Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the people saying that Dems should be supporting Northam are actually people who want him to stay so they can keep throwing him in our faces.

Possibly,. But, there is one really vocal Dem on this board who is a "take no hostages" type person angry that Dems are calling for him to resign.

[Anonymous]

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Here is a list of the potential Democratic candidates so far. Not seeing a whole lot of "reliable" Southerners here (and McAuliffe is not a real Southerner) . . .

Senators
Cory Booker of New Jersey
Sherrod Brown of Ohio
Kamala Harris of California
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
Jeff Merkley of Oregon
Bernie Sanders of Vermont
Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
Representatives
John Delaney of Maryland (declared)
Beto O'Rourke of Texas
Eric Swallwell of California
Governors
Steve Bullock of Montana
John Hickenlooper of Colorado
Jay Inslee of Washington
Terry McAuliffe of Virginia (former)
Deval Patrick of Massachuetts (former)
Others
Former Vice President Joe Biden
Businessman and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City
Attorney Michael Avenatti
Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles
State Sen. Richard Ojeda of West Virginia (declared)
Activist and philanthropist Tom Steyer

OK then he should not resign just to give a middle finger to all those politicans.

+1

All of the above were foolish and opportunistic to do this.

+2. Northam owes them or the party nothing at this point. Not a damn thing. If they won't be loyal to him, he certainly doesn't need to return any favors.

I'm really close to flipping off the party myself at this point. All our "leaders" are just opportunistic gadflys, their opinions and actions formed solely on the basis of which way the wind is blowing at the moment. No core values, no standards, no loyalty to fellow Dems. Just a bunch of sellouts.


Loyalty means something. To me, and to many others.

Shultz is looking better and better.

Gross.

+1

Sounds like Trump with his loyalty pledges. I wouldn't be surprised if this poster is a Trump supporting troll who's trying to split the Democrat vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the people saying that Dems should be supporting Northam are actually people who want him to stay so they can keep throwing him in our faces.

Yup. Trolls, all. No real Dems like “moderates” like Schultz. Because he’s not a Dem. If these are, in fact, real people, they are former Republicans who don’t identify with Trump. Which is great, welcome. But we’re not changing our party to make you feel more comfortable. You can join us, or you can create your own third way.

[Anonymous]

Is it time to start the Governor Fairfax and the destruction of their racist past thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the people saying that Dems should be supporting Northam are actually people who want him to stay so they can keep throwing him in our faces.

Yup. Trolls, all. No real Dems like “moderates” like Schultz. Because he’s not a Dem. If these are, in fact, real people, they are former Republicans who don’t identify with Trump. Which is great, welcome. But we’re not changing our party to make you feel more comfortable. You can join us, or you can create your own third way.

This is exactly what needs to happen, actually: a viable third party.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Here is a list of the potential Democratic candidates so far. Not seeing a whole lot of "reliable" Southerners here (and McAuliffe is not a real Southerner) . . .

Senators
Cory Booker of New Jersey
Sherrod Brown of Ohio
Kamala Harris of California
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
Jeff Merkley of Oregon
Bernie Sanders of Vermont
Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
Representatives
John Delaney of Maryland (declared)
Beto O'Rourke of Texas
Eric Swallwell of California
Governors
Steve Bullock of Montana
John Hickenlooper of Colorado
Jay Inslee of Washington
Terry McAuliffe of Virginia (former)
Deval Patrick of Massachuetts (former)
Others
Former Vice President Joe Biden
Businessman and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City
Attorney Michael Avenatti
Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles
State Sen. Richard Ojeda of West Virginia (declared)
Activist and philanthropist Tom Steyer

OK then he should not resign just to give a middle finger to all those politicans.

+1

All of the above were foolish and opportunistic to do this.

+2. Northam owes them or the party nothing at this point. Not a damn thing. If they won't be loyal to him, he certainly doesn't need to return any favors.

I'm really close to flipping off the party myself at this point. All our "leaders" are just opportunistic gadflys, their opinions and actions formed solely on the basis of which way the wind is blowing at the moment. No core values, no standards, no loyalty to fellow Dems. Just a bunch of sellouts.

Loyalty means something. To me, and to many others.

Shultz is looking better and better.

Northam has NO ALLIES AT THIS POINT. His “power” is null — he is a disgrace. He has no credibility or power. Why would any of the politicians listed above

give a fig about offending him?

[Anonymous]

Looks like Northam wasn’t alone in his racial views at medical school:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6663311/Multiple-men-dressed-blackface-Gov-Ralph-Northams-yearbook.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Northam wasn’t alone in his racial views at medical school:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6663311/Multiple-men-dressed-blackface-Gov-Ralph-Northams-yearbook.html

Is this an accredited medical school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Northam wasn’t alone in his racial views at medical school:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6663311/Multiple-men-dressed-blackface-Gov-Ralph-Northams-yearbook.html

But, I thought these yearbook pictures was just a smear campaign from the right wing?

[Anonymous]

Shoe polish? Really? He was in the Army--why didn't he use camouflage? Another stupid comment. You can enter a dance contest with a MJ glove without doing blackface.

[Anonymous]

He was in a costume 35 years ago who cares. It was obviously okay for others to have done it as it wasn't taboo back then. Megyn kelly was right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He was in a costume 35 years ago who cares. It was obviously okay for others to have done it as it wasn't taboo back then. Megyn kelly was right.

I am much older than he is and it was totally unacceptable. I grew up in the Hampton Roads area, not far from where he grew up.
Believe me. It was NOT acceptable.

[Anonymous]

The source of the photo seems to be a medical school classmate.

The reporter who exposed Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s racist yearbook photo said a “concerned citizen” led him to the story that has prompted widespread outrage and calls for the Democrat’s resignation.

Patrick Howley, editor in chief of the website Big League Politics, first reported Friday the existence of a photo on Northam’s page of his medical school yearbook depicting a figure in blackface standing next to another person in a Ku Klux Klan hood.

“It’s very easy to explain,” Howley, 29, said in an interview Saturday. “A concerned citizen, not a political opponent, came to us and pointed this out. I was very offended [by the photo] because I don’t like racism.”

The tip came after Northam’s comments on Wednesday about late-term abortions, he said. Howley declined to give any further information about his source, citing a confidentiality agreement. But he said it took him just a few hours to confirm that the photo was authentic.

The source of the tip appears to have been a medical school classmate or classmates of Northam who acted as a direct result of the abortion controversy that erupted earlier in the week, according to two people at Big League Politics, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/lifestyle/style/a-tip-from-a-concerned-citizen-helps-a-reporter-land-the-scoop-of-a-lifetime/2019/02/03/e30762ea-2765-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He was in a costume 35 years ago who cares. It was obviously okay for others to have done it as it wasn't taboo back then. Megyn kelly was right.

I am much older than he is and it was totally unacceptable. I grew up in the Hampton Roads area, not far from where he grew up.
Believe me. It was NOT acceptable.

+1

[Anonymous]

I'm more surprised by what the medical school allowed in the yearbook. It goes beyond the blackface.