When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson

07 March 2006

Governor Kinky?

We've blogged before about Kinky Friedman's quixotic run for Governor of Texas.

Well, his campaign starts in earnest on Wednesday, after today's Texas primaries, when he can start collecting signatures to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for the fall election.

His platform?
Friedman, whose parents were educators, is serious about the state's education system, promising to turn school choices back to teachers and create a 'Texas heroes' program to lure retired experts into schools.

He would boost pay for teachers, police and firefighters, he says, and fund it with legalized casino gambling and a 1 percent tax surcharge on Texas oil and gas companies.

He supports gay marriage, saying 'they have every right to be as miserable as the rest of us,' and prayer in the schools. He is against the death penalty -- a view he likens to 'looking into your political grave' in Texas.

'I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes,' Friedman says. But if he loses he promises to ditch Texas and head to Hawaii.

'If I lose this race I will retire in a petulant snit,' he said. 'I'm not going to go out gracefully, I promise you.'
You've just got to love a man whose chief campaign slogans are "Why The Hell Not?" and "How Hard Could It Be?"

Is Texas ready for Governor Kinky? - Reuters, via Yahoo! News

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