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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: PegLeg45 on November 09, 2013, 09:05:45 PM
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Yep.
I guess the lib's ain't the only ones that can pull a slick trick....... ;D
THE CONTROVERSIAL WAY A CONSERVATIVE WHITE GUY FOOLED A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK DISTRICT INTO VOTING HIM INTO OFFICE
A white Texas man won a political campaign Tuesday in a heavily black area using an unconventional tactic — according to a local media outlet, he pretended to be black.
Dave Wilson was tired of “all the shenanigans” plaguing the Houston Community College System and decided to run for office.
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However, Wilson reportedly thought the odds of a white conservative Republican winning in an overwhelmingly black Democratic district were low, so he turned to a tactic his opponent said was “disgusting.”
“I’d always said it was a long shot,” Wilson said. “No, I didn’t expect to win.”
According to KHOU-TV, Wilson’s campaign “printed direct mail pieces strongly implying that he’s black.” The materials reportedly featured his campaign slogan emblazoned next to the faces of smiling black individuals.
One of his mailers even said, “Endorsed by Ron Wilson,” implying he had attained support from a famous former black state representative. In fact, in fine print below the endorsement, the campaign clarified that “Ron Wilson and Dave Wilson are cousins.”
“He’s a nice cousin,” Wilson told KHOU-TV. “We played baseball in high school together. And he’s endorsed me.”
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The tactics apparently worked, guiding Wilson to victory by a thin margin of 26 votes. Now, his former opponent is speaking out.
“I don’t think it’s good,” Bruce Austin said. “I don’t think it’s good for both democracy and the whole concept of fair play. But that was not his intent, apparently.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/11/09/conservative-white-man-wins-election-in-heavily-black-neighborhood-by-pretending-to-be-black/
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THats awesome, sad, but awesome. just like that eddie murphy movie, where the guy died and he had the same name of corse it was in fl.
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The only qualification anyone needs to get black votes is to be black. NOTHING else matters. Obama is proof of this.
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The only qualification anyone needs to get black votes is to be black. NOTHING else matters. Obama is proof of this.
BINGO!
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yep he got atleast 10% of the vote just from the blacks.
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yep he got atleast 10% of the vote just from the blacks.
Dude, Obama took 95+% of the black vote.
Twice.
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Dude, Obama took 95+% of the black vote.
Twice.
That is likely true, but the percentage of Blacks in the US is estimated at 13 in 2012.
Don't know what percentage of registered voters are black or what percentage of them voted in those elections or the percentage of the votes cast that were black, but 10% of the popular vote being black seems a reasonable number.
While Blacks votes overwhelmingly for Obama, it was not the Blacks who elected him.
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no, but they helped alot in the 1st election.
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That is likely true, but the percentage of Blacks in the US is estimated at 13 in 2012.
Don't know what percentage of registered voters are black or what percentage of them voted in those elections or the percentage of the votes cast that were black, but 10% of the popular vote being black seems a reasonable number.
While Blacks votes overwhelmingly for Obama, it was not the Blacks who elected him.
Yep.
In 2008, it was "one-time only" and "first-timer" white voters who wanted to "be a part of history"......without giving due thought and evaluation (if they were capable) to the qualifications for the job, or the consequences of their actions.
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Aka, the ignorant dumb ass vote!
FQ, have you found remorse yet?
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I missed this.. This is almost hilarious!!
I bet NOBODY (in the district) will get the obvious message here.. Whadaya think??
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It is very ironic....especially as he is being criticized for it.
The bum used discriminatory racism against his campaign to get elected and is now being called out by the racists.