Another Take On Kinky

Kinky Friedman Can Devastate Bush - The Smirking Chimp: "...Nervous Democrats and Republicans have lately attacked Kinky for being a racist. This is sheer nonsense. African-American columnist Bob Ray Sanders said this: 'Come on, y'all. There may be plenty of reasons not to vote for Kinky Friedman, but him being a racist is not one of them, namely because he is not. He may be -- he is --a lot of things, but not a bigot. I know satire can be hard to comprehend and, even if one understands it, hard to swallow. But that's what the man does.' Texas writer Dolph Tillotson also addressed this issue and said: 'Interestingly, the Republican frontrunner tended to ignore Friedman until the challenger's poll numbers took an upward turn. Now the masters of spin are scouring Friedman's writings and tapes of his performances. Kinky being Kinky, it's not hard to find offensive remarks. Still, based on what I've seen so far, I haven't changed my mind. I still find Friedman more appealing than the empty suits he's running against. I don't think he's a racist. Here's where I think the truth lies. Calling Kinky Friedman 'insensitive' is a little like calling former Gov. Ann Richards, God rest her, a Democrat. ... What he offers voters ... is the rare opportunity to say emphatically how disenchanted we are with traditional, empty, lobby-dominated politics in Texas...'"