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05-02-07
21:57:45
RICHARD 'KINKY' FRIEDMAN Nickname: Received at the University of Texas in the 1960s because of his hair Age: 60 Occupations: Musician; author of 17 detective novels; columnist for Texas Monthly Political experience: Lost a 1986 race for justice of the peace in Kerrville. One of his two campaign slogans: "I'll Keep Us Out of War With Fredericksburg." Other interests: Operates Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch Famous lyrics: "Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed," and "They don't make Jews like Jesus anymore." Marital status: Single. Owns five dogs "who are looking forward to sleeping in the governor's mansion." Web site: www. kinkyfriedman.com 'READ MY LIPS: I DON'T KNOW' Kinky Friedman was full of one-liners during his announcement Thursday. Among them: On why his candidacy is like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's in California: "Rick Perry is Gray Davis without the personality." On U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a potential candidate for governor: "She's twice the man Rick Perry is." On the tenor of his campaign: "Some things are too important to be taken seriously." On gay marriage: "I believe they have the right to be just as miserable as the rest of us." On a state income tax: "Read my lips: I don't know." On his secret weapon: "I think people identify and empathize with people who have hair like mine." He's for: Casino gambling to fund education; nondenominational prayer in school; abolishing political correctness; studying death row to ensure that innocents are not executed. He is against: declawing cats.
