Word on the street is that Kinky Friedman is currently second to Rick Perry in the Texas gubernatorial race. Imagine that...off the wall Kinky Friedman. It looked for awhile there that NO one had second place, with neither Kinky, Chris Bell (D), or Carole Keeton Strayhorn (I) having a firm hold on that position.
Some of the stances/propositions/promises that have made Kinky popular: He will send 10,000 National Guard troops to the U.S-Mexico Border; He is pushing for a foreign taxpayer ID , and pushing for $50,000 fines for employers hiring immigrants. He also vows to do away with the infamous TAKS test. How is he going to accomplish all of this? Well, that's the thing...he has never made it clear how it will be done.
As for how I will vote in November, I have NO idea....None. I usually lean democratic, but haven't been impressed with the democratic candidate. As for Perry, I don't care for the way he has dealt with the Education reform here...or I should say, his lack of dealing with it.
I do like the fact that Strayhorn would like to make the TAKS test more of a diagnostic tool instead of an end of the year test...but even with her, I am not sure.
Ah well, Perry is probably a shoo-in, but hell, I am voting anyway.