Kinky speaks: The "Tea Party," "Poly-Ticks," & so much more

[janet118]

Ah . . . the wit and wisdom of the Kinkster. Long may he ride.

Q&A: Kinky Friedman

Well, do you plan to run for office again?
Well, you know, does the Pope wear a humorous-looking hat? I mean, as long as Willie keeps playin’, I suppose I’ll keep runnin’, but after a while you run into that Ralph Nader problem, where everybody thinks that’s all you do. And, you know, being a politician is a real giant step down from being a musician. Music is a great vehicle for the truth. And politics is not so good. Politics, you really gotta watch what you say, and these are mostly corrupt people. They really are. Fact, the only three I can think of in Washington, in Congress, that are not corrupt are the ones we all think are wingnuts, they’re Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, and Bernie Sanders, are probably not corrupt. Everyone else, wouldn’t be too sure about. . .

What do you think of this Tea Party business? . . .
Well , the truth about the Tea Party is that they’re on the outside looking in, just like you and me, just like the independents, the libertarians, and they love things like the Constitution. Barbara Jordan, maybe Texas’ greatest statesman—between her and Sam Houston, I’m sure—Barbara was the first black congresswoman from the South ever elected, and she had a moral clarity that the Democrats have lost now. Just don’t have it. And she loved the Constitution. And it was like her Bible. And so, I think the Tea Party may be what the Democrats used to be back when they had some cojones, you know? Now they don’t. They’ve lost the balls, and those three ladies who you may know, Ann Richards, Barbara Jordan, and Molly Ivins—they’re all in the book, Heroes of a Texas Childhood, because they are heroes—those three had more balls than all the other politicians in Texas put together today. . .

Like this woman Elizabeth Warren, who has integrity, and people want her in charge of this new financial oversight, but those in Washington don’t want her there because they think she might actually get the job done.
Yeah, well, that’s poly-ticks. I define it as, “poly” means many, and “ticks” are blood-sucking parasites. But yeah, I mean, I like Bill Clinton. I think he, he was the goods. I think he’s very instinctive, you know, very much leads from the heart, gets him in trouble a lot, but also it’s his strength, and he doesn’t focus-group everything to death.

[EC]

1. So he thinks that the Tea Party represents

what Molly Ivins, Ann Richards and Barbara Jordan represented? I think he's miss-reading the Tea Partiers or I'm miss-reading his statement.

Yesterday he was on really trashing Obama too. Although he did say he voted for him.

[UTUSN]

2. What a p.o.s.WEASEL Pals with Pickles & SLimus.Goodhair only won because of him. n/t

[ceile]

3. Publicity whore

Man just likes the sound of his own voice. If he had the balls, and cares so much about TX like he says he does, he would have dropped out of the governors race in '06. He makes my skin crawl.

[Lisa0825]

4. His next party affiliation should be the Opportunist Party.

Or maybe the Vanity Party. He only runs to amuse himself and sell more merch.

Kinky has no place judging Democrats.

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. Our own private Ahnold....

...vanity candidates know no party.

[spanone]

6. kinky, friend to pal george bu$h*

the truth about the Tea Party is that they’re on the outside looking in, just like you and me, just like the independents, the libertarians, and they love things like the Constitution.


yea, sure kinky, sure

[blogslut]

7. Dick Friedman can sit on his own face for all I care

His allegiances change with the wind.