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White candidate pretends to be black to win election


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2013 Nov 11, 3:07am   24,029 views  79 comments

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http://news.yahoo.com/white-guy-pretends-to-be-black-to-win-election-212328015.html

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."

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1   Shaman   2013 Nov 11, 3:40am  

Hah! There's nothing voters can even say! If they voted for him simply because they thought he was black, they can't allege discrimination because they were the ones being racist. A smart feller like that may actually have a chance of improving that board, seeing as how it's been "troubled."

2   Blurtman   2013 Nov 11, 3:52am  

Seriously. The defeated moron is claiming that only he should have a monopoly on race based voters. Great defense!

But folks do this all the time. Look at how many Italians and Spaniards claim to be minorities to gain benefit of government contract set asides for minorities. And they are actually correct. Spaniards, French and Italians are indeed Latinos.

3   Homeboy   2013 Nov 11, 4:04am  

So he used dishonest tactics to get elected, and he's proud of it.

Sounds like a republican.

4   zzyzzx   2013 Nov 11, 4:09am  

Homeboy says

So he used dishonest tactics to get elected, and he's proud of it.

Sounds like someone is upset when blacks voters are proven to be racist.

5   RWSGFY   2013 Nov 11, 4:24am  

Homeboy says

So he used dishonest tactics to get elected, and he's proud of it.

Sounds like a republican.

Let's see: a guy (let's name him Dave) applies for a job and mentions in his resume that he likes watermelon and fried chicken. After series of phone interviews he's hired. He shows up for work and turns out he's as white as fresh snow. His manager or co-worker (let's name him Homeboy) says: "WTF, man, we thought yours were black! You got hired by deceiving us!". In modern US of A it's the Homeboy, not Dave, who will get fired on the spot.

So it's time to join the rest of us in modern times, Homeboy.

6   Homeboy   2013 Nov 11, 4:26am  

zzyzzx says

Sounds like someone is upset when blacks voters are proven to be racist.

If you think that justifies being dishonest to win an election, then I disagree. Not surprising, since I can't remember agreeing with ANYTHING you have ever said.

7   Homeboy   2013 Nov 11, 4:28am  

Straw Man says

Let's see: a guy (let's name him Dave) applies for a job and mentions in his resume that he likes watermelon and fried chicken. After series of phone interviews he's hired. He shows up for work and turns out he's as white as fresh snow. His manager or co-worker (let's name him Homeboy) says: "WTF, man, we thought yours were black! You got hired by deceiving us!". In modern US of A it's the Homeboy, not Dave, who will get fired on the spot.

So it's time to join the rest of us in modern times, Homeboy.

O.K., you've convinced me. I sure hate those god damn niggers. They are so stupid and lazy. White power! I sure love these "modern" times. Yee haw! I'm gonna go out and vote republican right now.

8   MisdemeanorRebel   2013 Nov 11, 4:29am  

Then there's this guy, a White Supremacist who DNA tested as 16% Sub-Sahara African.
http://rt.com/usa/craig-cobb-north-dakota-557/

9   Tenpoundbass   2013 Nov 11, 4:29am  

Homeboy says

If you think that justifies being dishonest to win an election...

Twice!!!!

10   zzyzzx   2013 Nov 11, 4:36am  

Homeboy says

If you think that justifies being dishonest to win an election, then I disagree

How about lying 29 times?

11   Shaman   2013 Nov 11, 4:42am  

zzyzzx says

Homeboy says

If you think that justifies being dishonest to win an election, then I disagree

How about lying 29 times?

Homeboy just got wtfowned!
His claim that being dishonest to win a political battle is unjustified by the other side being wrong or racist reveals his own racism quite clearly. Despite arguing the exact contrary in the "Obama lied" thread!
Sounds like someone we could all safely put on ignore without being in any danger of missing anything important.
Then again, he's good for some cheap entertainment!

12   Homeboy   2013 Nov 11, 11:43am  

zzyzzx says

Homeboy says

If you think that justifies being dishonest to win an election, then I disagree

How about lying 29 times?

That's not justified either. What's your point?

13   Homeboy   2013 Nov 11, 11:46am  

Quigley says

Homeboy just got wtfowned!

15   FortWayne   2013 Nov 11, 12:13pm  

I guess Al Sharpton isn't the only person in the world who can manipulate low information racist blacks for profit.

16   FortWayne   2013 Nov 11, 12:14pm  

CaptainShuddup says

Homeboy says

If you think that justifies being dishonest to win an election...

Twice!!!!

Trice!!!

17   drew_eckhardt   2013 Nov 11, 1:18pm  

I don't see what the big deal is. Republicans lie about being conservative. Democrats lie about being liberal. All of them lie about what they will and won't do once in office.

Skin color isn't relevant to how they'll perform on the job, misrepresenting it extremely benign compared to other things politicians lie about, and relatively easy to fact check.

18   Homeboy   2013 Nov 11, 3:19pm  

drew_eckhardt says

Skin color isn't relevant to how they'll perform on the job, misrepresenting it extremely benign compared to other things politicians lie about, and relatively easy to fact check.

Lying about your race is "extremely benign"? Really? Wow.

He used the name of a well know politician as an endorsement when that politician did not endorse him. If his cousin has the same name, and he does not tell you that he's referring to his cousin rather than the well known politician, how exactly is that "easy to fact check"?

19   Homeboy   2013 Nov 11, 3:20pm  

A democrat lies: "WAAAAH! OBAMA LIED!!!! OBAMA LIED!!!! BENGHAZI!!! SOCIALISM!!! Let's start 15 different threads about it and post in them every day."

A republican lies: "I don't see what the big deal is."

You guys are like a bad parody of yourselves.

20   anonymous   2013 Nov 11, 8:31pm  

The saddest thing is the voters aren't claiming to have misvoted due to some policy they like or oppose. They're just upset that they didn't vote for the right black guy

Lol democrats are even dumber then republicans

21   Shaman   2013 Nov 11, 9:36pm  

Homeboy says

Your loss! But someone as thick as you can't learn anyway. It would truly be pointless to ingest any more wisdom.

22   Philistine   2013 Nov 11, 10:22pm  

Blurtman says

Spaniards, French and Italians are indeed Latinos.

No they are not. They are Latin. Big difference, both culturally and linguistically. Unless you just get a frisson out of lumping Parisians in with Guatemalans. Now, Spain and Portugal are considered Hispanic for many purposes in the United States but that is not the same as Latino. Nowhere are Italy or France considered in the U.S. for gov't minority status.

23   Y   2013 Nov 11, 10:38pm  

That's not a lie douchebag.
Homeboy says

drew_eckhardt says

Skin color isn't relevant to how they'll perform on the job, misrepresenting it extremely benign compared to other things politicians lie about, and relatively easy to fact check.

Lying about your race is "extremely benign"? Really? Wow.

He used the name of a well know politician as an endorsement when that politician did not endorse him. If his cousin has the same name, and he does not tell you that he's referring to his cousin rather than the well known politician, how exactly is that "easy to fact check"?

24   upisdown   2013 Nov 11, 11:00pm  

Wow, the right wing extremists or Jim Crow wanna-bes think that it's funny or that a redneck posed as a black(which is the real funny part considering the hate for blacks by rednecks) to highlight the fact that blacks would prefer to vote for blacks over whites.
As if Obama's skin color didn't have anything to do with the handful of votes that he recieved for prez TWICE, in the south.

AND the rednecks don't know WHY. Gee, what could be the reason?

25   thomaswong.1986   2013 Nov 12, 12:04pm  

upisdown says

the hate for blacks by rednecks

rednecks racists ? ... pure myth.. wasnt true prior to year 2000...

so whats worst.. Rednecks or East Coast Liberals (who are the real racists) ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck

Redneck is a derogatory slang term used in reference to poor, uneducated white farmers, especially from the Southern United States. It is similar in meaning to cracker (especially regarding Georgia and Florida), hillbilly (especially regarding Appalachia and the Ozarks),[3] and white trash (but without the last term's suggestions of immorality).

By the 2000s, the term had expanded in meaning to refer to bigoted, loutish reactionaries who are opposed to modern ways,[7] and has often been used to attack white Southern conservatives. The term is used broadly to degrade working class and rural whites that are perceived by urban progressives to be insufficiently liberal.[8] At the same time, some Southern whites have reclaimed the word, using it with pride and defiance as a self-identifier

26   FortWayne   2013 Nov 12, 12:09pm  

Racism claims that arise during elections are purely made up fiction just to get poor low information voters out to the polls. Otherwise they won't go out to vote.

It's usual manipulation for personal gain by politicians. Nothing new, most people buy into the scam every election.

27   Y   2013 Nov 12, 12:17pm  

Whatever your reasoning, one thing it ain't is a lie.

upisdown says

Wow, the right wing extremists or Jim Crow wanna-bes think that it's funny or that a redneck posed as a black(which is the real funny part considering the hate for blacks by rednecks) to highlight the fact that blacks would prefer to vote for blacks over whites.

As if Obama's skin color didn't have anything to do with the handful of votes that he recieved for prez TWICE, in the south.

AND the rednecks don't know WHY. Gee, what could be the reason?

28   upisdown   2013 Nov 12, 12:24pm  

SoftShell says

Whatever your reasoning, one thing it ain't is a lie.

Never said or implied that it was, and try and contain your glee there, Jim Crow. We get it, you don't like blacks. Should everybody be glad that you aren't advocating lynching someone?

If you weren't so f-n dense, you would have pulled the right wing extremist dumb routine out when I mentioned that blacks don't like to vote for whites, but then you would have to acknowledge the truth of THAT.

29   Y   2013 Nov 12, 12:27pm  

If that's what you get from my post, then you are actually the dipshit that you appear to be.

upisdown says

We get it, you don't like blacks.

30   lostand confused   2013 Nov 12, 12:33pm  

All politicians pretend to be something they are not-to get elected. What's the big deal-dude is a good politiican.

31   Y   2013 Nov 12, 12:42pm  

What's funny is the sight of the racist liberal, handcuffed by the 11th clintonian commandment: "Thou must be PC at all times" , unable to determine what a 'lie' is, and in a hissyfit project their racism across the pixels of your monitor...

lostand confused says

All politicians pretend to be something they are not-to get elected. What's the big deal-dude is a good politiican.

32   anonymous   2013 Nov 12, 12:43pm  

lostand confused says

All politicians pretend to be something they are not-to get elected. What's the big deal-dude is a good politiican.

Democrats feel entitled to ownership of the black vote. It really ruffles their feathers when someone steals a page out of their book

33   upisdown   2013 Nov 12, 12:56pm  

SoftShell says

If that's what you get from my post, then you are actually the dipshit that
you appear to be.

LOL, and just who is the dipshit? You can't see the obvious reason WHY blacks don't trust and/or vote for whites, and especially when somebody has your attittude or disdain for a group of people.

Notice that it was some f-n redneck that had to lie and mislead with his campaign to pull off some stupid stunt, that somehow validates/vindicates ? to you, and you support the stupidity.

Dipshit? Coming from you, that's a complement, and am I ever glad that we're opposites.

34   Homeboy   2013 Nov 12, 1:20pm  

errc says

Lol democrats are even dumber *then* republicans

Oh god that is fucking funny.

35   Homeboy   2013 Nov 12, 1:22pm  

SoftShell says

That's not a lie douchebag.

Ooh, you called me a name. Guess you win. :rolleyes:

36   Tenpoundbass   2013 Nov 12, 10:31pm  

And to think, it was just said in another thread how fucking stupid Right wingers are.

At least the Republican voter knows who they are voting for.
I wonder exactly just how many Obama voters, didn't even know he was black in 2008?

37   Y   2013 Nov 12, 10:52pm  

Your numerous posts taught me how to identify and call out a douchebag.
Thanks for the lesson!
Homeboy says

SoftShell says

That's not a lie douchebag.

Ooh, you called me a name. Guess you win. :rolleyes:

38   Y   2013 Nov 12, 10:55pm  

Nothing you've said below changes the fact that the candidate did not lie.
Until you acknowledge that you qualify as a dipshit.
upisdown says

SoftShell says

If that's what you get from my post, then you are actually the dipshit that

you appear to be.

LOL, and just who is the dipshit? You can't see the obvious reason WHY blacks don't trust and/or vote for whites, and especially when somebody has your attittude or disdain for a group of people.

Notice that it was some f-n redneck that had to lie and mislead with his campaign to pull off some stupid stunt, that somehow validates/vindicates ? to you, and you support the stupidity.

Dipshit? Coming from you, that's a complement, and am I ever glad that we're opposites.

39   epitaph   2013 Nov 13, 3:02am  

It can't be proven that the votes for him were only made because people thought he was black. Why it's this bring treated like it's a fact?

40   dublin hillz   2013 Nov 13, 3:07am  

Politics is a bloodsport at its core. At least, it has always been this way in america and for most of old europe's history. Furthermore, this atricle supports my theory that the reps are likely to try to fracture minority vote in future national elections, such as nominating minorities like jindal, cruz, playa cain etc.

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