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blogs.cqpolitics.com - 4/14/2009

Kinky Friedman Prepares Second Bid for Texas Governor

— blogs.cqpolitics.com — Kinky Friedman on the campaign trail in 2006. (Getty) Richard "Kinky" Friedman, the iconoclastic musician who won... 12 percent of the vote as an independent candidate for the Texas governorship in 2006, is laying the groundwork to run for... (more) Kinky Friedman Prepares Second Bid for Texas Governor

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foxnews.com - 4/16/2009

Governor Says Texans May Want to Secede From Union But Probably Won't - Presidential Politics | ...

— foxnews.com — Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday with his stance against the federal... government and for states' rights as some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, "Secede!" An animated Perry told the crowd at Austin City Hall -- ... (more) Governor Says Texans May Want to Secede From Union But ...

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politicalwire.com - 4/17/2009

Most Texans Want to Stay

— politicalwire.com — Though Gov. Rick Perry (R) insists Texans are talking about secession in response to federal tax policy,... a new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that 75% of Lone Star State voters would opt to remain in the United States. Only 18% would vote to secede, and ... (more) Most Texans Want to Stay

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The return of Kinky Friedman
News — ... Brace yourself, Kinky Friedman is back. The cigar smoking, joke telling, cowboy hat wearing 2006 independent candidate for governor of Texas announced on Tuesday that he's running again, this time as a Democrat. In a letter to his supporters , Friedman said that there is nothing funny about the current leadership in Texas. "Here’s the way I see it: Democrats + Independents = Victory," he wrote. "I was serious when I ran for governor in 2006 and I’m serious now. I am a humorist, but I know these are not humorous times for a lot of us. Part of the reason is the pathetic lack of ...

Is A Bungling Twerp Like Rick Perry Going To Stumble Into Another Civil War?
DownWithTyranny! — If Texas were a sane and rational state, conservative Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison -- or even conservative Democrat Kinky Friedman-- would have locked up the gubernatorial race yesterday. But it isn't-- and instead of being forced to apologize and back down, there are plenty of fringe nutcases from Waco to Amarillo who were toasting Gov. Rick Perry last night because he asserted Texas' delusional "right" to secede (again). So, instead Chuck Norris might wind up winning... the Texas presidency. Perry-- stuck in what looks like the losing end of a race with Hutchison to win ...