He's been talking about this for a while. Assuming he sticks it out until election day, he's got my vote!

thanks Shark! So, Texans, what are his chances?

As much as Texans like Elvis, Jesus and Coca-cola, I think they aren't quite ready for this. Then again, people never really expected Arnold or Jesse Ventura to make it

Looks like I need to make sure I get an absentee ballot this year.

perhaps, for political purposes, it is for the best his label, Epic, forced the change of his '76 album title from Asshole From El Paso to Lasso From El Paso

re: Kinky's chances --

Good question.

The Texas legistlature looks and sounds like a roomful of troglodyte Zell Miller types. Most can barely carry on a conversation without slobbering, but thank gawd, there are few in the 'civilian' population who resemble their representatives.

(Strange, that? Well, no, most of the reps are culled from the halls of Big Bidness, which still operates under medieval "good ol' boy' network standards... which means that one can be an illiterate houseape and easily become a CEO of a major corporation: connections, babe, connections!)

Look, George Bush was elected Governor TWICE!

Anyway, I've already offered to volunteer for the Kinky campaign -- and will update yall as it progresses.

Not a chance in hell, but at least it will make the election entertaining.

Dave

I don't know -- he'd be the first to tell you that he's got a chance in hell!

Seriously, he doesn't have the chances Jesse and Arnold had, but he could shake things up a bit. *IF* he plays it a little more straight than he has been so far, his chances could improve.

Ah, the American Spirit and democracy in action.. sounds to me as though Kinky would fit right in. Perhaps he should ask Ann Richards to campaign for him?

Shark, I dig the Kinkster, but he wasn't the ONLY Jewish cowboy. You have to count ol' Ramblin' Jack Elliott.

Friedman was on Hardball with Chris Matthews last night laying out his "anti-wussification" plan. I was particularly amused by his closing salutation- repeated for effect, "May the God of your choice bless you."

there is no doubt in my mind Texas should be led by the man who wrote and sang, "Old Ben Lucas, had a lot of mucus, comin' right out of his nose/he picked and picked til it made you sick, but back again it grows"

Considering Hank Hill thought Shrub had a "limp" handshake, and Kinky has already nominated Willie Nelson (and we know what Hank thinks of Willie) as head of the Texas Rangers, this should be a lock.

If I lived in Texas, I'd vote for him, and once I get hold of the source code for tha Diebold shenanigans, I shall (what, you thought vote fraud only applied to Ohio?)

Ah, Texas! Where "hanging chad" is the answer to the question, "what are you planning do after Chad is convicted of his capital crime"...

You know what the chances of a third-party or independent candidate are. I sure do. He has celebrity status, which is good for better than usual press coverage. The next thing he needs is money. Without several million dollars to spend, he'll be lucky to crack 10%.

Anybody who loves animals, wants to reduce the speed limit to 54, and has a campaign slogan of "No Lesbian left behind" is my kind of guy. I am a Conservative Republican and fully intend to support the Kinkster.

why does he want to reduce the speed limit to 54? That is certainly contrary to the arc of history. I just drove from Cleveland to Cincy and back and if you weren't going 80 you were eating exhaust.

I have been a fan of the Kinkster since the early 1970s, and Ballad of Charles Whitman is truly my fave...a classic song...but I don't think I could bring myself to vote for the Kinkster. It would be rich to see him in W's old office, though.

I just went to Amazon and listened to a few Kinkster clips until I started laughing too loud.

Sheesh...the old Kingster is one savvy Jewish cowboy. He can't lose on this deal. He'll sell books and records galore, even if he can't get enough signatures.

Kinky for Governor - "How hard can it be?" It's time Rick "Pom-Pom" Perry went back to his true station in life - Cheerleader for Campaign Contributions. The defrocking of Wuss Perry will be a great start on the Kinkster's proposed Dewussification of Texas program.

The kinkster has my vote! Where can I sign up to help him get signatures to get on the ballot? I just love his song, "They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore." Seriously, now, underneath that ruff exterior there is more common sense and intellect than all the politicians put together in Austin! And, I meant it when I say, how can I help him get signatures. Texas needs a real cowboy like Kinky in Austin. Signed, just one Texas citizen out of many.

Howdy! For anyone interested in volunteering, you can sign up @ kinkyfriedman.com Kinky needs your help!! :)

Kinky needs a pledge of votes from Texas to be in the 2006 running for Govenor.
Please pledge your vote for Kinky!
http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/pledge/?con=6oUOWukYBcim

You may also chat and talk kinky at
The Mudd Hole
http://p103.ezboard.com/ballmudd

Voters and fans, there's a pretty good article in this week's (Aug. 22, 2005) *NEW YORKER Magazine that gives a bit of background and follows Kinky on the campaign trail.

Vote Kinky!

*imagine that -- a Texan who actually admits he reads the New Yorker; explicit evidence that there's AT LEAST ONE elitist, intellectual, left-wing, commie-pinko liberal in the Lone Star State!

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BTW: "mem's" second link doesn't work -- but Shark has provided an active link to Kinky's pledge page:

Pledge for Kinky

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"Victory or Death!" -- Wlm. B. Travis

I am a native Texan, unlike the shrub and his elitist family. I am sick to death that our great state is held captive by Big Hair and Big Money.
I have voted all across the spectrum, and heck yes I am voting for Kinky.
I have volunteered, bought T-shirts, donated money and if I could buy Diebold, I would wrap this thing up today. If the people of Texas continue to vote for the current ruling trash, I may need to leave and pray for my beautiful state from a distance!

I'm definitely voting for Mr. Kinky. He's right on in his assessment about Texas, corruption, big money, politicians being in the pockets of special interest, etc. this state has sold it's soul to the devil!!!and that ain't no exaggeration! It's time for some new blood to take over! For one, he'd better have people planted at the vote counting center because these career puppets in power will do anything to win, including tossing votes for the other side or manufacturing votes.. I dont trust those at the present controls not one bit! My prayers are with you Mr. Kinky that God will clean house in this next election.Hoorah for you!

Thanks to all who commented with positive vibes for the Kinkster.

And remember:

>register to vote
>don't vote in the puppet primaries
>volunteer
>buy lots of cool crap from Kinky's site
>tell yer friends

{And I'm sorry, folks, the "Pledge for Kinky" link in comment #23 no longer works... so here's the link to kinky's ever-changing web address.}

Kinky for Governor!


"Victory or Death!" -- Wlm Travis

And now that Carol Keaton Rylander has also gone independent we can do all the things Shark wants and yet still vote for someone with a good package of ideas for Texas.

Dave

And BTW, you independent voters can also donate to Carole Keeton-Strayhorn (her name was out of date in the last comment).

Dave

And the link was bad in the last comment - try here.

Shark may not have fully explained that the goal here in Texas is to force Rick Perry into a runoff election where he'll be at least marginally more likely to lose.

My guess at this point is that the votes will be relatively evenly split, with Perry getting about 40% and each othe other candidates getting about 23%. The ideal outcome would then be that either Kinky or Carole Keeton-Strayhorn comes in ahead of the Democrat and it ends up being Perry vs. an Independent who gets votes from Independents, Republican defectors and Democrats.

The key things are to make sure that the mendacious mediocrity the Democrats offer up doesn't get in the runoff, because they will just lose to Perry. One on one both Keeton-Strayhorn and Friedman have a better chance against Perry than anyone the Democrats are likely to come up with. IMO Keeton-Strayhorn is the best hope because she can draw Democrat votes and suck off Republican votes even if she is a crazy old serial monogamist.

Dave

You got my vote.......TEXAS meed,s a MAN that has BALLS///////// Lived here all my life,always spoke my mind to people and told them the truth,no matter how mad they got,,,I just told them to kiss my ass if they didn,t like it----,,YOUR the man for the job...GOD bless you,,,Cj

kinky will rule

may the force be with kinky