Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman is an American Texas Country singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas. Receiving 12.6% of the vote, Friedman placed fourth in the six-person race...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth1 November 1944
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Here's my explanation. I was drinking it ... but I did not swallow.
Many of us feel that the soul of Texas may be riding on this campaign. I would dearly love to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property tax.
One eye is laughing and one eye is crying. And the eye that is crying is because this governor has been invisibly banning gay marriage for the past two or three years while the education has just veered into a meteor crater somewhere.
We'll be on the ballot. I think the soul of Texas is riding on this campaign.
You all are heroes of mine, and I ain't got many heroes.
When I'm governor... I'll be the first governor with a listed telephone number.
Remember, the Legislature is the joke, not our campaign.
You have to work at it if you want to be a good smoker. Especially today with all the non-smoking world constantly harassing you.
I was so high, I needed a stepladder to scratch my own ass.