Posted on 12/16/2009 5:24:41 AM PST by markomalley
The landmark election Saturday of America's first big-city lesbian mayor in Houston represents more than just a milestone in identity politics.
It also signals an unmistakable evolutionary step in national politics, one that provides further evidence of a trend that helped make Barack Obama president: growth-oriented communities like the Texas metropolis, rather than aging big cities or nostalgia-inducing small towns, are setting the course of the country's political direction.
Houston is one of a set of fast-growing cities and expanding suburbs whose changing face and increasingly post-racial politics helped make Barack Obama president. Their politics are defined by some of the same trends—notably, growing Hispanic and Asian populations and the rise of the service sector—that are shaping the nation as a whole.
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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.
...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.
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.
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.
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.
Which, I think, ensured that mostly just libs would show up to vote.
Rather than a “None of the above” ballot option, I’d prefer to see “You ALL STINK” as one of my choices.
Oh I like that idea.
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.
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