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ffr

(22,649 posts)
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 11:19 PM Feb 2019

Website that published VA governor's racist yearbook photo has ties to (R) Corey Stewart campaign

Website that published Virginia governor’s racist yearbook photo has ties to Corey Stewart campaign

Big League Politics is owned by a former Corey Stewart consultant.



The far-right news site that was first to publish a deeply racist photo from Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s 1984 yearbook is owned by a consultant for Corey Stewart, the right-wing, neo-Confederate sympathizer who launched a failed bid to run against Northam for the state’s governorship in 2017.

Big League Politics, which broke the Northam story, was acquired last year by Mustard Seed Media, according to a report last year in The Daily Beast. Mustard Seed is owned by former Stewart campaign consultant Reilly O’Neal, who also worked with Roy Moore’s failed Senate campaign in Alabama.
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Like Big League Politics itself, Mustard Seed Media makes no secret of its political leanings. In 2017, the company donated several thousand dollars worth of in-kind banners ads on an unidentified news site to two conservative political action committees in North Carolina, Pro-Life North Carolina PAC and North Carolina Gun Rights PAC. - Think Progress
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Website that published VA governor's racist yearbook photo has ties to (R) Corey Stewart campaign (Original Post) ffr Feb 2019 OP
Not surprising underpants Feb 2019 #1
Finally, thank you. This is a fucking rw plot attacking Nothram and democrats are falling triron Feb 2019 #2
Falling for what? rpannier Feb 2019 #3
+1 Jarqui Feb 2019 #16
More of a case . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Feb 2019 #4
That's quite a plot to go back in time and convince him to put blackface on so they can WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #8
You must have missed that episode of Dr Who Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #10
. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #13
... Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #15
Damn dirty tricksters njhoneybadger Feb 2019 #14
There is software that would clear this up bitterross Feb 2019 #5
LOL EffieBlack Feb 2019 #7
He admitted to wearing blackface at a dance competition; not sure what needs to be WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #9
If they didn't create or doctor the photo, this is interesting but irrelevant EffieBlack Feb 2019 #6
Yes. Tipperary Feb 2019 #26
The Confederate flag enthusiast, Corey Stewart? struggle4progress Feb 2019 #11
He did it and he's an asshole for doing it. world wide wally Feb 2019 #12
Looks like there is a lot more to this story hueymahl Feb 2019 #17
Why didn't this come out when Northam ran for governor? kimbutgar Feb 2019 #18
Exactly shanti Feb 2019 #24
Because of the abortion issue. LisaM Feb 2019 #27
We're lucky this happened AFTER the election and not before, since Fairfax can replace him now. pnwmom Feb 2019 #19
"North Carolina Dead Schoolkids PAC" sharedvalues Feb 2019 #20
It changes nothing except defacto7 Feb 2019 #21
Really doesn't change anything n/m RhodeIslandOne Feb 2019 #22
Someone else said this happened right after he marlakay Feb 2019 #23
Last year Big League Politics hired Roger Stone as social media coach. Tactical Peek Feb 2019 #25
Big League (Bigly) Politics shanti Feb 2019 #28

triron

(21,916 posts)
2. Finally, thank you. This is a fucking rw plot attacking Nothram and democrats are falling
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 11:22 PM
Feb 2019

for it. Damn.

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
3. Falling for what?
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 11:30 PM
Feb 2019

Is he in that picture or not?
Was one of his nicknames 'coonman' or not?
Did he say he was in the photo and then say he wasn't?
Did he admit to wearing blackface to look like Michael Jackson?

How about... it is the RW attacking him and he was in that photo and he has admitted to having worn blackface

There's no falling for it when he has admitted as much

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,147 posts)
8. That's quite a plot to go back in time and convince him to put blackface on so they can
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 11:37 PM
Feb 2019

"get him" 35 years later. That's really something. Huh.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
5. There is software that would clear this up
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 11:31 PM
Feb 2019

There is facial recognition software out there that could clear this all up.

If I were Northam I'd be looking into that.

 

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
7. LOL
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 11:37 PM
Feb 2019

We're not talking about a random picture that turned up out of nowhere.

IT'S ON HIS PAGE IN HIS YEARBOOK!

 

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
6. If they didn't create or doctor the photo, this is interesting but irrelevant
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 11:35 PM
Feb 2019

to whether Northam should step down.

world wide wally

(21,719 posts)
12. He did it and he's an asshole for doing it.
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 11:56 PM
Feb 2019

But what have his politics been for the past 20 years?
I can forgive or I can convict. Just what helps America most?

hueymahl

(2,415 posts)
17. Looks like there is a lot more to this story
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 12:33 AM
Feb 2019

I hope the Democratic community can avoid another big mistake.

kimbutgar

(20,882 posts)
18. Why didn't this come out when Northam ran for governor?
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 12:59 AM
Feb 2019

Why now, why the distraction? The timing is interesting.

LisaM

(27,762 posts)
27. Because of the abortion issue.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 06:21 AM
Feb 2019

The anti-abortion crowd is running around bleating lies about abortion laws in Virginia. And pouf! The campaign begins and it's almost identical to the Fesnken takedown.

I am not excusing anyone for wearing black face - it's not something I've ever seen anyone even do - but I do think that taking a deep breath and really examining what happened (again, not defending black face or a KKK picture, what was anyone thinking?) and passing judgement in a measured manner.

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
19. We're lucky this happened AFTER the election and not before, since Fairfax can replace him now.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 01:28 AM
Feb 2019

Too bad Northam never warned his campaign advisors of what was out there.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
21. It changes nothing except
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 02:10 AM
Feb 2019

who pulled the trigger or who turned over the rock depending how you look at it. As I've said before, it's time for him to resign... and it was a plot.

marlakay

(11,370 posts)
23. Someone else said this happened right after he
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 02:15 AM
Feb 2019

Talked about abortion to, he is very pro choice.

I think obviously the republicans found it and waited until the right time to take him down, they knew we would kick him out or try to.

I think it his fault not only for having pic on his page but not being honest about his past to campaign. Even if he wasn’t in the pic there is no way he didn’t know about it unless it’s photoshopped and if that was the case we would have known by now.





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