Please (!) help unfreep this poll on the Texas Governor's race

[Czolgosz]

Please unfreep this poll by voting for Democrat Chris Bell: <http://www.mysanantonio.com/>

Democrat Chris Bell is the only candidate who supports our beliefs and values in a field that includes one out-of-the-closet Republican and two Republicans running as "Independents." But more important that party affiliation, Democrat Chris Bell is the only candidate who stands up for our beliefs and values while Perry, Strayhorn, and Kinky have each failed to support the issues, candidates, and causes which matter most to us. Here's my list (I stopped with 10 issues because there were so many):

1. Bell is the only candidate who didn't vote for Bush/Cheney,

2. Bell is the only candidate who supports raising the minimum wage,

3. Bell is the only candidate who hasn't flip-flopped with regard to his political party,

4. Bell is the only candidate who hasn't been a cheerleader for Bush's Iraq foreign policy debacle,

5. Bell is the only candidate who did anything to bring down the DeLay empire of corruption,

6. Bell is the only candidate who would stop the practice where Texas actively misinforms women about their reproductive health,

7. Bell is the only candidate who has endorsed and voted for other Democrats over the past decade,

8. Bell is the only candidate who favors raising teacher pay $6,000 to bring Texas teacher pay up to the national average,

9. Bell is the only candidate who respects the First Amendment's separation of church and state, and

10. Bell is the only candidate who has successfully fought lobbyist abuses and the improper influence of undocumented political action committee money on public policy.

[LA lady]

1. Kind of goofy

The results don't match the recent polling data at all.

[snowbear]

3. What does the recent polling show?

Thanks!

[LA lady]

6. Lousy

Survey USA 6/23

If the election for Governor of Texas were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Democrat Chris Bell? Independent "Kinky" Friedman? Republican Rick Perry? Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn? Or some other candidate?

20% Bell (D)
21% Friedman (I)
35% Perry (R)
19% Strayhorn (I)
2% Other
3% Undecided

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReportEmail.aspx?g=5d90d44a-e155-4d92-8f08-14fd1696d602

[snowbear]

12. Maybe one of those Independents will syphon just enuf votes...

So that Perry winds up losing to Bell? Those votes have to go somewhere once they select a nominee.

Hopefully Kinky or Strayhorn (whoever gets the nod) will take just enough votes to rain on Perry's parade..

[cosmik debris]

14. This is not the primary

This is the General Election line up. 1 Dem, 1 Repuke, and 2 right wing kooks running as independents.

[snowbear]

15. Oh!..... That's even better then!

Kinky and Gramma are pulling in a good 40% combined right now..

Let em both syphon votes from Rick Perry.. the more the merrier!!

[cosmik debris]

16. Not exactly

If Grand Mal gets a plurality, she will be our next Gov. That is certainly BAD!

[Czolgosz]

9. It IS goofy yet Kinky regularly touts his success in such on-line polls

where real polling shows Republican incumbent Perry at a vulnerable 35% and Democrat Chris Bell at second or third at about 20% (Kinky and Carol4names/3Parties are also generally near that range).

[w8liftinglady]

2. Done-keep it up

[IndyOp]

4. Done. Good luck! (nt)

[buff2]

5. Done!

Who is Strayhorn? Is she a repuke?

[EST]

10. Scott McClellan's mother.

[buff2]

11. Oh,Ugh.....

That figures. :puke:

[Joey Liberal]

7. Done! n/t

[LoKnLoD]

8. Done

Voted for Bell, but had a hard time resisting my impulses to vote for "Kinky". How could you not vote for a guy named "Kinky"? :hippie:

[buff2]

13. I wouldn't vote for him

He acts too weird for one thing,and he thinks Bu$h is an "alright" guy.

[Czolgosz]

17. 10 Good Reasons NOT to Vote for Kinky

(1) he has run for office in the past as a Republican <http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA010306.1A.candfile.da6677a.html>,

(2) he voted for Bush/Cheney in 2004 <http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4517585>,

(3) his interview with Ruminator magazine confirms that he supported Bush's Iraq war:

Question: So does this idea of the honorable cowboy have anything to do with why you threw your support behind President Bush in this last election? You did, didn’t you?
Kinky: Yes. I did in this last election, but I didn’t vote for him the first time.
Question: Who did you vote for in 2000?
Kinky: I voted for Gore then {NOTE: AS SHOWN BELOW, THIS IS A LIE}. I was conflicted. . .but I was not for Bush that time. Since then, though, we’ve become friends. And that’s what’s changed things.
Question: So it’s your friendship with him that’s changed your mind about having him as president more than his specific political positions?
Kinky: Well, actually, I agree with most of his political positions overseas, his foreign policy. On domestic issues, I’m more in line with the Democrats. I basically think he played a poor hand well after September 11. What he’s been doing in the Near East and in the Middle East, he’s handling that well, I think.

<http://www.ruminator.com/content/040501.html>,

(4) his public voting records confirm he lied about voting for Gore in 2000 because he hadn't voted since 1994 when he voted for the first time in a decade to vote for Bush/Cheney in 2004 <http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4517585>,

(5) on the topic of immigration, Kinky has said that the immigration protesters were "half playing hooky," and "Mexico is not a poor country," and he told Bill O'Reilly "Good fences make good neighbors, and, Mr. Fox, help us build that fence," and he wants to outsource our border security to 5 Mexican generals <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150482,00.html>, <http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/14367663.htm>, <http://www.kilgorenewsherald.com/news/2005/0717/Front_Page/002.html>,

(6) he wants to take time out of the school day for prayers in public schools and he wants to post the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms <http://kdka.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_023065123.html>,

(7) on the topic of women's reproductive rights, Kinky refused to say what his position was for the first year of his candidacy until he was called "evasive" by a CNN anchor, and while he now claims to be pro-choice, he will not say whether or not he favors repealing the Texas law that requires physicians to mislead women seeking reproductive counseling by giving medically contradicted information falsely suggesting a link between abortion and cervical cancer <http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0502/03/lol.02.html>, <http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/news/elections/2006/stories/DN-abortion_22tex.ART.State.Edition2.3e69b1d.html>,

(8) Kinky's sworn testimony at Max Soffar's trial and his website give two completely contradictory view of Kinky's position on the death penalty,

(9) "Most analysts assume that if Friedman gets more than 10 percent, he could well guarantee a Perry victory, since those votes are probably coming from Bell or Strayhorn rather than from the governor" <http://www.texasmonthly.com/csc/865feature3.php>, and

(10) he thinks "Negro is a charming word" <http://youtube.com/watch?v=C9mXTxEQI3A>.

[LoKnLoD]

24. Wow lotta work went into that post

I was just being facetious, thought Kinky was just a funny name...I know he's out there, seen him on TV a few times.

[Czolgosz]

25. You'd be surprised how few Kinky supporters know what a tool he is

[mom cat]

18. Current results:

Chris Bell

28.6%


Kinky Friedman

14.5%


Rick Perry

23.6%


Carole Keeton Strayhorn

33.3%



Total Votes : 6246

[klook]

19. Yet another totally unscientific poll

It's so easy to vote multiple times in these polls, they really mean nothing.

[Czolgosz]

20. They mean nothing, but Kinky is using online poll results in fundraising

[Robbins]

21. Texas

The Independent candanates are helping Perry. If just between him,and Bell then Bell might have a chance to win. Call me crazy but I think the day will come when It Is not useless for Democrats to campagin In Texas.

[klook]

22. Sheesh! I hope his opponents point out how lame that is. (n/t)

[Czolgosz]

23. Kinky's campaign isn't exactly focusing on the Mensa crowd as its target.

[eppur_se_muova]

26. Bell up to 30% now, but Strayhorn leading.

Chris Bell

30.5%

Kinky Friedman

13.9%

Rick Perry

22.1%

Carole Keeton Strayhorn

33.5%