Yes, that Kinky Friedman. The entertainer who once challenged Rick Perry for Texas' top elected job. Friedman is now endorsing Perry, and did so in his typical style with a column that appeared yesterday on The Daily Beast website.
As always with Kinky, it's best to let him do his own talking. Here are some excerpts:
"Rick Perry has never lost an election; I’ve never won one. Maybe that’s what’s wrong with the world. On the other hand, I’ve long been friends with Bill Clinton and George W., and Rick Perry and I, though at times bitter adversaries, have remained friends as well ...
"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. When I ran for governor of Texas as an independent in 2006, the Crips and the Bloods ganged up on me. When I lost, I drove off in a 1937 Snit, refusing to concede to Perry. Three days later Rick called to give me a gracious little pep talk, effectively talking me down from jumping off the bridge of my nose. Very few others were calling at that time, by the way. Such is the nature of winning and losing and politicians and life. You might call what Rick did an act of random kindness. Yet in my mind it made him more than a politician, more than a musician; it made him a mensch.
"These days, of course, I would support Charlie Sheen over Obama ... Obama has been perpetually behind the curve. If the issue of the day is jobs and the economy, Rick Perry is certainly the nuts-and-bolts kind of guy you want in there.
"More to the point, could Rick Perry fix the economy? Hell, yes! Texas is exhibit A; Rick’s fingerprints are all over it. He’s been governor since Christ was a cowboy. The Lone Star State is booming."
-- John Gravois
I am Appalled! Shocked! Dismayed, even!
I am sorry to say that I have lost a huge amount of respect for the man I voted for in that fateful race.
It sure as hell was NOT Rick Perry and I can only hope and pray that my fellow REAL Texans will stand up now, be heard and put an end to Perry's political career now and for good.
If Kinky was so easily swayed by an "atta boy" telephone call from a gloating victor, then god help us all when he starts glad-handing an unsuspecting repub rube base!
What gush! Hey Kinky, did Daddy Wick come pick you up and take you to Dairy Queen for an Ice cream? Feel all better now? That's my big boy!
Yeesh!
Posted by: emersonbiggins | August 26, 2011 at 11:22 PM