Kinky delivers signatures to get on (TX gubernatorial) ballot.

[Maddy McCall]

(AP) AUSTIN Musician and author Kinky Friedman took his rebel campaign for governor to state authorities Thursday, presenting 169,574 voter signatures he hopes will get him on the November ballot as an independent candidate.

"All I can say is, thank God for bars and dance halls," said Friedman, who wore his trademark black cowboy hat and chomped a cigar while explaining where many signatures came from.

Independent gubernatorial candidates had to collect 45,540 signatures from registered voters by Thursday's deadline to make it onto the ballot.

Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, the other major independent in the race, turned in Tuesday what her campaign said were 223,000 voter signatures.

Republican Gov. Rick Perry and Democrat Chris Bell will be on the fall ballot because they won their parties' primaries in March.

more at: http://cbs11tv.com/local/local_story_131141559.html

[darkism]

1. Hopefully he'll take away some of the nutcase votes from Perry

aka "pull a Nader."

[Skink]

2. It's gonna be a 4 way race.

Strayhorn's got the signatures too.

[superconnected]

4. Let me just take this moment AGAIN to thank the Nader supporters for bush.

Thanks you guys!

Is it REALLY the same as having a democrat in office?

Do you feel self-actualized for this?

the blood of thousands of iraqis thank you too.

[saigon68]

8. Although if you look at Hillary

there is really little difference to Iraqi Children if she were in charge of the killing

Or Limpmann for that matter either

[MrTriumph]

3. Zzzz. Texas gov't is in crisis and MSM covers Kinky the minstrel

Republican Texas: The nation's highest property tax rate... highest sales taxes... lousy schools... judgeships for sale... runaway corporate welfare ... highest property insurance rates with crummiest coverage... highest # of people not covered by health insurance

Oh, what's the MSM media to do? Why cover Kinky's run of course!

[sendero]

11. Hey wait just a second..

... highest property tax rates WITH NO INCOME TAX. Income taxes are typically more regressive than property taxes could ever be.

Crummy coverage? Where did you dredge that one up? My homeowners has put a new decked roof on two different houses, bill on the last one: insurance company $14,000, me $0.

Lousy schools, probably depends on where you live. My son's high school routinely places in the Academic Decathalon.

Go pick on Missouri or Alabama :)

[skipos]

5. It's too bad most people will vote against Perry but he'll win anyway

since the vote is getting split up.

[johncoby2]

6. 170,000 dumb *ucks in texas

Most of them dont even know how or where to vote.

Geez. Texas is now the laughing stock of the US.

[Maddy McCall]

7. You know...

when I first heard about his candidacy, I laughed...but now I see the seriousness of it, and I completely sympathize with Texas Ds.

:(

I bet Imus devotes a full hour to him this morning. :(

[Dragonbreathp9d]

9. I happen to love Kinky

hes gonna shake up texas which is in a steaming pile of shit right now. Our gov. wants to end public education (look at stuff like the 65% rule whch was an executive decision along with other excecutive decisions). Our education is in a crisis and Kinky will help it alot. Plus we dont have to worry about him signing a bill in a church (or cynagog)

[crispini]

10. All he's going to do is spoil the Democrat's chance of getting elected.

Kinky = four more years of Perry.

[johncoby2]

12. what would kinky do for education?

I just gotta hear this.................