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15. That was McAuliffe's "macacca moment"

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 11:03 AM

Nov 2021

Like when George Allen was running for reelection and made some racist remark to a South Asian college student reporter calling him "macca".

Sometimes a candidate commits a political faux pas that he can't recover from in a political campaign.

Allen made it clear he was a racist and lost an extremely close race to Jim Webb.

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Youngkin won because VA Republicans bought in to a simple stereotype...and so are folks here. [View all] brooklynite Nov 2021 OP

Looks like NJ swung even more, 16 points from last year BeyondGeography Nov 2021 #1

+1, Youngkin ran away from Trump like he stank !! No way GQP is going to do this nationally uponit7771 Nov 2021 #2

I would not put it that way. Youngkin finessed the Trump issue very masterfully. totodeinhere Nov 2021 #45

All fair points Mike 03 Nov 2021 #3

Nailed it Devil Child Nov 2021 #4

Youngkin won because the GOP can make up "issues" like CRT their media ecosystem supports them YessirAtsaFact Nov 2021 #5

Not to mention the GQP influence is fortified in their church services too. IrishAfricanAmerican Nov 2021 #8

More brainwashing YessirAtsaFact Nov 2021 #12

We ignore the church's influence at our own peril. lindysalsagal Nov 2021 #41

Yup Lemon Lyman Nov 2021 #13

Maybe all correct, but our candidate was a governor jimfields33 Nov 2021 #20

CRT had an impact. The exit polls show us as much. Drunken Irishman Nov 2021 #6

That was McAuliffe's "macacca moment" YessirAtsaFact Nov 2021 #15

Like you said, McAuliffe's comment in the debate ultimately sank him. bearsfootball516 Nov 2021 #28

Yup and to a lot of people, that's what the CRT debate boils down to. Drunken Irishman Nov 2021 #32

Journalist Alec MacGinnis said a big issue was that VA had more extended school closures than in any JoanofArgh Nov 2021 #7

Then why do all repugs stay one block in the Senate. rickyhall Nov 2021 #9

I mean yeah it is because our base stayed home qazplm135 Nov 2021 #10

It would be a mistake to think this FBaggins Nov 2021 #18

lol qazplm135 Nov 2021 #24

Lol indeed FBaggins Nov 2021 #30

one set of numbers is actually data qazplm135 Nov 2021 #35

You can't pull that "actual data" out of your rear end and expect it to smell rosey FBaggins Nov 2021 #37

Takes five seconds on Google qazplm135 Nov 2021 #38

I agree that you have the five second Google version. FBaggins Nov 2021 #40

Post removed Post removed Nov 2021 #42

It was definitely a waste of your time - but that was your fault FBaggins Nov 2021 #43

It became a thing because TM didn't effectively counter it. CRT isn't even taught in K-12 JohnSJ Nov 2021 #11

The spin that it "isn't even taught in K-12" WAS the counter. FBaggins Nov 2021 #19

I don't know why a simple sentence: "Critical Race Theory is not taught in our public schools. It is CTyankee Nov 2021 #21

It was said hundreds of times FBaggins Nov 2021 #22

True means true. CTyankee Nov 2021 #23

It isn't enough to say that true means true FBaggins Nov 2021 #27

Then I believe the Dems need a really good political strategy in view of that fact. CTyankee Nov 2021 #34

I wish that I had an answer for you FBaggins Nov 2021 #36

The propaganda wasn't about it brought up in colleges, but how Democrats want to hire teachers JohnSJ Nov 2021 #25

Are we supposed to turn a blind eye to the truth? wellst0nev0ter Nov 2021 #14

It isn't a question of denying anything. It is letting them misrepresent things. CRT is an JohnSJ Nov 2021 #31

But OP suggests that we can't address that wellst0nev0ter Nov 2021 #39

Perhaps the answer lies in reverse engineering the problem EarlG Nov 2021 #16

It seems to me, at least since I was able to vote starting in '92, that the only Carlitos Brigante Nov 2021 #17

Youngkin didn't win the election... Lucid Dreamer Nov 2021 #26

+1 JCMach1 Nov 2021 #29

and he had plenty of time to try and correct it and neglected to do so JohnSJ Nov 2021 #33

It shouldn't come as a surprise that after almost 2 years of parents being the school lindysalsagal Nov 2021 #44