AP: Texas Candidate Accused of Racist Crack (Kinky Friedman)

[Eugene]

Texas Candidate Accused of Racist Crack

By KELLEY SHANNON
The Associated Press
Wednesday, September 20, 2006; 1:08 PM

AUSTIN, Texas -- Gubernatorial candidate and professional wiseacre
Kinky Friedman was accused Wednesday of making another racially offensive
remark _ this time in a year-old interview in which he said sexual predators
should be thrown in prison and forced to "listen to a Negro talking to himself."

The independent candidate already was under fire for referring to Hurricane
Katrina evacuees in Texas as "crackheads and thugs." That remark was taken
as a slap at black victims of the storm.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Houston Chronicle have reported on an
interview with Friedman that aired on CNBC last year in which the country
singer and comedian was asked what to do with sexual predators.

-snip-

State Rep. Garnet Coleman, former chairman of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus,
said the remarks are unacceptable from a candidate for governor, and sound more
like something uttered by someone running for "class clown or the grand wizard
of the Ku Klux Klan."

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/20/AR2006092000912.html

[wicket]

1. "Not ready for primetime" comes to mind

n/t

[villager]

2. Looks like Kinky is doing in his indie bid...

n/t

[Wickerman]

3. The reincarnation of Clayton Williams

woulda thunk it would appear as a Jewish Cowboy singer-songwriter?

Idiot - I recently sent his books to Goodwill. I'd rather have just appreciated his writing - not have known what a moran he is.

[Catherine Vincent]

4. "listen to a Negro talking to himself."

So what the hell does that mean? Why does it have to be a "negro"?

[Lisa0825]

9. There was even more to it.... "Negro is a charming word," he said.

what a moran... :eyes:

[marmar]

5. What a circus sideshow jackass...

Maybe he can be George Allen's running mate.

[Ian David]

6. "...like something uttered by someone running for "class clown...

State Rep. Garnet Coleman, former chairman of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus,
said the remarks are unacceptable from a candidate for governor, and sound more
like something uttered by someone running for "class clown or the grand wizard
of the Ku Klux Klan."

Or like someone running as a Republican!

[babylonsister]

7. Is he related to macaca? nt

[madinmaryland]

8. Maybe, they should be forced to

"listen to a Kinky talking to himself"

What an idiot.

[Lisa0825]

10. This has actually been old news around these parts for a while, but

I am glad it is getting more coverage again. I hope everytime he says something stoopid, someone out there will decide their support has been misplaced.

[PearliePoo2]

11. Imus In the Morning

is really endorsing this guy. I believe, (but I'm not 100% certain) he said that old Kinky's platform is also promoting prayer in school. Haven't gone to his website to confirm and doubt that I will either.
Imus is all over the place in the political spectrum. Loves Ford from Tennessee but also Santorum in PA.
He voted for Kerry, hates the Iraq invasion but Matalin is his good friend...go figure.
What a nut case.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. Is he pulling votes from the Dems or the Repubs?

I think even Tejas is not going to have another Jesse Ventura moment.

[Archae]

13. Friedman hasn't learned.

He makes a racist slur on Tucker Carlson's show just last night.

Face it, he may want pot legalized, but otherwise?
He's a fundy racist piece of shit.

Carlson failed to challenge Friedman's false claim that Katrina evacuees were responsible for "20 percent" of homicides in Houston last year

Summary: On Tucker, independent Texas gubernatorial candidate Richard "Kinky" Friedman falsely claimed that "the evacuees have been responsible for 20 percent of the homicides in Houston last year." Tucker Carlson did not challenge Friedman, instead saying, "That is shocking. That's upsetting -- and good for you for having the brass to talk about it in public. You're winning me over, by the way."

http://mediamatters.org/items/printable/200609200002

[David Zephyr]

14. Good. Too many Democrats had strayed to his camp.

Let him take from the GOP.

[sonias]

15. That's what I thought too, David Zephyr

Now with more media coverage on this clown's positions, he's more apt to attract that element in the republican party and take more votes from Perry. Keep shooting your mouth off stinky kinky.

Sonia