[lormand]

"...he stopped for a moment to take a picture with a constituent before taking his place on stage next to a sign reading "Keep Austin weird, make Lubbock Kinky.""

Constituent:

n.

1. A constituent part; a component. See Synonyms at element.
2. A resident of a district or member of a group represented by an elected official.
3. One that authorizes another to act as a representative; a client.
4. Grammar. A functional unit of a grammatical construction, as a verb, noun phrase, or clause.

I don't think this guy is using the word properly

Anyone thinking someone named "Kinky" will make a good Governor is smoking some Columbian Reserve.

[Theodore R.]

He kind of sounds like a leftward version of William F. Buckley, Jr., who ran for mayor in 1965. By the way, have you heard that WFB has come out "against" GWB, saying that the president is not a "true conservative." WFB opposes the Iraq war.