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Riddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:21 PM
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Maybe I've been living in a hole the past few years, but who in the hell is Kinky Friedman,
and why does anyone give a shit about his opinions? Of course, I suppose anyone who still cares what Pat Buchanan has to say may care what this dolt has to say.
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:23 PM
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1. texas jewboy
Edited on Tue Jun-17-08 08:24 PM by skooooo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinky_Friedman
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:23 PM
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2. Kinky has been around for more than a "few years"
A very cool guy actually..

And his band "The Texas Jewboys" has a couple of hits.. Like _They Don't Make Jews Like Jesus Anymore_..
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:24 PM
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6. toured with Dylan in the 70s!
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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:24 PM
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3. Apparently you missed living the the hole called Texas . . .
A place I recently escaped from. Friedman is an author, raconteur, and soi-disant politician, having run semi-seriously for governor in 2006.

As to why that would qualify his opinions as shit-worthy, I couldn't tell you. I don't run a TV network.
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pt22 Donating Member (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:25 PM
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9. raccoonturd?
:rofl:
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Carnea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:24 PM
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4. Old Imus in the Morning regular ran for Texas Governor did better than you would think nt
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:25 PM
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8. goes back a lot further than that..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinky_Friedman
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:24 PM
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5. musician turned wannabe governor...old pal of * himself
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:25 PM
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7. Someone who largely doesn't appeal to anyone but Austinites. /nt
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:26 PM
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10. He was fine until he decided to be a politician.
He shoulda stuck to music and writing.
Here's his original claim to fame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a50gPRSi3Ic
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Riddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:31 PM
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11. Never lived in Texas (thankfully) and never cared for Imus, so I guess I didn't miss anything
by not being familiar with him. I've watched him for about 10 minutes on Dan Abrams and have had more than enough of him to last the rest of my lifetime.
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az chela Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:36 PM
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12. A strange man
Edited on Tue Jun-17-08 08:37 PM by az chela
Also a good friend of Willie Nelson and a dope smoker and very funny ,he ran for governor of Texas but only got a few votes
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:37 PM
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13. I've seen his books but never..
read one. Catchy name though.
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Jane Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 08:38 PM
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14. Based on what I just saw on my teevee
He's an idiot.
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