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Anonymous wrote:He is a centrist and will restore sanity - particularly in school policy.

If you have not been following the state-wide VMPI debate, you should.

And Terry would have implemented the plan to follow in NYC footsteps in eliminating all accelerated / AAP programs in VA.

This person is most definitely NOT a centrist. He's right-wing. Not extreme right, but solidly to the right. Just acknowledge this, PP. It's OK to like right-wing politicians. It's not OK to lie.

DP. Whether he's a centrist or "solidly to the right" does not concern me at all. The PP is correct. He will appoint people with common sense to the VDOE - something that has been sorely lacking for some time. All the money and time that has been wasted on an "equity lens" and "anti-bias" needs to be funneled into academics. Normal, rational people of ALL political stripes - sorry, "stakeholders - have had it with the far-left's crazy policies.

Let's ignore what racism has done to large swaths of our citizens so your privileged children can continue to benefit from a system that is guaranteed to help you and your klan only. The slaves were happy and benefited from the patronage of their slave masters anyway, right?

DP

The current system seems to be working just fine for me and others in my non-white community. Though we do tend to spend a fair amount of time after school/weekend school due to FCPS's low expectations and lack of elementary school homework.

As for an "authoritarian", I think Youngkin just said he's going to let localities handle COVID policy, which seems to be the opposite of authoritarian.

Isn’t the issue that Youngkin supports the national GOP effort to overthrow our democracy and the 1/6 coup?

Seems somewhat worrying. And authoritarian, frankly.

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Anonymous wrote:He will continue to give the impression of the non-crazy, reasonable guy while fully supporting GOP agenda behind the scenes.

Look how carefully he chooses his words. He’s creating this shiny facade for the GOP.

This. He isn’t centrist and even if he were the Trumpkins won’t stand for it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is a centrist and will restore sanity - particularly in school policy.

If you have not been following the state-wide VMPI debate, you should.

And Terry would have implemented the plan to follow in NYC footsteps in eliminating all accelerated / AAP programs in VA.

This person is most definitely NOT a centrist. He's right-wing. Not extreme right, but solidly to the right. Just acknowledge this, PP. It's OK to like right-wing politicians. It's not OK to lie.

DP. Whether he's a centrist or "solidly to the right" does not concern me at all. The PP is correct. He will appoint people with common sense to the VDOE - something that has been sorely lacking for some time. All the money and time that has been wasted on an "equity lens" and "anti-bias" needs to be funneled into academics. Normal, rational people of ALL political stripes - sorry, "stakeholders - have had it with the far-left's crazy policies.

Let's ignore what racism has done to large swaths of our citizens so your privileged children can continue to benefit from a system that is guaranteed to help you and your klan only. The slaves were happy and benefited from the patronage of their slave masters anyway, right?

DP

The current system seems to be working just fine for me and others in my non-white community. Though we do tend to spend a fair amount of time after school/weekend school due to FCPS's low expectations and lack of elementary school homework.

As for an "authoritarian", I think Youngkin just said he's going to let localities handle COVID policy, which seems to be the opposite of authoritarian.

Anonymous wrote:I had a conversation with my neighbor today, who made the strong case that whatever Youngkin himself believes, he's just the tip of the spear of an authoritarian movement that wants to destroy democracy.
The take is: Youngkin may have backed away from Trump, but it's the billionaires and elites that run the GOP that are setting up the plan to steal the 2024 election, not Trump. It's the party that's designing gerrymanders to assure white Christian authoritarian minority rule. And the guy made the case that Youngkin embraced all that -- Youngkin took the money from Koch and Heritage billionaires and the GOP corporate interests and the gun companies and fossil fuel companies.

I am not sure if Youngkin himself is an authoritarian. To me he seems more like a dim, born-advantaged private equity guy who might not fully know what the GOP stands for today.
I don't fully see voting for Youngkin as embracing authoritarianism and helping to further climate disaster that will impact our kids future.

My kids will have the chance to get an abortion in VA or MD or another blue state.
Is Youngkin really a step to taking that away?

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Anonymous wrote:No person of above average iq living in her nova bubble actually believes that Glenn Youngkin is a threat to democracy.

Thank you. One single line of common sense in an entire thread full of lunatics.

Thank you. The republicans today showed that they are the party of treason

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Anonymous wrote:I had a conversation with my neighbor today, who made the strong case that whatever Youngkin himself believes, he's just the tip of the spear of an authoritarian movement that wants to destroy democracy.
The take is: Youngkin may have backed away from Trump, but it's the billionaires and elites that run the GOP that are setting up the plan to steal the 2024 election, not Trump. It's the party that's designing gerrymanders to assure white Christian authoritarian minority rule. And the guy made the case that Youngkin embraced all that -- Youngkin took the money from Koch and Heritage billionaires and the GOP corporate interests and the gun companies and fossil fuel companies.

I am not sure if Youngkin himself is an authoritarian. To me he seems more like a dim, born-advantaged private equity guy who might not fully know what the GOP stands for today.
I don't fully see voting for Youngkin as embracing authoritarianism and helping to further climate disaster that will impact our kids future.

My kids will have the chance to get an abortion in VA or MD or another blue state.
Is Youngkin really a step to taking that away?

Op if your greatest concern for your daughters is where they will be able to get abortions, you have totally failed as a parent.

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Anonymous wrote:No person of above average iq living in her nova bubble actually believes that Glenn Youngkin is a threat to democracy.

Thank you. One single line of common sense in an entire thread full of lunatics.

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Anonymous wrote:He will continue to give the impression of the non-crazy, reasonable guy while fully supporting GOP agenda behind the scenes.

Look how carefully he chooses his words. He’s creating this shiny facade for the GOP.

This. He isn’t centrist and even if he were the Trumpkins won’t stand for it.

Anonymous wrote:No person of above average iq living in her nova bubble actually believes that Glenn Youngkin is a threat to democracy.

Anonymous wrote:I had a conversation with my neighbor today, who made the strong case that whatever Youngkin himself believes, he's just the tip of the spear of an authoritarian movement that wants to destroy democracy.
The take is: Youngkin may have backed away from Trump, but it's the billionaires and elites that run the GOP that are setting up the plan to steal the 2024 election, not Trump. It's the party that's designing gerrymanders to assure white Christian authoritarian minority rule. And the guy made the case that Youngkin embraced all that -- Youngkin took the money from Koch and Heritage billionaires and the GOP corporate interests and the gun companies and fossil fuel companies.

I am not sure if Youngkin himself is an authoritarian. To me he seems more like a dim, born-advantaged private equity guy who might not fully know what the GOP stands for today.
I don't fully see voting for Youngkin as embracing authoritarianism and helping to further climate disaster that will impact our kids future.

My kids will have the chance to get an abortion in VA or MD or another blue state.
Is Youngkin really a step to taking that away?

Anonymous wrote:He will continue to give the impression of the non-crazy, reasonable guy while fully supporting GOP agenda behind the scenes.

Look how carefully he chooses his words. He’s creating this shiny facade for the GOP.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is a centrist and will restore sanity - particularly in school policy.

If you have not been following the state-wide VMPI debate, you should.

And Terry would have implemented the plan to follow in NYC footsteps in eliminating all accelerated / AAP programs in VA.

This person is most definitely NOT a centrist. He's right-wing. Not extreme right, but solidly to the right. Just acknowledge this, PP. It's OK to like right-wing politicians. It's not OK to lie.

DP. Whether he's a centrist or "solidly to the right" does not concern me at all. The PP is correct. He will appoint people with common sense to the VDOE - something that has been sorely lacking for some time. All the money and time that has been wasted on an "equity lens" and "anti-bias" needs to be funneled into academics. Normal, rational people of ALL political stripes - sorry, "stakeholders - have had it with the far-left's crazy policies.

Let's ignore what racism has done to large swaths of our citizens so your privileged children can continue to benefit from a system that is guaranteed to help you and your klan only. The slaves were happy and benefited from the patronage of their slave masters anyway, right?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is a centrist and will restore sanity - particularly in school policy.

If you have not been following the state-wide VMPI debate, you should.

And Terry would have implemented the plan to follow in NYC footsteps in eliminating all accelerated / AAP programs in VA.

This person is most definitely NOT a centrist. He's right-wing. Not extreme right, but solidly to the right. Just acknowledge this, PP. It's OK to like right-wing politicians. It's not OK to lie.

DP. Whether he's a centrist or "solidly to the right" does not concern me at all. The PP is correct. He will appoint people with common sense to the VDOE - something that has been sorely lacking for some time. All the money and time that has been wasted on an "equity lens" and "anti-bias" needs to be funneled into academics. Normal, rational people of ALL political stripes - sorry, "stakeholders - have had it with the far-left's crazy policies.

Let's ignore what racism has done to large swaths of our citizens so your privileged children can continue to benefit from a system that is guaranteed to help you and your klan only. The slaves were happy and benefited from the patronage of their slave masters anyway, right?

Anonymous wrote:The previous poster called him a centrist. This is incorrect.

He is absolutely as dangerous as OP is wondering. Full stop.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a conversation with my neighbor today, who made the strong case that whatever Youngkin himself believes, he's just the tip of the spear of an authoritarian movement that wants to destroy democracy.
The take is: Youngkin may have backed away from Trump, but it's the billionaires and elites that run the GOP that are setting up the plan to steal the 2024 election, not Trump. It's the party that's designing gerrymanders to assure white Christian authoritarian minority rule. And the guy made the case that Youngkin embraced all that -- Youngkin took the money from Koch and Heritage billionaires and the GOP corporate interests and the gun companies and fossil fuel companies.

I am not sure if Youngkin himself is an authoritarian. To me he seems more like a dim, born-advantaged private equity guy who might not fully know what the GOP stands for today.
I don't fully see voting for Youngkin as embracing authoritarianism and helping to further climate disaster that will impact our kids future.

My kids will have the chance to get an abortion in VA or MD or another blue state.
Is Youngkin really a step to taking that away?

I can't tell if the bolded is specifically in reference to abortion or a summary of the whole post, but on abortion the official Republican party platform is anti-choice. I really can't believe people are this obtuse or ignorant. And you are going to see what happens to the rights of your daughters re: abortion when the Supreme Court reverses Roe or guts 40+ years of jurisprudence on the issue later this year. The right of married couples to birth control may or may not remain intact. And yes, I said married couples. Laws restricting the rights of women to obtain birth control may be back on menu. Enjoy!

As far as the authoritarianism, well, yes. And as a politician you are either part of it or you're not. How does a voter tell the difference? That is simple - does your candidate reject Trump's attempted coup or not? I realize that people freak out about using the "c" word, but that's your own arrogance talking. You think it can't happen here. It only happens in third word $hitholes with tin pot dictators. Welp, I've got news for you. The head of state calling up leaders of other states to find votes, publicly declaring the vote was rigged, convening a rally to challenge the results of legitimate election, and then tacitly endorsing the violent actions of your followers - that's a coup.

I'd like to consider voting for a moderate Republican, but there really aren't any left. And watching things like birth control and abortion rights come front and center has only cemented the fact that I want my daughters to have the chance at full autonomy and equal rights. So adios GOP.

Are some people really this clueless? Quit your sky-is-falling nonsense. It's only making you look absurd.
DP