Kinky Friedman and Hillary Clinton do not have a great deal in common. Kinky has had a long career as a novelist, lead singer of the Kinky and the Texas Jewboys band, and failed 2006 candidate for governor of Texas. Hillary has had a long career as none of the above.
This has not stopped Hillary's campaign from moving into Kinky's old gubernatorial headquarters, near the intersection of two big highways in south Austin. (Obama's office has a funkier address, in downtown Austin across from one of Polprint's favorite coffee shops.) Bill Clinton will help open his wife's headquarters tomorrow.
But the office vibes may not bode well for Hillary. Kinky was initally riding high in the gubernatorial polls (near 20%, if Polprint's memory serves). Then he flamed out toward the end of the campaign, after an intriguing debate performance in which he flourished an unlit cigar and described the Internet as the "work of Satan". Presumably Hillary is too prim for such gambits.
On the subject of Texas idiosyncracies...Not to be missed is this photo of Obama in a rodeo hat.
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