Excellent post. I like the way you think, serious black. We need to grow the Deomocratic Party back in Texas, and this is about what kind of Democratic Party it's going to be. I prefer the Ralph Yarbrough and Ann Richards, the Molly Ivens and Sarah Weddington kind of Democratic Party. Bob Gammage is closer to them than Mr. Bell, or the Kinkster, for that matter. Keep D&D Civil.
I'd love to see it happen as well. Texas needs a strong Democratic party. For this election, however, I'm supporting a friend who is a true outsider rather than a standard-bearer who is an insider.
Actually they may last a bit longer. All the polls I've seen have Gammage and Bell neck and neck. And Bell has clearly won the newspaper endorsement race. His 15 minutes of fame may last long enough for him to win the primary and insure a Perry/Strayhorn runoff. Wouldn't that be great!
I'll also be voting for Kinky, if I vote at all. I'm choosing to believe his "I'm not a politician, and am not beholden to special interests" line. If it ends up being bull****, then it can't be much worse than the other candidates.
ive never belonged to any political party and never voted in any primaries and i dont plan to start now. im totally disgusted at our state government and the way they have sold out our state. those toll roads are comming people - get ready - whoo hoo!!! that being said, im not going to give anyone my vote just because they ARENT republican. i vote for the individual, not the party and right now i like what kinky has to say. i like his style and i dont think he can really do any worse than the other "options". like rocketman said (i think), its about shaking up the status-quo around here. politically, the governor of texas has always been a little weaker than most state govs, but id still like to see what kinky can do. why the hell not? i wouldnt vote in the democratic primary because i dont care - i dont have a vested intrest in your party. put up the person YOU think is the best you have to offer and if i like what they have to offer more than the kinkster than they will get my vote.
It should be a shock that both Democrats and Republicans are attacking Kinky. He IS the opposition after all. I think its time for all the people who decry the static two party system to get out and elect a candidate outside the system.
What I am attacking is Democrats not voting in the primary. I will stop the attack in about 20 minutes.
Exactly. There is one candidate in the race is bringing something new and innovative to education and his name is Kinky Friedman. Nobody is else is bringing anything fresh or drastically different to education. That is the biggest issue in state politics I would think. I can't exclude a person because he voted for somebody I don't like, when he has great ideas in the area I feel is the most important. Especially when those ideas are actually something new, innovative, and are based around a common sense approach. For as long as I can remember Texas and other states have been making political appointments to educational positions. When I was in school Ross Perot was writing education legislation. What the hell was that about? The guy isn't a teacher, he didn't have a clue about waht was going on in a real classroom, and no idea what educators really needed. Yet he had the connections and the power, so somehow he was writing education legisaltion that was passed and implemented. A vote for Grammage or anybody else will not significantly change education in the state of Texas. There will be more political appointments, and people trying to appease whatever intrest groups are lobbying for the educational ideas to be put forward. Kinky at least is willing to take a stand against the standardized testing, to only put teachers with recent classroom experience in positions that deal with education, and to give teachers a pay raise, and honor them according to all of the post graduate education and effort they put forward. That is something that really stands a chance of working and really makes a change for the better, by doing something different. I'm sick of trying two slightly different things (dems on education and gop on education) and neither of them are working, then switching to the other, and it still doesn't work, so going back and listening to the same old interest group who funded whatever study to say what they want to say so they can implement their ideas and get the big govt. contracts. Let's have real teachers people who are actually dedicated and experienced in helping our children in charge. They know what needs to be done and what will help. The story is the same everywhere. People say that all politicians are the same, and they want a change, but when one is offered they run away because it doesn't fit their mold of a serious politician.
It's spelled "Gammage," and I disagree with your sentiment, FB. I don't call all politicians the same. I don't believe they are all the same. There are decent and honorable women and men in both parties. The problem with the GOP is that they are shut out of the leadership. The problem with the Democratic Party is that they are still figuring out how to win elections. The two are quite different. They hold far different views on issues like education, the environment, funding programs for the elderly, the poor, and the disabled. There are huge differences. There were immense differences when Bush was running against Kerry. We see the consequences of that today. I choose not to vote for someone who could bring themselves to vote for George W. Bush's re-election. Keep D&D Civil.
Hmmm. So the only reason you wouldn't vote for someone is because they voted for Bush? How Petty. I have two words for you: Sour Grapes.
That's a pretty damn good reason. Contrary to what the Kinkster will have people believe, the governor's office is a political office. It involves making political choices. His only record on making political choices are when he voted for Bush in 2004 and when he abstained from voting against the Gay Marriage Amendment and when he couldn't find the time to vote for Ann Richards or Bill Clinton (although he claims to have supported them). All he is is jokes. On Gay Marriage he says "I'm for it, they should have the same opportunity to as miserable as everyone else" or something like that. And then doesn't vote on the Amendment. On Abortion, he says he is neither pro-choice nor pro-life saying that he is pro-football. Oh, my sides are hurting, I'm laughing so hard! It's not like I as a voter might be curious how a candidate for governor might feel about abortion while the legislature (and possibly the current Supreme Court) is anti-choice. Naw, who cares? That's politics and politics is b.o.r.i.n.g. More jokes please, oh and throw the bums out, all those stuffy egg headed politicians are all the same anyway.
That is certainly how it looks. It also looks like Radnofsky may end up in a runoff with Gene Kelly. Ha! But with only 8% reporting as of right now, I'm still holding out my sliver of hope.
the amendment was to ban gay marriage, so by not voting isn't he really voting for the amendment rather than against it?
