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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Free Vulcan on February 08, 2019, 09:36:13 pm
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A second woman has come forward to accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) of sexual assault, the latest in a deepening political crisis for him and for the state.
Meredith Watson says Fairfax raped her when they were both students at Duke University in 2000, according to a statement from her attorney.
“We serve as counsel for Meredith Watson, who was raped by Justin Fairfax in 2000, while they were both students at Duke University. Mr. Fairfax’s attack was premeditated and aggressive. The two were friends but never dated or had any romantic relationship,†Nancy Erika Smith, Watson’s attorney, said in a statement. “Ms. Watson shared her account of the rape with friends in a series of emails and Facebook messages that are now in our possession. Additionally, we have statements from former classmates corroborating that Ms. Watson immediately told friends that Mr. Fairfax had raped her.â€
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/second-woman-accuses-virginia-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-of-sexual-assault
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Also rumored to be three more.
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I made a liquor run today.
I’m ready!!
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https://twitter.com/notlarrysabato/status/1093995574154723329 (https://twitter.com/notlarrysabato/status/1093995574154723329)
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This alpha male needs to run for President.
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Is he going to repeat, "F*** that b***h" about accuser #2 (and all subsequent victims), like he did of the first woman?
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Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax accused of second sexual assault
Fox News, Feb 8, 2019, Matt Richardson
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax was hit with a new allegation of sexual assault on Friday afternoon, just days after the embattled Democrat was accused of assaulting a separate woman in 2004.
Fairfax denied the newest claim, labeling it "demonstrably false" but the claim promptly ignited multiple calls for Fairfax to resign. Multiple 2020 presidential hopefuls, including Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Corey Booker, D-N.J. and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., demanded he step down. Past and present Virginia politicos also called for his resignation.
Meridith Watson was “raped†by Justin Fairfax in 2000 “while they were both students at Duke University,†Smith Mullin P.C., legal counsel representing Watson, alleged in a Friday news release.
“Mr. Fairfax’s attack was premeditated and aggressive,†the release went on to claim. “The two were friends but never dated or had any romantic relationship.
“Ms. Watson shared her account of the rape with friends in a series of emails and Facebook messages that are now in our possession. Additionally, we have statements from former classmates corroborating that Ms. Watson immediately told friends that Mr. Fairfax had raped her.â€
"I demand a full investigation into these unsubstantiated and false allegations," Fairfax insisted. "Such an investigation will confirm my account because I am telling the truth."
Fairfax said the allegation was part of a "vicious and coordinated smear campaign" orchestrated against him. He also pledged not to resign.
But the newest claim, combined with the allegation made earlier this week, only expedited calls for Fairfax to step down.
"The allegations against Justin Fairfax are serious and credible," former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe tweeted Friday. "It is clear to me that he can no longer effectively serve the people of Virginia as Lieutenant Governor. I call for his immediate resignation."
"I believe Dr. Vanessa Tyson. I believe Meredith Watson. And I believe Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax must resign," Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., tweeted.
More: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-accused-of-second-sexual-assault (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-accused-of-second-sexual-assault)
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The mainstream media are very careful not to mention the Republican who would be next in line for the post should Northam, Fairfax and the Atty Gen have to step down for their various misdeeds and felonies.
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FTB. Right?
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They are Kavanaughing him now. Poor dumb bastard doesn't stand a chance.
Put a fork in him.
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The mainstream media are very careful not to mention the Republican who would be next in line for the post should Northam, Fairfax and the Atty Gen have to step down for their various misdeeds and felonies.
Slow down. Northam hasn't even stepped down. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/429194-northam-tells-top-staff-he-wont-resign-report
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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. 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.
The Poundmetooer must be believed. It is how they "woke"
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Slow down. Northam hasn't even stepped down.
I realize that, as my comment clearly indicated. IF Amos & Andy were forced to resign, AND the rapist resigned, the next in line is a Republican. Most of the media are studiously avoiding having to discuss him.
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They are Kavanaughing him now. Poor dumb bastard doesn't stand a chance.
Put a fork in him.
Kavanaughing him? There are seemingly credible charges against this guy, unlike Kavanaugh.
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Kavanaughing him? There are seemingly credible charges against this guy, unlike Kavanaugh.
Really? Shit happens 15 years ago. WTF This #me and woke shit is suspect. It is high tech lynching.
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I realize that, as my comment clearly indicated. IF Amos & Andy were forced to resign, AND the rapist resigned, the next in line is a Republican. Most of the media are studiously avoiding having to discuss him.
If the President dies in a nuclear Armageddon, and The Vice President dies in a nuclear Armageddon, and the Speaker dies in a nuclear Armageddon I don't know who get top billing and it don't really matter much to me. Northam ain't leaving so it matters even less than my Armageddon fantasy.
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Really? Shit happens 15 years ago. WTF This #me and woke shit is suspect. It is high tech lynching.
Uh, huh. That's an interesting way of looking at it.
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Uh, huh. That's an interesting way of looking at it.
Let me ask you as a women. Some guy forces your head down on his unit are you gonna suck it or bite it off?
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Let me ask you as a women. Some guy forces your head down on his unit are you gonna suck it or bite it off?
None of your damned business. And, what I might do is irrelevant here.
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None of your damned business. And, what I might do is irrelevant here.
Bullshit. Cop out.
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Bullshit. Cop out.
Whatever.
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Let me ask you as a women. Some guy forces your head down on his unit are you gonna suck it or bite it off?
Way outta line, there....
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Kavanaughing him? There are seemingly credible charges against this guy, unlike Kavanaugh.
I agree. These women seem sane and credible and totally unlike the Kavanaugh accusers. There will probably be more, now that this many have come out. He might as well pack.
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Way outta line, there....
Yeah right. An honest discussion about he'n and she'n before wokeness and the #mee's took over is forebotten around these parts.
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I agree. These women seem sane and credible and totally unlike the Kavanaugh accusers. There will probably be more, now that this many have come out. He might as well pack.
He already said no. No means no. Voters will get a chance to voice their displeasure in...let me see...2 years and 9 months.
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Let me ask you as a women. Some guy forces your head down on his unit are you gonna suck it or bite it off?
'Oh, short answer, "yes" with an "if." Long answer, "no" with a "but."'
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My prediction from two days ago:
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,350521.msg1910666.html#msg1910666 (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,350521.msg1910666.html#msg1910666)
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'Oh, short answer, "yes" with an "if." Long answer, "no" with a "but."'
"They" are gonna screw this guy like a tied up goat over some she said shit from 2004.
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"They" are gonna screw this guy like a tied up goat over some she said shit from 2004.
Agreed. I am really not happy about this kind of thing happening to anyone, but I'm fascinated that it's finally happening to a democrat.
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The optics are hilarious!
White governor gets caught in blackface photo.
The result?
Black guy gets impeached. :silly:
Of course, you know that if Fairfax is forced out, the two "white racists" will have to be forced out in some way?
If not, how will the Democrats be able to use "Trump is a Racist" for their 2020 campaign?:confused:
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I finally figured out how Fairfax can survive - he needs to find a man who claimed to have sex with him.
Being gay remains a protected class, and the Dems will rally back around him.
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Agreed. I am really not happy about this kind of thing happening to anyone, but I'm fascinated that it's finally happening to a democrat.
It ain't the first. It would be useful to determine the alignment of all these liberals going down... Whether old guard or new, something different is gonna shake out.
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So here are the eight possibilities:
•Only Gov. Northam Resigns: Gov. Justin Fairfax (D), acting Lt. Gov. Steve Newman (R), Attorney General Mark Herring (D)
•Only Lt. Gov. Fairfax Resigns: Gov. Ralph Northam (D), acting Lt. Gov. Steve Newman (R), Attorney General Mark Herring (D)
•Only Attorney General Mark Herring Resigns: Gov. Ralph Northam (D), Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D), new AG named by GOP legislature.
•Northam and Fairfax Resign: Gov. Mark Herring (D), acting Lt. Gov. Steve Newman (R), new AG named by GOP legislature.
•Northam and Herring Resign: Gov. Justin Fairfax (D), acting Lt. Gov. Steve Newman (R), new AG named by GOP legislature.
•Fairfax and Herring Resign: Gov. Ralph Northam (D), acting Lt. Gov. Steve Newman (R), new AG named by GOP legislature.
•Northam, Fairfax, and Herring Resign: Gov. Kirk Cox (R), acting Lt. Gov. Steve Newman (R), new AG named by GOP legislature.
•Nobody resigns: WTH?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/heres-a-flowchart-of-virginias-line-of-succession-for-governor-lieutenant-governor-and-attorney-general (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/heres-a-flowchart-of-virginias-line-of-succession-for-governor-lieutenant-governor-and-attorney-general)
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So here are the eight possibilities: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/heres-a-flowchart-of-virginias-line-of-succession-for-governor-lieutenant-governor-and-attorney-general (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/heres-a-flowchart-of-virginias-line-of-succession-for-governor-lieutenant-governor-and-attorney-general)
Northam won't resign. He's too egotistical and what he did was tasteless but not a mortal sin; same thing has been done by too many people; youthful indiscretion, blah, blah, blah. He should resign for being a piece of excrement, but he won't.
The Lt. Gov. is history. Women are coming out of the woodwork now and he is being revealed as a serial rapist.
I don't even remember what the attorney general did.
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Yeah right. An honest discussion about he'n and she'n before wokeness and the #mee's took over is forebotten around these parts.
It was tasteless when asked personally. You could have asked a general question about what a woman would do, but the point is, no one knows what they would do when in danger.
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The mainstream media are very careful not to mention the Republican who would be next in line for the post should Northam, Fairfax and the Atty Gen have to step down for their various misdeeds and felonies.
Northam isn't going anywhere. He'll survive this. Compared to Fairfax, he's an altar boy.
His and the party's attitude: Let the voter's decide. And decide, they will.
His stance on born alive abortion/murder is the REAL issue that will remove him and the Democrats from office.
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Shaped up to be a pretty good week between the Trump speech, the Green Dream and VA Rats shuckin' and jivin'.
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Shaped up to be a pretty good week between the Trump speech, the Green Dream and VA Rats shuckin' and jivin'.
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It has been a pretty good week for you Trumpers, no new indictments, which is why I've stayed away for the most part, I hate it when yall get cocky. @Amb. Frank Cannon
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These stories are still very young. I will wait and see on all of them. I didn't like the way the Moore thing was played, nor Kavanaugh, and I don't much like this, other than the Pubbies seem to be keeping their distance.
There is a difference between these now and the Moore and Kav episodes: Those were timed perfectly for maximum damage to an identified target. This VA stuff just came out of nowhere.
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These stories are still very young. I will wait and see on all of them. I didn't like the way the Moore thing was played, nor Kavanaugh, and I don't much like this, other than the Pubbies seem to be keeping their distance.
There is a difference between these now and the Moore and Kav episodes: Those were timed perfectly for maximum damage to an identified target. This VA stuff just came out of nowhere.
What VA are you alluding to? Virginia or this. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/02/08/house-panel-opens-investigation-into-vas-shadow-rulers/ (https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/02/08/house-panel-opens-investigation-into-vas-shadow-rulers/)
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I agree. These women seem sane and credible and totally unlike the Kavanaugh accusers. There will probably be more, now that this many have come out. He might as well pack.
@Emjay
He knows his future career scamming the public out of millions as a politician are over,so right now he is just waiting for the "right buy out offer" to show up from the DNC. He knows he has ONE shot left at becoming a multi-millionaire,and is no doubt reviewing offers. Eliminating embarrassment for the Dim Party is the only asset he has to sell,and he needs to pull top dollar out of it.
You know when evil bastards like McAulliffe have the stones to come out in public demanding a black Dim public official resign that they have the goods on him.
I am HOPING when it happens it results in Va blacks having screaming "racism,ah tells ya hit bees racism!" fits in public over Northam not being bounced out of office after de brutha is.
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It's unlikely Fairfax has only two victims. Sexual predators don't tend to control their urges. For how many rape/assault victims does he get a pass? Will he finally step down after the fifth or sixth woman comes forward?
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What VA are you alluding to? Virginia or this. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/02/08/house-panel-opens-investigation-into-vas-shadow-rulers/ (https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/02/08/house-panel-opens-investigation-into-vas-shadow-rulers/)
Virginia....
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CNN wades in.
Why didn't Democrats immediately call on Justin Fairfax to resign?
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 8:10 PM ET, Fri February 8, 2019
... The situation will change quickly from here, but as of Friday afternoon, no major Democratic presidential candidate -- or other party leader -- had called for Fairfax's resignation. Instead they had, almost to a person, called for an investigation into the allegations.
But after the second accuser came out, many Democrats spoke up. For a full list, follow along with CNN's breaking coverage here (http://www.cnn.com/2019/02/08/politics/dems-justin-fairfax-resign/index.html).
That reaction stands in stark contrast to the rush of resignation calls for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, also a Democrat, in the wake of a picture featuring two men -- one in blackface, the other in Ku Klux Klan robes -- appearing on his medical school yearbook page. Within 48 hours of the news breaking last Friday, every 2020 candidate (or would-be 2020 candidate) had called for Northam to step aside. (Northam initially said he was one of the two men in the photo, but later recanted.) ...
The answer on "why" is complicated, but comes down to two things: Politics and race. Let's start with the politics.
One of the main reasons politicians were so quick to call for Northam's resignation over the blackface picture that he was/wasn't in was because Fairfax was waiting in the wings -- a 39-year-old, African-American rising star within the party. What better way to button up a racial scandal than to replace the blackface-wearing governor with a young black politician who is the descendant of Virginia slaves? ...
More (https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/justin-fairfax-sexual-assault-resignation/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2utt9s5hHqOim5iHPmAM3x8adtJeaTG5tAG_vzqUhjMbthbTOH33iBGrM)
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It has been a pretty good week for you Trumpers, no new indictments, which is why I've stayed away for the most part, I hate it when yall get cocky. @Amb. Frank Cannon
You do realize that you are sick, don't you @corbe
Any decent person would be relishing in the fact that democrats are making fools of themselves right and left, or should I see revealing themselves as abject fools, rapists and bad people who think it's cute to make fun of our darker brothers.
That has nothing to do with Trump but is a joy unto itself.
As for 'new indictments', honey there have been no indictment ... just dreams of indictments. Get well soon, corbe.
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Please stay on topic, which - in case you hadn't noticed - is NOT President Trump.
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These stories are still very young. I will wait and see on all of them. I didn't like the way the Moore thing was played, nor Kavanaugh, and I don't much like this, other than the Pubbies seem to be keeping their distance.
There is a difference between these now and the Moore and Kav episodes: Those were timed perfectly for maximum damage to an identified target. This VA stuff just came out of nowhere.
I am no proponent for automatically believing either side in the case of accusations of sexual misconduct. In most cases, it will become obvious who is lying, as in the Kavanaugh case.
The woman accuser in this case is very credible and has contemporaneous accounts to back her story up. And, it is almost unheard of for a sexual predator male to attack only once. As it turned out, he didn't and once the first woman talked, others came forward.
But I appreciate your attitude. No man should be railroaded.
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I am no proponent for automatically believing either side in the case of accusations of sexual misconduct. In most cases, it will become obvious who is lying, as in the Kavanaugh case.
The woman accuser in this case is very credible and has contemporaneous accounts to back her story up. And, it is almost unheard of for a sexual predator male to attack only once. As it turned out, he didn't and once the first woman talked, others came forward.
But I appreciate your attitude. No man should be railroaded.
Agree with @Emjay. And congrats that the thread got back on subject.