Honest to God campaign sign in Blanco, texas:

[dixiegrrrrl]

Credit to http://juanitajean.com/the-quotation-marks-make-it-classy/

[TeeYiYi]

1. Wow. That's bold! ..nt

TYY

[JaneyVee]

2. Jesus Christ. Where do they find these people?!

[ret5hd]

18. Uhhhh....Texas?

on edit: (posting from WHITE Settlement, TX)

[onecaliberal]

3. :

[Buzz Clik]

4. "Keep it White" in Spanish.

Alrighty then.

[True Blue Door]

5. Seems like it might be a "dirty trick" sign.

No one, not even a Texas Republican, is that precisely stupid - being white supremacist in Spanish.

Probably an intra-party dirty trick.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Juanita Jean site is very reputable

and she states it is "honest to goodness sign".

[Gothmog]

30. I know Juanita Jean and her husband is my county party chair

She is very reputable

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. Is she as cool to talk to as she writes?

I think I would love to know her in person.
Pls. tell her she is popular on DU.

[Gothmog]

43. She is a hoot and is a really nice person in real life

She makes me feel conservative at times and you do not want to get on her bad side. At the state convention, she nominated me to be on the rules committee for the party convention and that was 8 hours of my life I will never get back.

[TransitJohn]

9. sure they are

Have you heard the inanity spewed by Lewis Ghomert?

[True Blue Door]

12. You have me there. I guess I just can't wrap my head around that level of vile.

There are probably a number of places in Texas where open white supremacism is politically advantageous.

[Gman]

23. The Texas Hill Country is full of them

When you go there you just assume they're bigots. Best way to stay out of an argument that's pointless.

[oberliner]

13. It's not

It's his campaign slogan.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Candidate-says-Keep-Blanco-Blanco-slogan-6234441.php

[True Blue Door]

14. Ah, that sounds more like Texas.

The guy's a moron so clueless it never even occurred to him.

[sufrommich]

16. You can't be serious. Of course it occurred to him,

now it occurs to him to deny it.

[Gman]

22. Oh yes they are

If you don't live here, trust us. They are.

[dixiegrrrrl]

42. Even the well intentioned ones here are clueless.

My next door neighbor....widow....in her early 80's now.
very much the "old Southern" type,, comes from generations of her people in this area, her husband was a local banker.
She is a Democrat, goes to the Methodist church, we get along fine, if not on too deep topics. Her son is a well known progressive lawyer.

Any yet....without batting an eyelash, she casually referred to a neighbor who is around 45, ,successful businessman, very kind guy,
and black..she tells me he is...... "a very nice boy".

[tazkcmo]

32. You give them waaaaay too much credit.

Or you've never spent much time here. Quite common.

[sufrommich]

6. Wow, the dog whistle has been tossed away. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. I can see that in a few places in this county

I am betting this is a really small town... in a rural area

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Yep. Pop. 1739, says Google. n/t

[TexasTowelie]

31. It is actually a pretty little town in the Hill Country.

I've driven through there a few times. I also have an acquaintance that teaches at the high school in town. It is a majority white town with mostly German descendants.

[HassleCat]

37. Eine Gut Idee

Change the name to Weissburg.

[LeftInTX]

10. "No dog whistle needed" from Juanita Jean

Why don't they get rid of all Spanish and change the name of Blanco to White?

[sufrommich]

15. Peele admits the signs are his...

but he didn't mean "anything racial". Excuse me while I throw up.


http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Candidate-says-Keep-Blanco-Blanco-slogan-6234441.php

[TeeYiYi]

17. That's a whole lot of 'splainin...

...that he's doing at your link. If he's sincere about his intent not being racist, he should pull the signs and redo his campaign slogan.

The ball is in his court. Somehow I doubt that he'll fix it...

TYY

[hifiguy]

19. Jumping Jebus.

No words.

[Gothmog]

29. It is tough living in Texas as times

[MADem]

20. Well, that's mighty 'blanco' of them....

Talk about BRAZEN~!!!!!!

One good thing about blunt racists--there's no "wondering" or dog whistling happening. They come right out and say it!

You can at least see them coming from a good distance...

[BrotherIvan]

21. How about we stop all federal subsidies?

[shenmue]

24. Ay ay ay ay ay ay (slap forehead) ay ay ay ay

[dorkzilla]

25. Stomach turning stuff

These people deserve nothing but contempt. Texas is really turning into a shit hole.

[oldandhappy]

26. looked it up

Candidate says not about race!

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Candidate-says-Keep-Blanco-Blanco-slogan-6234441.php

[Gothmog]

28. If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you

[oldandhappy]

33. Hilarious!

Would I have posted article link if I believed????!!!!!

[Gothmog]

38. I am not blaming you but I think that the candidate is not being totally honest about the sign

Either the candidate is not being honest or that candidate is a truly stupid person. Given that this is a Texas race, either could be true

[TexasTowelie]

34. I don't know,

my take on the sign is that it is similar to the Keep Austin Weird signs. Since both Austin and San Antonio are expanding in the direction of Blanco it can easily be interpreted as retaining the small town atmosphere and not encourage development. I also know somebody that teaches at Blanco H.S.

[ag_dude]

41. I thought of "Keep Austin Weird" before anything else.

I've lived between Blanco and Dripping Springs before and that catch phrase is parodied quite often around the area.

I wouldn't defend him but I'd also say people thinking there's no possible way it's not about race are exaggerating a bit.

[Gothmog]

27. I saw this on Juanita Jean also

It is tough living in Texas. I will be seeing Mr. Juanita Jean Wednesday night at a meeting

[SoapBox]

35. wow...that takes some big "brass".

Someone should make up some stickers to add to the sign:

Keep Blanco White

and see how that goes over.

[HassleCat]

36. Suggestion

"Keep Blanco Loco!"

[TNNurse]

39. I am guessing that

the candidate is a Republican. So if he posts this as a Republican we can surmise that the local party at least is OK with it. So that implies, they are all racists. Why don't they just put "Vote for me, I'm white". That is what the sign says.