US PoliERA 2019 |OT2| #PresidentPelosi
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The resignation will likely be Monday even if announced today because of the end of the snowstorm and needing to figure out who to put in the LG spot.
After that wall tweet yesterday he called it a barrier again 😂
Yup. If he was going to just apologize, it's been too long. He's out Monday, and the weekend will be spent making sure everything is in place.
A second Justin Fairfax, but this one wears green and is slightly taller.
I think Fairfax should pick a prominent woman from the legislature because VA's never had a female governor or LG.
But that's just me.
But that's just me.
I suspect he might not be interested, especially since this LG likely would be for 6 years.
Conservatives just can't understand having a consistent morality and not just "MY TEAM MY TEAM" no matter what
They assume everyone's as morally bankrupt and hateful as they are. Party of projection.
Just had a Republican in Virginia say this on cnn. And now we're on Northams abortion comments with the next Republican on Cooper's show doubling down on yearbook thing and only Kirsten powers said it wasn't about a yearbook.
I have zero recollection. I just googled Romney GIF, hoping for something apropos, and everything came up Milhouse. I mean, Mittens.
Is there anyway that Northam could have saved his political career over this? I mean the yearbook is absolutely horrible and completely inexcusable, especially at that age. Nonetheless lets assume, if he by himself came out with his yearbook and said how contrite and ashamed he is of his past and how such past actions led him to learn how prevalent 'casual' racism is and he wants to use his governorship to address systematic discrimination of minorities, would that have saved him? Let's assume he made a complete 180 on race issues since he was in college, would his yearbook still warrant his resignation?
If the above applied, I think this would be a very hard question, do you allow individuals to grow and better their attitudes, or are past 'mistakes' enough to conclusively decide ones character today? Should we reward people who were able to grow as human beings, or is the necessity of growth in certain subjects a disqualifier for political office in of itself?
I also think there is a certain cognitive dissonance in some circles, who believe in the rehabilitation of viloent felons (with truly violent and atrocious crimes), but feel Northam should resign over this (assuming he sincerely completely changed his attitudes ).
If the above applied, I think this would be a very hard question, do you allow individuals to grow and better their attitudes, or are past 'mistakes' enough to conclusively decide ones character today? Should we reward people who were able to grow as human beings, or is the necessity of growth in certain subjects a disqualifier for political office in of itself?
I also think there is a certain cognitive dissonance in some circles, who believe in the rehabilitation of viloent felons (with truly violent and atrocious crimes), but feel Northam should resign over this (assuming he sincerely completely changed his attitudes ).
I have a hard time buying that
Danica Roem.
The Schultz thing is pretty amazing because what did he expect? Each side has decent reason to believe he'd be nothing more than a spoiler, and everyone is either a diehard Trump supporter and wants him to stay, or wants him the fuck outta there tomorrow. 2020 is absolutely not the time for a mushy caramel center candidate singing kumbaya because the most important priority for like 60% of the country is beating Trump.
Anyway do we get mad at Castro now for running the bus over Northam, or do we only do that for serial molesters?
Anyway do we get mad at Castro now for running the bus over Northam, or do we only do that for serial molesters?
No, not really unless he had addressed it prior to entering politics a la Byrd or something. Both photos combined would torpedo it in any election.
And we haven't even gotten to "sorority girl apologizes for blackface" week yet
I bet he thought that it was all gonna be good and that a lot of people were itching for him to be a savior. Ha!
Lmao didn't see this posted here. surejan.gif
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/tech/foxconn-wisconsin-plant-trump/index.html
Foxconn says it will build flat screens in Wisconsin after Trump call
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/tech/foxconn-wisconsin-plant-trump/index.html
Foxconn says it will build flat screens in Wisconsin after Trump call
Someone post this trash, I don't know how.
https://twitter.com/RepLeeZeldin/status/1090390872867463177
https://twitter.com/RepLeeZeldin/status/1090390872867463177
No one is saying Northam has to stay in prison for the rest of his life. No one is saying Northam shouldn't be allowed to vote or gain employment.. What I'm saying and many others is that Northam should not have the political job of representing millions of people and wielding the power of the state government. And definitely not represent the Democratic party in a major swing state which has big racial wounds. But he's more than welcome to go get a job as a lobbyist or something. Don't equate this with rehabing a violent felon and allowing an ex-felon to have basic citizen rights.
If only he was mute...
Oh... my bad. Not sure how I missed that.
It will never cease to amaze me watching Professional Assholes and dirty tricksters bungle a scandal by making shit up instead of simply gripping and twisting the knife already in up to the hilt.
Its like they don't recognize it as a scandal unless its crafted whole-cloth BY them.
Hence the "white dwarf" spoken of by a number of NTs that will be a dangerous relictual force in politics for at least a decade, and I can see the wisdom of the take.
Its like they don't recognize it as a scandal unless its crafted whole-cloth BY them.
Hence the "white dwarf" spoken of by a number of NTs that will be a dangerous relictual force in politics for at least a decade, and I can see the wisdom of the take.
Theres not going to be a bunch of bozos yelling at Kamala going "How dare you be mean to Northam!" like the bozos constantly ragging on Gillibrand with "How dare you be mean to Franken!" is there?
Prob not. Franken was sort of a dudebro liberal darling, and Northam ain't that.
Also, dudebros seem to recognize that blackface is a no-no in greater amounts than they recognize that unwanted groping is a no-no.
But I'm SO ready to be proven wrong.
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