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

[WhiteWidow]

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.

They haven't, at all. I haven't seen ONE, NOT ONE thing about the guy on TV. I wouldn't know about him if it weren't for the local supporters and my own research. The fact that people outside of the state are aware of him is testament to my claim that the press is just chomping at the bit for this guy to get elected so they can start talking about him.

[cigar no baka]

I'm going to vote for Kinky, and that's it. Not voting in any other race. I'm sick of the Republican party not being forceful enough on the border and illegal immigration.

We are under cultural siege here and we're blissfully ignoring the problem. If the Republicans ever decide to come back to doing more about this issue, I'll be back to voting for them. I voted for the first time in 1984 when I was 18 and voted Republican all the way until now.

[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.

[CoventryCat86]

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.

Interesting article but it does very little if anything at all to support the claim that Friedman is in SECOND PLACE in this race nor does it support the notion that Republicans and Democrats have an organized campaign to slam Friedman. In that link, Perry (the Republican) had no comment.

It sounds to me like Friedman has stuck his foot in his mouth MANY times all on his own and his stupid, racist comments are coming back to bite him in the ass, after all it was FRIEDMAN who said them.

Just because someone is raising the fact that he said some stupid shit in the past, don't blame them, blame ole Kinky. That's like saying it's the cop's fault that you got caught going 75 mph in a 55 zone.

[basil]

Interesting article but it does very little if anything at all to support the claim that Friedman is in SECOND PLACE in this race nor does it support the notion that Republicans and Democrats have an organized campaign to slam Friedman. In that link, Perry (the Republican) had no comment.

It sounds to me like Friedman has stuck his foot in his mouth MANY times all on his own and his stupid, racist comments are coming back to bite him in the ass, after all it was FRIEDMAN who said them.

Just because someone is raising the fact that he said some stupid shit in the past, don't blame them, blame ole Kinky. That's like saying it's the cop's fault that you got caught going 75 mph in a 55 zone.

Agree. I don't know what the hell it proves other than there are some (many) things you just shouldn't get quoted saying if you ever, ever want to be high profile. edit: Now, I liked Ann Richards, and maybe she would've won outright. But, this is exactly the kind of shit that Claytie did that sealed the deal for her.

Now gaddammit, Kinky IS in 2nd if you don't count any two of the other three!

Really though - I checked another poll, forgot which, had the same numbers.

[WhiteWidow]

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.

My opinion on that is that anytime you are building roads, it is a good thing. Roadways also drive growth, economy, and technology by delivering all of those things to the areas they serve. Rome was the civilation that it was because of two things - the arch and the road.

I guess a few land owners might get kind of pissed, true, but they will engineer the system to be as unintrusive and environmentally friendly as possible.

My point is I don't think it is a good idea to stifle a major project like this, espescially 20 years down the road when we've got Texas, Louisiana, New York, and Mexico all living under one roof.

[cls515]

My opinion on that is that anytime you are building roads, it is a good thing. Roadways also drive growth, economy, and technology by delivering all of those things to the areas they serve. Rome was the civilation that it was because of two things - the arch and the road.

I guess a few land owners might get kind of pissed, true, but they will engineer the system to be as unintrusive and environmentally friendly as possible.

My point is I don't think it is a good idea to stifle a major project like this, espescially 20 years down the road when we've got Texas, Louisiana, New York, and Mexico all living under one roof.

I don't think so. Ever see a road being built? But the autobahn will be a good thing. Oh, about Kinky, I haven't personally heard anything about Kinky except the ads he has put up on himself and the hotsauce he made. Just watching his commercial reinforced my notion not to vote for this guy.