Progressive Democrat Issue 109: VIRGINIA FOCUS
This comes from the Virginia Young Democrats. Apparantly there is a Virginia Republican making an ass of himself and the Young Democrats want to field a candidate against him.
We need a Democrat from Hanover County, from House District 55, to challenge Delegate Frank Hargrove. If you don't know why, you live under a rock - but I've provided the necessary information below.
If there is a YD willing to challenge this museum piece, contact me immediately. There are only four states that have elections this year - and this story already went national (H/T, Waldo). In other words, there are going to be a lot of people all across the country willing to give money to get rid of this guy. There's no sense in letting the money go to waste in Kentucky.
To recap: if you live in one of these precincts, and you want to put a piece of Virginia's past in the history books, contact me. The future doesn't deserve to be burdened with this type of thinking.
Full story after the jump ...
“I personally think that our black citizens should get over it,” Hargrove said of slavery, which existed in Virginia from 1619 until the Civil War. “By golly, we’re living in 2007.”
“Are we going to force the Jews to apologize for killing Christ?” Hargrove wondered. “Nobody living today had anything to do with it."
The Daily Progress - Tuesday, January 16
Delegate McEachin responds (audio).
Delegate Jones responds (audio).
Del. David L. Englin, D-Alexandria, seated next to Hargrove, spoke passionately about his grandparents leaving Poland "where they were driven from their homes by people who believed that as Jews, we killed Christ."
As he held up a wallet-sized photo of his 7-year-old son, Caleb, Englin struggled to keep his composure as he pondered the possibility that the child might have to cope with anti-Semitic comments.
When Englin sat, Hargrove reached over and softly patted Englin on the arm. Then, Hargrove rose to speak and, looking down at his seatmate, said, "I didn't even know you were Jewish, I had no idea of what your religion, (and) I don't care what your religion is. I don't care."
"I think your skin was a little too thin," he said as Republicans and Democrats gasped and groaned in disbelief.
Not Larry Sabato
Delegate Englin's response (audio).
Delegate Hargrove does not apologize, chides Del. Englin (audio).
We need a Democrat from Hanover County, from House District 55, to challenge Delegate Frank Hargrove. If you don't know why, you live under a rock - but I've provided the necessary information below.
If there is a YD willing to challenge this museum piece, contact me immediately. There are only four states that have elections this year - and this story already went national (H/T, Waldo). In other words, there are going to be a lot of people all across the country willing to give money to get rid of this guy. There's no sense in letting the money go to waste in Kentucky.
To recap: if you live in one of these precincts, and you want to put a piece of Virginia's past in the history books, contact me. The future doesn't deserve to be burdened with this type of thinking.
Full story after the jump ...
“I personally think that our black citizens should get over it,” Hargrove said of slavery, which existed in Virginia from 1619 until the Civil War. “By golly, we’re living in 2007.”
“Are we going to force the Jews to apologize for killing Christ?” Hargrove wondered. “Nobody living today had anything to do with it."
The Daily Progress - Tuesday, January 16
Delegate McEachin responds (audio).
Delegate Jones responds (audio).
Del. David L. Englin, D-Alexandria, seated next to Hargrove, spoke passionately about his grandparents leaving Poland "where they were driven from their homes by people who believed that as Jews, we killed Christ."
As he held up a wallet-sized photo of his 7-year-old son, Caleb, Englin struggled to keep his composure as he pondered the possibility that the child might have to cope with anti-Semitic comments.
When Englin sat, Hargrove reached over and softly patted Englin on the arm. Then, Hargrove rose to speak and, looking down at his seatmate, said, "I didn't even know you were Jewish, I had no idea of what your religion, (and) I don't care what your religion is. I don't care."
"I think your skin was a little too thin," he said as Republicans and Democrats gasped and groaned in disbelief.
Not Larry Sabato
Delegate Englin's response (audio).
Delegate Hargrove does not apologize, chides Del. Englin (audio).
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