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Showing Original Post only (View all)For those calling for Northems head, do you know Cory Stewart? [View all]
Stewart was the Retrumplican Northem beat in the last election. He's a fucking straight up unapologetic racist.
He associated closely with and refused to denounce the guy who organized the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville that resulted in a young woman being murdered and tiki marchers chanting blood and soil.
He ran a campaign mostly centered around; "we will defend our Confederate statues to the death"! Oh and taxcuts for the rich. Thankfully, Northem beat him like a drum.
I want to point out that Stewart was and is doing that NOT as a drunk stupid 20 year old college student, but as a 50+ year old Retrumplican candidate for Governor of Virginia in 2018
There is no excuse for Northems acts as a 20 year old college student... except for the fact that he has dedicated the better part of 30+ years in service and in fighting for a more perfect union in our country.
Those of us in Virginia know he's about as racist as Fred Rogers.
Thankfully it will be the people of Virginia to decide whether he should be forgiven. It's the people of Virginia who will decide if a stupid act 35 years ago will nullify the decision millions of Virginians made just a little over a year ago. It will not be some blog site that claims to support Democrats.
There are some that say he must go or the Retrumplicans will use this to distort and smear the Democratic party. May I remind you that this is a party and political phylosophy that turned an innocent risotto recipe into a pedophilia ring run out of a DC pizzeria.
There are others who say he must go because Democrats are not like Retrumplicans.
We have already proven that. We nominated a fantastic candidate for president who came from nothing and worked her ass off to get where she was. A compassionate and caring woman, mother and devoted grandmother.
They fucking nominated Donnie fucking Trump.
Being "better" than them didn't seem to matter in that case, did it?
I don't know if Northem should or will survive. I just know that at 62 years of age, I'm damned fucking glad that my entire life isn't defined by what I did in college.