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Subject: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: pdq Date: 27 Aug 11 - 04:49 PM Kinky for Perry Aug 24, 2011 7:45 PM EDT Kinky Friedman once ran against Rick Perry for the Texas governorship. So would the singer and writer vote for him for president? Hell, yes! The world's most famous Jewish cowboy on why he wants to live in Rick Perry's America. Rick Perry has never lost an election; I've never won one. Maybe that's what's wrong with the world. On the other hand, I've long been friends with Bill Clinton and George W., and Rick Perry and I, though at times bitter adversaries, have remained friends as well. It's not always easy to maintain friendships with politicians. To paraphrase Charles Lamb, you have to work at it like some men toil after virtue. I have been quoted as saying that when I die, I am to be cremated, and the ashes are to be thrown in Rick Perry's hair. Yet, simply put, Rick Perry and I are incapable of resisting each other's charm. He is not only a good sport, he is a good, kindhearted man, and he once sat in on drums with ZZ Top. A guy like that can't be all bad. When I ran for governor of Texas as an independent in 2006, the Crips and the Bloods ganged up on me. When I lost, I drove off in a 1937 Snit, refusing to concede to Perry. Three days later Rick called to give me a gracious little pep talk, effectively talking me down from jumping off the bridge of my nose. Very few others were calling at that time, by the way. Such is the nature of winning and losing and politicians and life. You might call what Rick did an act of random kindness. Yet in my mind it made him more than a politician, more than a musician; it made him a mensch. These days, of course, I would support Charlie Sheen over Obama. Obama has done for the economy what pantyhose did for foreplay. Obama has been perpetually behind the curve. If the issue of the day is jobs and the economy, Rick Perry is certainly the nuts-and-bolts kind of guy you want in there. Even though my pal and fellow Texan Paul Begala has pointed out that no self-respecting Mexican would sneak across the border for one of Rick Perry's low-level jobs, the stats don't entirely lie. Compared with the rest of the country, Texas is kicking major ass in terms of jobs and the economy, and Rick should get credit for that, just as Obama should get credit for saying "No comment" to the young people of the Iranian revolution. More to the point, could Rick Perry fix the economy? Hell, yes! Texas is exhibit A; Rick's fingerprints are all over it. He's been governor since Christ was a cowboy. The Lone Star State is booming. The last time I checked, Texas is kicking in a hell of a lot of the U.S. GDP. Unemployment is lower than the vast majority of the other states. Hell, we could probably even find a job for Paul Begala. As a Jewish cowboy (or "Juusshh," as we say in Texas), I know Rick Perry to be a true friend of Israel, like Bill Clinton and George W. before him. There exists a visceral John Wayne kinship between Israelis and Texans, and Rick Perry gets it. That's why he's visited Israel on many more occasions than Obama, who's been there exactly zero times as president. If I were Obama I wouldn't go either. His favorability rating in Israel once clocked in at 4 percent. Say what you will about the Israelis, but they are not slow out of the chute. They know who their friends are. On the topic of the Holy Land, there remains the little matter of God. God talks to televangelists, football coaches, and people in mental hospitals. Why shouldn't he talk to Rick Perry? In the spirit of Joseph Heller, I have a covenant with God. I leave him alone and he leaves me alone. If, however, I have a big problem, I ask God for the answer. He tells Rick Perry. And Rick tells me. So would I support Rick Perry for president? Hell, yes! As the last nail that hasn't been hammered down in this country, I agree with Rick that there are already too damn many laws, taxes, regulations, panels, committees, and bureaucrats. While Obama is busy putting the hyphen between "anal" and "retentive" Rick will be rolling up his sleeves and getting to work. A still, small voice within keeps telling me that Rick Perry's best day may yet be ahead of him, and so too, hopefully, will be America's. Accessibiliity © 2011 The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: Stringsinger Date: 27 Aug 11 - 04:57 PM Kinky Friedman lives up to his name. He is like Netanyahu, guns a-blazing. I will boycott his recordings. Yes, Rick Perry's beast days are ahead of him unless Americans wake up. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: Wesley S Date: 27 Aug 11 - 05:41 PM I think the whole thing drips of sarcasm. He's putting us on. Kinky already knows what kind of man Rick Perry is. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: bobad Date: 27 Aug 11 - 05:53 PM Oh no, say it ain't so, Kinky. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: EBarnacle Date: 27 Aug 11 - 06:25 PM Say it ain't so, Kinky. I guess he would rather sell out his country than his friend. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: Bobert Date: 27 Aug 11 - 06:56 PM I donno... Kinky is purdy cool but he is also a wacko... So who knows??? B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: GUEST,999 Date: 27 Aug 11 - 07:51 PM "Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry" So, does that me we can cache him? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: Dave Hanson Date: 27 Aug 11 - 08:01 PM What the fuck are you all talking about ? Bewildered, Dave H |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: kendall Date: 27 Aug 11 - 08:10 PM Whenever the temperature hits 100 the kooks come out of the woodwork. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: kendall Date: 27 Aug 11 - 10:00 PM There's a pair that will beat three of a kind. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 28 Aug 11 - 09:27 AM I think Perry might be happier with kinky as a vociferous opponent... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: Stringsinger Date: 28 Aug 11 - 09:53 AM Is Kinky another Stephen Colbert as Wesley suggests? I'm not sure because the American public hasn't woken up to Perry's snake oil. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: Midchuck Date: 28 Aug 11 - 11:30 AM Obama has done for the economy what pantyhose did for foreplay. That's a classic Kinky line whether you agree or not. Peter |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: Wesley S Date: 29 Aug 11 - 12:19 PM I think that along with Kinky's endorsment - if we could get Micheal Moore, The ACLU and Joan Baez to endorse him too it would ruin him with his base supporters. It's worth a try. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: Midchuck Date: 29 Aug 11 - 12:31 PM I think that along with Kinky's endorsment - if we could get Micheal Moore, The ACLU and Joan Baez to endorse him too it would ruin him with his base supporters. It's worth a try. ...maybe Barbarella...I mean Jane Fonda...showing my age again... Peter |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: saulgoldie Date: 29 Aug 11 - 03:02 PM Well, being pretty poorly informed and not someone who can easily make up his political mind, I am gratified that Kinky has told me who to vote for. Life just got a lot easier. Saul |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: Wesley S Date: 29 Aug 11 - 03:25 PM Saul I've never figured that out. Are there people who will vote for a candidate because someone well known plans to vote for them too? They must be very weak willed to do so. Or clueless. But then again maybe that's who Perry is going to get to elect him. CNN's poll released today puts Perry way out in front. Almost double the popularity of Mitt Romney who's in second place. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: akenaton Date: 29 Aug 11 - 04:50 PM Do you think the majority of people who voted for Mr Obama, did so because they understood his stance on fiscal and monetary policy.....or because he was the black Messiah(false)? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: Richard Bridge Date: 29 Aug 11 - 05:06 PM He (Obama) was not a single issue candidate although his reflationary policies were undoubtedly correct. His status as a symbol of emancipation was very important. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Kinky Friedman endorses Rick Perry From: Wesley S Date: 29 Aug 11 - 05:29 PM Well Akenaton - I voted for him because it was the cool hip thing to do.I LIKE to vote for false black Keyan born Messiahs. And because I wanted to be a individualist - just like everyone else. And he was better looking than John McCain. Is that what you wanted to hear? Happy to oblige. |
