"Why the hell not?"

Sure I'm fed up with many of the republicans; most conservatives are, but you can make book I'm not boycotting the upcoming election. I can't wait to vote.

In at least one case, I'm going to be very happy to vote for a republican and that would be my U.S. Representative Sam Johnson. He's one of the good guys. In most other cases I'm basically voting against the leftist dems.

But when it comes to voting for the governor of Texas, I've been seriously toying with the idea of giving my vote to Kinky Friedman. That's right, the Kinkster, and like his campaign asks, why the hell not?

To be sure there are more than a few things with which I adamantly disagree; for example, Kinky says he'll appoint Willie Nelson "energy czar" because Willie is behind the bio-diesel movement. Don't get me wrong, I love ol' Willie. He's my favorite outlaw, but his politics may be a little to the left of Babs Streisand or at least in the same vicinity.

On the other hand, I love the fact that Kinky publicly speaks out against political correctness. Everyone knows what a crock PC is, but no one has the guts to admit it. Kinky boldly addresses the destructive nature of political correctness, which is nothing more than the stifling of free speech. He makes no apologies for telling it the way he sees it and I admire that.

Go to his website and check out the Ten Reasons he says you should vote for him.

I don't think Kinky has much of a chance winning, but he's going to get a surprising number of votes, probably mostly from the dems, but maybe from a good share of republicans who hate the notion of Rick Perry's Trans-Texas Corridor being foisted on us without our approval.

I'm tired of professional politicians. Every now and then someone needs to stir things up a bit. Kinky may be the guy to do just that. He doesn't have all the answers but he is a refreshing breath of air in an era of politics as usual.