Still waiting on a valid response to this question.What the fuck you blithering idiots
Has Forma weighed in yet
Also what makes this situation different for Gillary than Franken?
Great screencap though kcp.
Seriously this shit response disqualifies her from my primary vote.
You should read up on the Watergate scandal.Is anyone else ever incredibly, irrationally, angry at how bad at this they all are? Every time I read a new piece of news about Stone, or Page, or any of the other Little Russian Rascals some part of me is seriously pissed off at how STUPID they all are. Collusion with a hostile foreign government to install a compromised President of the US should be something out of a le Carré novel! It should be byzantine, deep, complicated, and difficult. Something in my very bones screams that it should require carful planning and exquisite execution.
It shouldn't be the fucking PRODUCERS!
Is there anyway that Northam could have saved his political career over this? I mean the yearbook is absolutely horrible and completely inexcusable, especially at that age. Nonetheless lets assume, if he by himself came out with his yearbook and said how contrite and ashamed he is of his past and how such past actions led him to learn how prevalent 'casual' racism is and he wants to use his governorship to address systematic discrimination of minorities, would that have saved him? Let's assume he made a complete 180 on race issues since he was in college, would his yearbook still warrant his resignation?
If the above applied, I think this would be a very hard question, do you allow individuals to grow and better their attitudes, or are past 'mistakes' enough to conclusively decide ones character today? Should we reward people who were able to grow as human beings, or is the necessity of growth in certain subjects a disqualifier for political office in of itself?
I also think there is a certain cognitive dissonance in some circles, who believe in the rehabilitation of viloent felons (with truly violent and atrocious crimes), but feel Northam should resign over this (assuming he sincerely completely changed his attitudes ).
What the fuck you blithering idiots
Has Forma weighed in yet
Also what makes this situation different for Gillary than Franken?
Great screencap though kcp.
Do all of that after you resign. Good night.I think Northam could have weathered this, if he'd attacked his past self as a racist and could reveal a "moment" that turned him around. He's also hurt by this happening late on a Friday night; he doesn't have a weekday to address it with a proper news conference and his shitty little Twitter soundbites won't cut it. I don't want to hear what he's going to do going forward for the people of Virginia blah blah blah, I want to hear, "I was a racist. I was raised by racists, I attended school with racists, my friends were racists [I thought the person in the KKK getup was a date, but VMI was male-only until 1997, so I guess it's a fellow cadet], etc." But nobody wants to do that, so they offer up "That's not who I am" and it rings hollow. And rehabilitation has to follow punishment. Northam needs to resign.
Well Booker's response to that question was godawful so.Some of these candidates shouldn't run if they don't have a stance against this. One thought I hand is that we should lesson to how they answer the question of if Trump is a racist, depending on how they answer it demonstrates of the type of people they are trying to court. This may not be different.
Yep.
So you're saying that Gillibrand should withdraw and Hillary should enter.Even Hillary could do a better response than Gillibrand's. Lord, what happened to her political instincts? It's a hedge all right, but it's not an issue anyone should be hedging on.
I'd vote for Hillary over her, yes.So you're saying that Gillibrand should withdraw and Hillary should enter.
Kamala is doing the right thing here along with Warren out of the Dem candidates so far.
What about Julian Castro thoughI'm disappointed in Gillibrand and proud of Warren and Harris.
One of the weirdest campaigns in recent memory. You're not gonna be able to compete for white working class folks against Biden or Beto or Bernie.Not shocked at Booker, either, who is one of the seven black people in America to still think that respectability politics works in the Year of Our Lord 2019.
Which might explain why she didn't want to be first. I'm somewhat sympathetic.Looking at the twitter comments, trolls are already going after her and invoking Franken.
Yeah, that was quick. Her gut instinct to hedge gives me pause though.
I'm inclined to say you're right. She does a better job taking the temperature of the party than anyone else seems to be doing.Harris is going to win the nomination. She has the combination of Q-Rating and ability to actually navigate the politics of the Democratic base that no one else really has.*
*And that includes the likely entrants into the primary who have not yet done so.
Invisible Hand is sometimes up your kilt.Lmao didn't see this posted here. surejan.gif
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/tech/foxconn-wisconsin-plant-trump/index.html
Foxconn says it will build flat screens in Wisconsin after Trump call
Leaving It to the Lord
I CANT SEE INTO HIS HEART! BTW I LOVE THE TRUMPS!
But if you haven't seen the photos, THEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.Which might explain why she didn't want to be first. I'm somewhat sympathetic.
One of the weirdest campaigns in recent memory. You're not gonna be able to compete for white working class folks against Biden or Beto or Bernie.
Holy shit, he did.Even Tim Scott (!) gave a response. Unless Booker is in the woods or mountains right now he should have been among the first to say something.
Smh @ Booker. This is an easy as hell call to make but he drops the ball.