Thursday, February 03, 2005

Getting Kinky in Texas

He did it! Just a couple of hours ago, "Texas Jewboy" Kinky Friedman stood in front of the Alamo and before all the world to announce his candidacy for governor.

Friedman's an independent--like Jesus and Moses, he says. He has big plans. He wants to start a Texas Peace Corps. He would put Laura Bush in charge of education. He would legalize casino gambling and "abolish political correctness." He opposes the "wussification of Texas."

He's got a long way to go to even get on the ballot, but in his own words, "Why the hell not?"

His editor at Texas Monthly, where he writes a column, calls it a "joke candidacy." But there's one issue he couldn't be more serious about: capital punishment. For that alone I'd send him to the house where George W. Bush once lived.

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