June 29, 2006
Kinky is LAME, not liberal
I know what the polls say about about Mr. Gimmick candidate, Dick Friedman. Sorry, y'all, not drinking the Kool-Aid on this one. I think his music is a joke and is writing is mediocre at best. AND NO, GODAMN IT, I'm not saying you're an idiot for voting for him because you're not. Or you may be, but voting for Kinky has little to do with it.
Nor are you throwing away your vote. Look, I know Bell is a geeky candidate but he comes by it honestly (I think it's a Houston thing?Muse, can you help me out here?) and I'm the first person who'll say this is his race to win or lose, not Grandma's and certainly not the Grinch's. My only request is for you to actually look at what Dick and Bell have to offer. Don't make a decision based on perception, make it based on reality. Kinky's going to be worse for Texas than Ventura was for Minnessota (are they even a state anymore?).
I bring this up because there is a site up called Kinky Is Awesome on blogspot. The top article is Kinky Ain't No Liberal (sic). I'm reprinting the whole thing in the SS because it's ridiculous to compare Bell to any of the other candidates who are functionally all Republicans. Sure, Kinky's dressed up in his Independent bullshit but I can assure you, he's not Independent.
Whatever you do, and I say this because I can sense it coming on like a cold, let's have a discussion in the comments, not hurl accusations and bullshit at one another. I've never had to delete comments on this blog and I don't intend to start. That being said, I'm tired of some of the holier than thou shit that get's posted. If you've got something to say, say it and try to have enough respect for everyone who'll be reading it.
They already get enough of my profanity.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Kinky Ain't No Liberal!
We've had some great comments here lately. Here's my thought from one discussion where we have been debating whether Kinky is a "liberal." I think the debate rises from the fact that Kinky often jokes that he's in favor of gay marriage because gays should be as miserable as the rest of us, but you have to take those joking comments in light of the fact that Kinky didn't vote against the amendment to the Texas Constitution which banned gay marriage. Anyway, here's my thoughts:
Let's be careful about how we use that word "liberal" here in Texas. I think you'd do Kinky less harm among Texas voters if you called Kinky a pedophile than if you called him a liberal. Texas is at least 60% Republican and if Kinky is going to win, he's going to have to do it with Republican votes (not by snipping off the pot-smoking fringe of the less-than-40%-of-voters Democratic Party because even if Kinky gets 33% of the Democrats -- which is unlikely -- that'd only get him about 13% of the vote).
Here is why I believe it is quite inaccurate to call Kinky a "liberal."
Watch this video clip. It is hilarious, it is true, and it is politically incorrect as hell. Liberal politicians are too politically correct to admit the truth that "negro is a charming word." Whatever Kinky is, he's NOT a liberal.
Next, read up on Kinky's get-tough illegal alien plan and his 5 Mexican generals plan. Kinky's common sense border security plan is the straight up "minuteman" approach, not Perry's namby-pamby "let's set up cameras" approach. Make no mistake, Kinky is the only candidate brave enough to say we need armed military generals on our southern border. This is not a liberal plan.
Now consider Kinky's party affiliation. Kinky has run for office in the past as a Republican and he voted for Bush/Cheney in 2004.
Here is an excerpt from Kinky's interview with Ruminator magazine confirms that he supported Bush's Middle East foreign policy:
Question: So does this idea of the honorable cowboy have anything to do with why you threw your support behind President Bush in this last election? You did, didn’t you?
Kinky: Yes. I did in this last election, but I didn’t vote for him the first time.
Question: Who did you vote for in 2000?
Kinky: I voted for Gore then. I was conflicted. . .but I was not for Bush that time. Since then, though, we’ve become friends. And that’s what’s changed things.
Question: So it’s your friendship with him that’s changed your mind about having him as president more than his specific political positions?
Kinky: Well, actually, I agree with most of his political positions overseas, his foreign policy. On domestic issues, I’m more in line with the Democrats. I basically think he played a poor hand well after September 11. What he’s been doing in the Near East and in the Middle East, he’s handling that well, I think.
Now maybe you are like me and you were worried that Kinky showed liberal tendencies by voting for a tree-hugger like Al Gore. Well, rest assured that Kinky was mistaken when he said that. Kinky's public voting records confirm he didn't vote for Al Gore in 2000 because Kinky didn't waste his vote on any candidate from 1994 to 2004 when he voted for Bush/Cheney.
Maybe you think Kinky's a liberal because he's a Jew. Rest assured, Kinky's views on religion are well to the right of Perry's. Kinky wants to take time during the school day for prayers in schools, and he wants to post the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
In summary, Kinky is NO LIBERAL! In fact, Kinky charts WELL TO THE RIGHT of Perry on the issues that matter most to Texas voters.
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Kinky's music is NOT lame. Check out this (portion) of a Kinky song; it works soooo wellll! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnlUU7tifW0
Posted by: Polonii Phasma at June 29, 2006 06:30 PM
I have to disagree on one thing - Kinky is an independent. All it takes to be an independent is to not be a member of a political party. There are independents on the left and on the right as political beliefs have little to do with being an independent.
Posted by: jobsanger at June 29, 2006 08:27 PM
Hey, there, mcbogger!! Bell is my man. Great, great guy. Don't get me started. I stand by my Houston boys who are so geeky and cute, it hurts. We LOVE them geeky in Houston. Tall, blonde, geeky, cute. Great combo.
And, you are right. Kinky is not an independent.
Hey, I'm gonna be in Austin Saturday/Sunday. Whatcha doing??
Posted by: muse at June 29, 2006 09:24 PM
Saturday I'm spoken for (a friend is getting married). BUT, Sunday is open... email me:)!
Posted by: mcblogger at June 30, 2006 01:00 AM
"Whatever you do, and I say this because I can sense it coming on like a cold, let's have a discussion in the comments, not hurl accusations and bullshit at one another. I've never had to delete comments on this blog and I don't intend to start. That being said, I'm tired of some of the holier than thou shit that get's posted. If you've got something to say, say it and try to have enough respect for everyone who'll be reading it."
Listen, if you can't take it... then don't dish it out.
Where you go wrong is being beholden to one party. You and I both know Dems and Repubs make it almost impossible for a third candidate to run and even still it's very difficult. We're talking about a party that voted for the war but is now against it. We're talking about a party that is betrothed to special interests. We're talking about a party that needs serious overhaul but likely will never see it... hence folks like me voting my conscience.
You spoke of some BS in the last similar posting that a vote cast for Nader was tacitly endorsing Bush... that's BS. A vote for Nader is a vote for Nader, nothing more. You can blame third parties all you want... it's not them, it's the system.
I'm still trying to understand your logic from your last comment which leads me to believe you aren't very familiar with IRV or Range Voting. It also leads me to believe that you don't know much about monopoly on the presidential debate commission either... among other things.
Here you go getting on your high horse stating for us not to get holier than thou when you've directly implied voting for a third party candidate is stupid. We're gonna go round and round on this... flat out, I think a two party system is stupid and I'll vote for whoever I want.
I'm of the opinion that come November... whoever is polling closest to Perry that that's the one who will get my vote. How's them apples?
Posted by: gringo at July 5, 2006 10:35 AM
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