Okay, this is just weird.

This quote says it all. Hillary Clinton must win Ohio and Texas.

“If she wins Texas and Ohio I think she will be the nominee; if you don’t then I don’t think she can.”

– Bill Clinton, quoted by ABC News, on Sen. Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning the Democratic presidential nomination.

Former Rep. Nick Lampson has beaten Republican write-in candidate Shelley Sekula-Gibbs for Congress in Texas’s 22nd Congressional District according to LINK.

Check out Rep. Lampson on DoubleSpeak.

Kinky Friedman, independent candidate for Governor of Texas, was asked along with other Texas celebrities, to wish the WNBA Houston Comets a happy 10th birthday. Of course, he did it as only Kinky can.

“Hi, folks, it’s Kinky Friedman, here to wish the Houston Comets a happy tenth anniversary.” He pauses, then leans forward and jabs his cigar at the camera. “Houston Comets basketball — it’s not just for lesbians anymore!”

From the Houston Chronicle:

Kinky Friedman’s campaign urged Texas’ chief election official Wednesday to put him on the ballot for governor using his famous nickname rather than his lesser-known given name of Richard.

Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams has said Friedman can be listed on the ballot with his nickname but said he thinks state law will require him to be listed as either Richard “Kinky” Friedman or R. “Kinky” Friedman.

Bottom line, Richard isn’t a bad-ass name. Kinky, Keep speaking the truth and we’ll forget about the whole Richard thing.

Kinky Friedman speaks his mind. I case you missed it, Kinky was interviewed on CBS’ 60 Minutes last Sunday evening. Regardless of his politics, Kinky is undoubtedly a character. Here were some of the highlights:

Politics is the only field in which the more experience you have, the worse you get,” says Friedman. “And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.”

“The Democrats and Republicans are the same guy admiring themselves in the mirror,” says Friedman. “And if an alternative is on that ballot in Texas, I guarantee you, Texans are gonna take it. The politicians don’t know this yet, but the people do.”

Does he think Texas is ready for a Jewish governor?

“Absolutely. Listen, I tell people, trust me, I’m a Jew, I’ll hire good people,” Friedman says.

DoubleSpeak will interview Kinky when we’re out in Texas in the lead-up to the 2006 elections. Hey, maybe he’ll even buy us each a beer…

Kinky Friedman (I-TX), the often times eccentric gubernatorial candidate says his campaign has the 45,540 signatures needed to qualify for the Texas general election ballot.

Houston Chronicle:

Friedman campaign manager Dean Barkley said the staff is not telling him how many signatures have been gathered for fear he will tell people.

“All I know is the people in charge of the petition drive all have smiles on their faces,” Barkley said.

“We’re right on schedule to make it. Our goal is to get 100,000-plus if we can do that, and I’m hoping we’ll be able to do that. But we’re doing very well,” Barkley said.

We here at DoubleSpeak love Kinky Friedman and hope to sit down with him soon to talk political shop and maybe have a cigar or a Guinness!