CULT SINGER TAKES SHOT AT TEXAS GOVERNORSHIP.Byline: - David Kronke 1970s cult country singer and best-selling novelist Kinky kink·y adj. kink·i·er, kink·i·est 1. Tightly twisted or curled: kinky hair. 2. Friedman is embarking on a new career: He's running for governor of Texas, and it's hard to tell just how much his quixotic quix·ot·ic also quix·ot·i·cal adj. 1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality. 2. quest is a joke and how much it's a serious attempt to wrest wrest tr.v. wrest·ed, wrest·ing, wrests 1. To obtain by or as if by pulling with violent twisting movements: wrested the book out of his hands; wrested the islands from the settlers. political control away from career politicians. ``Go Kinky,'' an hourlong special premiering tonight at 11 on CMT CMT Certified Medical Transcriptionist. CMT abbr. Certified Medical Transcriptionist CMT California mastitis test. , takes viewers inside his war room, such as it is - his campaign slogans are ``Why the hell not?'' and ``How hard could it be?'' Friedman does seem to campaign relentlessly, explaining, ``I'll sleep when I'm governor.'' He's deliriously politically incorrect politically incorrect adj. Disregarding or unconcerned with political correctness. political incorrectness n. Adj. 1. , and occasionally quite funny - pal Dwight Yoakam nervously asks him, ``Is there anyone around you who handles you?'' And former President Bill Clinton turns up briefly to share an anecdote about Friedman offering him a Cuban cigar at a White House event - don't think of it as helping Castro, Kinky told Clinton. ``Think of it as burning their fields.'' It's funny, even if Clinton probably shouldn't be telling cigar-related stories. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Kinky Friedman's campaign slogans: ``Why the hell not?'' and ``How hard could it be?'' Getty Images |
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