Woah! Kinky is on a roll!
In yesterday's Dallas Morning News, a story appeared trumpeting the initial success of the Kinky Friedman for Governor campaign. Readers of The News Connection and this blog may remember that I interviewed The Kinkster Himself a few months ago at a rally in Ft. Worth. After that day, my support of Kinky was cemented. I'm looking forward to seeing him debate Perry and Strayhorn and Bell. But I was a little concerned about his campaign's finances. You can't beat the slum kings on a soup-bowl budget.
I was wrong to have worried.
From the DMN ...
I was wrong to have worried.
From the DMN ...
Former U.S. Rep. Chris Bell raised $355,000 in the last six months, and one-time state Supreme Court Justice Bob Gammage collected $67,000, according to campaign finance reports filed Tuesday with the state.That is just freaking amazing, if you ask me. I'm with Kinky, all the way! I hope you will support him as well. Check out his campaign website. Ever see anything like this before?
By comparison, Mr. Friedman, the mystery novelist and singer-songwriter who's running his first race for statewide office, reported raising $1.5 million between July and December.
"It speaks volumes how lost the Democratic Party has become in this state and how dispirited Democrats have become," said Mr. Friedman's campaign manager, Dean Barkley.
