kinky....maybe??....

[basil]

Kinky's got some interesting stuff, but I've decided not to vote for him for two main reasons - most important he is trying to stop the Trans Texas Corridor, which is absolutely retarded. What could we possibly need more infrastructure for anyway? Second, I'm afraid he'll have a little of the Jesse Ventura effect, as if the press doesn't want to jump on Texas' ass enough anyway.

I'm not sure how you mean to refer to the TTC here. I understand that it is precisely for the purpose of accomodating more infra-structure. (I you were being sarcastic, forgive my obtusity). At any rate, I think I'm anti-TTC. We probably do (and certainly will) need a way to handle population growth. I've been gridlocked stone still on I35, 1/2-way between San Marcus and Austin and that is bullshit. I'm glad I don't have to live with that commute. But, Texas is largely a private-owned state. And imposing and enforcing emminent domain is a fucking nasty, ugly, over-my-dead-body business. Creation of the TTC will flatten a lot of landowners, maybe after the fight, but they'll still lose.

One funny thing about Austin is everyone thinks they are Lance Armstrong, from California, and a political expert.

Great line.

Friedman is only pulling 16% in the latest poll he's in LAST PLACE in a four way race. The Republicans and the Democrats are more worried about each other rather than this complete whack job Kinky Friedman so I highly doubt you'll see a whole lot of "attack" ads from any of his three opponents because it's a waste of time and money.

According to Rasmussen, the Democrat is running THIRD

Here are the Rasmussen numbers:

Perry (R): 33%
Strayhorn (I): 22%
Bell: (D): 18%

and LAST and certainlly the LEAST

Friedman (of the nutjob party): 16%

I find Rasmussen to be probably the most reliable polling company out there. They called the last presidential election right on the money, predicting that Bush would win AND they called all of the "toss up" states correctly.

Linky just in case you Democrats refuse to face reality


Speaking of links, Sid do you have some reference links or news stories to back up your claims as I have not heard anything like this until now. Seriously, I'd be very interested because once again, I absolutely, positively canot understand why either major party candidate would waste one dollar of resources attacking the guy who's in FOURTH in a four way race, it just makes no sense at all.

A yahoo search turned up this:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...8K8UJLG0.shtml

And about a hundred more.

On the polls - Kinky is last, but the trend is that he's been gaining all year - mostly at the expense of Strayhorn.