There are no options anymore. Hopefully this will come to a merciful end sooner than later.

The “I wasn’t in blackface in this photo, it was another time when I was dressed up like Michael Jackson and put shoe polish on my face” explanation pretty much sealed it.

He can begin to heal the breach as a private citizen.

imitating Michael Jackson. Yeah, that's the ticket."

...and wearing blackface to generally mock black people."

You posted that sentiment earlier:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11764593

If it turns out that he is telling the truth and was not in the yearbook photo but did darken his face in order to imitate Michael Jackson, what would your assessment be?

This was no kneejerk response - he's in trouble bad.

Boycotts should be the last option because Virginians seem to want to do the right thing. It's the governor who doesn't.

That not a Klansmen, it's supposed to be a ghost! An homage to Thriller! Yeah, that's the ticket!"