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Houston biggest US city to elect openly gay mayor(Why she won: Hint, it's not that she's gay)
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| 12/13/09
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Posted on 12/14/2009 6:00:13 AM PST by bestintxas
Edited on 12/14/2009 6:02:13 AM PST by Admin Moderator.
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The single biggest reason she won is her only opponent is black, a lawyer and is distinguished as a commmunity organizer.
Does this pedigree sound familiar to anyone?
The backlash is coming as a tsunami.
To: bestintxas
I thought it might be that she knew where the city’s money was being spent and ran a campaign on reform and cutting costs.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:02:34 AM PST
by
Eagle Eye
(3%)
To: bestintxas
“her only opponent is black, a lawyer and is distinguished as a commmunity organizer. “
Strike 3 LOL!
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:04:31 AM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
To: Eagle Eye
I agree. I have family in Houston, they say she ran a good campaign.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:05:41 AM PST
by
svcw
(The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. GW)
To: Eagle Eye
Voter turnout....less than 150,000 in a city of approximately 3,000,000.....
Most voted none of the above......
Houston, the new 2nd City of San Francisco......
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:05:48 AM PST
by
cbkaty
(I may not always post...but I am always here......)
To: bestintxas
That and that only 16.5% bothered to vote.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:06:50 AM PST
by
bgill
(The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
To: bestintxas
If that's true, Republican candidates should all vow to cast their democrat opponent as a community organizer. At the very least, it will have the democrat party distancing themselves from the vile affiliation. At the best - victory.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:08:10 AM PST
by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
To: stephenjohnbanker
her only opponent is black, a lawyer and is distinguished as a commmunity organizer.
Lesbian hillary would beat barry in an election today.
To: bestintxas
So, is she a Gay Libertarian or Conservative?
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:11:23 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(Cheney / Norris in 2012!)
To: bestintxas
The single biggest reason she won is her only opponent is black, a lawyer and is distinguished as a commmunity organizer.
There were more candidates in the race originally and this was the run off. These two got something like 26-29% of the vote each in the first round.
The sad thing is that any candidate that had the backing of 10% of the registered almost 1,000,000 voters could have won this race easily.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:13:29 AM PST
by
deport
(79 DAYS UNTIL THE TEXAS PRIMARY....... MARCH 2, 2010)
To: bestintxas
"The single biggest reason she won is her only opponent is black, a lawyer and is distinguished as a commmunity organizer. "
I don't think either of those attributes will be a big advantage at the polls anymore, thanks to the kenyan.
I would think touting that one is a "community organizer" would be the proverbial "kiss of death" for office seekers...just sayin'
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:14:07 AM PST
by
FrankR
(SENATE: You cram it down our throats in '09, We'll shove it up your ass in '10...count on it.)
To: bestintxas
I think it's because Houston is in dire money straits and the voters picked a fiscal conservative over a connected city contractor. Metro and The Sports Authority are bleeding Houston dry. If I lived in the city I'd have voted for Annise Parker.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:14:45 AM PST
by
dblshot
To: bestintxas
dont be racist..its not because he was black..its because of the community organizer...
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:17:47 AM PST
by
dalebert
To: dblshot
It’s a shame that some “conservatives” were less interested in, at least some, fiscal restraint than in trying to prevent a gay woman from becoming mayor. Better to let the corrupt and connected Democrat “community organizer” win than the lesser of two evils.
And the SoCons wonder why many of us don’t think they’re interested in our cause.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:22:59 AM PST
by
Skywalk
(Transdimensional Jihad!)
To: dalebert; bestintxas
dont be racist..its not because he was black..its because of the community organizer...The color Houstonian voters were focused on is green, not black or white.
I've lived in plenty of places in my 55 years. You won't find a more diverse or welcoming state than Texas.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:24:28 AM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(If Dick Cheney = Darth Vader, then Joe Biden = Dark Helmet)
To: cbkaty
Houston, the new 2nd City of San Francisco...... Nope, that would be Austin.
THE most socialist/liberal city in Texas, bar none.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:26:17 AM PST
by
unixfox
(The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
To: bestintxas
I live just outside Houston, so I could not vote. Most republicans I know that voted in the run-off voted for Parker because she was perceived as being fiscally conservative. The race was touted as the runoff between the lesbian and the black guy.
Incidentally, Parker is not one of those Drew Carey-looking butch dykes. I assume she's the "wife" in her lesbian "marriage".
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:33:42 AM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(Pray for Obama--Psalm 109:8)
To: unixfox
and yet...and yet....there is a remnant of righteous there...
..just as there are in your city, my city, all cities.
Don't be so quick to judge.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:35:50 AM PST
by
Guenevere
(....)
To: dalebert
Houston was very nearly bankrupted by Lee Brown. Although I don’t live there, I think that Houston wasn’t buying the “elect a liberal black mayor so you can be a world-class city” line anymore. Brown, BTW was the candidate of the downtown business interests. Another indication of what geniuses Ken Lay and his friends were.
Parker is bad news, but slightly less bad than Locke.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:42:03 AM PST
by
achilles2000
(Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
To: bestintxas
Oh, come on......the truth is (I live in Houston) that Houston’s been a one party town for decades. The Party Elite decide long before an election who’s going to win; they give that information to the Chronicle who “endorses” the candidate, which for all practical purposes amounts to the “nomination” of the new Mayor and the election is held as a formality; it’s just a “confirmation” of the selected candidate. They know the early vote is largely Republican or other wise not Democrat; they count those votes and pony up a number of votes greater than that count for their candidate from their “machine”. That’s the real reason turn out is so low.......turnout doesn’t matter and what turnout does occur on the day of the election is selected and loaded up onto buses driven by the Acorn types.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:43:30 AM PST
by
glide625
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