Sheesh! The guy wins and you’re still crapping on him. Give Congressman-elect Farenthold a break, will ya? :)
Hey, I’m ecstatic that Farenthold won; he appears to be a solid conservative, and Ortiz is a Marxist (albeit a generally pro-life, pro-military one). Farenthold had to run a much better campaign that, say, a Hispanic businessman who was a decorated veteran (and who weighed under 250 pounds)would have had to run in order to win, and it is a testament to his abilities that he beat Solomon Ortiz in that district. So kudos to Congressman-elect Farenthold. But just like the fact that Joe Walsh winning (very narrowly) in IL-08 despite all that personal baggage means that a less controversial Republican would have won by 10%, I think that Farenthold winning narrowly means that a candidate with a better profile for a 70%-Hispanic district (and without embarrassing pictures of him being disseminated) would have won by a comfortable margin.