Hardy Har Har. Is the joke on you?

I wondered if the Houston Association of Realtors, HAR, endorsement of Andrew Burks for Houston City Council was a bad joke, but it seems like this joke might have backfired. From the Houston Chronicle:

Burks was under house arrest for 40 days last year following his second DWI conviction. Burks said he had not been drinking nor driving, but that he had been prescribed improper medication at a Veterans Affairs facility, where he was in a parked car at the time of his arrest.

Ouch! A recent flyer adds a couple more incidents against Burks. Luckily for Burks a DWI is not a felony unless it is your third conviction. According to the Chronicle he only has two. Whew!

But, back to HAR. Why on earth would they be endorsing such a candidate? And why would the Harris County republican party endorse him? Well, I can understand the republicans. They truly are some screwed up people. They would rather have an unqualified member of City Council than a Democrat that has experience and the capability to lead. But what is HARs excuse?

If HAR continues to back unqualified candidates, they put their reputation on the line. That can't be said about the republican party. Their reputation is about as soiled as the sheets in a whorehouse.