[markomalley]

So I guess you two like egg on your faces. We'll find out come 2010, won't we?

[silverleaf]

16% of the electorate even bothered to vote

that means 84% chose “none of the above”

[I cannot think of a name]

“The landmark election Saturday of America's first big-city lesbian mayor in Houston represents more than just a milestone in identity politics.”

Don't get your panties in a wad there buckaroo. Houston has a history of electing whack job mayors. Probably has something to do with the number of votes that can be easily “bought” in the inner city area.

[Flavious_Maximus]

Jonathan Martin & Ben Smith are homosexual lovers so take their “reporting” with a grain of salt.

Here is the real reason that she got in. Houston voters had a choice between a dangerous communist maniac or a bull dyke on steroids.

Who would you vote for? Decisions, decisions.

[a fool in paradise]

It also signals an unmistakable evolutionary step in national politics, one that provides further evidence of a trend that helped make Barack Obama president: growth-oriented communities like the Texas metropolis, rather than aging big cities or nostalgia-inducing small towns, are setting the course of the country's political direction.

Conservatives who stayed home (7% total voter turnout) sent a message that they "can't be bothered".

Even going to the poll and only voting for one or more of the other offices would have sent a message of non-approval.

But none of this really matters to Houston voters. Gotta go Christmas shopping or watch the game on tv. "Why it was in the 40s outside!"

[NeoCaveman]

She beat an African American lawyer who was a community organizer.

So yes, Houston is setting a trend.

An anti-Obama trend.

[sig226]

Obama won Texas by 11.7% of the vote.

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[jimt]

With the lousy crop of mayoral candidates we had, Parker and Gene Locke were the two top vote getters.

Both are uber-liberal.

I voted for Locke, as to my mind homosexuality is a mental disorder, nearly as bad as liberalism. When the two are combined, that’s a bigger negative than just a plain liberal.

Houston has a fairly large homosexual community, and they are extremely politically active. We also have more than our fair share of liberals who are also politically active.

With only 16% voting, she was able to muster a 56% victory. Had it been a more normal turnout, she’d have lost. Faggotry is not that popular amongst the regular voters, even Houston’s regular voters.