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Here's one for my good pal Big Dale.

http://www.creators.com/opinion_show...olumnsName=miv

It's hard to believe two intelligent, articulate people like
Molly Ivins and Senfronia Thompson actually live in Texas of
all places.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Most Texans are ashamed that Molly Ivins is from Texas. The only Texas
politician that has earned my vote is Kinky Friedman.

Big Dale

Big Dale wrote:
Most Texans are ashamed that Molly Ivins is from Texas.

Most Texans are stupid rednecks.

The only Texas
politician that has earned my vote is Kinky Friedman.

He's not a politician, he's a comedy act. Nobody takes
his political aspirations seriously, least of all Kinky
himself.

--
Ken Fortenberry

He is taker far more seriously than you are.

Big Dale

Big Dale wrote:
He is taker far more seriously than you are.

Yeah, sure he is. And I suppose you voted for Pat Paulsen
too.

I did go to his website on the off chance that you might
actually have a political clue.

You don't.

The Kinky Friedman campaign, such as it is, may sell some
salsa and save a few stray dogs but only a moron would think
that it's a serious campaign for Texas governor. If there is
a serious component to the campaign it would be to point out
the difficulties faced by third parties to even get a place
on the Texas ballot.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
.. .
Big Dale wrote:
He is taker far more seriously than you are.

...only a moron would think
that it's a serious campaign for Texas governor...

Assuming that is true.....and that everyone knows it.....Dale is still
right.....and everyone knows it.

Wolfgang
and no one cares whether or not it leaves a mark......that isn't the
point.....and everyone knows it.

Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Big Dale wrote:

The only Texas
politician that has earned my vote is Kinky Friedman.


He's not a politician, he's a comedy act. Nobody takes
his political aspirations seriously, least of all Kinky
himself.

This is from someone who voted (so he says) for Nader in 2000. Nader was
a comedy act that wasn't funny. Not even very slightly funny -- he split
the progressive vote and threw the election to Bush. If anything, Kinky
Friedman has MORE chance of being elected than Nader did in 2000, or in
any other year, and if he isn't then we can rest assured that Texas will
have no ****tier politics than it already has.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

rw wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Big Dale wrote:
...Kinky Friedman.

He's not a politician, he's a comedy act.

This is from someone who voted (so he says) for Nader in 2000. Nader was
a comedy act that wasn't funny. Not even very slightly funny -- he split
the progressive vote and threw the election to Bush.

Nader was the Green Party candidate in 2000 and a vote for Nader
in Illinois didn't throw the election. If he had received 5% of
the vote in Illinois the Green Party would have been on subsequent
ballots without having to submit petitions.

If anything, Kinky
Friedman has MORE chance of being elected than Nader did in 2000, or in
any other year, and if he isn't then we can rest assured that Texas will
have no ****tier politics than it already has.

They both have exactly the same chance, zero. But Nader came awful
close to getting the Green Party on the ballot in Illinois while
there's not an ice cubes chance in hell that Kinky Friedman's name
will appear anywhere on a Texas ballot unless the voter writes him
in.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"rw" wrote in message
m...
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Big Dale wrote:

The only Texas
politician that has earned my vote is Kinky Friedman.


He's not a politician, he's a comedy act. Nobody takes
his political aspirations seriously, least of all Kinky
himself.

This is from someone who voted (so he says) for Nader in 2000. Nader was a
comedy act that wasn't funny. Not even very slightly funny -- he split the
progressive vote and threw the election to Bush. If anything, Kinky
Friedman has MORE chance of being elected than Nader did in 2000, or in
any other year, and if he isn't then we can rest assured that Texas will
have no ****tier politics than it already has.

I guess you forgot all about all of those registered Democrats in Florida
that voted for Bush in 2000. I memory serves, more Florida Democrats voted
for Bush (some where in the two hundred thousand vote range) than voted for
Nader, so how could Nader have thrown the election to Bush?

Still can't figure out why the Democrats can't get it right, but unwilling
to admit the fact, heh Steve?

Mark

wrote:

I guess you forgot all about all of those registered Democrats in Florida
that voted for Bush in 2000. I memory serves, more Florida Democrats voted
for Bush (some where in the two hundred thousand vote range) than voted for
Nader, so how could Nader have thrown the election to Bush?

It's very simple -- so simple that even you should understand it. If
Nader hadn't been on the ballots then Bush would have lost to Gore. That
is irrefutable.

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