Posted on 10/27/2021 4:44:18 AM PDT by Kaslin
The joke goes that a slip of the tongue for a politician means that they accidentally said what they actually believe.
Now Democrats are trying to clean up the mess created by Virginia Democratic candidate for governor, Terry McAuliffe, when he said in a debate on Sept. 28, "I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach."
McAuliffe's 5-point lead over his opponent, Republican Glenn Youngkin, who has made parental control in education a central issue in his campaign, has disappeared.
Big-name Democrats, including former President Barack 0bama, are now showing up in Virginia with a mop and pail. Vice President Kamala Harris sent a video to over 300 Black churches statewide, urging support for McAuliffe. According to some opinions, Harris' politicking for McAuliffe in churches violates either or both the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt entities such as churches from electioneering, and the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal government officials from using their position to influence the outcome of an election.
Former Democratic Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder, Virginia's first Black governor, has weighed in saying he believes churches will jeopardize their tax-exempt status if they show Harris' video.
McAuliffe followed up with an ad claiming what he said is being misconstrued and that he really meant the opposite.
Comedian Groucho Marx once quipped "Who are you going to believe -- me or your own eyes?"
Panic among Democrats is well-founded in that Blacks constitute approximately 20% of voters in Virginia and can make all the difference in the outcome of the election. And Blacks poll strongly in favor of parental choice in education.
In 2018, Republican candidate Ron DeSantis defeated Black Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum by less than 40,000 votes in the gubernatorial election in Florida. One reason was DeSantis got 18% of the vote of Black women. This was most likely Black mothers expressing appreciation for the 100,000 low-income children attending private schools through tax-credit funded scholarships provided through the Step Up for Students program.
If anything positive has come out of COVID-19, it has driven home to many parents the implications of government and politically controlled schools.
Given the central importance of education to a child's future, more parents are becoming aware of grave implications of losing control of when and where their children are taught, how they are taught and what they are taught.
McAuliffe's accidental moment of truth put out for all to see what Democrats are really about. They are casting a wider and stronger net of government and political control of almost every aspect of our lives. The core American value of freedom has all but disappeared.
More Black parents are sensitive to the crisis in the Black family. Do they really want progressive politicians defining sexuality for their children? But this is what is happening.
Thirty states and the District of Columbia mandate sex education in public schools.
Log onto the website of either of the major teachers unions -- National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers. Both include the commitment to LGBTQ values.
What about Black parents, or parents of any ethnicity, that reject this worldview? What about Black parents, or parents of any ethnicity, who want their child's education about sexuality to be defined by traditional biblical views of love and marriage?
In a recent Pew Research survey, 59% said Americans disagree on "basic facts."
In a country where there's not even consensus about what reality is -- what is true and what is false -- how can we possibly have a government-controlled education system? How can parents allow progressive bureaucrats to determine the worldview conveyed to their children?
A wake-up call, a new birth of freedom, is long overdue in America.
Virginia is a good place to start.
What normal self respecting parent would go along with LGBTQ values? If the teacher’s union goes along with those values, what other crazy ideas have they got up their sleeves? I suppose there are some parents who would go along with these crazy ideas, but not normal ones.
Who will be counting the votes?
They will deny what he said. But if they can create enough votes, a win will be a referendum on what he said.
I predict McAuliff wins in a recount.
First of all, forget “fair.” Democrats do not do “fair.” They do exclusively “whatever it takes” to win.
Second: brace yourself for a McCaullif win: because if they need to, they’ll steal all the “votes” necessary to win.
“Whatever it takes” is their Standard Model.
Also where are the votes stored and is the water shut off.
Virginia is a tease. Looks winnable, then goes comfortably dem when all is said and done.
I’ve lived in VA for two years. People are making the mistake of underestimating upper-class white suburban housewives. They will vote for democrats right down the line just so they can go to wine tastings with their friends and brag about how much they are doing to save the country. There’s no way a republican wins this race. I hope I’m wrong, but the overweight housewives will be revving up their $60,000 SUVs to vote for the dems.
The 19th amendment was a disaster.
The same goes for the New Jersey governor's race. The results will lead the MSM to declare a huge victory for Joe Biden's policies and a repudiation of Trump.
A close race in a blue state?
Youngkin will win as of 10pm.
McAuliffe will win as of the next day or three.
Terry McAuliffe, when he said in a debate on Sept. 28, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”
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McAuliffe’s ‘macaca’ moment?? We can only hope.
“According to some opinions, Harris’ politicking for McAuliffe in churches violates either or both the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt entities such as churches from electioneering, and the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal government officials from using their position to influence the outcome of an election.”
The problem with the “some” who hold those “opinions” is that they assume the law would be applied across the board and that black churches would have to obey the law like white churches. Ergo, the “some” are racists./sarc
“The real scandal isn’t that the Dems cheat regularly, it’s that Republicans let them do it. People need to demand an end to the fake elections.”
Great point.
How likely is that to happen? I’m not too familiar with VA politics so I don’t know if that is even remotely possible.
Someone said they are playing these clips in commercials almost non-stop. I think that's great, even the low info soccer moms will hear it.
Indubitably.
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