Friedman backtracks on his shot at hunting
While opinions vary on political value of the sport, candidate opts to soften his stance
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
AUSTIN — In a state where hunting seems as natural a campaign activity as baby-kissing, candidates for governor want to make sure they don't misfire when it comes to Texas' multibillion-dollar outdoors industry.
Otherwise, they know it could cost them plenty on Election Day.
Just ask Kinky Friedman. The independent candidate for governor is backpedaling from a column in which he described hunters as waging "a one-sided war against creation."Since he wrote the 2002 article for Texas Monthly saying, "I do not suffer hunters gladly," Friedman said he has met with a "whole lot of hunters" and can see the need for hunting, particularly to manage the deer population.
Still, he refuses to go easy on big-game hunters.
"Somebody that goes out and kills a polar bear or has to go out and shoot an elephant, I believe God punishes 'em by giving them erectile dysfunction," said Friedman, an animal-lover who founded the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch. "That's just a theory, though."
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Kinky is anti hunter he can KMA.