The Return of Kinky?
The fun just never stops for Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry.
As the dust settles on Ted Cruz's Senate runoff victory last week over Perry's chosen candidate, David Dewhurst, Kinky Friedman is back. Friedman, who ran as an independent against Perry in 2006, says he's seriously considering a 2014 challenge to the governor if he runs for reelection again -- and that he'd run as a Democrat this time.
The Dallas Morning News:
Friedman knows he has detractors. He knows that when some people hear he might run for governor again, they envision a rerun of a glitzy but ill-fated bid loaded with one-liners and light on position papers. But he also senses a gathering sentiment that people believe Perry has embarrassed the state and has rewarded wealthy interests at the expense of cash-strapped Texans worried about their health care and their children's schools.
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These days, the cosmic cowboy is reading Churchill.
"The main thing is to defuse the idea of being a comedian or even being an independent. I'm an independent-thinking Democrat and I've been a Democrat way further than most of my detractors," he said. "It would have to be what you show the Democrats during that primary, and if you can show them a different side of Kinky Friedman, and it's definitely there. Most of us realize the real comedian is already in the Governor's Mansion."
I have been quoted as saying that when I die, I am to be cremated, and the ashes are to be thrown in Rick Perry's hair. Yet, simply put, Rick Perry and I are incapable of resisting each other's charm. He is not only a good sport, he is a good, kindhearted man, and he once sat in on drums with ZZ Top. A guy like that can't be all bad.
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