White candidate pretends to be black to win election

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

http://news.yahoo.com/white-guy-pretends-to-be-black-to-win-election-212328015.html?vp=1

He was elected by racists. As usual, racists are stupid and base everything they do on race. They have no regard for the facts and judge only on what they believe based on the color of one's skin.

This is why I oppose any form of racial discrimination.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

So.... you're saying the voters are racists because they voted for the guy who pretended to be black, rather than the guy who was actually black ?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

So.... you're saying the voters are racists because they voted for the guy who pretended to be black, rather than the guy who was actually black ?

Yes.

Because they are not protesting that "he pretended to be qualified" The only thing they are complaining about is the color of his skin. Clearly their interest was that they vote for a BLACK candidate. They voted for what they believed to be the most qualified...until they found out he was white. Then his qualifications mean nothing because he is not black.

Classic racism.

Are you saying this is NOT racism?

[Dakine10 5,452]

What can you do? This kind of thing happens all the time. Remember how the birthers went all apeshit when they realized it wasn't Barry O'Bama they had just voted for.

[lostinblue 1,989]

All that mattered to these voters was skin color.This is but one glaring example of their brand of racism.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Then again in 200 years of history, you've had no women presidents and only one black one. The majority of elected leaders being middle aged white men.

I'd say that's more of a revealing trend than some pissy by-election ;-)

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

Then again in 200 years of history, you've had no women presidents and only one black one. The majority of elected leaders being middle aged white men.

I'd say that's more of a revealing trend than some pissy by-election ;-)

That's a result of slavery & various dominant religious doctrines. So you really can't start counting until Suffrage & MLK.

& well....white men rocked this party. Who killed the Natives & took their land? = White men. George Washington? = White man. Who fought the Spaniards / Mexicans? = White men. Nuclear weapons? = White men.

(& don't compare us to UK...not a good comparison coz...well...men in the UK aren't really what's called...."men"...I mean.. we got John Wayne & Dirty Harry...UK ? ?? ...Winston Churchill was cool...but what else? = Very polite yet pretentious prim & proper pompous Tea drinkers...real Men don't drink Tea!!)

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The point being that if we use the OPs logic we can make all sorts of wild claims about this that and the other. Is it meaningful at the end of the day? Not so much.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Yes.

Because they are not protesting that "he pretended to be qualified" The only thing they are complaining about is the color of his skin. Clearly their interest was that they vote for a BLACK candidate. They voted for what they believed to be the most qualified...until they found out he was white. Then his qualifications mean nothing because he is not black.

Classic racism.

Are you saying this is NOT racism?

The voters chose between two candidates, both of whom they believed were black. Their assessment of the white pretender's qualifications was based at least in part on his misleading campaign literature - including what seemed to be an endorsement from a legendary Houston state rep. I think the voters are legitimately upset that they were misled - including being misled about the candidate's race - but I don't think this makes them "racist."

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

So.... you're saying the voters are racists because they voted for the guy who pretended to be black, rather than the guy who was actually black ?

Yes because they don't give a shat about issues, only the color of the skin

Not to single them out

Most American voters are stupid

We usually vote over a handful of unimportant issues like Abortion or birth control pills, prayer in school Building a maginot line on the southern border is always one that whips the unwashed masses into a frenzy.Of course then the other side promises amnesty to the illegals.

Mean while out infrastructure crumbles, our kids get less education everyday, more people workless and entitle more our greatest medical system in the world (which isn't)decays, our personal liberties are striped away,companies get bigger, the government gets more powerful and people get less important

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

The voters chose between two candidates, both of whom they believed were black. Their assessment of the white pretender's qualifications was based at least in part on his misleading campaign literature - including what seemed to be an endorsement from a legendary Houston state rep. I think the voters are legitimately upset that they were misled - including being misled about the candidate's race - but I don't think this makes them "racist."

So they voted for a candidate they knew nothing about because of a glossy pamphlet.

Yeah America

That is the common denominator of the whole problem in America with all voters

To assert blacks don't vote along racial lines is absurd

You ever seen the Marked sample ballots black churches hand out

[Sarah Elle-Même 660]

Most American voters are stupid

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

These voters do not seem to be the sharpest knives in the drawer, true. Certainly they seemed to respond to the guy who pretended to be black at least in part because of the misleading images in his pamphlet - he appeared to represent their community and to be endorsed by a former state rep who was well-respected in their community.

But this does not mean they're racist.

So anyway these voters are angry that they fell for the trick, and not at themselves for being stupid. And the guy who got elected by using tactics like this is not even ashamed of himself. What a mess.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

These voters do not seem to be the sharpest knives in the drawer, true. Certainly they seemed to respond to the guy who pretended to be black at least in part because of the misleading images in his pamphlet - he appeared to represent their community and to be endorsed by a former state rep who was well-respected in their community.

But this does not mean they're racist.

So anyway these voters are angry that they fell for the trick, and not at themselves for being stupid. And the guy who got elected by using tactics like this is not even ashamed of himself. What a mess.

I know. I forgot only white people and Jews can be racist

what was I thinking.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I know. I forgot only white people and Jews can be racist

what was I thinking.

I see.

Just curious... which group do you put white Jews in ?