Why Not Kinky

Kinky is just enough of a fruit-cake that I'd vote for him.

I'm looking for a petition to sign to get him on the ballot.

keep up the good works Edgar.

I would love to see him elected, but I fear that he is too honest to win.
Still worth the fight though.

Re: Why Not Kinky



Only in Texas, eh?

Kinky sounds good.

Edgar, sounds like you could do a whole lot worse than Kinky..............? I like the guy already.

Wouldn't the Christian Right have a blast with Kinky ads?

Great minds.

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1527103#1527103

The Christian Right is now foaming at the mouth.

Nobody gives Kinky a chance; still, the windmill beckons.

The New Yorker Takes on Kinky

When The New Yorker called us up last April wanting to spend some time with Kinky on the campaign trail, we were excited at the prospect of a little blurb appearing within its pages. Then we found out they didn't want to do a "little blurb" - the reporter, Dan Halpern, proposed spending two weeks with Kinky and crew.

"Two weeks?!?! What the hell are we gonna do with this guy for two weeks?" Kinky wanted to know. The answer, we decided, was everything.

Dan ended up spending a little more than two weeks on the campaign trail with us, joining us at fundraisers, speeches and various other events and appearances. He even joined us for a few staff meetings. Nothing was off limits or off the record.

Some might say we took a risk. We had no idea what kind of story he'd write. Was he going to take the campaign seriously? Were we going to look like amateurs, or worse? Would he "get it"?

Well, Dan's story hit the newsstands this Monday. We're quite pleased with the end result - frank, insightful, amusing, on-target. He got it, all right. You can read all 6,000 or so words right here.

My favorite quote doesn't come from Willie Nelson or CNN political analyst and former Clinton adviser Paul Begala.

It comes from Ace Cook, Fort Worth-area bar owner, who exchanged a few words with Kinky during a campaign stop:

"I'm for you," Cook said, sitting down to write the campaign a check. "I'm sick of these assholes who don't represent me, or represent people." By now, this sentiment had become a common refrain. "They represent A.T. & T. and Enron. How you gonna come and beg for my vote and then have nothing to do with me? Did Enron elect you or did I? I'm paying your salary, hoss. How'd it be if someone went up to the capitol and did what they said they would?"

"It'd be a first," the candidate said.

"I believe it, hoss," Cook said. "That's why you're gonna win."


Laura Stromberg
Press Secretary

posted by Kinky Friedman News

I saw a special on him last night.

I adore him! If I could cast my vote I would - in a heartbeat. He's just what we need!

Go Kinky! Here's support from New Mexico.

no
that would be a sin. ;-)

By an amazing coincidence, I was reading the New Yorker piece on Kinky last night. I recommend it. He's my kind of guy. Almost worth moving to Texas and establishing residence just to vote for him. BTW, he's got some savvy people working for his campaign, including a couple of guys that sold Jesse Ventura to the Minnesotans.

MA, certain a2kers should move to Texas and form a little village just to establish residency for the right to vote for Kinky.

Hey, I can be in Dallas in about 4 hours. :wink: