Kinkster looking for petition collectors

From Kinky Friedman’s campaign:
Calling All Signature Collectors and Notaries!

We’ve had an absolutely terrific response thus far to our request for volunteers to contribute at least one weekend day to help get Kinky on the ballot. Notaries have been volunteering their services in large numbers as well. But we still have room for more of both. Won’t you join your fellow Kinky supporters in this historic effort?

The race is now on to see which city will be the first to fill their minimum quota of petitioners for these six one-day, all-day signature collection events during the first three weekends of the petition drive, March 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26. The current standings are: 1. San Antonio 2. Dallas 3. Austin 4. Houston (3/18) 5.Houston (3/19) and 6. Ft. Worth.

We’re ending each weekend with a party with Kinky to which every participant will be invited. You’ll be able to have fun and help make history at the same time. So show a little city pride and if you have not already done so, please SIGN UP NOW!M

It’s just one day (or more if your willing).

Are you a notary public who is willing to offer your services at these events or throughout the course of the petition drive? We can use your help too! PLEASE SIGN UP HERE.

Can’t make one of the Big Road Show events but still want to help collect signatures in your county? If you have not already volunteered to collect signatures, please fill out our general volunteer form and get involved.

Declare your independence now!

Save yourself for Kinky by not voting in the primaries.

Kinky Field Team

Cheney headlines

After Vice President Dick Cheney shot a hunting companion in South Texas, the great newspaper headlines began to pile up…

Larry Hauk found this headline from a Sydney, Australia paper…

“Cheney hunts quail and everyone else ducks”

I saw, “This buck shots for you” earlier on Google news, but didn’t click on it to see where it was from.

Slate had, “Cheney’s Got A Gun”

The Houston Chronicle had “Hit me with your best (buck) shot”

The Washington Post had, “Taking Aim at Cheney”

The Smoking Gun had, “See Dick. Run!”

As of 6:09 pm., CST, there were only 1,693 stories related to the topic.

What headlines did you see or think of yourself?

Leno gets Kinky

Kinky Friedman Scene In SA
Kinky Friedman | Photo by HMK

From Dallasblog.com:

Kinky Friedman was the subject of a “60 Minutes” special report last Sunday.

Now NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” has invited Kinky to be a guest this Wednesday, January 25th.

He of course said “yes.”

The show begins at 10:30 PM in Dallas.

This is the kind of coverage that Rick Perry and Carole Strayhorn can’t buy and why Friedman could be a factor in November.

Congressman loans out his home

I’m not a big fan of a number of Chet Edward’s politics, but I’m a huge fan of this:

The Texas Home of Waco Rep. (and former Belton Rep) Chet Edwards sat unused much of the time.

It doesn’t now. He has turned it over to a family that fled Hurricane Katrina.

“I wouldn’t be able to sleep knowing we had a vacant home in Waco, where there were children of evacuees,”; said Mr. Edwards, an eight-term Democrat whose wife, Lea Ann, suggested loaning out their three-bedroom house since they and their two kids spend the school year in Washington.

(reported in the Dallas Morning News)

Reinquist dies

Chief Justice Rehnquist died last night.

The 80 year old Supreme Court judged lost his battle with cancer.

This is really big news for the Bush administration.

It gives them the opportunity to appoint two Supreme Court judges. While most presidents don’t even get to appoint one.

It will be interesting to see who’s nominated after Judge Roberts goes through the nomination process.

Blame the looters… not the race.

Steve Blow hits the nail on the head again…

Those looters are really disgusting, aren’t they? And I don’t know about you, but they are stirring some ugly racial attitudes in me.
Yeah, right or wrong, I can’t help thinking that white oil executives are a pretty savage bunch.