MORE YEARBOOK FUN: Gov. Ralph Northam's nickname at VMI was 'Coonman'

And the hits just keep on coming…

The 1981 yearbook for the Virginia Military Institute, page 90, lists Gov. Ralph Northam’s nickname as “Coonman”:

The Virginia Military Institute's yearbooks are digitally archived online, for anyone who wants to see this for themselves. This is from 1981 and it is on page 90.https://t.co/vOvHQ9q6Oe https://t.co/RB5MXfBmmq

— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) February 1, 2019

We should also note he went by “Goose,” we assume after the character in “Top Gun” and not as in, “his goose is cooked as a politician.” Via @ComfortablySmug:

Remember when smirks were bad, too?

That smirk alone DQs him

— Brandon Finnigan (@B_M_Finnigan) February 1, 2019

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WEIRD! BuzzFeed News, WH correspondent for Yahoo! News don't credit @BigLeaguePol for the Northam scoop https://t.co/Go9J6xSD5N

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 1, 2019

For some reason, Gov. Northam's office is not responding to inquiries from the press https://t.co/dhGgDg9bqo

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 1, 2019

Future headline: 'Conservatives pounce on photo of Governor in blackface or Klan hood' https://t.co/pct4xL4uCU

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 1, 2019

UPDATE: HOLY S*IT THE GOV. NORTHAM BLACKFACE/KKK YEARBOOK PHOTO IS REAL https://t.co/J7OMrCtgL8

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 1, 2019