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Houston election signals key trend (*BARF ALERT*)
Politico ^ | 12/16/2009 | Jonathan Martin & Ben Smith

Posted on 12/16/2009 5:24:41 AM PST by markomalley

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To: markomalley

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.


41 posted on 12/16/2009 12:26:30 PM PST by jimt
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To: silverleaf

...And a lot of the “expanding suburbs” are not in the city limits, and 100% of those residents chose “none of the above” because they can’t vote in the city elections.


42 posted on 12/16/2009 4:02:47 PM PST by willgolfforfood
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To: a fool in paradise; RikaStrom

I voted for 3 city council spots and controller (although the controller choices were also pathetic)...left the Mayor spot blank. Lying Liberal A or Lying Liberal B? I won’t dignify either of them with a vote.


43 posted on 12/17/2009 11:06:06 AM PST by TheGrimReaper (Mr. President, you have emptied the Treasury.)
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But at least you went to the polls.

People may claim about “I’d crawl on broken glass to...” but not everyone follows through.

The number of conservatives who’ll reliably go to the polls for primary, general, and runoff elections needs to rise.

More conservatives on general election day would’ve meant at least one different runoff candidate.


44 posted on 12/17/2009 11:10:43 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Question authority!Who is the University of East Anglia to drive the 'Global Climate Change' agenda?)
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To: a fool in paradise; TheGrimReaper

Ug, I voted. I felt that the male liberal was worse than the female one . . .

They totally didn’t do the marketing for the run off that they did for the main election. I doubt of even a 10th of the town knew the election was happening.


45 posted on 12/17/2009 11:14:43 AM PST by RikaStrom (Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
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They totally didn’t do the marketing

Which, I think, ensured that mostly just libs would show up to vote.

46 posted on 12/17/2009 11:21:22 AM PST by TheGrimReaper (Mr. President, you have emptied the Treasury.)
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To: a fool in paradise; RikaStrom

Rather than a “None of the above” ballot option, I’d prefer to see “You ALL STINK” as one of my choices.


47 posted on 12/17/2009 11:24:21 AM PST by TheGrimReaper (Mr. President, you have emptied the Treasury.)
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Oh I like that idea.


48 posted on 12/17/2009 12:26:15 PM PST by RikaStrom (Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
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To: a fool in paradise

Houston is not red. The outlying areas are but Houston is blue. That’s why Bill White was mayor and Sheila J Lee is in congress.


49 posted on 12/17/2009 5:10:23 PM PST by Terry Mross (It's not racist if it's true.)
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