Getting Kinky In Texas

Kinky Friedman's on the ballot in Texas. He's a shrewd tactition who understands how things work.

Petition drives to get two independent candidates -- state comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn and musician/humorist Kinky Friedman -- on this year's ballot have made it all but certain that both will be factors in the race. Both are running against the incumbent Republican, Rick Perry.
On May 16, Mrs. Strayhorn turned in 223,000 signatures of those who want her on the ballot. Two days later, Mr. Friedman turned in almost 170,000. "Of course she got more signatures than me," he said. "She got all her ex-husbands to sign." That probably describes the tone of what's coming.