Get Kinky in 2006

Kinky Friedman is running for governor of Texas.

Kinky's a country-western singer-songwriter (Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys) and mystery book author (he's written 23). His best-known song: "They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore."

Back in the '60s, after graduating from the University of Texas, he joined the Peace Corps and was sent to Borneo where, he says, "I was supposed to teach agriculture to people who had been farming successfully for 2,000 years."

In the early '80s, he was doing a lot of dope. "I quit doing cocaine," Kinky says, "when Bob Marley fell out of my left nostril."

Now at age 61, Kinky believes, "I'm too young for Medicare and too old for women to care."

He promises big changes if elected governor. He claims he'll legalize casino gambling and use the proceeds to fund public schools - "slots for tots."

He's for gay marriage: 'They have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us."

So vote for Kinky for governor 'cause how hard can it be.