Houston mayor wades into Duck Dynasty waters

[alp227]

Source: Houston Chronicle

Houston Mayor Annise Parker on Saturday took a shot at Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson, calling the backwood baron of duck calls and reality TV star a "redneck wingnut" in relation to his views on homosexuality.

Parker, in a midday tweet, called Robertson views "completely irrelevant," following on a remark she made to John Wright, publisher of Lone Star Q, a Texas-based blog focused on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues.

"I've been a gay community activist since the mid-70s," Wright quoted Parker as saying. "It was a very different time. We were fighting to keep people out of jails and mental hospitals. What some redneck wingnut has to say about the GLBT community is completely irrelevant."

Parker followed the Friday quip with a tweet Saturday.

"I was serious. Who cares?," Parker wrote on her official mayoral Twitter account.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/houston/article/Houston-mayor-wades-into-Duck-Dynasty-waters-5084690.php

[politichew]

1. She hit the duck on the head. nt

[totodeinhere]

2. Like I've always said there are a lot of good people in Texas. And soon

the state will turn purple and then deep blue.

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

3. Texas sure has produced some fine women.

[Cha]

4. Wow! Good on Mayor Annise Parker.. btw, really

amazing that Houston has a Democratic Mayor!

thanks alp

[alp227]

6. Well, most major cities in the USA have Democrats as mayors.

However, Dallas elected a Republican (Tom Leppert) as mayor in 2007, but he resigned to run for US Senate. Dallas now has a Democrat as mayor.

And Indianapolis also elected Republican Greg Ballard in 2007, and Ballard won re-election in 2011.

Fort Worth elected a Republican as mayor in 2011.

San Diego has had Republican mayors throughout the 1990s and 2000s before Democratic former member of Congress Bob Filner won election in 2012. However, Filner resigned this year due to sexual harassment accusations.

Houston's last Republican mayor was Jim McConn who served 1978 to '82.

[Cha]

9. Thanks for the interesting information, alp..

Let's hope David Alvarez beats Faulconer!

[TBF]

13. And I'm sure you've heard of our fine democratic mayor

of San Antonio - Julian Castro

My earlier thread today: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024209855

[Cha]

15. Yes, indeed I have.. :)

thanks for the link, TBF

[tibbir]

8. The City of Houston proper is quite blue

It's the suburbs out in Harris County that are Republican

[Cha]

10. Thanks for that, tibbir.. use to live in Houston many

many years, ago.

[Gothmog]

5. Mayor Parker is a great lady

I really like Mayor Parker

[TBF]

14. I like her too -

Haven't met her yet but did get to see her up close at a park fundraiser (for Buffalo Bayou) recently

[WilliamPitt]

7. Hammer meet nail.

[shenmue]

11. Yay!

Good going!

[onestepforward]

12. I don't get to brag often, but

she's my mayor!

[Paladin]

16. Give 'em hell, Annise. (nt)

[blkmusclmachine]

17. Redneck wingnut.

Is there any other kind???

[PM Martin]

18. Hit em' hard!

:kick:

[santamargarita]

19. Can these hillbillies even spell Dynasty. And where

did their so called Dynasty come from?

[geek tragedy]

20. awesome to see a pol use the correct term--redneck wingnut

Not "traditional beliefs" or "staunch Christian."