This week the theater of the absurd was fully open for business, as the country was gripped with the crucial question of whether Democrat Virginia Governor Ralph Northam will resign from office over the February 1st publication of a photograph from Northam’s medical school yearbook of two people, one in blackface, and the other wearing a KKK robe and hood.  Democrats set the stage for this idiocy by going back to Brett Kavanaugh’s high school yearbook in hopes of finding something negative.  Northam was elected Governor over Republican Ed Gillespie, who Northam accused, without evidence, of being a racist.  A photograph of a politician in blackface would have been bad enough, but the connection to the KKK, was the daily double.  Northam did not make things better.  At first, he admitted he was one the people in the offending photo.  Then, over the weekend, after consulting with aides during the Superbowl, Northam announced he wasn’t one of the people depicted.  That 180 degree turnabout would have been troubling enough, but Northam then made it even worse.  He denounced the photo as “clearly racist,” and because it was clearly racist, and because he knows he’s not a racist, that’s how he knew it couldn’t be him in the picture.  What a great explanation!  “Sir, can you identify yourself?”  “Sure, this is me.”  Uh huh.  You see, Northam was sure he wasn’t wearing the KKK hood because he doesn’t approve of the KKK, and would never wear that outfit.  That’s plausible, wearing the KKK hood might remind voters that all KKK members were Democrats.  But how about the guy in blackface?  Well, there was more to the explanation.  Northam went on tho explain that, although he’s sure he’s not in this picture, he was confused, because he was in the habit of appearing in public in blackface.  That makes perfect sense, when you think about it.  All Democrats like to promote victim status, so no self-respecting Democrat, given the choice of appearing either in blackface or in a KKK hood, would fail to choose the blackface.  But wait, Northam wasn’t done.  He went on to explain that he wore blackface, a little shoe polish, in a dance contest, which he won, for his imitation of Michael Jackson’s moonwalk.  All this during medical school?  When you think about medical school, you don’t normally think of Halloween parties and dance contests.  Northam’s excuses did not help him.  The mob immediately demanded Northam’s head.  What? Blackface?  He’s a racist, racist, racist!  It reminded me of the old movie, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, “Plague in Crete?  Unclean!”  Really, and just for the record, appearing in blackface doesn’t mean you are a racist, it just means that you may be a racist.  It proves you to be stupid in the extremis, and it’s clearly unacceptable in this day and age, and it’s an optic that’s the kiss of death for any politician, oh, and did I mention it’s stupid?  There were calls for Northam’s resignation, including from the head of the Democratic National Committee, who said “It’s time for Northam to step aside and let Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax serve as Governor.”  There was a bit of a problem with Fairfax, however.  Seems he’s in the middle of a slight controversy over an allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2004.  Fairfax, also from the Party that lectures us that all woman must be believed, took the assault allegation pretty well, reportedly screaming “F*** the bitch!  No problem, next in line to be Governor is Virginia’s Attorney General Mark Herring.  Herring also called for Northam to resign.  But, whoops, Herring, who’s closely tied to Hillary Clinton, announced he also appeared in blackface while in school.  Hey, maybe it was Herring in the picture Northam is sure isn’t him.  Anyhow, it turns out that none of this mess came about because someone was concerned over Ralph Northam’s Halloween costume in 1984, or dance contest outfit.  The photo was posted on February 1st, because on January 30th, Governor Northam, who claims to be a pediatrician, took part in a talk about a pending bill in the Virginia legislature, which would permit abortions up to the day the baby was to be delivered.  Northam was heard to explain how it would work, “If a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen.  The infant would be delivered.  The infant would be kept comfortable.  The infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired.  And then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.”  In other words, what pediatric specialist Northam was advocating was the dispassionate, premeditated murder of helpless infants.  Dr. Mengele would be so proud.  It seems some of Dr. Northam’s medical school classmates, the ones who were present the day they taught that doctors aren’t supposed to kill people, took offense at Northam’s abortion comments, and released the KKK photo in retaliation.  The photo blew up Virginia’s entirely Democrat executive branch.  Cool.  The Democrat party is in disarray, and its colossal hypocrisy is on full display.  For today’s Democrats, rubbing shoe polish on your face 35 years ago disqualifies you from holding office, but killing babies after they are born is cause for celebration.  In Democrat Crazyland, Al Jolson is a villain, and Kermit Gosnell is a hero.  It’s sick out there and getting sicker.