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Well, Strayhorn and Bell are no-goes for me. Period. That leaves Kinky, which isn't much choice. I really wish there was another option.

Kinky you say........

Kinky supports or advocates the following:
--Abortion
--Amnesty for illegals
--Business taxes
--Death penalty review
--Disrepects Texas Hunters: "I do not suffer hunters gladly,"
--Gay Marriage
--Guest worker program increases of 400,000 per year
--Health care: the state should impose a 1 percent surcharge on procedures and hospital stays
--Immigration bill passed by the Senate 3-27-2006
--Same day voter registration
--Slots for Tots
--Willie Nelson to head the Texas Rangers
--Farouk Shami, Palestinian, as Texas Ambassador to Israel
--Robert Muhammad, Nation of Islam-Houston, to Clean up Houston

Didn't know about the Clinton thing, honestly. That was before I was politically aware, and I haven't seen a lot about that in my reading. That's a strike. Can you provide some links to support? It's not that I don't believe you, but I'd like to see some of what he did to support them.

--Abortion

In cases of incest or rape, I support it.

--Amnesty for illegals

Big strike, though what I heard was him saying something about punishing the people who hire illegals and instituting a program to get them the hell out of here. Is it possible his support for amnesty was changed upon some study or gaining information? An idea.

--Business taxes

Obviously, I hate taxes.

--Death penalty review

Explain, if you could.

--Disrepects Texas Hunters: "I do not suffer hunters gladly,"

I'm willing to tolerate that if it means having someone who will deal with the border.

--Gay Marriage

Has he openly stated his intention to pursue that as governer? I am not aware that he has.

--Guest worker program increases of 400,000 per year

Another thing he has not discussed on the shows I've seen/heard him on. Obviously I don't support that.

--Health care: the state should impose a 1 percent surcharge on procedures and hospital stays

I don't think that would pass anyway.

--Immigration bill passed by the Senate 3-27-2006

Again, I haven't seen that. I'll look into it.

--Same day voter registration

Unless the Dems completely take over in the legislature, that would never happen.

--Slots for Tots

legalized gambling? I don't have a problem with that. It's no worse than the racket we have now, this "TX Lotto" nonsense.

--Willie Nelson to head the Texas Rangers It was my understanding he was wanting Willie to head some program with bio-diesel. I NEVER heard anything about the Rangers. Source please? I don't want Willie in any sort of government position, but if it's something reasonably innocuous, I don't really care.

--Farouk Shami, Palestinian, as Texas Ambassador to Israel

Source please.

Now, after all that, I want to point out that in my other posts I was fairly clear that I had not decided to vote for Kinky. In fact, I was explicit in the fact that I KNOW I don't want Strayhorn or Bell, and I do not like Perry and want him out, but hadn't decided how i felt about Friedman. I wouldn't say that means anyone needs to assume I'm some die hard supporter of him. I just appreciate the fact that he's been fairly plain spoke, if a little inane with his jokes. --Robert Muhammad, Nation of Islam-Houston, to Clean up Houston