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The voters have spoken! :laugh

DALLAS (Reuters) - Dallas County, the home to some of the biggest conservative supporters of President Bush (news - web sites), made history Tuesday night by electing an openly gay Hispanic woman as its sheriff.

Democrat Lupe Valdez, 57, pulled off one of the biggest surprises in the Texas races by defeating Republican Danny Chandler...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... allas_dc_1

ughhhhhhh!

My parents live out there but not in Dallas County. My aunt and uncle however do. I'll be interested to hear what they think come Thanksgiving.

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
The voters have spoken! :laugh



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... allas_dc_1

whats so odd about this?
your not one of those all conservatives are against gays crap are you?

So what kind of haircut does a dyke sheriff get????? Anybody wanna bet??

Sov, I'm fairly liberal (as you know) and have nothing against gays.

I just think it's hysterical that an OPENLY GAY LESBIAN DEMOCRAT won an election in a Texas county that's the last bastion of republican conservatism.

YOU GO GIRL!!!

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
Sov, I'm fairly liberal (as you know) and have nothing against gays.

You think she's hot then? {not that it needs to be asked, we know you will}.

I just think it's hysterical that an OPENLY GAY LESBIAN DEMOCRAT won an election in a Texas county that's the last bastion of republican conservatism.

YOU GO GIRL!!!

You better take a look at the map from Tuesday amigo.

Dallas County is the "inner city" county for the DFW area. They have a few wealthy spots (Highland Park for instance) but also a lot of poor parts (Fair Parkfor instance). They barely chose Bush, there was only a 10,000 vote difference. When you compare that to Collin County (suburb area, parts of it still rural, my parents live in the currently growing part (across the street it's basically all fields)) where Bush won by over 100,000 votes, you see the difference between the make-up of the counties and you can understand why Dallas County would elect a sheriff like that.

Well as a resident of Dallas County I can say that her sexual orientation mever came up in any of the election education material I read. Of course, most people probably voted for her because her opponent was a member of the department and an associate of the previous sherriff who is now under multiple federal felony investigations. Oops...

Dallas County is the "inner city" county for the DFW area. They have a few wealthy spots (Highland Park for instance) but also a lot of poor parts (Fair Parkfor instance). They barely chose Bush, there was only a 10,000 vote difference. When you compare that to Collin County (suburb area, parts of it still rural, my parents live in the currently growing part (across the street it's basically all fields)) where Bush won by over 100,000 votes, you see the difference between the make-up of the counties and you can understand why Dallas County would elect a sheriff like that.

Please don't let residents of Collin County tell you what Dallas County is like. Thats like letting the inmates tell you what prison is like: skewed in one direction and mostly inaccurate.

My opinion of Dallas county is not from Collin county residents, it's from my aunt and uncle who live there and my personal observations while driving through the different parts. I'm not trying to knock Dallas county at all, it has it's good areas and the area my aunt and uncle live in is rather nice and pretty safe. I was simply trying to point out that the county is made up of different people including the poorer minorities that are south of the city and those people usually vote more liberal/democratic. I don't know all the issues concerning the sheriff race nor will I claim too. I simply was trying to paint a picture of Dallas county as being different than most Texas counties that voted for Bush in a majority.

TruckStuff: Which part of Dallas county are you in? My aunt and uncle are around Preston and Forest.

Originally posted by Busby
TruckStuff: Which part of Dallas county are you in? My aunt and uncle are around Preston and Forest.

About 5 minutes on the other side of 635 from them.