HumanePAC, the political arm of the Humane Society, has published its
list of recommended candidates for 2006, and proudly, the Kinkster
heads the list for Texas. Excerpt below.
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TEXAS: Kinky Friedman (I). Friedman’s candidacy has been breath of
fresh air in Texas, as he has criticized unethical trophy hunters at
the state’s “canned hunts.” He is also a well-known supporter of the
Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, a sanctuary near San Antonio.
Why are you voting for Kinky Friedman? Tell us a little about yourselves, your name, age, political ideology, and why you’re voting for Kinky. We’d love to hear your reasons and what background you’re coming from. Add your name to the list of Kinky endorsements. So come on staffers. Come on coordinators. Keep stepping up volunteers. Let’s go first time voters. Tell the whole world why you’re voting for the Kinkster. Let your true feelings be heard.
Little Joe
From the KinkyFriedman.com website:
Grammy Award-winning Artist Little Joe, friend of the campaign and Kinky supporter, is asking Texans to vote for the only candidate with “the best interests of the people of Texas at heart.
“It’s simple. I think everyone should support him because he’s honest and he’s the best choice for our state.”
Watch KTSA personality and #1 talk show host in San Antonio, Chris Duel, vote for the Kinkster. Chris Duel has been a huge part of Kinky’s voice in San Antonio and throughout 99 counties in Texas. The Chris Duel Show is on 550AM, Monday-Friday, 4pm-7pm in Bexar and surrounding counties. Chris has had Kinky on his show every Thursday for months. We fellow Kinksters thank Chris and all the folks from The Chris Duel Show for all of your passion, hard work and effort you’ve put in doing your part to help inform people.
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Today’s absolutely stunning in Austin and, according to Weather.com we’re in for a nice weekend throughout Texas. This is amazing news for the those of us invested in getting out the vote!
Take this opportunity et your friends and family out to the polls! It makes sense that a lot of people are too busy to vote during the weekday – if so, today and tomorrow are the last days to vote. If you’ve already gotten all of your friends and family to vote – and I know a lot of you have – please consider contacting your local county coordinator and seeing what volunteer GOTV activities are going on in your neck of the woods.
Good weather is good luck for Kinky, but only if we get up now and get out the vote.
That leads us to our endorsement of Friedman. Is Friedman’s candidacy a joke with his repetitive stump speeches and oneliners? Maybe, but Friedman seems serious about this campaign and, frankly, reflects what we believe Texas needs. His positions on the issues make sense to us, making him more libertarian than anything else and we believe that is a good thing. He is flamboyant, will attract media attention, and if he plays his cards right in Austin, will be able to use the bully pulpit. Friedman has a greater chance of shaking things up than Strayhorn, that one not-so-tough grandma.
Four years ago, only 17 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 29 voted, meaning young people were about half as likely to vote as the average voter. If enough young people vote, the issues important to young people will no longer be ignored by our leaders. If enough young people get out there and vote, and bring their friends, Kinky Friedman will be our next Governor.
It’s happening. The past two days of early voting have shown an enormous increase in voter participation. It’s up to all of thus who support Kinky Friedman to do whatever is in our power to keep driving everyone we meet to the polls. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: we won’t regret an ounce of effort we pour on now, but we’ll be kicking ourself in the teeth forever – or at least until the next election – if we don’t do everything possible to Get Out The Vote over the next two weeks.
(a handful of student paper Kinky endorsements after the jump)
And their editorial is dead on.
We find ourselves in agreement with Friedman on most issues.
He favors legalized gambling in Texas. Given the right legislation, we may also favor it, and we certainly would not be willing to dismiss it out of hand as some other candidates do.
Friedman favors reforming Texas education by reducing the rigid adherence to standardized tests as the sole measure of success. Those tests have simply not produced better-educated Texas students — just students somewhat more adept at taking specific tests but arguably less adept at everything else.
Friedman is for smaller, more efficient government.
He is for stricter control of the Texas-Mexico border.
He is for broader health-care guarantees for the poor, especially for children.
Friedman is for maximum personal freedom for all Texans. Translate that to mean he’s for gay rights and against the Texas ban on gay marriage.
But, having said all that, Friedman’s real strength is much simpler. It lies in what he is not — he is not a traditional, party-affiliated, lobby-financed Texas pol.
He is not Rick Perry or Chris Bell or Carole Keeton Strayhorn, all of whom are running multimillion-dollar campaigns paid for by people who expect something in return.
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