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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Governor Blackface didn’t even get a slap on the wrist.  Moving forward no one should get chastised for wearing black face in the past.[/quote]

Oh dear, let me get the smelling salts.  Someone has the vapors.[/quote]

Oh dear, looks like another racist apologist. Someone has the works upsidedown.[/quote]

No, I just think your post is uninformed and hysterical, and I don't think you're actually all that upset about the blackface itself, I think you're upset that your party wasn't able to get an advantage out of it.

First, it's not correct to say he didn't even get a slap on the wrist.  He was excoriated for weeks, people called for him to resign, the only thing that saved him on that front was that the two people in line behind him had their own scandals (and everyone knew that whatever they thought of Northam, a Republican would be worse on issues of racial equality).

Second, Northam truly dedicated himself to learning, doing better and trying to work constructively on race-related issues since then, in a way that I don't know we've seen a politician do before.  In that sense, I think he's a model for how to respond to a scandal like this in a way that is constructive and appropriate rather than pandering.  [/quote]

I’m not a conservative sweetheart, I’m not a crazy progressive either.  My politics actually fall in line with a lot of what Northams stances are.[/quote]

Let's just say I don't believe you were ever a Northam supporter.  I'm thinking you checked the "Gillespie" box.  [/quote]

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