Kinky Friedman the Strange Songwriter, Entertainer, and Writer Just Might Become America's Most Notable Governor and Then PRESIDENT

Millions of Americans know about Kinky Friedman because of his many successful mystery novels, his many irreverent songs, many years of successful entertaining as a band leader (Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys), his appearances on the Don Imus show, and most recently his running for governor of Texas that has drawn remarkable national attention. Kinky is a one-of-a-kind American. 

His imaginative, clever, and highly humorous utterances, as well as his Texas-style appearance with black cowboy hat has solidified a place in our nation’s folklore. When you Google him you get over one million hits. Go to Wikipedia, the incredible online encyclopedia, and you will a biography that will amaze you. Better yet go to www.kinkyfriedman.com and spend a little time watching some videos, listening to broadcasts, and reading his materials and interviews. What amazed Texans is that his run for Texas governor as an independent has been incredibly successful so far. 

First he got on the ballot as an independent, no easy task in Texas. Then his campaigning took off so that he is doing surprisingly well in polls. More and more people have begun to see the possibility that Kinky just might win! If you thought that Jesse Ventura was a bizarre personality and unlikely candidate to become governor of Minnesota, hold on to your breathe, because Kinky just might become governor of Texas. And perhaps go on from there!

Columnist Molly Ivins recently made the case for Bill Moyers running as a Democrat in the 2008 presidential race, and then The Nation’s John Nichols supported and advanced the idea, taking it even more seriously and asserting that “Moyers could be a contender.” Both conveniently forgot to mention the draft Moyers for president campaign that fizzled in 2005 despite considerable attention on the Internet. In fact, the petition drive with a goal of 100,000 signatures obtained just 711. Nevertheless, like an Ivins-driven Internet tsunami, others have already started up activities to once again draft Moyers. There are two things wrong with this idea.