Kinky Friedman

thumb|Kinky Friedman in 2006 Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman (October 31, 1944 – June 27, 2024) was an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and former columnist for Texas Monthly. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas. Had he been successful, Friedman would have been the first independent candidate elected to the post since Sam Houston in 1859, as well as the first Jewish governor of Texas. Quotes Let Saigons be bygones / Don't you blow this world in two. "We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You", Sold American (1973) "Poly" means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites. Friedman quoting an aphoristic "definition" of "politics" from "some guy in Corpus" Quoted in Pauline Arrillaga http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_on_el_gu/governor_kinky On the Road with Texas Candidate Kinky Associated Press (via Yahoo! News) 21 October 2006 2006-10-21 No lesbian left behind. "Keep Gomorrah Weird", Texas Monthly (December 2004) http://www.texasmonthly.com/2004-12-01/friedman.php Find what you like, and let it kill you. Cited by Michael Spies "'Just another side of me' – Friedman swaps music for mystery", Houston Chronicle (September 18 1986), p. 1 (NewsBank Access World News) External links http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/05/29/find-love/ Category:1944 births Category:2024 deaths Category:Politicians from Texas Category:Novelists from the United States Category:Humorists from the United States Category:Satirists from the United States Category:Columnists from the United States Category:Singer-songwriters from the United States Category:Actors from Chicago Category:Jews from the United States