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Kinky Says He’s Running, This Time As A Democrat
Kinky Friedman said Monday he’s running for governor, this time as a Democrat.
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AUSTIN (August 31, 2009)—Texas humorist and author Kinky Friedman says he's running for governor, this time as a Democrat.
Friedman, in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, the eve of his formal announcement, described himself as a "true populist" and said he's offering Democrats a new, winning model, noting that the last Democrat to hold the Texas governorship was Ann Richards in the early 1990s.
Friedman said he wants to give teachers a $3,000 across-the-board pay raise and get rid of the TAKS standardized testing for public school students.
He said he's planning a fundraiser with Willie Nelson later this month and that he hopes to raise grassroots money online like he did when he ran as an independent in 2006 when Republican Rick Perry won the race and Friedman finished fourth.
Others in the Democratic primary field are former ambassador Tom Schieffer, former agriculture commissioner candidate Hank Gilbert and therapist Mark Thompson.
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The Kinkster owes nothing to nobody and can't be bought. No one else in the race has that quality. Legalize weed with a little tax on it and our farmers can make money without a subsidy and we can put the cartels out of business. At the same time we won't have to worry about money problems and imprisoning honest citizens. The Kink has a lot of good ideas and it's time to kick the career politicians to the curb or gutter where they belong. We can even make cigars right here in Texas with Texas workers. You don't have to be from El Paso to vote for Kinky. Besides he's been on Cavuto and Imas which shows he can work both sides of the isles and balconey too at the same time. Vote for the Kinkster
Anybody in favor of getting rid of the TAKS test is a winner to me. It's time we went back to teaching to learn instead of teaching to pass a test.
Kinky has my vote, decriminalizing marijuana that alone will save Texas billions of dollars.
