How long does Governor Northam last?
How long does Governor Northam last?
I put Wednesday. He's still digging his feet in, saying he's not going anywhere, so Monday would be too soon.
Mother****er oughta be gone now. :shrug:
He could possibly finish his term. There isn't anything that can be done legally to force him out, other than shaming him out.
Northam strikes me as a really unaware guy, so this is quite possible. But, why? Why be an obstructionist and lame duck, when Fairfax could step into the position?
His political career is o-v-e-r. It's either over today, or in several months from now.
Come to terms with it and figure out the next chapter of your lives. It's not in politics.
How long does Governor Northam last?
Hes a democrat, and the party will ultimately stand with him because they are a racist party, and the gov will just have to take the heat.
He is denying the clan and blackface photos are him. Well Gov., this is post Kavenaugh and tough toenails. It is you until you can prove it isnt. You have no right to be treated better than Kavenaugh.
There is no legal nothing other than recall.
His actions today killed any shred of credulity he may have had.It depends on whether Trump does something stupid in the next 48 hours to provide political cover for him. One controversy out of the White House controversy factory and this becomes back page news. My guess is Northam's political team thinks something from the White House will divert the press and this will go away.
Yesterday when the guy admitted his wrong doing I was more on the side of thinking people were making too big a deal out of it (a single incident of long ago for which he took ownership is forgivable, especially in the Trump era with President and supporters who are completely without shame), but his rather odd backstrokes of today make me think otherwise. I am always impressed with people that stand up and admit wrong. I find people that are wrong-doers who do not take ownership, but deflect or blame others to be despicable.
His actions today killed any shred of credulity he may have had.
Haha! Yeah, that's why I say he's toast.I didn't realize anything had happened today until I seen your post. Weird that he would initially admit he was in the photo, then as soon as everyone calls for his resignation it suddenly was not him and he had no idea why that picture would be on his yearbook page.
Does anyone here know whether he was the student dressed up in black-face or the student dressed up as a clansman in the yearbook photo? Black-face is racist and in really bad taste by the norms of 2019 but it wasn't so repugnant in 1984. However dressing up as a knight of the KKK in full bedsheets regalia was over the top in both 1984 and today. Politically he is almost certainly done either way, but I would just like to know which bad choice he made thirty-five years ago for posterity's sake.
Cheers.
Evilroddy.
I didn't realize anything had happened today until I seen your post. Weird that he would initially admit he was in the photo, then as soon as everyone calls for his resignation it suddenly was not him and he had no idea why that picture would be on his yearbook page.
Haha! Yeah, that's why I say he's toast.
A mea culpa with an apology, later followed with a denial, rarely is a successful formula. :mrgreen:
Echoing Roddy's post above, I believe the denial may have to do with he realized while blackface may be possibly forgiven (doubtful given the outrage over Megyn Kelly's comments) but dressing up as a KKK member even in the 80s is particularly disturbing. He admitted to being in the picture, if the person in blackface is identified then that ultimately leaves him as the KKK guy.
The Governor has disavowed his earlier statement. He states that he is neither people pictured. But he once dressed up as Michael Jackson complete with shoe polish, brown polish. Oh, and he can still “moon-walk,” as he demonstrated in the press conference this afternoon.........Cheers!
Let's face it; there's no logic that can get him out of this! :lamoEchoing Roddy's post above, I believe the denial may have to do with he realized while blackface may be possibly forgiven (doubtful given the outrage over Megyn Kelly's comments) but dressing up as a KKK member even in the 80s is particularly disturbing. He admitted to being in the picture, if the person in blackface is identified then that ultimately leaves him as the KKK guy.
Pick your poison? According to the Governor’s remarks this afternoon he “vividly remembers” that neither people in the photo is him...
He also made a comment that what he was doing was not unusual and was accepted then, but he realizes it was still wrong! Wha??? It_was_the__freaking_eighties!Rexedgar:
I knew about the retroactive denial but not about the moonwalking. Yikes! This guy is unhinged if he thinks he can dance his way out of this mess. Thanks for the surreal update.
Cheers.
Evilroddy.
Let's face it; there's no logic that can get him out of this! :lamo
His actions today killed any shred of credulity he may have had.