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Showing Original Post only (View all)Gov. Northam should not resign [View all]
because I believe in forgiveness, if the person is seeking forgiveness.
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
― Oscar Wilde
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I think it depends on the circumstances and we need to weigh each case on what happened and when.
cstanleytech
Feb 2019
#63
Aye it is and some of the people I have seen on other sites online calling for him to resign are
cstanleytech
Feb 2019
#69
Is that opinion based on recent actions of his or simply this one incident from 30+ years ago?
cstanleytech
Feb 2019
#65
No. This was 35 very long years ago. EVERYONE did something dumb when much younger and long ago.
LBM20
Feb 2019
#8
Kavanaugh lied NOW, acted like a child in the hearing NOW, and did crimes. VERY different.
LBM20
Feb 2019
#23
NO !!! BK lied 3.5 months ago and not 35 years ago. If he had just done a GWB and said when he
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#26
+1, the PRESENT is dirty has hell seeing they support an openly racist leader
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#24
If they are republican their PRESENT is not clean seeing they support an openly racist leader of
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#22
Insisting on clean histories for Republicans is one thing. Getting them is an entirely
Autumn
Feb 2019
#50
Fine, but don't be upset when his voting base starts to look like one that doesn't...
SaschaHM
Feb 2019
#17
Northham should resign at the same time in his term as George Allen did. Allen had a noose in his of
keithbvadu2
Feb 2019
#19
Because it was never brought up and he led a life that shows he is not racist. Do you ask for
LBM20
Feb 2019
#27
It think this is the bigger issue; Northram new the picture was there and didn't apologize for it...
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#29
He should only resign if Dems are committed to impeaching Kavenaugh for his lies.
Pepsidog
Feb 2019
#41