Anyone else excited for Governor Glenn Youngkin

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not, OP. If he ran an honorable campaign without engaging in lies about the 2020 election and culture wars like CRT nonsense, maybe. But he didn’t.

And he has no government experience. And he made tons of money breaking small businesses and laying people off. I didn’t like reading about his basement church that made the sole one or two black members uncomfortable and have to quit. And I don’t like his campaign lying and saying his 17yo tried to vote twice because he didn’t know he wasn’t eligible.

And he wants to cut taxes while increasing spending?! And he likes banning books. And id he doesn’t veto far right bills from the House (like the transvaginal ultrasound bill the GA passed last time the Rs had control), we will lose our business-friendly environment.

What on earth are you babbling about?

Everything he says he stands for as he campaigns feels like it fully contradicts the person he held himself out to be when I knew him,” said Melanie Dickson, a former vestry member and one of three who said they left the church or vestry over its handling of racial issues, including its initial silence on the death of George Floyd. “We don’t know if we were deceived then or if we’re being deceived now. I don’t know who the real Glenn Youngkin is.”

Why are Republicans so rude and devoid of civility? What an unnecessarily mean response. Here is the quote from the Post article: “Everything he says he stands for as he campaigns feels like it fully contradicts the person he held himself out to be when I knew him,” said Melanie Dickson, a former vestry member and one of three who said they left the church or vestry over its handling of racial issues, including its initial silence on the death of George Floyd. “We don’t know if we were deceived then or if we’re being deceived now. I don’t know who the real Glenn Youngkin is.”

[Anonymous]

Apologies for pasting the quote twice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apologies for pasting the quote twice.

You should have simply provided the link to the full article, which paints a fuller picture, once.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/glenn-youngkin-virginia-governor-republican/2021/10/08/f4fa9cc2-2566-11ec-8d53-67cfb452aa60_story.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not, OP. If he ran an honorable campaign without engaging in lies about the 2020 election and culture wars like CRT nonsense, maybe. But he didn’t.

And he has no government experience. And he made tons of money breaking small businesses and laying people off. I didn’t like reading about his basement church that made the sole one or two black members uncomfortable and have to quit. And I don’t like his campaign lying and saying his 17yo tried to vote twice because he didn’t know he wasn’t eligible.

And he wants to cut taxes while increasing spending?! And he likes banning books. And id he doesn’t veto far right bills from the House (like the transvaginal ultrasound bill the GA passed last time the Rs had control), we will lose our business-friendly environment.

What on earth are you babbling about?

Everything he says he stands for as he campaigns feels like it fully contradicts the person he held himself out to be when I knew him,” said Melanie Dickson, a former vestry member and one of three who said they left the church or vestry over its handling of racial issues, including its initial silence on the death of George Floyd. “We don’t know if we were deceived then or if we’re being deceived now. I don’t know who the real Glenn Youngkin is.”

Why are Republicans so rude and devoid of civility? What an unnecessarily mean response. Here is the quote from the Post article: “Everything he says he stands for as he campaigns feels like it fully contradicts the person he held himself out to be when I knew him,” said Melanie Dickson, a former vestry member and one of three who said they left the church or vestry over its handling of racial issues, including its initial silence on the death of George Floyd. “We don’t know if we were deceived then or if we’re being deceived now. I don’t know who the real Glenn Youngkin is.”

DP.

A. Calling out Youngkin over HTC is as silly as blaming Obama for the proselytizing of Jeremiah Wright.

B. I sympathize with the George Floyd death and I am extremely heartened to have seen the national media attention on the death. But he died in Minnesota - wtf do you want a church in Virginia to do about it?

C. You also forget to list this quote in the SAME ARTICLE from a friend who graduated from Howard University, is a black D.C. resident, and was a fellow Harvard Business School alumni:

“The Glenn I know is receptive and we’ve had multiple conversations around race,” Godfrey Gill said. “He’s been a great man as long as I’ve known him. He’s consistent. He’s earnest. He’s loving, he’s fair. I leave it to Virginians to assess whether his politics are consistent with theirs.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not, OP. If he ran an honorable campaign without engaging in lies about the 2020 election and culture wars like CRT nonsense, maybe. But he didn’t.

And he has no government experience. And he made tons of money breaking small businesses and laying people off. I didn’t like reading about his basement church that made the sole one or two black members uncomfortable and have to quit. And I don’t like his campaign lying and saying his 17yo tried to vote twice because he didn’t know he wasn’t eligible.

And he wants to cut taxes while increasing spending?! And he likes banning books. And id he doesn’t veto far right bills from the House (like the transvaginal ultrasound bill the GA passed last time the Rs had control), we will lose our business-friendly environment.

What on earth are you babbling about?

Everything he says he stands for as he campaigns feels like it fully contradicts the person he held himself out to be when I knew him,” said Melanie Dickson, a former vestry member and one of three who said they left the church or vestry over its handling of racial issues, including its initial silence on the death of George Floyd. “We don’t know if we were deceived then or if we’re being deceived now. I don’t know who the real Glenn Youngkin is.”

Why are Republicans so rude and devoid of civility? What an unnecessarily mean response. Here is the quote from the Post article: “Everything he says he stands for as he campaigns feels like it fully contradicts the person he held himself out to be when I knew him,” said Melanie Dickson, a former vestry member and one of three who said they left the church or vestry over its handling of racial issues, including its initial silence on the death of George Floyd. “We don’t know if we were deceived then or if we’re being deceived now. I don’t know who the real Glenn Youngkin is.”

DP.

A. Calling out Youngkin over HTC is as silly as blaming Obama for the proselytizing of Jeremiah Wright.

B. I sympathize with the George Floyd death and I am extremely heartened to have seen the national media attention on the death. But he died in Minnesota - wtf do you want a church in Virginia to do about it?

C. You also forget to list this quote in the SAME ARTICLE from a friend who graduated from Howard University, is a black D.C. resident, and was a fellow Harvard Business School alumni:

“The Glenn I know is receptive and we’ve had multiple conversations around race,” Godfrey Gill said. “He’s been a great man as long as I’ve known him. He’s consistent. He’s earnest. He’s loving, he’s fair. I leave it to Virginians to assess whether his politics are consistent with theirs.”

DP. Thank you and well said. Amazing how convenient it is to post selective parts of a larger story.

[Anonymous]

He's anti-choice. That means he thinks I do not deserve bodily autonomy, as he does, reducing my rights as a citizen and as an independent human being. What more is there to know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's anti-choice. That means he thinks I do not deserve bodily autonomy, as he does, reducing my rights as a citizen and as an independent human being. What more is there to know?

McAuliffe supports vaccine mandates- both in school and firing people who don't get vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, because he's a multi-gazillionaire private equity investor who made his money buying companies and sucking them dry. Why anyone would want someone with that business experience running their state government is beyond me.

This. And I met someone yesterday who knows him personally and professionally. He had nothing good to say about Youngkin. Thinks he will be a disaster.

What sort of complaints about him did he have?

Personal judgments from meeting someone are not reliable. In 2007 I met someone who was someone in New Hampshire politics. He was very high on McCain in the primary and another candidate, the guy from New York. I was mocking him for saying this.
Giuliani flamed out with his stupid Florida strategy.
However, that wasn't why I was mocking him. He didn't say Giuliani; he thought George Pataki was a contender.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He's anti-choice. That means he thinks I do not deserve bodily autonomy, as he does, reducing my rights as a citizen and as an independent human being. What more is there to know?

McAuliffe supports vaccine mandates- both in school and firing people who don't get vaccinated.

You mean like the same vaccine requirements that everyone was fine with every public school in the nation having two years ago?

[Anonymous]

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CRT was NEVER going to be an issue in public schools because it's only offered in college, but he terrified parents with CRT, and they fell for it.

Just look at what Fairfax and Loudoun have passed as changes in the name of equity, and you will see this is false.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:[
CRT was NEVER going to be an issue in public schools because it's only offered in college, but he terrified parents with CRT, and they fell for it.

Just look at what Fairfax and Loudoun have passed as changes in the name of equity, and you will see this is false.

The ignorance is feigned and deliberate. What a shame the elites can't pull the wool over everyone's eyes all the time. It may make it harder for them to expect others to foot the bill for their silly DEI initiatives when people realize they are just an insurance policy to maintain the status of the elites at the expense of Asians and working-class whites.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. It would be nice if he paid property taxes for his estate so our schools could function.

I wouldn't pay $70,000 a year in property taxes if I could avoid it either.

If you are promising to “rebuild schools” you should. But he is an ahole. So there you go.

Why? His kids didn't go to those schools. You use the schools, you pay for them. He's giving $3,000 a year which is the average most homeowners in the area are paying.

Also the annual budget for FCPS is $3 billion. So exactly what is wrong with your schools that they can't function with a budget bigger than a country's GDP?

Huh? 3k is “average”? I pay over twice that amount and have an incredibly average, even low-value house AND no kids in FCPS. Nor do many county residents but they don’t have much choice but to pay what they owe. Your argument doesn’t make sense.

[Anonymous]

No - I think he will be terrible. I can't believe anyone was comfortable voting for someone who has not shown citizens the respect of clearly outlined policies/agenda. Especially after Trump. It is too big of a risk to keep electing people with no track record in government, especially for positions like governor, which really can be life or death situations for citizens (see florida and texas and COVID deaths). I am so disappointed with my fellow Virginians.

[Anonymous]

I didn't get excited over either candidate, but now that Youngkin has won, I was hoping to hear less whining from Rs for a little bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how social progress = too leftist.

If threatening to fire university professors for comical offenses like the one where the guy said a common Chinese word, or canceling ap classes, or cancelling race neutral entrance exams, or watering down math because math is inherently racist, or telling people to be punctual is racist…then that type of social progress may not be programs at all.