I don't think so.
Posted on 12/14/2009 6:00:13 AM PST by bestintxas
Edited on 12/14/2009 6:02:13 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Houston became the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, with voters handing a solid victory to City Controller Annise Parker after a hotly contested runoff.
Parker defeated former city attorney Gene Locke with 53.6 percent of the vote Saturday in a race that had a turnout of only 16.5 percent.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...
I’m not judging. I lived there over 10 years. It’s a first hand account. Anybody that has lived there will say the same thing.
She is what they call a “lip stick lesbian”...
I don't think so.
Better to let the corrupt and connected Democrat “community organizer” win than the lesser of two evils.
How can you say such a thing? A corrupt democrap would do more long term damage. A gay conservative could promote good fiscal agendas and would be good for the public. I’d rather overlook one point (gay) than all of them (gay, abortionist, tax and spend, corruption, connected - we all know that that means -, etc etc)
Yerdley Smith, with hips!
[Better to let the corrupt and connected Democrat “community organizer” win than the lesser of two evils.]
I, as a “conservative,” don’t care if she is gay, because what she does in her house is NONE of my business! But, what she is going to do with my money IS my business, so that is the topic upon which many of us “conservatives” based our votes! Since our options were either a known corrupt lawyer or a gay woman, we just shouldn’t have voted?!?! What she does in her bedroom isn’t going to affect my taxes and cost me millions in bad, corrupt business deals! But Mr. Locke is a lawsuit and tax increase waiting to happen!
I am not sure where you get your “lessor of two evils” claim from, but the last I checked, we are fall short of the One! And he who is without sin should cast the first stone! Please, get off the soapbox and get YOUR priorities straight!
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!!!
Maybe she softened the look to get elected. It will be interesting to see how she styles herself once she has the reins of power in her hands.
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
How can you blame them?
Had I been a Houston voter I’d have voted for one promising more fiscal responsibility.
Dec 13 2009 4:06AM Smiley N. Pool / Chronicle
Annise Parker, center, and her partner, Kathy Hubbard, left, celebrate the
election night victory on Saturday at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Is she wearing a Red Chinese military uniform in that photo?
“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?
Looks to me that she can't win in even years.
I also voted the same way for the same reasons you spell out.
The phone calls were so irritating that I had to tell each caller in their spiel to not call me anymore as I was supporting the other candidate.
I also asked several people who were long-time Houstonians who said Locke was supported by the business establishment, which I thought better than the support you mention in 3.
“dont be racist..its not because he was black..its because of the community organizer...”
So now I am racist because I voted FOR a black candidate?
How about the fact that she got 10x as much in out of state contributions?
If you say so.
You only vote “none of the above” if you actually go to the polls and leave that office blank. Otherwise you exhibit apathy towards elections and the Democrats win because they claim “mandate” and the GOP sez “you won’t go anyhow”.
I voted for Locke although I didn’t like him. I know several of her agenda items I oppose that will probably get through. Didn’t hear Locke pushing for them (same sex benefits or green “solutions”).
I left the City Council races blank.
I voted for the City Controller.
Those “no votes” are tallied just as the candidate votes are tallied.
If you stayed home, you did not vote.
A guest on Dan Patrick’s radio show (700AM KSEV) last week ran the numbers. She got something like $750,000 to Locke’s $75,000 in such donations.
If it is going to be called “historic” and her agenda is going to be “championed” perhaps the public should have been able to debate that agenda. It isn’t genetic, it is moral.
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