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Dude, stop (Original Post) blogslut Feb 2019 OP
WHoever has been advising him, must really HATE him, that's all I can think... hlthe2b Feb 2019 #1
Don't get your comment?! democratisphere Feb 2019 #2
Are watching it? blogslut Feb 2019 #3
I certainly am watching. democratisphere Feb 2019 #6
okay blogslut Feb 2019 #7
He claims he didn't buy the yearbook and had never seen the photo oberliner Feb 2019 #10
Ah, yes. That explains everything. blogslut Feb 2019 #11
The truth is that was an absolute shitshow of a press conference from a man who is in a very high WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #9
I think everyone needs to take a step back and let the forensics democratisphere Feb 2019 #12
That approach certainly sounds reasonable, but is actually hurtful and results in little to no WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #13
"Determine the Truth"? brooklynite Feb 2019 #14
Michael Jackson is probably one of the most famous people to have democratisphere Feb 2019 #17
What shade of shoe polish would one apply to look like MJ? blogslut Feb 2019 #19
Black makeup if I was caucasian. I believe it might be referred to as blackface. democratisphere Feb 2019 #20
Dude, stop blogslut Feb 2019 #21
Might want to take some of your own advice and stop the democratisphere Feb 2019 #22
This is infuriating. yardwork Feb 2019 #4
Please EffieBlack Feb 2019 #5
Yes, please. Put us out of our misery. Shut up already. Solly Mack Feb 2019 #8
Didn't listen to the presser but from what I'm reading Sunsky Feb 2019 #15
Okay, I'm already sick of this story and the dozens of threads about it here. BlueStater Feb 2019 #16
Ditto. Tipperary Feb 2019 #18

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
6. I certainly am watching.
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 04:21 PM
Feb 2019

I can also identify a steamroller rush to judgment when I see and hear one. More time is required to determine the truth.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,522 posts)
9. The truth is that was an absolute shitshow of a press conference from a man who is in a very high
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 04:25 PM
Feb 2019

leadership position where he can do a lot of damage to race relations in general and party politics on the state and national stage in particular, a man who as long as he is governor makes it very difficult for a Democratic presidential candidate to win Virginia in 2020, a man who appears to believe that "I wore blackface for sure, just not that time, and I'm just going to keep being governor while I try to prove that I'm still worthy of being governor" is an appropriate response, which it is not. He and his team clearly have terrible judgment and faulty moral compasses.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
12. I think everyone needs to take a step back and let the forensics
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 04:54 PM
Feb 2019

of the entire situation take place. More time should be very telling and will reveal the truth, one way or the other.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,522 posts)
13. That approach certainly sounds reasonable, but is actually hurtful and results in little to no
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 05:03 PM
Feb 2019

change. What forensics? What process? What "entire situation"? How much more time? Why would it be telling?

brooklynite

(94,987 posts)
14. "Determine the Truth"?
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 05:05 PM
Feb 2019

Once he ADMITTED TO ANOTHER Black Face incident and then EXPLAINED HOW HE DID IT, the Yearbook photo became an afterthought.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
17. Michael Jackson is probably one of the most famous people to have
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 05:42 PM
Feb 2019

ever lived on this Earth. Emulating famous people with costumes is nothing new and has been repeated for many generations. Time to put a halt to the Al Franken 2.0 rush to judgment and see what the truth actually is.

Emulating MJ in 1984 was very, very, very common.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
20. Black makeup if I was caucasian. I believe it might be referred to as blackface.
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 06:14 PM
Feb 2019

Oh God. I forgot THAT is not allowed by people that rush to judgment.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
22. Might want to take some of your own advice and stop the
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 06:20 PM
Feb 2019

destruction of another one of our own over BS. Enough said.

Solly Mack

(90,801 posts)
8. Yes, please. Put us out of our misery. Shut up already.
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 04:23 PM
Feb 2019

That man is dead in the water and doesn't even know it.

Sunsky

(1,737 posts)
15. Didn't listen to the presser but from what I'm reading
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 05:12 PM
Feb 2019

it seems like it was pure bs. This is not the proper response Northam. No.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
16. Okay, I'm already sick of this story and the dozens of threads about it here.
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 05:16 PM
Feb 2019

I wish he'd just resign already so it will end.

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