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Title: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: makattak on February 01, 2019, 09:49:16 PM
If I'm reading the tea leaves correctly.

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/virginia-legislative-black-caucus-holds-emergency-meeting-to-discuss-ralph-northam-crisis/

Just one part of the "crisis"

Quick overview: after calling his milquetoast Republican opponent Ed Gillespie a racist, it turns out our infanticide supporting Governor is also a racist. (Blackface and KKK costumes just scratch the surface of his history that the worthless Republicans couldn't uncover.)

So, to recap- Democrats were fine with the infanticide but they are likely to force him out after this.


I've read suggestions the Dems released this to get rid of the infanticide headlines, but I am curious why this comes out now.

Oh and why by next week? Because otherwise Trump is calling them out in the SOTU. He is still likely to mention it, but they can claim they addressed it.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Andiron on February 01, 2019, 09:53:58 PM
Dem,  it will never stick.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 01, 2019, 10:14:18 PM
My first reaction is to be gleeful seeing their tactics turned into a Polish firing squad. Next, how could a pediatric neurologist be so damn dense to be an idiot on the radio.

More cynical, did a right wing blog really do this to dunk on him or was it orchestrated by the left? Lieutenant gov. is a progressive poster boy. Laughing all the way I actually voted for this lt. gov because they are usually harmless and I thought it was crappy how his party really didn't want to campaign for him. Go to a 1984 year book to see a racist Dem? No, just look at the campaign messaging around Justin Fairfax.

Either way, this is glorious. Wish I was still Facebook pals with my old classmates that were so vile about smilin Bob McDonnell. Or so silent about Terry.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 01, 2019, 10:23:35 PM
Although just following Facebook for all the gold CSD drags up is causing a pretty big schadenboner. Whatever did we do for humor before the internet?

Ralph Northam will now be kept comfortable while we have a discussion about him. :D

Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 01, 2019, 10:32:57 PM
Sounds like Virginia is going to have an abortion
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: RoadKingLarry on February 01, 2019, 10:42:10 PM
Dem,  it will never stick.

If the VA republicans don't jam it down the dems throat they have no balls.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Angel Eyes on February 01, 2019, 10:42:43 PM
A number of Virginia Democrats are claiming to be appalled but stop short of calling for Northam's resignation:

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/02/01/circle-the-wagons-top-virginia-dems-do-not-call-for-the-resignation-of-gov-ralph-northam/

Governor Northam vows not to resign:

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/02/01/new-in-video-message-gov-ralph-northam-vows-to-carry-governorship-to-term/

Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 01, 2019, 10:54:14 PM
I could be wrong but I thinks the dems are going to keep hammering on this until he aborts himself. After three weeks of looking like fools they're looking to win something, anything,  even if it means eating one of their own. It not like they're really going to lose anything by him resigning since the person who would replace him is just as much of a liberal.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 01, 2019, 11:05:59 PM
And I think Harris is going to the one hammering the hardest because she wants to seen as strong and powerful and in charge.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: gunsmith on February 01, 2019, 11:21:49 PM
i do not think he is going anywhere, they're just gonna complain a bit and forget it.
only republicans can be racist.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 01, 2019, 11:40:28 PM
Not long ago I would have said the same thing but I'm starting to think that people like Harris, Booker, etc.. don't care as long as they think they're going to earn power points. We shall see
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: MechAg94 on February 01, 2019, 11:49:13 PM
Makes me wonder if certain Dems knew about the yearbook stuff for a while, but decided to make it public after the infanticide mess to get rid of him.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Unisaw on February 01, 2019, 11:49:45 PM
Maybe Northam can be resuscitated and kept comfortable while others debate his political right to live.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: gunsmith on February 02, 2019, 12:03:47 AM
Maybe Northam can be resuscitated and kept comfortable while others debate his political right to live.


hahahahahahahah I am stealing that quote hahahahahahahahahahah
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Ben on February 02, 2019, 09:21:57 AM
only republicans can be racist.

A tinfoil theory:

I can't help but wonder if dems are doing this for "street cred". They still blame Rs for not tarring and feathering Kavanaugh with no evidence. It seems that a Ginsburg replacement very soon is inevitable. Dems will absolutely dig out the High School yearbooks again.

Northam is a loser for Dems. He has "outed" a radical agenda on the definition of a human that even moderate dems are simply not willing to accept, and in fact, abhor. His replacement is a lefty. He's a perfect throw away pawn. If Dems make a big deal out of getting rid of him, when the conservative Ginsberg replacement gets nominated, and the "dirt" is run through the MSM, Dems will use Northam to show how "they clean their own house" of microagressors (I use that word because note - they are demanding he resign because of a yearbook picture, not because he said a child half outside of the womb is still not a human and can be killed for the mother's "mental health"). They will demand Rs do the same "house cleaning" because Amy Barrett TP'd a native American neighbor's house when she was 14.

Plus, as mentioned earlier in the thread, the yearbook photo is completely usurping his infanticide comments in the MSM.

EDIT: Add another layer of tinfoil. I just now read that the LT Governor is black. It's almost perfect symmetry for dems to oust him for the yearbook photo and replace him with a black LT Governor.

EDIT2: One more layer of tinfoil - Planned Parenthood is calling for his resignation. You do not talk about Fight Club.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 02, 2019, 09:26:43 AM

only republicans can be racist.

Funny you should say that because according to CNN he is a racist republican https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/1091549708349259776/video/1
Some are thinking it was done on purpose. I don't know about that but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if it was done on purpose.

Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 02, 2019, 11:35:45 AM
Abort! abort! abort!

Total Fiasco: VA Dem Gov Northam Retracts Apology, Says That’s Not Him In Blackface, KKK Photo
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/02/02/total-fiasco-va-dem-gov-northam-retracts-apology-says-thats-not-him-in-blackfa-n2540710
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: makattak on February 02, 2019, 11:46:04 AM
Abort! abort! abort!

Total Fiasco: VA Dem Gov Northam Retracts Apology, Says That’s Not Him In Blackface, KKK Photo
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/02/02/total-fiasco-va-dem-gov-northam-retracts-apology-says-thats-not-him-in-blackfa-n2540710

Wow. That's bold.

Or maybe brazen is a better word.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 02, 2019, 12:21:45 PM
Ben's tinfoil isn't tight enough.  Fairfax is young, black, fight for $15, etc.

What led to this is the topic we don't talk about, but I can't help to think that the several state rollout of full term abortion is a purposeful strategy to kick off the culture war. War on women disappointed, so time to stir up all the hicks. I maintain a regretful centrist position on that subject just because the level of statism to truly ban it would be shocking, much less muh states rights, etc. But how you can say anytime past a fetus could live outside(23 weeks now) is not murder I can't get. And I think they miscalculated that it is winning politics. Most of progressive Europe is 12 weeks.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on February 02, 2019, 01:00:18 PM
Ben's tinfoil isn't tight enough.  Fairfax is young, black, fight for $15, etc.

What led to this is the topic we don't talk about, but I can't help to think that the several state rollout of full term abortion is a purposeful strategy to kick off the culture war. War on women disappointed, so time to stir up all the hicks. I maintain a regretful centrist position on that subject just because the level of statism to truly ban it would be shocking, much less muh states rights, etc. But how you can say anytime past a fetus could live outside(23 weeks now) is not murder I can't get. And I think they miscalculated that it is winning politics. Most of progressive Europe is 12 weeks.

Didn't they do this before? and ended up with Reagan?
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 02, 2019, 01:13:42 PM
Didn't they do this before? and ended up with Reagan?

No worries, it's Virginia. We will get the most lackluster gov candidate that Republican money can buy.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on February 02, 2019, 02:48:09 PM
I've got the live stream of Northam's press conference.

oh wow. He's not only spouting some serious BS but he's doubling DOWN on staying in office.  :O
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 02, 2019, 02:56:36 PM
Has he announced his 2020 presidential run yet?
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on February 02, 2019, 03:04:27 PM
Has he announced his 2020 presidential run yet?

No, but this is going to turn into a real thriller.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 02, 2019, 03:35:06 PM
So do I have this straight?
He admits he's guilty of blackface but since he's not the one blackfaced in this particular photo he's innocent ???
I have a headache now.

Has Warren come out and said this guy speaks with a forked tongue yet?



Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on February 02, 2019, 03:38:45 PM
So do I have this straight?
He admits he's guilty of blackface but since he's not the one blackfaced in this particular photo he's innocent ???
I have a headache now.

Has Warren come out and said this guy speaks with a forked tongue yet?





Something like. But the important thing is that he's not going to take the easy way and is going to use this to have a serious discussion about racism because he's like Virginia and he has made mistakes in the past so he's the thing we really need right now.  ;/
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Fly320s on February 02, 2019, 03:43:36 PM
No, but this is going to turn into a real thriller.

Subtle Michael Jackson reference.  Well done!   =D
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on February 02, 2019, 03:45:46 PM
Subtle Michael Jackson reference.  Well done!   =D

I'm so proud of myself. I'm using it everywhere!
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 02, 2019, 05:18:15 PM
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? Michael Jackson dance contest winner Ralph Northam’s moonwalk demo cut short by wife [video]
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2019/02/02/what-just-happened-michael-jackson-dance-contest-winner-ralph-northams-moonwalk-demo-cut-short-by-wife-video/

Quote

    A reporter just asked Northam to moonwalk AND HIS WIFE HAD TO TELL HIM THAT WAS A BAD IDEA, if you're wondering just how much of a trainwreck this press conference is.

    — Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) February 2, 2019
Quote

    Video of when Ralph Northam gets asked by a reporter if he can still moonwalk. He looks around as if for space – only to be cut off by his wife who says, "inappropriate circumstances." pic.twitter.com/jcV2VJCtoD

    — andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) February 2, 2019

 :rofl:
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 02, 2019, 05:27:51 PM
If someone hasn't done a parody song "Triggered" set to Thriller, why not? This is all fine and hi larious, but when they are done guilloting themselves they will get back to us deplorables.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 02, 2019, 05:30:01 PM
If someone hasn't done a parody song "Triggered" set to Thriller, why not? This is all fine and hi larious, but when they are done guilloting themselves they will get back to us deplorables.

Meanwhile enjoy the show
And someone find Weird AL
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Scout26 on February 02, 2019, 05:52:16 PM
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Meanwhile, this is flying under the radar....

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2019/02/02/huffpost-reporters-scoop-about-ex-chuck-schumer-aide-made-it-quite-a-friday-night-for-dems-and-people-have-questions/


Schumer's top aide got fired last November for sexual harassment allegations and the story is just coming out now ?!?!?!
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: dogmush on February 02, 2019, 07:08:32 PM
HuffPo still has a reporter working for them?
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 02, 2019, 09:38:55 PM
HuffPo still has a reporter working for them?

Reporter? What would huffpost need reporters for? I thought they just sat around a table figuring out what to make up next
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: MechAg94 on February 02, 2019, 09:58:13 PM
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? Michael Jackson dance contest winner Ralph Northam’s moonwalk demo cut short by wife [video]
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2019/02/02/what-just-happened-michael-jackson-dance-contest-winner-ralph-northams-moonwalk-demo-cut-short-by-wife-video/

 :rofl:
Makes perfect sense.  Michael Jackson was black in 1984. 
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 02, 2019, 10:34:20 PM
If someone hasn't done a parody song "Triggered" set to Thriller, why not? This is all fine and hi larious, but when they are done guilloting themselves they will get back to us deplorables.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynO-bqU6tUk
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Doggy Daddy on February 02, 2019, 11:45:02 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynO-bqU6tUk

BookFaced.  I'm sure to be an outcast before sunup.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Andiron on February 03, 2019, 10:40:57 AM
BookFaced.  I'm sure to be an outcast before sunup.


Blackface while bookfacing,  make it a sure thing.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: K Frame on February 03, 2019, 10:45:10 AM
Looks like video has surfaced from Gov. Northam's 1984 dance competition...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=don%27t+know+if+I%27m+black+or+white+in+living+color
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 03, 2019, 11:27:38 AM
I am gleeful that the left is being hoisted by their own petard, but it just obscures the fact how screwed we all are. Look, I don't like Northam, been vaguely aware of him for a long time since I worked at the beach. He stands for all the stuff that makes government benignly evil. But, he has had a long career where many would consider that he has done good work. As a neurologist he undoubtedly saved lives. But we're outraged on the right because he stepped on his crank on the radio, or outraged on the left because he is forcing the rest of them to better hide their skeletons. We all certainly forgot the totality of his life, or that of Kavanaugh. Any sin is now punished by professional death. If that doesn't work, what's next?
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: HankB on February 03, 2019, 12:36:23 PM
I don't know why the democrats are outraged over this guy, when they not only tolerated but adored the late Sen. Robert Byrd for decades, and he was an actual, genuine, bona-fide Klansman in his younger days.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 03, 2019, 12:40:27 PM
I don't know why the democrats are outraged over this guy, when they not only tolerated but adored the late Sen. Robert Byrd for decades, and he was an actual, genuine, bona-fide Klansman in his younger days.

I know of a guy that was in Indiana and was a grand klucker or whatever the boss is. Voted for Obama because union, or farm subsidy or something. Politics makes strange bedsheets.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 03, 2019, 01:00:28 PM
I don't know why the democrats are outraged over this guy, when they not only tolerated but adored the late Sen. Robert Byrd for decades, and he was an actual, genuine, bona-fide Klansman in his younger days.
The "new" full bore socialist wing (Harris, AOC, etc..) of the democrat party is trying to show the old somewhat socialist dems (Pelosi, Schumer, etc..) that they are now in charge even if that means throwing a few dems under the bus. Stalin anyone? Northam despite his abortion and gun stances, is as far as I know is not a full bore socialist and now has a bullseye on his back. They want to use him as an example to put the rest of the dem party in line. Again, Stalin anyone?

" Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station"
Grand Moff Tarkin

At least that's my take.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 03, 2019, 01:10:16 PM
Damnit, now I am imagining a spin-off series that has AOC commanding the death star. Couldn't be any worse than some of the others.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on February 03, 2019, 01:14:46 PM
I am gleeful that the left is being hoisted by their own petard, but it just obscures the fact how screwed we all are. Look, I don't like Northam, been vaguely aware of him for a long time since I worked at the beach. He stands for all the stuff that makes government benignly evil. But, he has had a long career where many would consider that he has done good work. As a neurologist he undoubtedly saved lives. But we're outraged on the right because he stepped on his crank on the radio, or outraged on the left because he is forcing the rest of them to better hide their skeletons. We all certainly forgot the totality of his life, or that of Kavanaugh. Any sin is now punished by professional death. If that doesn't work, what's next?

Welcome to the court of public outrage, where rumors are everything and the facts don't matter...
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 03, 2019, 01:32:34 PM
Of course all the dems really need to do is start a rumor that he has some dirt on Hillary.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: HankB on February 03, 2019, 01:37:27 PM
Damnit, now I am imagining a spin-off series that has AOC commanding the death star. Couldn't be any worse than some of the others.
I'm actually thinking of a sequel to Schindler's List. I'm not going to say what role I'd see her in - but she'd get to wear a snazzy uniform. (Or maybe she'd be better suited for the next version of Iron Sky . . . )
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 03, 2019, 01:41:35 PM
Anyone know where the Lt. Gov sits on the socialist litmus test?
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 03, 2019, 02:06:35 PM
Anyone know where the Lt. Gov sits on the socialist litmus test?

Yeah, he's horrible by our standards. All the talking points, he has got them. Fight for $15 is the worst to me since people keep making noise about getting rid of right to work here.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Pb on February 04, 2019, 09:20:08 AM
I am gleeful that the left is being hoisted by their own petard, but it just obscures the fact how screwed we all are. Look, I don't like Northam, been vaguely aware of him for a long time since I worked at the beach. He stands for all the stuff that makes government benignly evil. But, he has had a long career where many would consider that he has done good work. As a neurologist he undoubtedly saved lives. But we're outraged on the right because he stepped on his crank on the radio, or outraged on the left because he is forcing the rest of them to better hide their skeletons. We all certainly forgot the totality of his life, or that of Kavanaugh. Any sin is now punished by professional death. If that doesn't work, what's next?

I am revolted by the fact that he supports killing innocent human beings.  The fact that he admits that this includes ones in the process of being born indicates he has no excuse about the victims being "lifeless lumps of tissue" as pro-abortionist usually spout.

He is an evil, evil human being, for this reason alone.

I don't care about him wearing blackface, or having been caused of sexual harassment with zero evidence.  He is a monster.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Ben on February 04, 2019, 09:36:29 AM
I saw this morning that the LT Governor has now been accused of sexual harassment. Looks like it's turning into "Designated Survivor" there.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: K Frame on February 04, 2019, 11:46:31 AM
Yep. I posted that in its own thread. Thought about combining it here, but it's a different enough situation that it really deserved its own freak show thread.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Ben on February 04, 2019, 11:50:27 AM
Yep. I posted that in its own thread. Thought about combining it here, but it's a different enough situation that it really deserved its own freak show thread.

Yeah, saw that after I posted here. :)
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: K Frame on February 04, 2019, 09:35:17 PM
Someone is finally asking the proper question in this mess. How the republicans missed both this picture and be nickname in the college yearbook.

Turns out that the Republican national governors association was responsible for opposition research for the Gillespie campaign. Gillespie wasn't exactly popular with them.  They were very lukewarm in their support. I'm working on the theory that this was not an accident. It was deliberately withheld from the Gillespie campaign to hinder his chances.



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Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 05, 2019, 12:10:56 PM
MAGA hats and blackface are different forms of expression, but they share a certain unfortunate DNA
https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-maga-hat-20190205-story.html
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 05, 2019, 12:48:58 PM
MAGA hats and blackface are different forms of expression, but they share a certain unfortunate DNA
https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-maga-hat-20190205-story.html

Quote
MAGA hats simply don’t mean anything outside their implicit political message: The past was better because the country was whiter.

Must be one o' them dog whistles.  ;/
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 05, 2019, 02:01:29 PM
I figured it out. This is all a deep state plot to distract us with the moonwalk so we forget about dance dance ocasio!
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: gunsmith on February 05, 2019, 09:45:24 PM
I figured it out. This is all a deep state plot to distract us with the moonwalk so we forget about dance dance ocasio!

LOL

    I can't stand either but would much rather watch Ocasio dance than listen to Northam talk
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Andiron on February 05, 2019, 10:12:41 PM
MAGA hats and blackface are different forms of expression, but they share a certain unfortunate DNA
https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-maga-hat-20190205-story.html

Yeah,  I'm going to call complete bullshit on that coloration.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: makattak on February 06, 2019, 12:04:29 PM
ANNNNNDDDD.... it may very well be a REPUBLICAN governor:

https://wjla.com/news/local/virginia-attorney-general-mark-herring-blackface

3rd in line for the Governorship has just admitted to a blackface photo from his college years.

YET AGAIN, it seems the Republicans are terrible at research. 

JUST when you thought it couldn't get any crazier... I'm just in awe.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 06, 2019, 12:11:23 PM
This could turn into killing three birds with one stone.
I actually doubt it but who knows at this point.

BTW: I don't seem to recall all these blackface parties back in the day.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: RoadKingLarry on February 06, 2019, 12:30:22 PM
This could turn into killing three birds with one stone.
I actually doubt it but who knows at this point.

BTW: I don't seem to recall all these blackface parties back in the day.

You probably weren't hanging out with a lot of liberal Democrats.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 06, 2019, 12:31:29 PM
I guess that must be it.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 06, 2019, 12:34:21 PM
Wasn't there a picture of Hillary and Bill doing something along these lines. Fuzzy memory on it here and it may have been photoshopped anyway. May be getting my memory crossed up with something else.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 06, 2019, 12:41:51 PM
Wasn't there a picture of Hillary and Bill doing something along these lines. Fuzzy memory on it here and it may have been photoshopped anyway. May be getting my memory crossed up with something else.


There's a photo of a woman in black-face who might be Hillary Clinton, as some have suggested, but I guess its authenticity has not been confirmed.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: RoadKingLarry on February 06, 2019, 12:45:12 PM

There's a photo of a woman in black-face who might be Hillary Clinton, as some have suggested, but I guess its authenticity has not been confirmed.

Snopes has said it isn't the Clintons so that has been settled once and for all.

Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: MechAg94 on February 06, 2019, 12:46:00 PM
This could turn into killing three birds with one stone.
I actually doubt it but who knows at this point.

BTW: I don't seem to recall all these blackface parties back in the day.
Me neither.  Some of it looks like it was done as a gag or a Halloween costume, but these same people would not hesitate to call a Republican a racist if they had done the same.  The Gov over there did call the Republican opponent a racist.

The only time I recall it being done was a group I was in doing a Halloween Scare thing at the school.  A few of the guys darkened their face and wore black and jumped out of a side hallway to scare people coming through.  If I remember right, I just had a big mosquito net over me.  
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 06, 2019, 12:53:03 PM

There's a photo of a woman in black-face who might be Hillary Clinton, as some have suggested, but I guess its authenticity has not been confirmed.

The person assigned to test it's authenticity was found dead after shooting themselves in the back of the head 5 times with a musket, then jumping off a 40 story building, then setting themselves on fire, and then hanging themselves after typing a 50 page note. Foul play is not suspected and their death has been ruled a suicide.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 06, 2019, 12:59:46 PM
The person assigned to test it's authenticity was found dead after shooting themselves in the back of the head 5 times with a musket, then jumping off a 40 story building, then setting themselves on fire, and then hanging themselves after typing a 50 page note. Foul play is not suspected and their death has been ruled a suicide.


Sounds legit.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Ben on February 06, 2019, 02:22:37 PM

3rd in line for the Governorship has just admitted to a blackface photo from his college years.

NYT is "reporting" it as "He was in dark makeup". Hurray for unbiased journalism!
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 06, 2019, 02:39:56 PM
Wait til they find out who TJ did.  I am so proud of my state. :D
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Hawkmoon on February 06, 2019, 03:55:13 PM
Snopes has said it isn't the Clintons so that has been settled once and for all.


Only if you believe anything Snopes says about the Clintons.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 06, 2019, 04:05:59 PM
Note: The asterisks are my doing.

https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/1093189392196427777
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Jonathan Allen
‏Verified account @jonallendc

Justin Fairfax said “*** that bitch” as he tried to discredit his accuser during a private meeting Monday night, sources tell @NBCNews’ @GeoffRBennett and me.
8:47 AM - 6 Feb 2019

And the solution is...

Quote
Harris/Warren 2020


‏ @bayofarizona
4h4 hours ago
Replying to @jonallendc @NBCNews @GeoffRBennett

We need to elect only women until we figure what the hell is going on
144 replies 22 retweets 487 likes
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 06, 2019, 07:37:41 PM
Uh Oh

He Knew? Staffer Who Worked On Northam Yearbook Says Photos Were Personally Submitted
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/02/06/he-knew-staffer-who-worked-on-northam-yearbook-says-photos-were-submitted-in-sealed-envelope-n2540885
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Ben on February 06, 2019, 07:42:11 PM
I'm getting very interested in seeing how the LT Governor thing plays out with the people who were attacking Kavanaugh. His accuser hired Ford's lawyers and he just hired Kavanaugh's lawyers.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Hawkmoon on February 06, 2019, 08:51:33 PM
So it's a case of deja vu all over again.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: K Frame on February 07, 2019, 07:43:19 AM
Read a news blurb yesterday, which I now cannot find, that alleged that Mark Herring only came forward about his black face incident because someone told him there were photos from the party that included him.

He led the charge last week calling for the Governor to resign. But it sounds as if he was fully intending to keep his own sordid, racist past a secret. Nice that the state's top law enforcement official thought it would be a great subject for a cover up.

Virtue signaling hypocrisy at its worst.

And he apparently has no intention of resigning.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Ben on February 07, 2019, 08:54:55 AM
Minor thread veer, but I saw this morning that the loudmouthed Joy Behar had a picture surface of her dressed as a black woman for Halloween. Seems like a lot of these, "How dare you!?! Resign!" people need to go back and double check their own history.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 07, 2019, 10:09:49 AM
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    NEW: Virginia Democratic Congressman Bobby Scott was made aware of allegations of sexual assault against now-Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax over a year ago by the alleged victim herself, @ABC News has learned. https://t.co/HW4SWXPupz

    — ABC News (@ABC) February 7, 2019
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 07, 2019, 01:29:28 PM
Guess I need to run to Costco and/or Sams to see if they have any popcorn left.

Quote

    Breaking: Virginia Sen. Tommy Norment was an editor for VMI yearbook filled with racist photos and slurshttps://t.co/S3Tcj5qIF2

    — The Virginian-Pilot (@virginianpilot) February 7, 2019

‘What a dumpster fire’! In fun plot twist, another Virginia political bigwig gets busted for racist past
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2019/02/07/what-a-dumpster-fire-in-fun-plot-twist-another-virginia-political-bigwig-gets-busted-for-racist-past/
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: RoadKingLarry on February 07, 2019, 02:58:48 PM
Does that make 5 now? It's hard to keep up with this feeding frenzy.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: makattak on February 07, 2019, 03:17:16 PM
Rush called it. They were digging like mad to find something, ANYTHING on a Virginia Republican to try to take the heat of the Democrats. I'm not the least bit surprised they found something.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 07, 2019, 03:28:45 PM
Didn't exactly take a crystal ball to see that coming.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: makattak on February 07, 2019, 09:00:09 PM
https://politics.theonion.com/report-west-virginia-feeling-pretty-smug-right-about-n-1832402532
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 07, 2019, 09:03:06 PM
1968 yearbook? My dad worked in DC in the 60s, often installing metal security bars on stores whilst the riots were in full swing. Racial division was front and center.

I was nine in 1984, in complete hick backwoods Virginia. We had three black kids in class, nobody acted like that and we all tried to dance like Michael, no shoe polish required. A bit of a different time.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 07, 2019, 09:05:29 PM
Also, the whole thing where Bobby Scott knew last year. Okay fine. I lived in Bobby's district for ten years. Big deal. I assure you that he can give the heads off kittens on live TV and he will get reelected. He has the minority vote and he also has the sense to keep the money faucet turned heavy on the shipyards and bases.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Angel Eyes on February 08, 2019, 04:51:06 PM
... and a second woman has come forward to accuse Lieutenant Governor Fairfax:

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/02/08/resignation-watch-a-2nd-woman-has-come-forward-to-accuse-virginia-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-of-rape-in-2000/

Tick tock . . . tick tock . . .
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Hawkmoon on February 08, 2019, 05:01:45 PM
If this keeps going the next governor is going to be the janitor of the capitol building.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Angel Eyes on February 08, 2019, 05:18:15 PM
If this keeps going the next governor is going to be the janitor of the capitol building.

... which, in all likelihood, would still be an improvement.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 08, 2019, 05:55:45 PM
If this keeps going the next governor is going to be the janitor of the capitol building.

They'll find a photo of him wearing a MAGA hat
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Hawkmoon on February 08, 2019, 05:57:07 PM
They'll find a photo of him wearing a MAGA hat

Or they'll find some girl who claims that he tried to kiss her in the lunch line when they were in the second grade ...
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Scout26 on February 08, 2019, 08:16:40 PM
If this keeps going the next governor is going to be the janitor of the capitol building. Former HOA El Presidente Mike Irwin.   


Time to break out that African Dictator Uniform to see if it still fits, or get it tailored in time for your inauguration.  Or would that be racist ??

 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:



Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 08, 2019, 09:02:47 PM
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    On Monday, I will be introducing articles of impeachment for Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax if he has not resigned before then.
    — Patrick Hope (@HopeforVirginia) February 8, 2019

Here We Go: VA House of Delegate Plans To Bring Forward Articles Of Impeachment Against Lt. Gov. Accused Of Sexual Assault
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/02/08/here-we-go-va-house-of-delegate-plans-to-bring-forward-articles-of-impeachment-a-n2541094
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: French G. on February 08, 2019, 10:36:09 PM
We Livestream two dumpsters, one red, one blue. Whichever one doesn't burst into flames is the governor. No, not a team red or blue rep, the dumpster.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on February 08, 2019, 10:39:01 PM
We Livestream two dumpsters, one red, one blue. Whichever one doesn't burst into flames is the governor. No, not a team red or blue rep, the dumpster.

I would vote for Governor Dumpster.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 09, 2019, 08:20:15 AM
Now he's saying that can't be him in the photo because the people in the photo are holding their beers with their right hand and he's left handed.

But

Quote
It gets worse for the governor. Here he is signing legislation with his right hand:

Nice try there gov. Did he really think no one would notice?
BTW: I'm left handed but I hold drinks with either hand depending on what I'm doing at the time.

Ralph Northam says it’s not him in the blackface/KKK photo because they’re holding beers in their right hands and he’s left-handed. Photos suggest this excuse is total BS  
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/02/08/ralph-northam-says-its-not-him-in-the-blackface-kkk-photo-because-theyre-holding-beers-in-their-right-hands-and-hes-left-handed-photos-suggest-this-excuse-is-total-bs/

Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Jamisjockey on February 09, 2019, 08:26:25 AM
Well some of the left is consistent at least.  There is some howling for the LTGov's head. 
So far we have
Gov in racist photos (D)
Lt Gov is rapist (D)
AG in racist photos (D)
Ranking state republican edited the yearbook with racist photos of Gov in them.
 :facepalm:
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 09, 2019, 08:31:32 AM
I think the biggest reason they're taking the charges against the Lt. Gov so seriously at this point is to set an example for removing  Kavanaugh from office
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: lupinus on February 09, 2019, 10:48:16 AM
Who needs fiction when reality is so damned entertaining?

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Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 09, 2019, 11:42:10 AM
(https://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/mrz020819dAPR20190208054510.jpg)
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: TommyGunn on February 09, 2019, 12:20:43 PM
I think the biggest reason they're taking the charges against the Lt. Gov so seriously at this point is to set an example for removing  Kavanaugh from office
[tinfoil]
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 09, 2019, 05:18:27 PM
Trump is such a bigot he even causes bigotry in the past.

Democrat Al Green: Ralph Northam Blackface Scandal Symptom of ‘Trump’s Bigotry’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/08/democrat-al-green-ralph-northam-blackface-scandal-symptom-of-trumps-bigotry/
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: K Frame on February 11, 2019, 10:06:16 AM
So, looks like Northam has said that he's NOT going to resign and that he's going to use the remaining 3 years of his term to go on a continuous Great Virginia Blackface Minstrel Tour.

I wonder if he'll moonwalk... I'd pay to see that.


Oh, and also, the guy who said that he was going to bring charges of impeachment against the Lt. Gov. today if he didn't resign?

He's walked that back.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 11, 2019, 10:11:01 AM
They're backing off now because they've realized that by pushing it would hand the state over to the GOP.
If it was just the gov they would be pushing hard but now that it's the top three.........
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Ben on February 11, 2019, 10:19:16 AM
They're backing off now because they've realized that by pushing it would hand the state over to the GOP.
If it was just the gov they would be pushing hard but now that it's the top three.........

Yeah, I hope the Republican party in general remembers to use that against the dems the next time the dems cry about Rs "taking party over morals!" They probably won't though.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Hawkmoon on February 11, 2019, 03:41:20 PM
Northam now says it wasn't him in the photo because he never owned trousers like that.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ralph-northam-interview-virginia-governor-tells-gayle-king-i-definitely-overreacted-initial-apology-2019-02-11/?ref=hvper.com

We need a score sheet to keep track of how many stories he can come up with.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 11, 2019, 03:42:55 PM
Northam now says it wasn't him in the photo because he never owned trousers like that.

https://news.grabien.com/story-northam-blackface-photo-i-have-never-had-pants

We need a score sheet to keep track of how many stories he can come up with.


Also, he would have been wearing an onion on his belt, which was the style at the time.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 11, 2019, 04:04:55 PM
Pantsgate

Or should that be reserved for the Lt. Gov?
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Scout26 on February 11, 2019, 04:16:27 PM
Blackfacegate I
Pantsgate
Blackfacegate II

And the Speaker (R) becomes governor.

#Metoo will die in VA.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: makattak on February 11, 2019, 04:24:52 PM
Blackfacegate I
Pantsgate
Blackfacegate II

And the Speaker (R) becomes governor.

#Metoo will die in VA.

They can't let only the Lt. Gov. take the fall in this or the Democrats will lose support from the black community.

They can't let only the Governor resign, because the Atty. General is guilty of the exact same "crime".

They can't force the Governor out of office because he hasn't committed an actual crime.

So, it looks like they're going to go with "sweep it all under a rug and claim it's all in the past and therefore no big deal" and just rely on the press to cover for them when they accuse a Republican of much lesser crimes. (or "crimes" as in the case of the Gov. and AG.) And just whistle past the #metoo implications.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 11, 2019, 05:26:45 PM
At least they got that baby-slaughtering stuff out of the headlines. Moloch must be fed.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 18, 2019, 08:45:33 AM
Throw another log onto the fire

ICYMI: VA Democratic Congressman Knew About Lt. Gov's Sexual Assault Allegation For Months
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/02/17/icymi-va-democratic-congressman-knew-about-lt-govs-sexual-assault-allegation-f-n2540946
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 26, 2019, 12:19:09 PM
Crickets
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: K Frame on February 26, 2019, 12:57:33 PM
Just so that everyone knows...

Virginia's erstwhile Lieutenant Governor feels himself sorely abused by these allegations...

In fact, he feel as if he has been...

lynched.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/25/justin-fairfax-likens-himself-victims-terror-lynchings-he-battles-assault-allegations/?utm_term=.30ff04668d66
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Hawkmoon on February 26, 2019, 12:59:56 PM
Just so that everyone knows...

Virginia's erstwhile Lieutenant Governor feels himself sorely abused by these allegations...

In fact, he feel as if he has been...

lynched.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/25/justin-fairfax-likens-himself-victims-terror-lynchings-he-battles-assault-allegations/?utm_term=.30ff04668d66

He needs to consult with Jussie Smollett, the current recognized expert on lynching survival.
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 26, 2019, 04:17:32 PM
Just so that everyone knows...

Virginia's erstwhile Lieutenant Governor feels himself sorely abused by these allegations...

In fact, he feel as if he has been...

lynched.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/25/justin-fairfax-likens-himself-victims-terror-lynchings-he-battles-assault-allegations/?utm_term=.30ff04668d66


Senator, I knew Clarence Thomas. You sir, are no Clarence Thomas!
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 27, 2019, 08:57:34 PM
Virginia's first lady under fire after handing out cotton to visiting students
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginias-first-lady-under-fire-after-handing-out-cotton-to-visiting-students

And in the article
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According to The Washington Post, the Virginia governor's residence was built with slave labor in 1813 and is the oldest active governor's residence in the U.S.

Well, guess the Gov's residence has to go
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Angel Eyes on February 27, 2019, 09:29:40 PM
Virginia's first lady under fire after handing out cotton to visiting students
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginias-first-lady-under-fire-after-handing-out-cotton-to-visiting-students

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OOA9w2EWtM
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: K Frame on February 28, 2019, 07:19:17 AM
"According to The Washington Post, the Virginia governor's residence was built with slave labor in 1813 and is the oldest active governor's residence in the U.S."

The White House, Capitol, and a number of other Federal buildings that are still in use were built largely with slave labor.

I think razing them might not be such a bad idea!
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Scout26 on February 28, 2019, 02:50:56 PM
Boy, these scandals have quietly gone away.  If these were Republican's there scalps would already be on display in newsrooms....
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on February 28, 2019, 03:10:19 PM
Boy, these scandals have quietly gone away.  If these were Republican's there scalps would already be on display in newsrooms....

They were all ready to scalp the gov to set an example for going after Trump and Kavanaugh but when it became apparent that all three of the top dems would then have to go and that would leave the Rs in charge the matter got swept under the rug    
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: BobR on February 28, 2019, 04:14:00 PM
Boy, these scandals have quietly gone away.  If these were Republican's there scalps would already be on display in newsrooms....

There you go, thinking these acts could rise to the level of scandal, they were merely youthful indiscretions for which they have vowed to never do again.



bob
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: MechAg94 on February 28, 2019, 05:39:51 PM
Boy, these scandals have quietly gone away.  If these were Republican's there scalps would already be on display in newsrooms....
They accomplished the mission of taking the Governor's infanticide comments off the headlines. 
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 28, 2019, 11:27:25 PM
I've been wondering when Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin are going to apologize for this stuff.

https://youtu.be/uKxF6NMN94E?t=39

https://youtu.be/WlLtAeesr7M?t=34
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: Angel Eyes on March 01, 2019, 07:40:41 PM
I've been wondering when Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin are going to apologize for this stuff.

https://youtu.be/uKxF6NMN94E?t=39

https://youtu.be/WlLtAeesr7M?t=34

Second one reminded me of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9TS1pRmajU

(back when SNL was funny)
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: WLJ on May 15, 2019, 02:02:44 PM
Quote

    BREAKING: Jefferson Davis Highway is officially being renamed in Arlington County.

    It’s estimated it will cost Arlington County about $17,000 to update street signs on the 2.5-mile stretch of the road that sits within Arlington County’s borders. https://t.co/o4StEYi8CQ

    — ABC 7 News – WJLA (@ABC7News) May 15, 2019
Quote

    When will Gov Northam be changing his name?

    — Steverino (@srohm) May 15, 2019

 :rofl:

Missed a spot! Virginia takes major step to atone for past racism, but aren’t they forgetting something?
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2019/05/15/missed-a-spot-virginia-takes-major-step-to-atone-for-past-racism-but-arent-they-forgetting-something/
Title: Re: So Virginia will have a new governor next week....
Post by: MechAg94 on May 15, 2019, 02:26:35 PM
Perhaps the Governor can "dress up" to attend the name change ceremony.