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A Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party in Virginia [ Northam backed by Hlllary ]
theatlantic.com ^ | Jun 13, 2017 Yes 2017 For Those in Rio Linda that's 1.5 years ago. | Clare Foran

Posted on 02/01/2019 7:08:00 PM PST by NoLibZone

The Democratic race has been portrayed in national outlets as a Hillary Clinton-Bernie Sanders redux, with Northam playing the part of Clinton and Perriello as Sanders, but attempting to superimpose a 2016 primary frame on the Virginia race is an awkward and imperfect fit.

There are some similarities to the presidential primary. Northam has the backing of the Democratic political establishment within the state.

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: blackface; california; clareforan; clinton; democrats; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; dukeuniversity; flashback; hillary; justinfairfax; kkk; mediawingofthednc; meredithwatson; metoo; northam; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; ralphnortham; smearmachine; theatlantic; vanessatyson; virginia

1 posted on 02/01/2019 7:08:00 PM PST by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone

What soul?


2 posted on 02/01/2019 7:09:42 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Beat me to it.


3 posted on 02/01/2019 7:10:48 PM PST by golux
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To: golux

The GOP should take himm out. No feather in the cap. Just do it. Do what u gotta do.


4 posted on 02/01/2019 7:13:16 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: NoLibZone

The Demonicrat Party gave its soul to Satan decades ago.


5 posted on 02/01/2019 7:16:13 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: Jeff Chandler

Moe of the Three Stooges: “I’m sorry ma’m but the heel has no soul.”


6 posted on 02/01/2019 7:20:14 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,noncitizens & illegals voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
What soul?

If Sheets Byrd can be called "The Conscience of the Senate" then it follows that the Rat Party must have a soul.

I think!

7 posted on 02/01/2019 7:20:38 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Would Robert Byrd be considered a sheet-lord?


8 posted on 02/01/2019 8:17:22 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Gay State Conservative

Byrd being called “The Conscience of the Senate”? Really? No sheet!


9 posted on 02/02/2019 12:13:13 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (with)
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To: NoLibZone

Backed by Hillary - Boy that has got to sting.


10 posted on 02/02/2019 12:42:35 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The Dems will remove him, they can’t run race-based campaigns while supporting him.

He won’t survive the weekend. How could he explain being in EITHER of those costumes?

I see some libs coming to his defense, but the black Dems attacking him are passionate - almost in shock that this merits discussion. Blacks of any political affiliation should take note of who defends Northam, in light of the unfounded allegations of racism against our beloved president. Trump should publicly state in no uncertain terms that he is NOT the person in the second costume in that photo - and repeat that every day until Northam is out. It doesn’t help Dem defenders that his replacement will be the black lieutenant governor...why are they “keeping him down”?


11 posted on 02/02/2019 4:29:55 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: NoLibZone

the blackface is distraction. ya don’t take a cool 2 million from anybody and then NOT deliver...


12 posted on 02/02/2019 4:36:24 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible")
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To: kearnyirish2

If Mr. Northam were to resign, Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax would assume the governor’s office. Mr. Fairfax, a Democrat, was the second black person to be elected to statewide office in Virginia.


13 posted on 02/02/2019 4:38:32 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: kearnyirish2

He admitted to voting for W twice. He is toast


14 posted on 02/02/2019 4:40:16 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: AppyPappy

I know - I think he was doomed anyway, but now he’s preventing a black guy from “movin’ on up”?


15 posted on 02/02/2019 4:45:45 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: AppyPappy

The blacks discussing this on TV seem confused as to why there is even any debate about this; the Dem party keeps the seat anyway, and for decades they’ve been whipped into a frenzy with stories of evil white Republicans doing exactly this sort of racist prank.

Those who believe he stays in office don’t understand how this plays out nationally; after the 2016 debacle (when black voters who distrusted or disliked Hillary delivered PA, MI, and WI to Trump), the Dems are more than ever beholden to black voters - and there is simply no way to spin this in a positive light. It can be used by Republicans in all 50 states against Dem opponents in 2020; he has to go.


16 posted on 02/02/2019 4:52:05 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Modern Democrats are the psychological descendants of the New England Puritans of the 17th-18th centuries but they have lost the connection to religion or have added the puritanism to a substitute religion.


17 posted on 02/02/2019 5:19:36 AM PST by arthurus (y55)
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To: arthurus
Modern Democrats are the psychological descendants of the New England Puritans

You may be on to something.

18 posted on 02/02/2019 9:29:35 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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