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In reply to the discussion: Here we FUCKING go again. "Pussy Grabber" and Kavanaugh in ultimate power, and we hang our guy who [View all]BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)We find ourselves in this situation more than Republicans because we have higher standards (the belief that government can improve society, eg) and a much more diverse group of voters (a government of all the people). Republicans can get away with abusing this or that segment because they cater to a much more narrow constituency. Their voters also tend to have a more jaundiced view of human nature and lower expectations of what government can and should do.
Try to think of the equivalent situation for a Republican Northam. What would it be? Posing with the Bible with its pages torn out and being used for toilet paper? Yeah, I guess that would sink him. But its a party that is obviously comfortable with sexism and racism and were not. It comes down to voters. Northam received strong support from blacks, why should they have to endure this from him, and how can he proceed with full credibility as their Governor? These are basic questions that Republicans rarely confront.