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Fri 11 Feb, 2005 05:03 pm
Yesterday, February 3, 2005, Kinky Friedman officially announced his plan to run for governor of Texas. Freidman, known as "the Kinkster" to his fans, plans to run as an independent.
Standing in front of the Alamo in downtown San Antonio, the Texas Jewboy told a crowd of some 200 supporters that, ""We're going to wake up this great slumbering giant of Texas independence."
The Kinkster is serious about his run for office, citing wrestler Jesse Ventura as a model for success.
"Nobody owns me," Friedman said, "Nobody has paid for me; I don't answer to anyone but the people of Texas. And if we pull this thing off, it will strike fear into the hearts of career politicians from both parties."
Friedman described the Democratic and Republican Parties as "decaf or regular, paper or plastic.'' (...echoing the sentiments of the late, great Texas-born comedian Bill Hicks -- who said, "Let's see: do I vote for the puppet on the Left or the puppet on the Right...?)
The Kinkster, who started out as the only Jewish Cowboy in the world, made his mark as a singer-songwriter (in the 1970s "outlaw period" in Austin) by penning such country-western classics as: "Put Your Bisquits in the Oven and Get Your Buns in Bed" and the 'cult classic' "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore".
Yeah, heard an interview with him on NPR, quite a character.
Love Kinky.
The hubby and I were arguing after that article came out about whether the Kinkster has a chance. He said no, I said yes. What do you guys think?
Note, not whether he'd win, but whether he'd have a puppethead's chance in hell.
This is one Texan who could well vote for him.
Unfortunately, I doubt that two or three votes from qualified Texans (all A2K members) would be enough to elect him. If I were registered to vote in Texas, he'd probably get my vote. But even four votes wouldn't be enough to constitute a plurality.
He is not likely to get respectful treatment by the media, meaning no one will seriously consider him.
I thought that about Ahnold and Ventura...
Love his song titles.
dys...if he does it, how about you and I go to work for his campaign?
I wanna know more about the Kinkster. Never heard of him before.
Should my daughter have a Kinkster doll? She already has a Jesse Ventura.
Yes, she should have. Get the one with the chaps and the barbecue sauce-on-lox accessory kit.
I know him as the author of a series of mystery novels that are lots of name-dropping and formula occasionally punctuated with genius. The conceit is that he, Kinstah, the Texas Jewboy living in New York (he now lives in Texas again but lived in New York for a long time), finds himself in the middle of various bad situations, often involving murder, and he and the Village Irregulars (Ratso, Rambam, McGovern, etc. -- all real people) solve the murders, often with the help of famous friends like Willie Nelson and Don Imus. The mysteries were better when they were set in the past and involved copious amounts of various drugs and were a vehicle for lots of apparently at least somewhat true stories that would put BPB to shame, got more formula and boring as they neared the present, especially with the introduction of a totally boring blonde with a small yappy dog as love interest.
But the flashes of genius are there, so I keep reading 'em as he keeps churning 'em out. Mysteries 3 through 10 or so are best (took a while to hit his stride, then only had so much really primo material.)
Lol - he is, by my lights, pretty right wing - but I enjoy his stuff immensely - as I do the delicious Dan Hicks - and - HE LOVES CATS!!!!!
I hope his campaign gives joy and delight to all Texans with a sense of humour - and annoys the bejesus out of both sides.
I dunno, he has a mooshy heart under the way un-PC bluster. And yeah on the cat-loving, not to mention general animal-loving.
I'm hoping he becomes Gov, then president, and then our autographed copy of "Elvis, Jesus and Coca-Cola" ("To a couple of fine Americans") will be worth mucho moolah. :-)
I would almost move to Texas to vote for him.
dlowan wrote:Lol - he is, by my lights, pretty right wing - but I enjoy his stuff immensely - as I do the delicious Dan Hicks - and - HE LOVES CATS!!!!!
I hope his campaign gives joy and delight to all Texans with a sense of humour - and annoys the bejesus out of both sides.
deb
Do you have "Beatin the Heat"? I have but one cut from it, with Tom Waits (I'll tell you why that is) which is just delicious.
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