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  • Kinky for governor? Why not? - Kinky Friedman writes op-ed piece on his Texas political race (2006)

    06/13/2004 5:15:03 PM PDT · by weegee · 20 replies · 441+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | June 13, 2004, 1:01AM | By KINKY FRIEDMAN
    Why am I running for governor of Texas in 2006? Why the hell not? I already have several good campaign slogans, starting with "How hard could it be?" Compared with the daunting financial crunch that Arnold Schwarzenegger inherited when he became governor of California, being governor of Texas is a notoriously easy gig. It's rather like being the judge of a giant chili cook-off. Consider that in the past a series of wealthy Texas oilmen have ascended to the office, some of them rarely bothering to leave their ranches to go to Austin unless there was a football game. And...