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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The chair endorsement came out last week and Alicia was the only one singled out for extra scrutiny.  I am not upset at their endorsement (I had planned to vote McKay anyway) but to take shots at her and her specifically was unnecessary and uncalled for.  There were 2 other White male candidates who barely got a sentence.[/quote]

Alicia Plerhoples could be a political star some day, but she entered the BOS race with no relevant political experience, based on a hunch that one woman running against three men in a Democratic primary might benefit from a split vote.  It sucks if the WaPo asked her sexist questions, but she’s also running a campaign that is fundamentally gender-based. McKay seems like the far stronger and less polarizing candidate.[/quote]

I don’t get what you’re trying to say.  So if someone has issues related to women as part of their platform, people can ask them sexist questions? [/quote]

You don’t have to be a woman to have issues related to women as part of your campaign. She’s running a campaign that is largely based on the notion that people should vote for her in the primary merely because she is a female POC.  Look at all her “seat at the table” materials.[/quote]

That's not true at all. Having a "seat at the table" refers to a greater effort towards including a broader swath of the Fairfax population in policymaking beyond the white male incumbents who have long representing the county.  It's insulting and demeaning to say that a black female candidate is running a campaign based on getting votes for being a female POC, and it's stupid to think that anyone would think that's a winning strategy, particularly in a place like Fairfax.
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Actually, a campaign based as much on identity politics as ideas is a very clever strategy to try and pull off a win in a contested Democratic primary, which is what Plerhoples would have to win to get to the general election.

And what’s the BS about all the white male incumbents running the show  - the retiring chair is a woman who served on the BOS along with Hudgins, Smyth, Smith, Gross - all women.  [/quote]
So she's running a candidate based on identity politics by nature of being a black female? Um...no.    And to answer your other question, there are no female incumbents running again.  And despite having 9 female candidates, the WaPo declined to endorse any of them.  Makes one wonder what type of "experience" they value.

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