Posted on 10/12/2006 4:38:57 PM PDT by okie01
Dems have Kinky in the cross hairs
Blitz depicting him as racist aims to rally base; his camp slams effort
09:42 AM CDT on Thursday, October 12, 2006
By GROMER JEFFERS Jr. / The Dallas Morning News
Chris Bell hasn't been able to coax rival Kinky Friedman out of the race for governor, but his fellow Democrats are preparing a media and campaign offensive against the independent, planning in part to portray him as a racist.
The blitz is aimed at not only stopping Mr. Friedman from poaching Mr. Bell's base voters but also at exciting Democrats who could determine the outcome of local races, as well as statewide contests.
"It's designed to fire up the base," state Sen. Royce West of Dallas, who will record radio ads criticizing Mr. Friedman, said Wednesday. "But just as important, it's an issue of respect."
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
So desperate that they're revving up their patented smear machine to attack #3 and hurling "racism" charges at Kinky Friedman -- of all people.
They're not trying to win -- with 14% support for Chris Bell in the last poll, the race is unwinnable. The Dems now fear getting wiped out in down ballot races because Kinky voters won't pull the lever for the Democrat slate.
It's a freakin' disaster, I tell ya...
The DNC "exciting the democrats" to get the sterotypical racist whitey...reminds me of a KKK strategy for gettin' their voters excited in order to get rapist blacky. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Democrats could be planning to move one of their own into the gov mansion if they had a lick of sense. Perry's a disaster, and they couldn't do any better than dumb Bell.
Pitiful.
I have not seen a poll on this race in quite sometime. Do you have a link that shows Bell in running 4th?
Sorry, but using Democrats, Kinky, and Crosshairs in the same sentence just strikes me as insanely funny.....
sorry....
I believe that in the end Bell will come in 2nd and Kinky will finish 4th. I have no basis for that feeling other than I think the democrats will come home on Nov. 7 and that means Kinky loses those votes. Also I'm not sure where the democrat money/supporters that supported Strayhorn will ultimately wind up. I think some of them may come back to Bell once they've decided that Strayhorn isn't hurting the Governor that much. Who knows but it will be an interesting 3+ weeks.
Early voting begins in 10 days, Oct. 23rd.
A little dated but fairly recent. The link has internals in a pdf format if'n you are interested.
Texas gov. poll, Sept 26 - Oct. 3, DMN
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/100506dntexgovpoll.252570c.html
38% -- Perry
18% -- Strayhorn
15% -- Bell
14% -- Friedman
14% -- Undecided
Kinky is a personal friend of Laura Bush.
I wonder if his running in this race is more Bush Strategery?
Strayhorn ran the oddest campaign ad I've ever seen today. It showed a picture of her during her high school prom dancing with the Strayhorn guy, and saying they almost got married in high school, then showed them today hugging, and him saying, "It was worth the wait." It looked just like an eHarmony commercial.
I believe you are exactly right. In the end, some of Kinky's support will succumb to voter inertia. And the Dem money behind Grandma will return to the party -- in order to avoid an utter catastrophe down the ballot.
Still, tbe Democrat candidate for governor of Texas will be lucky to crack 25%...
Typical Dim lowlifes. When Democrats were voting against the Civil Rights bill and using fire hoses on blacks, Kinky was out there marching alongside them. Dems are filthy liars and hypocrites and have a U.S. Senator who's an avowed Klansman.
Kinky has made a political mess. He doesn't mind saying what he thinks, which is what most of us think, but can't say because of political correctness.
Light up that cigar and smoke it Kinky, and tell Willie to shut up and sing.
Speaking of commercials, have you seen Kinky's "Good Shepherd" spot.
While he delivers his lines with a straight face, I can't escape the feeling that Kinky is just playing a giant joke on us all...
When was that poll? I thought Bell was running 2nd in this race behind Perry.
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