So, at one point, not too long ago, I was somewhat pro-Kinky Friedman.
Now, I think he might be the latest George Allen.
Racial slurs? In favor of a law overturning Roe v. Wade?
I am willing to admit when I am wrong.
I was wrong.
I am so over Kinky Friedman.
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I was into Kinky until I read this interview:
Susannah McNeely: ... after your bid for Justice of the Peace in ’86, you said you were leaving “that worthless tar baby that is politics” to the young people. What happened that changed your mind and prompted you to run for governor of Texas?
Kinky Friedman: Nothing changed my mind, that’s still correct. This is not a political campaign. It’s a spiritual one—a spiritual calling.
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SM: So does this idea of the honorable cowboy have anything to do with why you threw your support behind President Bush in this last election? You did, didn’t you?
KF: Yes. I did in this last election, but I didn’t vote for him the first time.
SM: Who did you vote for in 2000?
KF: I voted for Gore then. I was conflicted. . .but I was not for Bush that time. Since then, though, we’ve become friends. And that’s what’s changed things.
SM: So it’s your friendship with him that’s changed your mind about having him as president more than his specific political positions?
KF: Well, actually, I agree with most of his political positions overseas, his foreign policy. On domestic issues, I’m more in line with the Democrats. I basically think he played a poor hand well after September 11. What he’s been doing in the Near East and in the Middle East, he’s handling that well, I think.
Kinky statements about his past vote for Gore was a lie proven false based on Kinky's public Kerr County voting records:
"Quite often, I did not like my choices," Friedman was quoted as saying in Friday's Dallas Morning News....
"The voting record doesn't look strong, but my voting record is better than Dick Cheney's," he said....
According to Kerr County voting records, Friedman voted in the 2004 presidential general election but not in any other contest since 1994.
It just keeps getting worse.
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