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Article: But Seriously, Folks; Heard the One About Kinky Friedman Running for Texas Governor?
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- The Washington Post
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- July 18, 2006
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Smoking an illegal substance, Kinky Friedman heads for the Flying
Saucer.
Kinky -- nobody calls him Friedman -- is a comic country
singer, mystery novelist and Texas humorist. The illegal substance is
a fat, stinky Cuban cigar. The Flying Saucer is the Fort Worth bar
where Kinky is about to deliver a speech in his campaign for
governor.
But first he removes the cigar from his mouth and reveals the
wisdom that his old friend, country icon Willie Nelson, imparted when
Kinky began his campaign: "No pedophile jokes till after the
election."
So far, Kinky has followed that advice, and it has served him
well. The pols and the pundits said he was a clown who could never
collect the 45,540 ...