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Wednesday, November 17, 2004

A candidate whose platform I can really get behind

I'm sure I've talked about this before, because I was actually there when he announced it, but Kinky Friedman is running for governor of Texas. Avedon Carol just reminded me of it. He definitely has a platform I can get behind.

• Legalize casino gambling to fund education
• Abolish political correctness “We didn't get to be the Lone Star state by being politically correct”
• Take a good look at death row. “We need to make sure that we're not putting innocent people to death, which I believe we are”
• Outlaw the de-clawing of cats
• Bring young people into his administration. “Young people are less corrupt. They are the future of Texas ; it's theirs to win or lose.”

I am behind every part of that platform, except that Texas never was politically correct so there is really no need to mess with that. When I saw him announce his run for governor, he also laid out a few other basic reasons that we should vote for him, which were that it would be cool for Texas to have a Jewish governor, and also that it would be cool to have a governor named Kinky. I vowed on the spot to vote for him, and my friend I was with laughed at me. I told her, "Why not? It's not like the Democrat has a chance of winning."

The funny thing is that he's not really campaigning too much, outside of petitioning to get on the ballot. And yet, I would not be surprised, if he gets on the ballot, if he makes a good showing at the polls.

Edited to add: Oh yeah, and if he were to win, that would mean Texas would have probably the only governor who is a bona fide animal rights activist. If you don't know, Kinky has turned his ranch over to animal rescue, renaming it Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch.

37 Comments:

Blogger Earnest said...

I have always been against legalizing gambling to fund education (I was upset that my sister voted for it in Oklahoma, this election). It's always seemed like a regressive tax, to me. Admittedly, I don't have all the facts, but it seems to me that probably poorer people tend to gamble more, and that the money they spend on gambling will be used to pay for improvements in their kids' education. If you just said "we will increase taxes on the poorer people in our state to improve their kids' education," I think there would be rioting in the streets.

11/17/2004

 
Blogger Amanda Marcotte said...

Oh, I don't think he's really all that committed to that, anyway. I've seen him speak and the only thing that gets him riled up is cruelty to animals--I was nearly crying when he described how cruel it is to declaw cats.

That being said, we already have legalized gambling to pay for education in Texas. Our state lottery profits go to schools.

11/17/2004

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think Kinky's a little crazy (and he'd be the first to agree) but I'll still vote for him as he'll probably be the least crazy choice on the ballot.
Mojo

11/17/2004

 
Blogger Amanda Marcotte said...

Well, like I posted the other day, you have to be batshit crazy to live in Texas. But that's how I like it.

11/17/2004

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A mouse who wants to outlaw the de-clawing of cats? That seems almost perverse!

Though... I think that political correctness is actually underrated, and a lot of the bashing of PC comes more from habitual association of it with badness than real understanding of why it's bad (if it is).

Julian Elson

11/18/2004

 
Blogger Amanda Marcotte said...

Well, he's gotta have something to balance out the death penalty. You can't outlaw political correctness, but don't tell that to the conservatives. What a governor can do is call a moratorium on the death penalty, which we desperately need.

I'm beginning to wonder ifhe can win. I'm as serious as a stroke about that.

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