Feb 2019 #83
I don't see the nexus between Prince Harry and Ralph Northam which exonerates either of them. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #87
and if Harry was Governor of VA now I would call for him to resign too TeamPooka Feb 2019 #86
Even if you think he's not a Nazi? Or do you think Prince Harry is a Nazi? LakeArenal Feb 2019 #93
No but Prince Harry would have told everybody about he's Nazi pictures uponit7771 Feb 2019 #109
"what I did in college". He was 25 years old and it was 1984. You aren't paying attention. manor321 Feb 2019 #26
Hopelessly Confused zentrum Feb 2019 #29
I'm a Virginian, and I agree with his post. Nitram Feb 2019 #30
He's hurting the party and ... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #34
I live in Virginia MarcoZandrini Feb 2019 #33
And.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #41
Well stated JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #47
It's called integrity Mabel Feb 2019 #50
I haven't read alot of these threads relating to this but TheFarseer Feb 2019 #51
If I were a person of color Mabel Feb 2019 #75
My post from last night underpants Feb 2019 #53
Sigh..He wasn't "in college", he was a 25 year old medical student whathehell Feb 2019 #55
1984 is the year the photo was put in a yearbook ... mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #80
Oh, give me a break! whathehell Feb 2019 #88
You don't know this yearbooks tradition ... maybe they reserve one spot for an older pic mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #90
Lol..Yeah.."maybe, maybe" whathehell Feb 2019 #97
You can't spell his name correctly and you got his opponent wrong. I'll pass on your rah-rah TeamPooka Feb 2019 #84
You should consider self-deleting or some serious editing Polybius Feb 2019 #91
The odd thing is he holds himself out a Virginian. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #98
Not holding myself out to be a Virginian maxrandb Feb 2019 #114
Weird thing about Corey Stewart riverwalker Feb 2019 #101
Good grief... I need to take a break from this forum. Basement Beat Feb 2019 #126
Your Counsel Is Wise But Will Be Ignored Vogon_Glory Feb 2019 #127
He has lost the confidence of the people and their leaders and consequently must go. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #132
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