“According to the Texas Comptroller, Texas has the 10th largest economy in the world--bigger than South Korea, Switzerland or Saudi Arabia. We don’t have a money problem, we have a management problem. With Rick Perry we have nearly a decade of misplaced priorities and a total lack of common sense. Our campaign is about honest leadership and practical, common sense solutions to problems that effect every Texas family. Texas can do anything we set as a priority.”

Read Kinky's Common Sense, Common Honestly platform here. 

Dear Fellow Texans, friends of Texans, and everyone else who wishes they were:

Texans for Kinky announces one of the most historical, spontaneous, and not-to-be missed events of a lifetime:

A Bloody Mary Morning with Willie Nelson

Where: Gleneagles Country Club, Plano, Texas
When: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Time:  Elevenish (unless Willie wakes up earlier)

What: An intimate chance to meet, hangout with and salute the number one best-loved Texan, Willie Nelson. 

Why: To help Kinky Friedman win the Democratic nomination for governor of Texas (It’s time for Texas to secede from Rick Perry). 

As always, Kinky’s schedule is full of commitments, meetings and all kinds of other events. 

Kinky continues to meet with advisors and talk with Texans across the state regarding his possible bid for governor of Texas. You can show your support right now by making a contribution or wearing and displaying merchandise in support of a 2010 campaign.

Fans of Kinky’s books should be on the lookout for TWO new gems to be released in late summer and early fall. Neither book is anything like Kinky has ever published before, but as always, they promise to be highly entertaining.

Last October, guests descended on Echo Hill Ranch for an afternoon of music, food, animals and fun at Kinky Friedman’s first-ever Ranch Roundup.

The first Ranch Roundup was a huge success, with the money raised helping feed, spay/neuter and care for the many animals awaiting adoption at Kinky’s Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, a nonprofit no kill animal shelter that rescues abandoned and/or abused animals, nurtures them and places them with loving families.

Upon arriving at Kinky’s ranch, visitors were treated to a tour of Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch—and, several dogs were adopted that afternoon!

Dear Fellow Texans:

Here’s the way I see it: Democrats + Independents = Victory.

I was serious when I ran for governor in 2006 and I’m serious now. I am a humorist, but I know these are not humorous times for a lot of us. Part of the reason is the pathetic lack of leadership at the state level. The last governor, I believe, who was truly on the side of the people of Texas, was Ann Richards. She was a very funny lady - she was also a great governor. I’ll take my cues from Ann Richards.

I also draw inspiration from Ann Richards’ mentor, Barbara Jordan. Barbara believed that if one is attacked personally, one should never counterattack personally. During the 2006 campaign I was attacked personally. However, like Barbara Jordan, I have no desire to attack anyone personally. Instead, like Barbara, I will merely relegate them to my forgive and remember list.