Douchebag of the Year: Manuel Rodriguez Jr.

November 23, 2011

The Houston Press just came out with their much more PC version of this blog post title, “Turkey of the Year.” Unfortunately, I didn’t think that Turkey of the Year properly conveyed the disgusting behavior of this Houston Independent School District Board member, Manuel Rodriguez Jr. So, instead of calling him a turkey, I’m going to refer to what he really is: an absolute douche.

So, here’s what the Houston Press has to say about this guy:

And then there was HISD’s Manuel Rodriguez Jr. Never one of the most inspiring members of the school board, Rodriguez apparently sensed his re-election bid was in trouble.

He sent out a flyer just days before Election Day that offered reasons to vote against his opponent, Ramiro Fonseca.

Highlighted in that list about Fonseca: “Program manager of minority male initiative at HCC. His records show he spent years advocating for gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender rights…not kids.”

Thinking that might be too subtle for his constituents, Rodriguez added that Fonseca was endorsed by the Houston GLBT Caucus.

Still afraid the message had not gotten through, the list ended with these two bullet points:

• 54 years old man with no children

• Male partner

We can only surmise there wasn’t room to include

• LIKES STEPHEN SONDHEIM MUSICALS

• PROBABLY WATCHES PROJECT RUNWAY

• HAS SEX WITH DUDES

• IS GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After (very barely) winning re-election, Rodriguez apologized. And he apparently had read Larry Taylor’s Apologizing for Dummies in the interim.

He said, “I am aware that some people have said they were offended by one of my ads, and I apologize to all of those people.”

Oh, Manuel: Some? You couldn’t even bring yourself up to a Larry Taylor “many”?

Thus far, Manuel Rodriguez has gotten away scott-free. Yup. He won his re-election by 25 votes and basically doesn’t give a crap that his disgusting behavior has inspired protests…