9/12/06
Is Texas getting Kinky?
It may well be the first time in decades that Texans elect an Independent for Governor. Kinky is all the buzz around Texas politics. First starting out seeming as kind of a 'good ole boy' that was meant to wake up the status quo, may have just turned in to a REAL viable option for Texans who are fed up with politics as usual.
The Kinster as he is further nicknamed has a slogan- "why the hell not". Certainly out of the norm of the stuff shirts with all the PC talk- Kinky is noted for his black western attire, big cigar and humorous answers.

Corruption and big money have such a chokehold that the two major parties blew $100 million in the last governor's race to elect a candidate to a job that pays
$100,000 a year. And for all that money spent, less than 30% of us bothered to
show up at the polls.

Why? Because it's hard to stand in line at
the ballot box when neither candidate promises anything more than politics as
usual. Texans are the most independent people in America, and if we're going to
be inspired, the inspiration will come from someone unafraid to deal in new
ideas and honest answers, an independent leader who lets the people call the
plays instead of dancing to the tune of the money men.

All though many won't agree with all his policies, left or right; they may grab hold of the spirit he portrays. He has done something politicians have stepped way far away from this last couple of decades- he talks TO THE PEOPLE. :) Voters aren't stupid, even if they make stupid choices sometimes, but they ARE PEOPLE!!!!
The parties are so plugged into polls and pundits who reflect their view they seldom have a real clue of what the people care about. So instead of building a platform of platitudes, he has built his platform on what the people have told him matters most. What a novel idea. There are several issues that Texans have been boiling about for several years now; immigration, property taxes and the Trans Texas corridor and all we get is the boot from Austin. The boot may be on the other foot after this election.
Never thought I'd say this, but hats off to you Kinky. :)