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The Conservative Kinkster, Part III: Channeling Tom Tancredo


by: Ryan Goodland

Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 05:11 PM CDT


Kinky Friedman continues his quest to turn the US/Mexico border into the Maginot Line.

The number of National Guard troops on the Texas-Mexico border would jump from 1,500 to 10,000 under a plan to combat illegal immigration proposed today by independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman.

"We've waited 153 years for the feds to help us," Friedman said. "They haven't yet. We have our own army. I want 10,000 Texas National Guard troops on the border and I want them now."

Friedman must have come up with this plan recently, because three days ago he told the El Paso Times, "I don't have a plan [for securing the border]."

The good news? Our overstretched National Guardsman who we might need in the event of a natural disaster and whose presence could drastically and dramatically damage our relationship with Mexico and the United States' bruised international image will be driving biodiesel Hummers.

This is a horrible idea and just illustrates how far right Kinky really is.

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how does the press let this happen? (0.00 / 0)
This is great news cause this will be the lat good day Kinky has.  Why?  Cause he's not a cartoon any more he became a real candidate today and he’s a moron to boot.  Is it not better to be thought of as a fool then to open ones mouth and dispel any doubt.  He throws facts out like one liner and like his lame shtick his policy can’t hold up either. 

Now the press will have to hold him accountable.  Right?


bring them home (0.00 / 0)
If they brought our Guard home from Iraq, maybe we would have enough to actually patrol the border if thats what they want to do.

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Immigration: Kinky Can't Make Up His Mind (0.00 / 0)
FLIP: "PRESS RELEASE: Immigration policy  Kinky Friedman today said he ... supports a portion of the House bill, which calls for the construction of 700 miles of security fence along the U.S.-Mexico border and which would make illegal immigration a felony."

FLOP: "Friedman said Tuesday that he never called immigrants felons, calling a reporter "full of (expletive)" before apologizing... a spokeswoman said the initial statement was posted erroneously."

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FLIP: "When I talk about the five Mexican generals, people think I’m joking but I’m dead serious. I will divide the border into five jurisdictions, assigning one Mexican general to each and providing a trust fund for that general. Every time a person crosses illegally, we subtract $5,000 from the trust fund."

FLOP: "QUESTION: Other candidates have laid out policies on illegal immigration, including the use of the National Guard. Are you sticking by your idea of paying Mexican generals to keep would-be illegals on their side of the border?  FRIEDMAN: No."

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FLIP: "My immigration policy is 'Remember the Alamo.'"

FLOP: "Asked about his own strategy for securing the border, Friedman said, 'I'm not sure. I don't have a plan.'"

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FLIP: "All of these politicians are afraid of offending Hispanics. I want the border off the evening news until we get something resolved."

FLOP: "I want the border on the nightly news every night."

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FLIP: "Good fences make good neighbors, and, Mr. Fox, help us build that fence."

FLOP: "Kinky believes that the U.S. Senate is on the right track--with a plan that includes limited amnesty for hard-working illegal immigrants."


Kinky... Yikes! (0.00 / 0)
From the same Statesman article:

  "Hurricane evacuees who broke the law or refused to find jobs should be sent back to Louisiana, he said, describing some of them as "just sucking the system."

What a creep!


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