Kinky Friedman: Paul telling the truth 'but nobody's listening' David Edwards and Nicholas Burkett

Published: Tuesday October 9, 2007



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Print This Email This Kinky Friedman visited with CNN's Wolf Blitzer to provide analysis of the ongoing Presidential campaigns. In his campaign round-up, Friedman told Blitzer, "I like Hillary. I met her a few times. I like -- McCain I think he elements of greatness. And I think Ron Paul's probably telling the truth. Nobody's listening." Friedman continued, saying, "The rest of them are really the same guy admiring himself in the mirror. It is a government of the money, by the money and for the money." He added, "I think the greatest crisis we've got in government is nobody believes [the politicians]." This led to a discussion of Friedman's own political aspirations, past and present. Referring to Friedman's potential political career, Blitzer asked, "But you want to get involved in politics, and you want to have a role, is that right?" Friedman responded a resolute "no, I'm not sure that I want to do this." He continued, jokingly, to explain his failed 2006 gubernatorial bid as simply "I gave Texas my phone number, and she never got back to me, basically." Friedman did not rule out a second campaign, however; "I'm thinking about it," he said. And he concluded the interview with what could well have been construed as a political platform, should that candidacy become a reality. "I really think education, healthcare, and the death penalty in Texas are being -- y'know, the big issues...politicians are letting them slip through their fingers." "What they're doing," Friedman said, staring at his cigar, "is criminalizing trivia like 'Kinky can't smoke a cigar.'" The following video is from CNN's Late Edition, broadcast on October 7, 2007.





