To an ordinary man it might look like speculation. (Reply #81)

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DemocratSinceBirth (99,162 posts)

81. To an ordinary man it might look like speculation.

To an extraordinary man it looks like a reasonable inference.

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137 replies	Author	Time	Post
For those calling for Northems head, do you know Cory Stewart? [View all]	maxrandb	Feb 2019	OP
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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