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Dave Wilson is white. But to win a seat on the Houston Community College Board of Trustees in a district predominantly comprised 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, some 940 miles from Houston.

Pwns wrote:I've said this before...identity politics is much stronger in America than racism or sexism. If Hillary runs the people who will vote for her because she is a woman will outnumber those who would never vote for a woman 20:1.

Pwns wrote:I've said this before...identity politics is much stronger in America than racism or sexism. If Hillary runs the people who will vote for her because she is a woman will outnumber those who would never vote for a woman 20:1.

Cap'n Cat wrote:Hillary is the Mother of God.

DSUrocks07 wrote:So Bruce Austin never found a way to put out there that Wilson was a white guy?

This says a lot more about how little the average American pays attention to the political process.

mrklean wrote:

Pwns wrote:I've said this before...identity politics is much stronger in America than racism or sexism. If Hillary runs the people who will vote for her because she is a woman will outnumber those who would never vote for a woman 20:1.

So why do we here, Black people only vote for Obama because he is Black?

Remember Obama is a Dem

89Hen wrote:

mrklean wrote:
So why do we here, Black people only vote for Obama because he is Black?

Remember Obama is a Dem

Blacks are about 12% of the US population so it's not too far off (5%). Obama did much better in the Dem primaries with men than he did with women. I think the 20:1 ratio is a little high, but I do think not only are there more people who would vote for a woman than wouldn't, I acutally think there are even more people who would vote for a woman out of guilt of not wanting to vote against a woman.

BTW, I assume you are not questioning that a HUGE number of blacks only voted for Obama because he was black. If you can show me data that blacks voted for another Dem candidate in a Dem primary in the kind of skewed numbers they voted for Obama, I will admit I'm wrong.

mrklean wrote:

89Hen wrote: Blacks are about 12% of the US population so it's not too far off (5%). Obama did much better in the Dem primaries with men than he did with women. I think the 20:1 ratio is a little high, but I do think not only are there more people who would vote for a woman than wouldn't, I acutally think there are even more people who would vote for a woman out of guilt of not wanting to vote against a woman.

BTW, I assume you are not questioning that a HUGE number of blacks only voted for Obama because he was black. If you can show me data that blacks voted for another Dem candidate in a Dem primary in the kind of skewed numbers they voted for Obama, I will admit I'm wrong.

Only a 1/3 of AA who can vote do vote. That number has not changed in over 30 years. Trust me, we try to raise these numbers every 4 years, with little luck.

CAA Flagship wrote:

mrklean wrote:
Only a 1/3 of AA who can vote do vote. That number has not changed in over 30 years. Trust me, we try to raise these numbers every 4 years, with little luck.

Wait. Are you saying that Obama has not drawn a higher percentage of black voters to the polls? I find that hard to believe.

BlueHen86 wrote:

DSUrocks07 wrote:So Bruce Austin never found a way to put out there that Wilson was a white guy?

This says a lot more about how little the average American pays attention to the political process.

Actually, it says more about Bruce Austin.

mrklean wrote:

89Hen wrote: Blacks are about 12% of the US population so it's not too far off (5%). Obama did much better in the Dem primaries with men than he did with women. I think the 20:1 ratio is a little high, but I do think not only are there more people who would vote for a woman than wouldn't, I acutally think there are even more people who would vote for a woman out of guilt of not wanting to vote against a woman.

BTW, I assume you are not questioning that a HUGE number of blacks only voted for Obama because he was black. If you can show me data that blacks voted for another Dem candidate in a Dem primary in the kind of skewed numbers they voted for Obama, I will admit I'm wrong.

Only a 1/3 of AA who can vote do vote. That number has not changed in over 30 years. Trust me, we try to raise these numbers every 4 years, with little luck.

DSUrocks07 wrote:So Bruce Austin never found a way to put out there that Wilson was a white guy?

This says a lot more about how little the average American pays attention to the political process.

So why do we here, Black people only vote for Obama because he is Black?

Remember Obama is a Dem

JohnStOnge wrote: But if he'd have had a "R" by his name the majority of Blacks would have voted against him.

JohnStOnge wrote:

So why do we here, Black people only vote for Obama because he is Black?

Remember Obama is a Dem

Agreed. It was the "Democrat" thing more than the "Black" thing. Blacks have voted by reflex around 90% plus or minus a few percentage points for the Democratic candidate for President for a very long time now. If the Republicans were to nominate a Black he or she would not get anything close to that among the Black population.

Obama being on the ballot did increase Black turnout some and did make it a little higher percentage. But if he'd have had a "R" by his name the majority of Blacks would have voted against him.

mrklean wrote:

JohnStOnge wrote:
Agreed. It was the "Democrat" thing more than the "Black" thing. Blacks have voted by reflex around 90% plus or minus a few percentage points for the Democratic candidate for President for a very long time now. If the Republicans were to nominate a Black he or she would not get anything close to that among the Black population.

Obama being on the ballot did increase Black turnout some and did make it a little higher percentage. But if he'd have had a "R" by his name the majority of Blacks would have voted against him.

So you are saying its more party and not race?

AZGrizFan wrote:

mrklean wrote:
So you are saying its more party and not race?

88% of it's a party thing. The other 12% is racists voting for the guy because of his skin color. The 5,000,000 NEW AA voters were there because of his skin color.

AZGrizFan wrote:

mrklean wrote:
So you are saying its more party and not race?

88% of it's a party thing. The other 12% is racists voting for the guy because of his skin color. The 5,000,000 NEW AA voters were there because of his skin color.

Cap'n Cat wrote:Remember when you referred to the Middle Easterners as ragheads a week or so ago, Li'l Cruz? THAT's why AA's run from your Party, you elitist Conk. Now, get ready for your martini lunch with the Central Texas Kingdom of Klans......