Posted on 11/09/2013 4:51:30 PM PST by dennisw
The surprise winner of a Texas election has been criticized for misleading the mainly black constituents into believing he was African American.
Dave Wilson, a white Republican and anti-gay activist, beat Houston's 24-year incumbent Bruce Austin in what has been described as a 'racially tinged campaign'.
Mr Wilson won with a margin of 26 after he campaigned using flyers featuring African Americans and the message 'Vote for our neighbor Dave Wilson'.
'I'd always said it was a long shot. I didn't expect to win,' the former fringe candidate told KHOU.
His flyers, designed using pictures he had found on the internet, also claimed he had been endorsed by Ron Wilson for the Houston community college seat.
Many in the area could have been led to believe the endorsement was from the former African-American state representative but the small print stated the Ron Wilson in question was the candidate's cousin.
'He's a nice cousin,' Mr Wilson told KHOU as he held back a laugh. 'We played baseball in high school together. And he's endorsed me.'
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Don’t think for a minute the Dems wouldn’t do it if they thought it would win them elections.
Unfortunately, this guy might have shown them the way.
Kudos to him, though.
If the races were reversed, the politician would be the hero, and the voters, the scum of the earth.
if you’re too stupid to educare yourself about candidates....
what will they charge him with, guilty of using democrat tactics?
I think the current term would be anti-sodomy...
The ‘hood got Alinskyed.
Excellent! This is how you beat LIVs!
“Dave Wilson - The Name You Know.”
It brings to mind a quote from Presidential candidate John Kerry: "Can I git me a huntin' license here?"
“If the races were reversed, the politician would be the hero, and the voters, the scum of the earth.”
good one. imagine that. those white, racists voters thought they were voting for a white guy. and it would be the lead story on every friggin news show.
The sheeple never bothered to check anything?
did he have a website?
did he hold town halls?
I have never seen it but have been saying it for years. If only republicans understood.
Sounds like the low information voters liked him.
Chris Christie , Al Jolson on line one.
Proof its not about issues with many back voters, its about skin color.
Radio show Howard Stern interviewed people in Harlem about Obama being pro-life, pro-Iraq invasion, and how Obama had picked Palin as his running mate. The locals all supported these Obama positions.
“If the races were reversed, the politician would be the hero, and the voters, the scum of the earth.”
Wow, great point. If this was a black politician pretending to be white as the only way to win in a white area- it would be national news and a sign of white people’s racism.
Whitey wised up. Finally.
Also brings to mind NYC's new mayor Bill de Blasio. His real name is Warren Wilhelm.
Someone should email Rush about this. CLASSIC Republicans taking advantage of low-info voters. haha
My thoughts exactly. Right out of the Dem playbook too.
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