White politician wins local election by pretending to be black

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

http://www.khou.com/news/local/White-guy-wins-after-leading-voters-to-believe-hes-black-231222981.html

[Gary M]

http://www.khou.com/...-231222981.html

 

Simply awesome.

[TheMadCap]

Sounds like a crappy Eddie Murphy movie from the late 1980's...

[boyst]

More proof that Houston is stupid.

[BillsFanM.D.]

"The strongest argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill

 

The majority of voting people in this country are clueless. This certainly hammers home the point.

[Doc]

One of his mailers said he was "Endorsed by Ron Wilson," which longtime Houston voters might easily interpret as a statement of support from a former state representative of the same name who's also African-American. Fine print beneath the headline says "Ron Wilson and Dave Wilson are cousins," a reference to one of Wilson's relatives living in Iowa.

:lol: :lol:

[Nanker]

Old news. Bill Clinton was the first to do this.

[Koko78]

Sounds like a crappy Eddie Murphy movie from the late 1980's...

 

The Golden Child?

[OCinBuffalo]

Wow. I stand in awe of this troll.

 

Using their own stupidity/identity politics against them, and, as if that weren't enough, proving that identity, and not substance, is the only thing these Houston voters care/know about?

 

Great Justice!

 

This guy is a Troll Champion.

 

 

 

EDIT: The most important takeaway, which like an idiot I forgot?

 

Progressives: Your agenda is meaningless to these voters. Meaningless. You can forget any conclusion RE you agenda and the 2012 election. That was about non-whites not wanting to look stupid for voting for Obama the first time around, and, about identity, and, about not wanting to vote for the guy, that looks in every way imaginable, like their boss's boss. It has nothing to do with your policies.

Edited November 12, 2013 by OCinBuffalo

[B-Man]

Not really much of a story.

 

Instead of showing fake indignation at the candidate for "misleading" the electorate,

 

they should show some disgust at those voters who voted for him "because they thought he was Black"

 

 

 

I think that all sides of us here can agree that voting for someone based on their skin color is racist....................Right?

 

 

 

 

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[TheMadCap]

The Golden Child?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Distinguished_Gentleman

[Koko78]

http://en.wikipedia....ished_Gentleman

 

That was 90's.

[Nanker]

I like the Annapolis city council who are about to strip their newly elected mayor of all but ceremonial powers. Oh, they're all butt-sore Democrat losers and the Mayor-elect is a Republican. Forward, with bipartisanship fervor! Fargin hypocrites!

Edited November 12, 2013 by Nanker

[Koko78]

I like the Annapolis city council who are about to strip their newly elected mayor of all but ceremonial powers. Oh, they're all butt-sore Democrat losers and the Mayor-elect is a Republican. Forward, with bipartisanship fervor! Fargin hypocrites!

 

"Elections shouldn't matter". - Nancy Pelosi

[TheMadCap]

That was 90's.

 

Yeah, but it does seem straight out of the 1980's doesn't it?

[DC Tom]

This guy's got fraud, civil rights, campaign finance violation charges, and an IRS audit in his future.

[Security]

This is everything, sad, funny, criminal, a test, it should be a movie or a documentary!

[Jauronimo]

This guy's got fraud, civil rights, campaign finance violation charges, and an IRS audit in his future.

He can kiss his country club membership goodbye.

[DC Tom]

He can kiss his country club membership goodbye.

 

Why? He's not actually black.