Kinky Question

The Kinkster will rise again. When he ran for sheriff of a neighboring county a few years back, he promised to lower the speed limit from 35 to 34.98.

HatterDon's quick history of the Kinkster.

1. He was originally a musician who specialized in non-PC material. Exhibit one: His band was called "Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jew-Boys." An early album [which I recommend] is entitled "Lasso from El Paso. Exhibit two: One of his early hits was called "The Ballad of Charles Whitman." He debuted this song at UT-Austin. It was at UT-Austin where Charles Whitman killed a dozen or so people with his sniper rifle from the UT tower.

2. He spent a lot of time in Chicago with Steve Goodman and helped persuade Willie Nelson to move to Austin and establish that whole genre of country music.

3. He lives on a trailer on his parent's ranch.

4. He writes thrillers.

5. He says exactly what's on his mind.

6. Two bumper stickers from the most recent election: 1. "Kinky for Governor -- why the hell not?" and 2. "My Governor is a Jewish Cowboy."

The first election of any kind that I passed up in more than 30 years was the 2006 primaries. Had I voted in them, I wouldn't have been able to sign his petition to get on the ballot. I signed, and I voted for the boy. Problem is, we wound up with the Republican Mr. Haircut again.