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Anonymous
+3 We need some balance. The Democrats have gone SO far off the rails. I promised DH that I will not vote for another Democratic candidate for as long as we live in the DMV area. |
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Although I have voted republican many times before, I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
I am looking for someone who is offering solutions that will make Virginia a happier place to be. Book burning, promoting an exclusionary narrative of American history, and fixating on transgendered children aren't the "solutions" I had in mind. |
Anonymous
Agree, R are total nuts. There was a need to close public filthy schools to keep the rates low in our area. We were continuing to educate our children in private school that was fully open, but I don't think we need to extend that courtesy to the masses. The less educated next generation, the more Democrats we can bring to the power. Go Terry!!! |
Anonymous
| So tired of these politicians who send their kids to private school and legislate public school failure with glee. Their feigned shock at the learning loss and widening achievement gap post-COVID closures is infuriating. I know their precious kids didn’t learn via zoom for 18 months. I’ll be voting against the party that was in power when my 6 year old left kindergarten and never returned. |
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“As a Parent, I Would Rather Fake My Own Death Than Take Over Curriculum Planning From Teachers and School Boards”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/10/virginia-governors-race-poll-finds-parents-want-more-control-of-curriculums-sounds-horrible.html Do these angry parents know how much planning it takes to fill six hours each day with material that’s interesting enough to keep children from breaking everything in the classroom by hitting each other with it (elementary school) or texting each other TikToks about recreational drug use and open-minded sexual promiscuity (contemporary high school, I assume)? 
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Anonymous
Well, that's good since no one is doing any of the above. 
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Anonymous
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VA’s former governor slams Kamala Harris by questioning the legality of of showing a campaign video for McAuliffe in black churches. He also makes some great points about McAuliffe’s condemnation of Northam’s blackface, but then flip flopping by saying he was “honored” to have Northam’s endorsement. Good for Wilder for calling out the hypocrisy.
Former Democratic Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder, the commonwealth's first Black governor, condemned the campaign of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe for launching a video to play at Black churches after the service in which Vice President Kamala Harris urges churchgoers to vote for McAuliffe. Lawyers have suggested that when churches play the video, they violate Section 501(c)3 of the IRS code, potentially imperiling their tax-exempt status. "Well, it’s very good for her to do that, causing these churches to lose their tax-exempt status," Wilder quipped in remarks to The Washington Examiner, referring to the Johnson Amendment, which bans organizations that are exempt from taxes under 501(c)3 from supporting candidates. "If this is legal, then it’s surprising to me." “The people of Virginia have not forgotten. They are not stupid. They are not fooled, they are not being hoodwinked," Wilder said. "Terry … you said [Northam] was in blackface. He's got to go. Have you changed your mind about any of this? And if not, then why not? Now, explain to the people of the commonwealth." https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-virginia-g...ing-votes-for-terry-mcauliffeI |
Anonymous
| Well, I tend to think that if you ban “Beloved” because it is traumatizing to kids (see today’s Podt)you might also consider banning “Crime and Punishment”. Not to mention, “The Tin Drum” and “The Road” and definitely the Aeneid, as that is bloody as hell. So I am going with Macauliffe even if he has his faults. But maybe if Youngkin comes out for everyone reading Dogman and Captain Underpants in high school I could be seated… |
Anonymous
But the left wants to ban Huckleberry Finn, Little House on the Prairie, and To Kill a Mockingbird. And Shakespeare is done. Conservatives don’t want books banned, they just want to be notified when rape or explicit sex is in a book. |
Anonymous
Democrats don’t want to ban any of those. Some think there are better books to teach, but that’s different from banning them. |
Anonymous
You should have read the link you posted. McAuliffe vetoed the bill in 2016 and the vote in the House of Delegates to override his veto came up one vote short. |
Anonymous
SAME. School boards have gone off the rails. Enough is enough! |
Anonymous
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Is louden really the wealthiest county in the country?
It doesn’t feel like that. Is it because there are a lot of 401k 10-millionaires there? |
Anonymous
By most metrics, Loudoun is the wealthiest. In this article, "richest" is based on a formula based on median income adjusted by COL: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/the-10-real-richest-counties-in-the-u.s.-2021-08-02 Top 10 richest by that metric are: 1. Loudoun, VA 2. Stafford, VA 3. Forsyth, GA 4. Fairfax, GA 5. Douglas, CO 6. Delaware, OH 7. Prince William VA 8. Los Alamos, NM 9. Fort Bend, TX 10. Williamson, TN Wikipedia has a big list where you can sort by per capita income, median household income, and median family income. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_counties_by_per_capita_income Loudoun is #1 for MHI, 3 for MFI and 19 for PCI. |