Texas already had one, I think. A colorful character but a worm of the first order.

"Pappy" O'Daniel, a carpetbagger from Kansas, wrote poetry and songs, I believe sang, or at least read poetry on the air to instrumental accompaniment. An aw-shucks guy who seduced the mothers of Texas by purring to them on the radio how noble they were, and won the support of lots of ordinary citizens by running against the political establishment with snake-oil ideas about providing social security etc., ideas he never intended to carry out, being actually indebted to the oil industry--the obvious source of funding for these schemes.

Among other things, before his Texas political career he tried to prevent Bob Wills from getting radio jobs, after he had fired him (for cause). Also sued Bob for $10,000 in 1933.

Then later, beat LBJ for Senate, since as a strict dry-state man, the beer interests thought he'd be less trouble in the Senate than staying as governor--so they arranged for the late votes necessary to beat LBJ after he had announced the total of his votes.

Kinky's got to be better than that.