Tuesday, September 1, 2009

"It's time for Texas to secede from Rick Perry"

And with those words, funny-man Kinky Friedman joins the Democratic primary for governor of Texas.

Friedman said he's planning a fundraiser with Willie Nelson later this month and that he hopes to raise money from thousands of supporters online, like he did when he ran as an independent in 2006.

Speaking of Willie, via Jason Embry:

.... he’d [Friedman] like to see.... drug-tests to make sure that nobody using drugs would get on the ballot.

I asked Friedman how Willie Nelson, his good friend and adviser, would feel about this.

“Willie’s not on the ballot,” he said. “I don’t know what Willie thinks about that.”

You can visit Kinky's official "Texans for Kinky" site here.