What is the basis for this speculation?Quote:
Originally Posted by JasonEvans
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What is the basis for this speculation?Quote:
Originally Posted by JasonEvans
I can't recall where I read it, but it was out there over the weekend. Sorry, I don't have a better source than my memory from reading it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Indoor66
I know Northam made this claim but I haven't seen it verified by a third party. Doesn't mean it hasn't been, just that I haven't seen it.Quote:
Originally Posted by JasonEvans
To add to the chaos in Virginia, the same blog that uncovered Northam's yearbook has a story up accusing (without naming him directly) Justin Fairfax of sexual assault at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Fairfax issued a statement denying the allegation in very strong and categorical terms. Fairfax also claims that the accuser approached the Washington Post more than a year ago and the Post decided against running the story based on "red flags and inconsistencies."
There are now reports that Northam is considering resignation as one of several options. At this point it would be easier to list the national and Virginia Democrats who haven't called on Northam to step down.
Edit: To Jason's point, I just saw an article that Northam's medical school banned the yearbook in 2013 after it displayed students dressed in Confederate garb. Also, CNN has an article up that details several other racist images in Northam's yearbook--not of Northam but of other students. So maybe there were some systemic probems with the yearbook at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
These sound like the kind of people who refer to that conflict that happened in the 1860s as "the war of Northern aggression."Quote:
Originally Posted by mph
Actually the Post said that it didn't find any red flags/inconsistencies, but that it didn't run the story since it couldn't verify either person's account.Quote:
Originally Posted by mph
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/polit...ion/index.htmlQuote:
The Post said it did not find "significant red flags and inconsistencies within the allegations," contrary to what Fairfax said in his written statement.
He doesn't deny that the two of them had an encounter, but his version says everything was consensual, and that that her story is completely false.
What a mess.
Sigh...new headlining allegations out, this time during his time at Duke. The chances of him being governor now are zip, which is just .02% higher than the chances he remains Lt. Governor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Corey
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/08/polit...ser/index.html
PS..not making any judgements since I don't know any facts, simply reporting a headline story on a major news site.
https://thepeedmont.com/2019/02/07/s...0SWTuNXbSa4z1gQuote:
State Capitol Janitor Frank Surprised to Find He’s Virginia’s New Governor
RICHMOND, Va. — Explaining that he had no idea he was even in the line of succession to become the leader of the Commonwealth, Frank Donahue, the State Capitol’s head janitor, arrived at work to discover that he was now Virginia’s governor, sources confirmed Thursday.
Unfortunately this might even end up becoming Duke Basketball news. Fairfax’s second accuser accused him of an assualt while they both were Duke students, she also accused an unnamed Duke Basketball player of rape the year before (I believe that would have been the 99-00 school year/team).Quote:
Originally Posted by CameronBornAndBred
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.1b3e32b5b201
It is very hard to get into this story without triggering sensitive natures, but the story reported in that article is pretty potent, for the sole reason that these events precede the more recent allegation and are recorded.Quote:
Originally Posted by DangerDevil
And later...Quote:
"Watson’s attorney provided an email exchange from 2016 between Watson and Milagros Joye Brown, another friend from Duke, after Brown invited some Duke friends to a fundraising event for Fairfax’s nascent campaign for lieutenant governor.
“At this time, Ms. Watson is reluctantly coming forward out of a strong sense of civic duty and her belief that those seeking or serving in public office should be of the highest character,” Smith said in the statement. “She has no interest in becoming a media personality or reliving the trauma that has greatly affected her life. Similarly, she is not seeking any financial damages.”
Reading the reporting of the Duke player is of course disturbing as well. Again, I'm staying away from relaying personal opinions.Quote:
“Justin raped me in college and I don’t want to hear anything about him. Please, please, please remove me from any future emails about him please,” Watson wrote on Oct. 26, 2016."
I find it not at all surprising that a woman was sexually assaulted by a Duke basketball player while on campus in 1999. I sadly think it was a not uncommon occurrence back then and I fear it still happens with some degree of regularity today. It is horrible and abhorrent and should not be tolerated. Even more troubling is the report that the accuser went to a university dean and was discouraged from taking more formal action against the player.
I hope the school does what it can to look into the incident and attempts to put better systems in place to ensure the safety of Duke students going forward. I don't care who it is, star of the team or a no-name student, the era of looking the other way regarding sexual assault is OVER!
Jason, getting back to the hand of the early Democrat favorite, I am going to need to know which candidates went to Yale or Harvard and which didn't.
Although Trump did break the streak that went back to 28 years (Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama) to Reagan.
Keeping this political, Va Delegate P. Hope has announced that he will introduce articles of impeachment against Fairfax on Monday if he hasn't resigned by then.
Just announced, "Considering the "state" of the State of Virginia, West Virginia will petition to rename itself the State of Eastern Kentucky."
Long time NC District Three representative Walter Jones (R) died today, on his 76th birthday. He ran unopposed in the mid-terms, but hasn't been in DC for quite a while due to an undisclosed illness.
With his death, NC now has two districts without representation. The other is the Ninth District, which is the one that is waiting on a hearing by the newly appointed elections board.
I would assume there will be a special election for Jones' vacated seat.
https://www.witn.com/content/news/Co...505643191.html
Hope has stepped back from the planned filing.Quote:
Originally Posted by CameronBornAndBred
That can be translated into "You can't impeach someone over unproven allegations".Quote:
"Democratic Del. Patrick Hope tweeted early Monday that he got "an enormous amount of sincere and thoughtful feedback" from colleagues after circulating a draft of his impeachment bill, and that he sees that "additional conversations ... need to take place before anything is filed."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...sLV?li=BBnb7Kz
Finally some movement in the Ninth District.
https://www.witn.com/content/news/He...505934801.htmlQuote:
Evidence collected over months and being unveiled Monday could reveal whether the nation's last undecided congressional election was either tainted by so much ballot-tampering that a winner cannot be declared - or that the actual winner was unfairly denied the seat.
Day one of the hearings into election fraud in the 9th District is in the books. One witness testified that she illegally collected ballots and falsified information.
Hard to see them coming up with any other logical answer besides a new election.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/18/polit...ing/index.html
It might help them that there will have to be a special election in the 3rd district with Walter Jones' death. At least two candidates have announced today. It's a very Republican district, and won't be restructured until 2020, so it won't be surprising if there are no Democrat challengers.
Some of these N.C. lawyers are a hoot:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...WaW?li=BBnb7Kz
Mark Harris, the "winner" of NC-9, has now said that a new election should take place, as the public has enough doubt in the election results to back him.
And, the NC Board of Elections has now called for a new election.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/po...226561504.html
I missed the drama of yesterday due to traveling to Durham for a certain sporting event, so it was crazy this morning waking up and seeing the N&O with a pic of Mark Harris in literal tears. He was listening to the testimony of his son, which sealed the deal for pops. His kid testified that he had told him countless times that Dowless was shady, and had turned over emails proving that he had.Quote:
Originally Posted by DU82
Long story short, Harris Jr testified that Harris Sr knew exactly what he was asking for when Dowless was hired.
The question is whether Harris will run for the seat again. He has supposedly had health problems (he says he has had strokes and his memory of some of these events is fuzzy) and he was clearly tarnished in a major way even before his son threw him under the bus (deservedly, it appears). I know the GOP really wants someone else to run as they know Harris is a flawed candidate.Quote:
Originally Posted by CameronBornAndBred
Trying real hard to regulate emotions in this case, but it is clear that fraud was committed on a gross scale. It is also becoming obvious that fraud goes to the top.
Want a really good excuse for your malfeasance? Strokes. Go with strokes. And it is even possible he suffered one or two, but this is coming from a guy that just days ago was saying the election should be certified and he should be seated.
Now he is (rightfully) calling for a new election.
https://www.wral.com/after-harris-ad...rict/18208305/Quote:
"Mark Harris, who was in the hospital in recent weeks with what he has previously described as a serious infection, said Thursday that he'd also had two strokes in recent weeks.
"Though I thought I was ready to undergo the rigors of this hearing and am getting strong, I am clearly not, and I struggled this morning with both recall and confusion," he told the board in a prepared statement."
fixed that for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by JasonEvans
I think the correct place for Harris to serve a term is jail. The stroke defense is just about the worst I've heard. If that were the case he should have pulled his name out of the hat as soon as they happened and/or his condition made clear...not on the eve of when criminal charges might be brought against him.
People like Harris are what's wrong with our political system today. I feel bad that his family felt the need to throw him under the bus, but my guess is they realized it was either him or them. I can't imagine that's easy testifying against your farther, in particular when you warned him time and time and time again.
Best outcome in my opinion is a new primary + general...or even better a wide open instant runoff general (save us all some money and time).
Former NC Governor Pat McCrory has been highly touted as potentially running for the GOP nomination in the new 9th district race. But today he said he won't run for the seat with the most honest political statement I have heard in a long time:
I do admire Mr. McCrory telling the truth... a Congressional seat is beneath his ambitions.Quote:
"My fire in the belly is for teaching, being a radio host, and keeping the option open for running for Governor or US Senate, " McCrory said.
Harris officially out. As Gomer (famous fictional North Carolinian) would say "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise".
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ain/ar-BBU7rym
I don't think there is any way he could have run regardless, but the odds dropped to zero once he said he was having mental difficulties after suffering multiple strokes (which, assuming it is true, is tough and I wish the best for his family despite the shady election practices).Quote:
Originally Posted by dudog84
I got my election threads confused for a second and thought you were referring to Kamala Harris, which would have been a much bigger surprise!Quote:
Originally Posted by dudog84
You thought the Democrats had a lot of candidates in the Presidential election? HA! Early voting has begun in NC's special election for the third district.
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Voters will have a chance to vote for one of 26 candidates vying to fill the 3rd District seat formerly held by the late Congressman Walter B. Jones.
Candidates from four different political parties are in the running, including 17 Republicans, six Democrats, two Libertarians and one Constitution Party candidate.
NC 9th District voters will be selecting the GOP challenger to Dan McCready today. There are 10 candidates. (McCready is running unopposed and was the runner up in the general election before the voter fraud was figured out.)
https://www.witn.com/content/news/Pr...509891221.html
The primary was won by state senator Dan Bishop. He's the guy that sponsored the so-called "Bathroom Bill" that cost NC millions of dollars in lost revenue due to various boycotts. He will face Dan McCready Sep 10th in a general election.Quote:
Originally Posted by CameronBornAndBred