Ref (Wiki): Richard S. Friedman, (born October 31, 1944)
American singer, songwriter, and novelist, who is currently an
independent candidate for the office of Governor of Texas.
"Why the hell not" and "How hard could it be" make KF's great
mottos.
Terry ---
Yup, perhaps "it couldn't be that hard," nowadays - but that's
only because T. Delay is minding his manners, and will likely
decline to tamper with things in the usual stuffed-box kinda way
... and given that mass-hysteria, lack of viable alternatives, and
the charisma-factor (any kind of notoriety) are all in play in the
Lone Star these daze - hey ... quien sabe ?
... don't forget that Jesse "the body" Ventura was elected
governor of Minnesota, arguably a more sophisticated state. If
Kinky can speak good Tejana, then watch out, Homey.
After all, a professional wrestler turned movie star is arguably
lesser credentials than the writer of such classics as "Get Your
Biscuits In The Oven and Your Buns In Bed" and either should
exceed a draft-dodging ex-alchoholic baseball-team magnate. Well
...anywhere but Texas where money doesn't "just" talk.
On the negative side - has Friedman lost some of the ethnic
'rainbow' appeal of his heritage by naming his band "The Texas
Jewboys" and other affronts to the faith? This is probably not a
voting bloc that a minority candidate can afford to loose - even
with Willie's help.
Apparently Friedman's father objected to the name of the band,
calling it a "negative, hostile, peculiar thing" which gave Kinky
even more reason to choose the name - this according to Wiki
(expert on everything). Texans may go for that. At least he
confronted racism and anti-Semitism head-on as in the song, "They
Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore," a song in which Kinky
verbally and physically beats up a drunken White racist who
berates African Americans, Jews, Greeks and Sigma Nu's in a bar.
His song "Asshole from El Paso", a parody of Merle Haggard's "Okie
from Muskogee" is his most famous song and would easily get him my
vote if I can register there soon enough. (I still have some
relatives hanging around in Pecos county <g> ).
BTW did you see where Wiki immediately labeled the Ken Lay death
as suicide? They may have to add some controls in there soon, as a
few folks think of it as a real authority.
Ain't third party politics great, not to mention, ain't anything
mostly 'out of institutionalized control' like Wiki, Kinky, and
Willie - annoying to the politico-pros? Gotta luv-it... otherwise.
- [Vo]: OT: Political "reform": was Algae Ponds... Jones Beene
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