Kinky Friedman is Honest
Kinky Friedman isn’t your typical politician–he’s honest. He tells it like it is, he says what he means, and he means what he says. Whether you agree or disagree with his political beliefs, you have to at least respect his straightforwardness.
His words have apparently caused a stir (again). Kinky says he’ll legalize pot in Texas if we elect him governor. He was quoted as saying “I think everybody knows what (U.S. Sen.) John McCain said is right: We’ve pretty well lost the war on drugs doing it the way we’re doing it. Drugs are more available and cheaper than ever before. What we’re doing is not working.”
Kinky wants to attempt to free locked-up pot users to make room for more violent criminals.
he called the Hurricane Katrina evacuees “crackheads and thugs” and after recieving criticism on it, he was asked if he regretted saying it. He quipped with “How can you possibly regret that, telling the truth? I am not a racist, I am a realist. In looking at the statistics, I know that 20 percent of the homicides in Houston have been committed by the element in the evacuee population. “I never said what color their skin was. I never said all evacuees are crack dealers or crackheads. I’m smarter than that.”
“I don’t mind being called a flip-flopper,” he said, a description Perry’s campaign has placed on him. “I think we actually could use a flip-flopper as governor because a flip-flopper is a human being open to change, and God knows change is what we need now.”
I think Kinky has the spirit of Ann Richards with the looks and smarts of J.R. Ewing From “Dallas”. Certainly and interesting combination.
More info on kinky found on breitbart
September 16th, 2006 at 11:51 am
I love this guy. He is so funny to me… I might actually take part in a Texas election to vote for him. I hate state-wide elections, but this is the only one that has piqued my interest.
September 18th, 2006 at 9:49 pm
You just like to say “Kinky”…
September 19th, 2006 at 1:06 am
I never once used the word kinky… so you must be refering to Jason.
September 19th, 2006 at 8:07 am
Hehe.. Ditto, Jimvford got you to say kinky.
This dude is something else. I saw a special on him on 20/20. He has some interesting Ideas, and his honesty would be nice from a politician. It is just hard for someone like this to get elected though. He would be good though because the man has a great view of economics and the free market.
September 19th, 2006 at 9:34 pm
I’m sure every pot head though, is gonna vote for him… But legalizing it won’t happen… the federal gov. isn’t gonna let Texas get away with it. Were lucky alcohol is still legal!
September 20th, 2006 at 9:09 am
This country tried to make Alcohol illegal (Prohibition) and it failed miserably. They are not about to try that again. I see absolutely no value in legalizing Pot to allow more youths to jump start on the wrong path. What point would it serve to legalize other than the so called freedom to kill yourself if you wish (it is illegal to kill oneself).
The People of Texas wont let Texas get away with it. A State does not currently have the right to allow its citizens to break federal law.
September 20th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
you’re right, Texas isn’t allowed to break federal law, but nothing says it can’t at least challenge Federal law. The state prisons here are overrun with nonviolent criminals in jail for posession of pot. Evidence has shown that these people end up turning violent due to their exposure to the penal system. Kinky’s strategy is to focus on violent criminals. One of his tactics to do this is to legalize Marijuana.
On a personal note, I’m not for legalization of pot either: I’m for decriminalization of it.
September 21st, 2006 at 8:50 am
I agree that the prison are overrun with Pot users. I agree that we should change the structure of dealing with it, but we need to keep it illegal. There needs to be some compromise, but we dont need to become amsterdam.