Guest Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 13 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: So the plan to combat old racist photos is to disparage the black man that'd take his place, this is all just great. It is a bold strategy, Cotton, and it just might pay off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 No surprise. America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Blackface = bad Natural blackface = worse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 1 minute ago, Keyser_Soze said: Blackface = bad Natural blackface = worse? That’s the gambit the Northam camp is running, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 they keep finding new levels to this shit show, impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 soooo why did the Democratic establishment want this guy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyle5150 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 43 minutes ago, RedSoxFan9 said: soooo why did the Democratic establishment want this guy? Because he had a “D” next to his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 They pushed him because they thought he could win. That is why parties push candidates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 And up until last week, was thought very highly of across the Commonwealth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 It turns out politicians, and this can't be stated enough, are more often then not, terrible human beings. That said, we need Democratic politicians to at least NOT be racist/sexist and understand global warming is real, and caused by mankind. These are the minimum job requirements in 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 40 minutes ago, sblfilms said: They pushed him because they thought he could win. That is why parties push candidates they wanted a corporate friendly candidate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore D Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 On 2/2/2019 at 12:38 PM, Ricofoley said: Northam should obviously resign, although I suppose I kind of understand how someone in his situation could think they could find a way out of this given that like three months ago we all saw Brett Kavanaugh successfully maneuver around a "credible" sexual assault accusation by holding up a bunch of old calendars and yelling a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Go figure that the state that gave us Tim Kaine gave us another politician whose public persona was bland inoffensive white guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Apparently the med school year book has several more blackface pics in it from other students. It was just peer pressure on poor Ralph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 More like Dana trash https://mobile.twitter.com/stevemorris__/status/1092480816544968704?s=19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 They certainly love playing the "we're not racists because Abe Lincoln was a Republican" card over and over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 What's that old expression, it's not the crime that gets you in trouble it's the cover up. I don't know if he would have been able to save himself if he immediately acknowledged the photos were real and did the whole apology it was a different time and place and is not who am I as a person 35 years later routine but damn he's definitely had the worst possible response you could have to all of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyphoidHater Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 9 minutes ago, Amazatron said: They certainly love playing the "we're not racists because Abe Lincoln was a Republican" card over and over again. I get this CONSTANTLY from friends who refuse to acknowledge shifting party platforms. "Republicans freed the slaves!" "Democrats started the KKK!" "Republicans passed civil rights!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 11 minutes ago, Dodger said: What's that old expression, it's not the crime that gets you in trouble it's the cover up. I don't know if he would have been able to save himself if he immediately acknowledged the photos were real and did the whole apology it was a different time and place and is not who am I as a person 35 years later routine but damn he's definitely had the worst possible response you could have to all of this. The being told by his wife not to moonwalk is the greatest thing ever. How did this guy even get this far? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Northam’s med school banned yearbooks in 2013 — after students posed in Confederate garb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 2 hours ago, sblfilms said: They pushed him because they thought he could win. That is why parties push candidates In seriousness, from his Wikipedia page it sounds like it's possible that the only reason he became important in the first place was because the state Democrats probably had to bend a little to keep him happy to keep him from switching parties and handing over control of the state senate to the Republicans. Quote In 2009, Northam—a self-described "conservative on fiscal issues and liberal on social issues"—was the subject of an attempt by state Senate Republicans to get him to switch parties.This action would have given Republicans control of the State Senate, but after news of the imminent switch broke on Twitter, Democrats held a closed-door meeting, and Northam reiterated that he was not leaving the party. He later said, "I guess it's nice to be wanted, but I'm a Democrat, and that's where I'm staying." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Northam#Virginia_State_Senate_(2008–2013) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 He should go for the full heel turn and go back to R 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: He should go for the full heel turn and go back to R God, imagine if he did that and made it through the next GOP primary, then went up against Fairfax in the general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 12 minutes ago, Jason said: In seriousness, from his Wikipedia page it sounds like it's possible that the only reason he became important in the first place was because the state Democrats probably had to bend a little to keep him happy to keep him from switching parties and handing over control of the state senate to the Republicans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Northam#Virginia_State_Senate_(2008–2013) Democrats would be better off without people like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Let's check in with a TOTALLY RELEVANT elder statesman, shall we? Joe Lieberman says he sees no reason for Northam to resign 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I do get part of the opposing argument: Robert Byrd went from Klansman to a Senator with a sterling civil rights record and was mourned by the NAACP upon his passing. Even Northam helped restore the voting rights of felons who served their time. So I do get that. We have reformed Nazis and white supremacists in the country. My thing is more, his story flipped, then he mentioned, "Well, that probably isn't me but there was that one time I was in blackface," and he's been so inconsistent, laughably so, that it's best for the whole state that he resigns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 16 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: I do get part of the opposing argument: Robert Byrd went from Klansman to a Senator with a sterling civil rights record and was mourned by the NAACP upon his passing. Even Northam helped restore the voting rights of felons who served their time. So I do get that. We have reformed Nazis and white supremacists in the country. My thing is more, his story flipped, then he mentioned, "Well, that probably isn't me but there was that one time I was in blackface," and he's been so inconsistent, laughably so, that it's best for the whole state that he resigns. That's where I'm at too. I don't think the picture was in and of itself enough to warrant an immediate resignation but his handling of this has definitely been disqualifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 35 minutes ago, Jason said: That's where I'm at too. I don't think the picture was in and of itself enough to warrant an immediate resignation but his handling of this has definitely been disqualifying. The original content was a bit touchy but he knocked the whole damn thing off. Now he’s being implicated in the attempted character assassination of Justin fairfax and it’s like holy shit what is this guy doing? I called his office and left a voicemail demanding his resignation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodimus Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 It is crazy that he tried to not answer the question if he was blackface or KK. He said that anotehr time he was blackface so he couldn't be sure if this was also him in blackface. Telling people that you dressed in blackface another time doesn't help. He must really not want to say he is in the KKK outfit. What are the Las Vegas odds he resigns in a week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 No, Hillary Clinton wasn't pictured in blackface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I've already been seeing that on social media. SMH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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elbobo Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 7 hours ago, RedSoxFan9 said: he just taking examples so he makes sure he gets the skin tone right next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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