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White guy wins Houston election after leading voters to believe he’s black
http://www.wfaa.com/news/politics/White-guy-wins-Houston-election-after-leading-voters-to-believe-hes-black-231316841.html
HOUSTON -- Dave Wilson chuckles as he talks about his unorthodox political campaign.
"I'd always said it was a long shot," Wilson says. "No, I didn't expect to win."
Still, he figured he'd have fun running, because he was fed up with what he called "all the shenanigans" at the Houston Community College System. As a conservative white Republican running in a district whose voters are overwhelmingly black Democrats, the odds seemed to be against him.
Then he came up with an idea, an advertising strategy that his opponent found "disgusting."
If a white guy didn't have a chance in a mostly African-American district, Wilson would lead voters to think he's black.
And it apparently worked.
In one of the biggest political upsets in Houston politics this election season, Wilson -- an anti-gay activist and former fringe candidate for mayor -- emerged as the surprise winner over 24-year incumbent Bruce Austin. His razor-thin margin of victory, only 26 votes, was almost certainly influenced by his racially-tinged campaign.
"Every time a politician talks, he's out there deceiving voters," Wilson said.
Wilson, a gleeful political troublemaker, printed direct mail pieces strongly implying that he's black. His fliers were decorated with photographs of smiling African-American faces (which he readily admits he just lifted off websites) captioned with the words, "Please vote for our friend and neighbor Dave Wilson."
One of his mailers said he was "Endorsed by Ron Wilson," which longtime Houston voters might easily interpret as a statement of support from a former state representative of the same name who's also African-American. Fine print beneath the headline says "Ron Wilson and Dave Wilson are cousins," a reference to one of Wilson's relatives living in Iowa.
"He's a nice cousin," Wilson says, suppressing a laugh. "We played baseball in high school together. And he's endorsed me."
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Awesome. Congrats to a true patriot.
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Shows the thought process of a lot of voters.
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That's awesome, but I have a feeling this isn't the last we've heard of this, prepare for Sharpton and Jackson to get involved and try and push for another vote.
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yes we can
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That's awesome, but I have a feeling this isn't the last we've heard of this, prepare for Sharpton and Jackson to get involved and try and push for another vote.
His "campaign" was only misleading to those who didn't care to learn anything about him. Shame on anyone for voting based solely on perceived race. That's worse than voting by party.
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His "campaign" was only misleading to those who didn't care to learn anything about him. Shame on anyone for voting based solely on perceived race. That's worse than voting by party.
lol as if negroes have shame ::)
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Black people's overt racism is disgusting :D
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The white man is quite easily intimidated by the violent culture of the black man.
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If the races were reversed the media would be chuckling and finding it comical.
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His "campaign" was only misleading to those who didn't care to learn anything about him. Shame on anyone for voting based solely on perceived race. That's worse than voting by party.
bang on
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White guy wins Houston election after leading voters to believe he’s black
http://www.wfaa.com/news/politics/White-guy-wins-Houston-election-after-leading-voters-to-believe-hes-black-231316841.html
HOUSTON -- Dave Wilson chuckles as he talks about his unorthodox political campaign.
"I'd always said it was a long shot," Wilson says. "No, I didn't expect to win."
Still, he figured he'd have fun running, because he was fed up with what he called "all the shenanigans" at the Houston Community College System. As a conservative white Republican running in a district whose voters are overwhelmingly black Democrats, the odds seemed to be against him.
Then he came up with an idea, an advertising strategy that his opponent found "disgusting."
If a white guy didn't have a chance in a mostly African-American district, Wilson would lead voters to think he's black.
And it apparently worked.
In one of the biggest political upsets in Houston politics this election season, Wilson -- an anti-gay activist and former fringe candidate for mayor -- emerged as the surprise winner over 24-year incumbent Bruce Austin. His razor-thin margin of victory, only 26 votes, was almost certainly influenced by his racially-tinged campaign.
"Every time a politician talks, he's out there deceiving voters," Wilson said.
Wilson, a gleeful political troublemaker, printed direct mail pieces strongly implying that he's black. His fliers were decorated with photographs of smiling African-American faces (which he readily admits he just lifted off websites) captioned with the words, "Please vote for our friend and neighbor Dave Wilson."
One of his mailers said he was "Endorsed by Ron Wilson," which longtime Houston voters might easily interpret as a statement of support from a former state representative of the same name who's also African-American. Fine print beneath the headline says "Ron Wilson and Dave Wilson are cousins," a reference to one of Wilson's relatives living in Iowa.
"He's a nice cousin," Wilson says, suppressing a laugh. "We played baseball in high school together. And he's endorsed me."
WILSON ???
(http://afishoutofgrimsby.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/cast-away-wilson-volleyball1.jpg)
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Shows the thought process of a lot of voters.
ya dumb fucks and racially biased
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That's awesome, but I have a feeling this isn't the last we've heard of this, prepare for Sharpton and Jackson to get involved and try and push for another vote.
The Racist Reverends will call for the election results to be overturned.
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The Racist Reverends will call for the election results to be overturned.
indeed.
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Hahaha! Fuck them!
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WILSON ???
(http://afishoutofgrimsby.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/cast-away-wilson-volleyball1.jpg)
WILSON!!!
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if they were stupid enough to vote and not confirm the identity of the candidate, then let him serve his term. you don;t have to re-elect him.
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(http://www.cavemancircus.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2012/july/white_people/white_people_7.jpg)
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(http://afishoutofgrimsby.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/cast-away-wilson-volleyball1.jpg)
Wilson is just pretending to be Native American in that pic.
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This story makes me feel happy.
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(http://www.cavemancircus.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2012/july/white_people/white_people_7.jpg)
Black people
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/IpreferKeaton/liberian1.jpg)
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hahahahahahahahahahaha dumb fuckers. voting for someone without even know who he is, serves them right
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His "campaign" was only misleading to those who didn't care to learn anything about him. Shame on anyone for voting based solely on perceived race. That's worse than voting by party.
Exactly...if they were stupid enough to vote and not confirm the identity of the candidate, then let him serve his term. you don;t have to re-elect him.
Yep...
I'd say let the Honorary Negro finish his term out...he won, based on ignorance of his voter based, and on trickery/lies...but what politician doesn't?