Does this pedigree sound familiar to anyone?
The backlash is coming as a tsunami.
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.
“her only opponent is black, a lawyer and is distinguished as a commmunity organizer. “
Strike 3 LOL!
That and that only 16.5% bothered to vote.
So, is she a Gay Libertarian or Conservative?
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.
dont be racist..its not because he was black..its because of the community organizer...
Incidentally, Parker is not one of those Drew Carey-looking butch dykes. I assume she's the "wife" in her lesbian "marriage".
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.
While I do not understand lesbianism, I cannot figure out why we should care if the mayor-elect of Houston is a lesbian.
A few years back I had neighbors who were lesbians. They did not advertise it, and were very friendly with everyone. They kept up their yard, garden, and were fun to be with. No one cared if or what they did in their bed, as they never talked about it. They were educated and were employed gainfully.
Although I do not approve of homosexual activity, I really don’t think it affects whether someone is qualified to be a mayor - unless that person decides to abuse the position and proseletyze.
For some people, everything is about sex, which is why the AP keeps telling us that this woman is a lesbian. My local newspaper this morning ran a headline about it with the word “Lesbian” in the headlines. Goofy!!!
I voted Locke for several reasons:
1) The Houston Chronicle endorsed Parker, and she was proud of it. Anyone proud of that endorsement is not the “conservative” they pretend to be.
2) As time went by, I could see there was a lot of money behind Parker. Given her lifestyle, it was not hard to figure out exactly where that money came from.
3) There was a major irritation factor from the Parker side by their willingness to lay siege to my telephone with all their automated messages. The one that really, really annoyed me was the 90 year old woman voting Parker because of bla-bla-bla. As if being 90 was some sort of qualification for influencing the votes of others.
4) I reasoned that I could tolerate the perceived corruption a Locke administration would represent as better than having someone committed to the gay agenda in place to further influence Houston elementary education. It was possible that Locke would have made enough of a hash of it, Leepee style, he would be tossed out next time. Locke had the feel of a “little Leepee” about him.
The election was held on a very cold, dreary Saturday – high of 49, 16 below mean – no matter what time of year, that is cold in Houston. Even with early voting, that will influence turn out.
The NappyOne
“The single biggest reason she won is her only opponent is black, a lawyer and is distinguished as a commmunity organizer.”
How would you explain Parker’s victory at citywide office in, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999 and 1997?