Kinky Friedman: “I’ll end the drought and stop the Big Road.”
Kinky Friedman, movie star
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Ben Wear
Austin American-Statesman
Copyright 2006
Perhaps fitting for this primary election night, there was a larger and more enthusiastic crowd for a candidate who got no votes Tuesday than there were at Bob Gammage’s watch party.
Kinky Friedman, the comedian/musician/mystery novelist who intends to run as an independent, was holding court at the Star Bar on West Sixth Street. At 8:45 he had settled in at a bar table on the outdoor patio, wearing his characteristic black hat, black embroidered tuxedo coat and blue jeans while he brandished a stogie and talked on his cell phone.
A documentary film crew led by Los Angeles director Wayne Miller recorded his every move. Miller said the crew had been following Friedman’s gubernatorial efforts for about a year for the as-yet-untitled film.
“I’m a dealer in hope,” the Kinkster said, waxing serious for a moment. “It’s about making Texas Texas again.”
Friedman tried his hand at making political promises.
“I’ll end the drought and stop the Big Road,” he said, referring to Gov. Rick Perry’s Trans-Texas Corridor toll road plan. “I’d like Texas to be first in something besides executions, toll roads, property taxes and high school dropouts.”
Friedman plans to begin his drive to collect more than 45,000 signatures, the number needed to get him on the ballot, just after midnight.
© 2005 Austin American-Statesman: www.statesman.com
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Ben Wear
Austin American-Statesman
Copyright 2006
Perhaps fitting for this primary election night, there was a larger and more enthusiastic crowd for a candidate who got no votes Tuesday than there were at Bob Gammage’s watch party.
Kinky Friedman, the comedian/musician/mystery novelist who intends to run as an independent, was holding court at the Star Bar on West Sixth Street. At 8:45 he had settled in at a bar table on the outdoor patio, wearing his characteristic black hat, black embroidered tuxedo coat and blue jeans while he brandished a stogie and talked on his cell phone.
A documentary film crew led by Los Angeles director Wayne Miller recorded his every move. Miller said the crew had been following Friedman’s gubernatorial efforts for about a year for the as-yet-untitled film.
“I’m a dealer in hope,” the Kinkster said, waxing serious for a moment. “It’s about making Texas Texas again.”
Friedman tried his hand at making political promises.
“I’ll end the drought and stop the Big Road,” he said, referring to Gov. Rick Perry’s Trans-Texas Corridor toll road plan. “I’d like Texas to be first in something besides executions, toll roads, property taxes and high school dropouts.”
Friedman plans to begin his drive to collect more than 45,000 signatures, the number needed to get him on the ballot, just after midnight.
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