White candidate pretends to be black to win election by Jongsstraw

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White candidate pretends to be black to win election

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Friday, November 15, 2013 12:08 PM

By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News

Senior Media Editor

"Dave Wilson is white. But to win a seat on the Houston Community College Board of Trustees in a district that is predominantly composed of African-American voters, Wilson, a conservative Republican, led voters to believe he was black.

According to CBS affiliate KHOU-TV, Wilson's direct mail campaign included a flier with smiling black faces he says he found on the Internet. "Please vote for our friend and neighbor Dave Wilson," the accompanying text read.

In another flier, the text said he had been endorsed by Ron Wilson, a popular black former state representative. But the Ron Wilson who endorsed him was Dave's cousin Ron, not the ex-lawmaker.

"He's a nice cousin," Wilson told the network, chuckling. "We played baseball in high school together."

Nevermind his cousin lives in Bloomfield, Iowa, about 940 miles from Houston.

On Tuesday, Wilson defeated Bruce Austin, the 24-year incumbent, by a margin of just 26 votes.

Austin, who is African-American, called Wilson's tactics "disgusting."

"I don't think it's good for both democracy and the whole concept of fair play," he said.

"He never put out to voters that he was white," Austin said in a statement to the Houston Chronicle. "This is one of the few times a white guy has pretended to be a black guy and fooled black people."

But Wilson, who won a six-year term on the nine-member board, is unapologetic.

"Every time a politician talks, he's out there deceiving voters," Wilson said.

Austin said he would seek a recount, but Bob Stein, a political scientist at Rice University, believes the vote will stand.

"I suspect it's more than just race," Stein said. "The Houston Community College was under some criticism for bad performance. And others on the board also had very serious challenges."

Hope Reince Priebus knows about this. At last, a winning strategy!

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Friday, November 15, 2013 12:40 PM

KPO

Sometimes you own the libs. Sometimes, the libs own you.

Lol.

It's not personal. It's just war.

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Friday, November 15, 2013 9:23 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

So, where to go w/ this topic....

Bring up Liz Warren, and her " Indian ancestry " ?

Comment on how this guy boasts about being black, where as that guy in the other thread, the nut job racist, claimed he was 100% white, but apparently ( we're lead to believe ) he's 14% black..

Or that most probably thought this was about Obama.

Hmmm...

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Friday, November 15, 2013 9:41 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

"Or that most probably thought this was about Obama"

What a truly ludicrous, fatuous statement.

And this story was already posted about and discussed a while back anyway, it's old news.

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Friday, November 15, 2013 10:45 PM

JONGSSTRAW

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:

So, where to go w/ this topic....

Bring up Liz Warren, and her " Indian ancestry " ?

Yeah, she's more than a little of Fugugly tribe.

Quote:
Or that most probably thought this was about Obama.

There are a lot of Dr. Martin L. Kings out there.

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