Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe

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The South is full of racists! I’m from out West and hate the Confederate flags and Southern Pride. Not surprised that a well off white guy would act like this. He is no better than Kavanaugh. Time for women and minorities in politics!

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Anonymous wrote:I lile Northam, so I was disappointed to hear about this. But I was very relieved to see that CNN ran a story about it. Since they're fake news, I knew this story isn't true. What a relief!

What about the multiple other mainstream outlets reporting it?

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Lib here. He’s gotta go. Accountability on both sides for decency regardless of party affiliation. Wish more people on both sides had this view.

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Trump supporter again: Just saw the photo. I see two guys in questionable Halloween costumes (but not really too questionable for the era). If one had a noose around the other's neck, I'd feel differently.

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Anonymous wrote:I lile Northam, so I was disappointed to hear about this. But I was very relieved to see that CNN ran a story about it. Since they're fake news, I knew this story isn't true. What a relief!

What about the multiple other mainstream outlets reporting it?

All fake news!!

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Anonymous wrote:Lib here. He’s gotta go. Accountability on both sides for decency regardless of party affiliation. Wish more people on both sides had this view.

Sure when Trump resigns for his racism, we will talk!

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Anonymous wrote:Lib here. He’s gotta go. Accountability on both sides for decency regardless of party affiliation. Wish more people on both sides had this view.

You can't hold someone accountable on this level for something that happened over 30 years ago. That makes no real sense, as times change. Might as well pick up pitchforks and a torch.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, Governor Fairfax?

If Northam has no excuse for that pic and resigns, I am fine with Lt Gov Justin Fairfax taking over. He is a great option for Virginia.

What would be an acceptable excuse? His family held at gunpoint off camera, and their lives dependent on him wearing blackface and posing with a klan member?

That he did something stupid when he was young and he was sorry. Similar to GW Bush driving drunk and Jeff Sessions on the record saying all sorts of racist stuff and still getting confirmed as Attorney General.

Sorry, no. If this is real, it’s one of the most repulsive and shameful images imaginable.

It is repulsive. So is driving drunk and saying racist stuff.

We’re talking about the governor here. Keep up. Should he resign?

Did GW Bush witdraw when the stuff about his DWI came out? Did Trump withdraw when the pussy grabbing recording came out? They were candidates and they continued and won.

Not a relevant answer or an excuse.

But it is relevant IMO. It’s allowing the right-wingers to police the morality of Democratic candidates while they, themselves, generally get away scot-free. It’s a double standard.

If this is true, it’s not similar to either of those events: It’s deeply racist. Many news outlets are reporting this story. It’s not a Breitbart thing. It will be up to the governor as to whether he wants to resign. Not sure about how impeachment would play out, if that’s an option.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s ok when a democrat does it. This will be ignored. Of course, if it had been a republican, we would have Al sharpton and Jesse Jackson marching in the streets and singing “we shall overcome.”

actually the opposite

i don't think northam will last another week - a republican would probably get a sup ct nomination and be praised as a fine young man

Think again. A week ago....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/24/politics/blackface-florida-state-secretary/index.html

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Anonymous wrote:Lib here. He’s gotta go. Accountability on both sides for decency regardless of party affiliation. Wish more people on both sides had this view.

You can't hold someone accountable on this level for something that happened over 30 years ago. That makes no real sense, as times change. Might as well pick up pitchforks and a torch.

Times change? Was blackface acceptable in the mid-80s? Heck no.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s ok when a democrat does it. This will be ignored. Of course, if it had been a republican, we would have Al sharpton and Jesse Jackson marching in the streets and singing “we shall overcome.”

What you mean like Al Franken resigning because of a dopey picture while our GOP POTUS is on video bragging about grabbing women's pussies and has been accused by 16 women of sexual assault was elected President?

+1. I’m a Democrat but this is the problem with the far left. They think they’re doing a good thing by pointing out all the dumb stuff people on our side have done in the past and calling for their resignation/removal. Then the right-wingers take advantage of it and we lose otherwise good people like Franken, who made a bad decision in the past before they were even involved in politics. We insist on trying to be the adults in the room while Republicans get away with so much because their voters/supporters just don’t care.

As a staunch conservative and Trump supporter, I thought Franken should have NOT resigned. Frankly, she had years to speak up and didn't. And while this photo of Northam is ugly, it was a long long time ago. More concerned about how the photo of Farrakhan and Obama was hidden before the election as that was NOT a long long time ago.

I agree with you.
This photo brings a real dilemma for those on the left who apply today's standards to events that happened decades ago.
We take down statues, rename streets, rename buildings, and go to great lengths because we hold people from the past to the standards set today.
So, uncovering this photo, which was taken in the recent past (as opposed to long long ago) is causing the left to face this harsh reality they have set. Let's see how they deal with it.

There is no dilemma. We just cannot understand why democrats are held to different standards than republicans.

They aren't.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/24/politics/blackface-florida-state-secretary/index.html

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Ralph is wrecked.

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I never want to hear from another white man that racism is dead!

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Anonymous wrote:Well, Governor Fairfax?

If Northam has no excuse for that pic and resigns, I am fine with Lt Gov Justin Fairfax taking over. He is a great option for Virginia.

What would be an acceptable excuse? His family held at gunpoint off camera, and their lives dependent on him wearing blackface and posing with a klan member?

That he did something stupid when he was young and he was sorry. Similar to GW Bush driving drunk and Jeff Sessions on the record saying all sorts of racist stuff and still getting confirmed as Attorney General.

Sorry, no. If this is real, it’s one of the most repulsive and shameful images imaginable.

It is repulsive. So is driving drunk and saying racist stuff.

We’re talking about the governor here. Keep up. Should he resign?

Did GW Bush witdraw when the stuff about his DWI came out? Did Trump withdraw when the pussy grabbing recording came out? They were candidates and they continued and won.

Not a relevant answer or an excuse.

But it is relevant IMO. It’s allowing the right-wingers to police the morality of Democratic candidates while they, themselves, generally get away scot-free. It’s a double standard.

Really?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/24/politics/blackface-florida-state-secretary/index.html

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Ralphie will do a mea culpa and then use it to erase every Confederate historical figure. Didn't Rahm coin the "never let a good crisis go to waste"?