February 7, 2019

"If ever wearing blackface, even in the 1980s as both Northam and Herring did, is a career-ender, and if we are supposed to 'believe all women,' then all three of these Democrats have to go."

"Only Northam has been thrown overboard by the party, with Fairfax and Herring getting passes so far because Democrats don’t want to nuke the entirety of a state executive branch they control. Regardless, Virginia is an indication of an inflamed and unforgiving Democratic mood that will define the party’s battle for the 2020 presidential nomination. Democrats are about to embark on the first woke primary, a gantlet of political correctness that will routinely wring abject apologies out of candidates and find fault in even the most sure-footed. The passage of time will be no defense. Nor the best of intentions. Nor anything else. Any lapses will be interpreted through the most hostile lens, made all the more brutal by the competition of a large field of candidates vying for the approval of a radicalized base. The Democrat nomination battle might as well be fought on the campus of Oberlin College and officiated by the director of the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.... No one will be woke enough to emerge from this process unscathed."

From "The Bonfire of the Democrats" by Rich Lowry (the National Review editor) writing at Politico. Go to the link for Lowry's details on the vulnerability of Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kamala Harris.

The Democrats have created a weapon that will be used repeatedly against anyone that rises within their ranks, and they didn't even keep Brett Kavanaugh off the Court. What a disaster!

It's the ultimate in Alinsky's rule #4 — "Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules." Looking for a place for the precise text of the rule, I happened upon "Who is Saul Alinsky, and why does the right hate him so much?" That's from July 2016. Hate?!

By the way... Ridicule is man's most potent weapon (Rule #5).

ADDED: The Editorial Board of The Washington Post, last night, dug in, "Ralph Northam must resign." But what about Fairfax and Herring? The allegations against Fairfax and Herring are not "relevant" to the question whether Northam can continue as an "effective governor."
It’s reasonable to guess that other revelations elsewhere, about other public figures with their own histories or photos of offensive, insensitive or racist conduct, may surface in coming days. Each should be judged on its own set of circumstances. In the case of Mr. Northam, the circumstances are decisive; what’s done cannot be undone. He must go.
Judge each person as an individual. Good idea. But you're also going to have to treat like cases alike. So if you don't want to throw out everyone who did nothing worse that darken his face to go to a costume party in the guise of a pop star he loved, then you have to stop yourself as you make that individual judgment against Northam, or you're setting up all the future cases to hinge on the argument that what this individual did was at least as bad as what Northam did. And I think the real reason the WaPo editors are against Northam is not that they want the wearing of a Michael Jackson costume to deserve the new political death penalty. It's that so many prominent Democrats put their reputations on the line demanding that Northam resign, and the editors don't want to leave them exposed.

But they are all exposed.

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Greg P said...

Blogger Paul Zrimsek said...
They've cut down every forest in England to get at the Devil. And now the winds are starting to blow.

+10,000

Drago said...

rcocean: ""The only way this will stop, is when enough Democrats and MSM favorites go down. Then they'll re-think it. Not before."

CJinPA: "I think this is correct."

I think it is not.

We have progressed far beyond typical "last 60 years" liberal BS. We are now, for the first time ever (though there have been many harbingers on the margins), facing this fully operational Leftist/LLR Death Star.

The leftists will sacrifice whomever they must (and 2 white guys in VA and a potential rapist in the LtGov who happens to be African-American) won't slow them down even a bit.

The revolution always consumes its own.

The only thing the dems/left/LLR's are doing right now is determining a strategy to force the issue on these 3 and yet retain control. I'd expect a resignation of either the Lt Gov or Atty Gen, to be replaced by safe dems (its always better when elections can be avoided for the left/LLR's), and then Northam is forced out.

Greg P said...

Rumpletweezer said...
Doesn't intent enter into this at all? Dressing up as Michael Jackson because you like Michael Jackson shouldn't be a career ender. Suppose an accomplished white actor wanted to do a stage show as a tribute to Malcolm X or Martin Luther King. What would be the justification for keeping him from doing that?

The justification is the same justification used in Colorado to block two "white" (GOP) representatives from introducing a resolution honoring MLK: https://victorygirlsblog.com/co-state-reps-not-allowed-to-introduce-resolution-honoring-dr-king-because-they-are-white/

the Left is racist, and wants everyone judged by the color of their skin, not the content of their character

hombre said...

Shouting Thomas wrote (to Althouse): “There is no great struggle going on. Racism is not an issue in our daily lives.

Junk the whole pile of shit. Quit trying to stir up a war to relieve your boredom.”

Channeling Pauline Kael this morning, are you? Democrats are using the race issue in an effort to create a one-party system that will surely affect our daily lives. That prospect relieves my boredom and it is not a war of Althouse’s creation.

rcocean said...

"I would add, we need to stop using only THEIR definitions of "racism."

Agree completely. Trump has shown the way. Counter-attack, stop playing defense when called a racist.

rcocean said...

"The leftists will sacrifice whomever they must (and 2 white guys in VA and a potential rapist in the LtGov who happens to be African-American) won't slow them down even a bit."

Probably. Trotsky and his gang were murdered by Stalin but they never stopped supporting Communism.

Humperdink said...

Level of importance:

Republicans: Infanticide > Sexual assault > Blackface.

Democrats: Blackface > Immigration > Climate Change > Sexual Assault > ............

.......... Infanticide.

Bay Area Guy said...

Shouting Thomas wrote (to Althouse): “There is no great struggle going on. Racism is not an issue in our daily lives.

This is a profound statement, worthy of discussion.

My gut says this is true for most people - if confined to daily living. They're aren't marauding bands of white folks anywhere in country tormenting black folks, like the Klan did 100 years ago. It just doesn't exist. That's a good thing.

The problem is that Left WANTS to make racism an issue in our daily lies. They thrive off it. They want to foment the strife - under the guise of solving it -- to acquire power and change the country, the laws and the culture. The end game is a multi-cultural, socialistic, atheistic country, where abortion and gay-marriage are totally normalized.

Of course, the march never just stops -- it keeps going until your country ends up like Venezuela, or your state ends up like California, or your city ends up like Detroit.

So, the beat goes on. And, if these preachy Dems wanna wear blackface while tearing into honorable men like Kavanaugh, well, the games will continue.

Howard said...

Blogger Drago said...
Republicans win and we get....Failure Theatre.

The NeverTrumpers were never republicans.

Trump has exposed all of that.

And that little humpty dumpty can never be put back again.


Addition by Subtraction... sounds like you could work for the Met Office and adjust the world temperature records.

walter said...

Maybe Howard Schultz can arrange some Trenta sized sensitivity schooling sessions for these folks. DO NOT call it Big Gulp.

Greg P said...

Amexpat said...
So playing KKK dress-up is worse than jamming an unwilling woman's mouth onto your throbbing genital?

No, off course not. But the former has been proved and the later is just an allegation.

Hey, "this is a job interview", not a criminal case. There's thousands of people who could have that job, there's no special reason why it should be Fairfax....

And no, it's not "just an allegation." Fairfax agrees the sex happened, claims they stayed in touch afterwards.

Tyson says they didn't stay in touch.

If Fairfax can provide evidence they stayed in touch (emails, texts, phone logs), he's clear. If not he's guilty.

It was 2004. If they had any cell phone conversations, her number would be on the bill.

Greg P said...

Howard said...
Blogger Drago said...
Republicans win and we get....Failure Theatre.

The NeverTrumpers were never republicans.

Trump has exposed all of that.

And that little humpty dumpty can never be put back again.

Addition by Subtraction... sounds like you could work for the Met Office and adjust the world temperature records.


Yep, that would explain why Trump was the first GOP Presidential candidate to win PA, WI, and MI since Reagan did it in 84, because of all those voters he drove away.

Oh wait, maybe because he drew more people in, than he drove out?

Math is hard!

Drago said...

Howard: "Addition by Subtraction... sounds like you could work for the Met Office and adjust the world temperature records."

Those temp "records" have already been irretrievably "adjusted" to satisfy lefty global temp lies and global political power grabs.

And as I am not a raving leftist, the Met office would never hire me.

Drago said...

rcocean: "Probably. Trotsky and his gang were murdered by Stalin but they never stopped supporting Communism."

And the lefties are more than happy to sacrifice LLR's as well at the Lefty Power Altar, yet LLR Chuck's adoration and support of the left's narratives and talking points never wanes....for even a second.

Narayanan said...

Has much in VA political institutions changed since the beginning of the Commonwealth? I would have thought Physical and sexual abuse practice were minimum qualifier For office.

Anthony said...

William said...
There's a bill of attainder quality to this. People are claiming to know all the nuances and circumstances of an inconsequential event from over thirty years ago. It's possible that Northam's costume was meant to make fun of the KKK.


That seems right to me. I think northerners by the 1970s saw the KKK as a joke, albeit one with a sordid history. It's mocking them.

bagoh20 said...

"#Bagoh for president"

Ahhh, Thanks DnB, but I'd be disqualified just by what I've written on this blog alone over the years. Besides, I think I'm disqualified for not ever sexually assaulting anyone, or cheating on my wife. I still have time to check those boxes, but I'm not getting married just to become the most powerful man in the world. It's not worth it.

Howard said...

We will see, Greg P. Winning against the most horrific democratic candidate since Al Smith was one thing. Kamel Tow is the real deal cold blooded killa.

Howard said...

Jeebus Drago, when did you get that stick up your butt? Your subconscious lizard brain must sense you boy is in trouble.

Sally327 said...

hombre said...
Sally327: “I think this was a thing for Southern White Boys, especially ones in college, the so-called elites, the upper middle class types. To demean and ridicule. And ....”

Yeah, like Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Billy Crystal, Ted Danson, et al. You know, Southern Boys. LOL!

2/7/19, 10:47 AM

Those are all professional actors/entertainers, with Jolson and Cantor performing during Jim Crow era so wouldn't exactly look to them as role models. My point was that on college campuses during the 1980s walking around in black face wasn't something I think anyone would have seen outside of the South where it was being done by white frat boy types.

Bruce Hayden said...

My vote is on Coonman and Fairfax going and the AG surviving. Coonman botched it, by lying and changing his story. And after repeatedly calling his opponent a racist during the last election, with nothing besides the normal Dem stereotype and playbook, he is also a pretty gross hypocrite. The AG came out, sua sponte, confessed his sin before it was public, and asked for forgiveness. Essentially, he has played this as well as it could be, while Gov Coonman has botched it.

Fairfax has to go, unless they can discredit his accuser in short order. So far, the accusations against him are much more credible than thos by Ford against Kavenaugh. Calling his accuser a b*t*h I think sealed his fate. He has admitted the kissing part with his accuser (no one except for Ford ever claimed or admitted that she had even met Kavenaugh). The b*t*h part just says to a lot of people that he is pissed that she (a proud Democrat) is pissed that he isn’t getting away with it. Being John Edwards’ “body man” at the time probably doesn’t help one bit. The other part of this though, I think, is that there are probably many more crazy feminists than affronted blacks in the Democratic Party coalition. Letting Fairfax off the hook here would, essentially, kill their #MeToo tool dead. Bad enough that they let Slick Willie off the hook, but something this egregious (ok, Clinton actually raped a woman or two - but that was years ago and more recently, he has just gone to Epstein’s Pedophile Island to get his jollies). This is a major tactical tool or weapon of the feminists, since, by nature, males are most typically the sexual aggressors in our species (and many/most other mammalian species). On the flip side, very few people, probably outside elite southern schools, ever wore blackface or Klan robes. I think, in the end, Coonman and Fairfax are a package deal.

One reason that I don’t think that the Dems can afford a clean slate, is that the Republicans would have almost free rein to do their thing until the upcoming legislative elections, and the one thing that they could do that would help them the most would be to implement strict election integrity measures, eliminating as many opportunities for the Dems to cheat in the next election, as they did so blatantly in the last one (more evidence keeps surfacing of how they cheated to get Senema to be McSally here in AZ - far more so far than her margin of victory). On the flip side, if the Dems win the legislature with a Dem acting as Gov, they can do the opposite, imposevballot harvesting, etc.



DavidD said...

“ ‘Democrats are about to embark on the first woke primary, a gantlet of political correctness that will routinely wring abject apologies out of candidates and find fault in even the most sure-footed.’ ”

Did we learn nothing from the Communist show trials of the 1930s?

bagoh20 said...

I wish people would stop and ask themselves who would be disappointed if racism disappeared. Some people live off the stuff and have no interest in getting past it. The answer tells you a lot about our politics today. Has there ever been any enemy of the left (real or imagined) who is not called a racist.

Also, who would be disappointed to find out that:
1) Poverty is fixed
2) Global warming is not gonna happen, or we have an easy fix.
3) Citizens do not need much government, becuase they are doing fine.
4) We can get along.

The SOTU showed you a whole bunch of people who seemed pretty unhappy with low unemployment, low taxes, less war, rising wages, rising revenue, heroes that are not political.

I'll ask the lefties to list what would disappoint conservatives? I have some, but I'll let you guys tell us.

johns said...

Is Northam saying he can't remember if he ever wore blackface or clan robes? This seems nuts to me. Of course he can remember whether he did something like this. I was thinking that I am not big on costume parties, but one of the only times I did wear a costume was when I was at UNC in 1983 (i.e. same time frame). Someone connected to the basketball team lent me one of Michael Jordan's practice uniforms, so I went to a Halloween party as Michael. It just now hit me that I did not wear blackface. It never occurred to me at that time, and if it had occurred to me, it would have been creepy. There is no way in hell I would have wanted to do that. But I can remember the costume and the party as if it were yesterday. It was at a Duke home, and I won the prize for good idea, bad execution.

Scott M said...

Andrei Bonovia, second in command of the V. K. Konovalov in The Hunt For Red October said it best to his captain, who had just removed the safeties on their torpedoes: "You arrogant ass. You've killed us!"

Bruce Hayden said...


Shouting Thomas wrote (to Althouse): “There is no great struggle going on. Racism is not an issue in our daily lives.

This is a profound statement, worthy of discussion.

My gut says this is true for most people - if confined to daily living. They're aren't marauding bands of white folks anywhere in country tormenting black folks, like the Klan did 100 years ago. It just doesn't exist. That's a good thing.

The problem is that Left WANTS to make racism an issue in our daily lies. They thrive off it. They want to foment the strife…


This fits into my point above. I have never dressed up in blackface or worn Klan robes, and very rarely have used the N word, and that has probably been decades. I would expect most of us here, and probably most Americans, are in a similar situation. As I suggested above, about the only place you probably saw very much blackface and Klan robes was in elite Southern colleges, filled with the descendants of Confederate officers and Klan leaders. Their century of resistance from losing the Civil War was obliterated with the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. I think that maybe the blackface, Etc, may have been acting out in response to this major disruption in their part of society. In any case, it isn’t something that most of us ever dealt with. As a result, this is a very weak weapon to use against their enemies (Republicans).

On the flip side, most guys I know probably crossed the line with our endeavors to get laid, when we were young and well addled with testosterone. The problem, of course, is that the limits of what was acceptable 20, 30, 40, and in my case, even 50 years ago was very different. Back then, persistence was fine, just not overpowering physical strength, and for the most part it was a woman’s responsibility if things didn’t go quite right when she went off alone with a guy. That was, inevitably, her choice. Even now, with their current rules, there are still guys, probably a lot of guys, crossing the line in their testosterone addled state. And that means that even an alter boy, like Kavenaugh, is probably vulnerable to the type of #MeToo attacks used against him. And, as a result, the feminists cannot risk giving up this weapon, even if it means taking out a good looking Black man who probably could have done well nationally for the Democrats.

Gospace said...

Al Jolson, vaudeville star. About the only thing about him anyone today knows is that he appeared in blackface. He was famous in his day for much more than that. Many vaudeville stars appeared in blackface- it was part of vaudeville. It's really a shame that Al Jolson is remembered only for his blackface appearances.

Vaudeville stars- there were a lot of them- all well known in the short history of vaudeville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vaudeville_performers:_A%E2%80%93K
How many are remembered today? Well, last night at dinner the waitress asked "Is everything good?" and I held up my perfectly rare steak and said "Poifect, as the Stooges would say?" She looked confused and asked if I wanted to sent it back to be cooked more. She was about my daughter's age, mid 20s, and had never heard of the 3 Stooges. Or, as it turns out, Abbott and Costello, or even George Burns. I asked her if she wold know what someone meant if they said Who's on first? to her. I suggested she go on Youtube and look up Abbot and Costello Who's on First" My daughter suggested she look up Niagara Falls Slowly I Turned which was done by both Abbott and Costello and the 3 Stooges. My kids were shown all the classics.

There is no common culture any more. When my parents were growing up, everyone knew Jack Benny, George Burns, and other radio stars. In the 50s and 60s over half the nation would tune in to the most popular television shows- almost anyone could discuss the basic outline of I Love Lucy. Only about 1/3 of the nation watches the Super Bowl, and it's the most popular show on television now during the course of a year. For regular broadcasts, the top rated show of 2018 draws a smaller audience share than the 30th rated show of 1950 or 1960.

It's really no wonder that a lot of people talk past each other, demonstrated daily in the comments section of this blog. No commonality. In anything.

MikeR said...

Huh:
'In the rotunda of the state capitol in Richmond on Monday, Mr Fairfax described the encounter as "100% consensual". He said the woman had been "very interested" in him and "was very much into the consensual encounter". He told reporters the woman maintained contact with him in the months that followed their interaction.' (BBC, couple of days ago)
'I never gave any form of consent. Quite the opposite. I consciously avoided Mr. Fairfax for the remainder of the Convention and I never spoke to him again."' (Tyson, CNBC, now)
This is quite checkable. Can Fairfax document any further interaction?

Drago said...

Howard: "Jeebus Drago, when did you get that stick up your butt?"

The same way I got to Carnegie Hall.....

Drago said...

Howard: "Your subconscious lizard brain must sense you boy is in trouble."

Oh, that one again too.

Come on Howard. For God's sake, don't become boring....

MikeR said...

Love this: https://www.wric.com/virginia-politics/democrats-mute-calls-for-va-resignations-with-power-at-risk-1/1761626491
"Al Sharpton, the prominent black activist and television personality, told BuzzFeed News that Herring and Northam should resign and that he’d lead protests against the two politicians. The National Organization of Women called for Fairfax’s resignation."
Take your choice - both are not allowed.
It is so beautiful when people work together.

rcocean said...

There is no common culture any more. When my parents were growing up, everyone knew Jack Benny, George Burns, and other radio stars. In the 50s and 60s over half the nation would tune in to the most popular television shows- almost anyone could discuss the basic outline of I Love Lucy.

In one way that's sad. But don't forget, we were FORCED to have that common culture. I'm old enough to remember when you had seven TV channels and no VCR. You watched what the TV execs wanted you to watch. And I hated most of the sitcom crap in the 70's.

Even music has changed. In the 70s I only listened to the records we bought or to FM radio. That's all there was. We didn't live in a big city. So, I didn't know who Miles Davis was. I didn't know who Louie Armstrong was. I knew what I saw on TV or heard on the radio. Today, I can go on Youtube and listen to artists from all over the world or old records from as far back as the 1920s.

tim maguire said...

"Blackface" must be more than "white person with skin artificially darkened by any means and for any reason."

Northram and Herring make a fine example if the division:

Northram: bad.
Herring: fine.

This is a case where intentions must matter. Why you darkened your skin must matter.

Nonapod said...

I'm old enough to remember when you had seven TV channels and no VCR.

Seven? I remember having only 4 (the 3 networks +PBS). It was a revelation when a UHF channels started appearing in our local market in the early 1980s. I felt spoiled being able to watch Voltron after school every day.

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Leland said...

For those questioning "can't we just stop"; I'm game. But we have a standoff. See, we have been playing tit-for-tat for awhile now. Except each round has gotten more challenging, more absurd, more ridiculous. It's one thing to challenge President Clinton for abusing women in extra-marital affairs; then get Newt voted out for having his own affairs.

We are well beyond that now. We have male students thrown out of college if a woman has second thoughts months later, and merely voices her complaints. We have racial protests on campus anytime a person claims another yelled at them with vulgarities. You want a place to stop; look at Title IX enforcement. After all, these are just students doing the silly and stupid things college students do and regret later. That doesn't mean a rapist shouldn't be held to account, but try the case in court. Give the accused the chance to provide evidence in their defense.

Do that, and then we can talk. Then we can stop.

Until then, shields up and weapons at the ready. Tit for Tat.

Quaestor said...

Re: Al Jolson

Here's a photo of the famous minstrel makeup.

The most striking thing to me is Jolson's solemn expression. Most incongruous...

Quaestor said...

Drago wrote: Come on Howard. For God's sake, don't become boring....

I would rephrase that...

Come on Howard. For God's sake, become not boring....

Bay Area Guy said...

Here's the infamous Gucci Sweater that does look like blackface.

I wonder how many racist, right-wing Republicans work for Gucci?

They say, if you've lost Gucci, you've lost the country......

Greg P said...

Bruce Hayden said...
My vote is on Coonman and Fairfax going and the AG surviving. Coonman botched it, by lying and changing his story. And after repeatedly calling his opponent a racist during the last election, with nothing besides the normal Dem stereotype and playbook, he is also a pretty gross hypocrite. The AG came out, sua sponte, confessed his sin before it was public, and asked for forgiveness. Essentially, he has played this as well as it could be, while Gov Coonman has botched it.


herring called for Northam to resign because of blackface photos, while he had his own. Then when if found out the photos were going to come out, he got ahead of the circus.

Sorry, no deal, He must go.



Fairfax has to go, unless they can discredit his accuser in short order. So far, the accusations against him are much more credible than thos by Ford against Kavenaugh. Calling his accuser a b*t*h I think sealed his fate. He has admitted the kissing part with his accuser (no one except for Ford ever claimed or admitted that she had even met Kavanaugh).

No, he essentially admitted to the oral sex. he just claims it was consensual. I've been pounding on what MikeR brought up: Fairfax told reporters the woman maintained contact with him in the months that followed their interaction. If that's true, he should be able to prove it. If he can't prove it, then he's toast, and should be.

If the Democrats don't dump all three, they're going to get hammered in the Nov 2019 elections. If they do dump all three, they have a reasonable shot at picking up one or both Houses of the Commonwealth's Legislature.

Greg P said...

tim maguire said...
"Blackface" must be more than "white person with skin artificially darkened by any means and for any reason."

This is a case where intentions must matter. Why you darkened your skin must matter.

Tell it to the left-wing activists going after every fraternity member / college student wearing a sombrero.

We are not even CLOSE to "tit-for-tat", there's a lot of leftist tats that need to be collected.

And collect them we will

buwaya said...

"facing this fully operational Leftist/LLR Death Star."

True. There is no comparison with earlier times, wrt the complete institutional control of today. Indeed, there is no comparison also regarding the lack of mediating institutions that formerly could limit such powers. The stack of institutions, government, private, and in-between, that they control is unrestrained and can operate with complete impunity.

An impunity that was rare even in former authoritarian countries btw.

bagoh20 said...

Fairfax's accuser said that he forced his penis into her mouth. Whatever else is true or not, I'm sorry, but that is not possible. Nobody's dick is that forceful. You have to be at least somewhat compliant to let it in. There would have to be a threat behind it that she believed, but she did not say that. Besides nothing is more dangerous than putting your dick in someone's mouth who does not want it there. It's a great way to lose it. Something does not add up to me.

Bilwick said...

Perhaps the Democrats are getting back to their roots and reading the works of George Fitzhugh, the antebellum South's most articulate defender of slavery. Fitzhugh hated free societies and lauded the Command Society. I understand that after the War and Emancipation, he became a socialist. So unlike modern Democrats, he wasn't a hypocrite.

Drago said...

Quaestor: "Drago wrote: Come on Howard. For God's sake, don't become boring....

I would rephrase that...

Come on Howard. For God's sake, become not boring...."

I bow to your superior phraseology and underlying concept.

walter said...

I wonder if Coonman can moonwalk in reverse.

William said...

Anyone else see the hand of providence in all this. The allegations against Fairfax coming so soon after the Dems went so frothy mouthed against Kavanaugh is proof that there is a divinity that shapes our ends. I didn't but see how they can help but dump Fairfax. There are some levels of hypocrisy that even Dems find intolerable. Some late night comedian might even someday make a joke about the incongruities that abound in Virginia..........No other woman has come forward against Fairfax. I don't find that particularly exculpatory when applied to Democrats. Women fall all over the themselves when it comes to exposing Trump's evil ways, but they are surprisingly reticent in voicing complaints about Dems and publicly revered figures. Cosby got away with it for years because no woman wanted to be the first one to come forward. Bill Clinton by his own admission had hundreds of liaisons. I'm betting that a lot of them were achieved with the finesse he showed with Paula Jones and I'm also betting that not a lot of women would want to go through what she went through in order to register a complaint.

walter said...

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right
Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it

William said...

With the exception of Weiner, I can't recall a scandal that I've enjoyed more. Weiner remains the gold standard of sex scandals. I don't think it will be topped in my lifetime, but there's a new generation of Democrats with lots of youthful energy.

walter said...

bagoh20 said... Something does not add up to me.
--
FWIW, a good number of posts re that in yesterday's cafe, I believe.

mockturtle said...

Kay: Screwtape is short and each chapter can stand by itself so you don't have to read it straight through, although better read sequentially. Also, his Mere Christianity, which is the best apologetic I've ever read. Also short and easy to read. I have all of his books and love him dearly.

Jim at said...

They've cut down every forest in England to get at the Devil. And now the winds are starting to blow. - Paul Z.

That's one of the best comments I've ever read here.

Matt Sablan said...

Will #4 in line be the first governor chosen by scandal lottery and coin toss?

Howard said...

Drago sayz
The same way I got to Carnegie Hall...


Good old Crisco

ken in tx said...

Blackface is not really a Southern thing. It's a thing done by a certain type of Southerner and certain Northern transplants. It's a Southern university fraternity thing. It's a tradition with them. Just a few years ago, a fraternity at Clemson University was sanctioned by the school for holding a ghetto themed party. Practically everybody there was in blackface. Nobody else would have known about it if it wasn't for Facebook.

FIDO said...

They need to do a full investigation, maybe get the FBI involved, to see what merit this CRIMINAL allegation contains.


That was what they demanded of Kavanaugh. I mean, unlike Christine Blasey Ford, this woman actually has details, he actually admitted to being in the same location as her, so this actually has some meat on the bone.

And since we gave such benefit of the doubt to Christine's Testimony, which could only be wrong and not a smear, as Cruel Neutrality™ told us, certainly Fairfax gets less, not more benefit of the doubt than the rambling of a mentally ill Feminist professor with strangely convenient phobias.

Douglas B. Levene said...

Not even the giant tub of popcorn is going to be enough for this show. Get me an extra tub!

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If we not subscribe, we win.

Guildofcannonballs said...

If we never subscribe to lonliness, never shall lonely we br.

Doug said...

One thing that has always puzzled me about the American Left is why they don't seem to understand that precedents are a double edged sword.
Democrats don't think two moves ahead.

Rick said...

Democrats don't think two moves ahead.

I don't think this is true. Rather they plan to change the rules or create exemptions for themselves. Controlling the institutions grants you control of the rules.

Greg P said...

agoh20 said...
Fairfax's accuser said that he forced his penis into her mouth. Whatever else is true or not, I'm sorry, but that is not possible. Nobody's dick is that forceful. You have to be at least somewhat compliant to let it in. There would have to be a threat behind it that she believed, but she did not say that. Besides nothing is more dangerous than putting your dick in someone's mouth who does not want it there. It's a great way to lose it. Something does not add up to me.


That's because you're a dishonest hack.

She says he grabbed the back of her neck and forced her head down. That's force, and the threat of more force if she doesn't comply.

Should she have bit him? Yes!

Do women always bite in the situation? No!

because if they did, they're be a lot of Bobbits walking around

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