[lbo-talk] Kinky Friedman running!

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri May 12 12:23:24 PDT 2006


Sean Johnson Andrews wrote:


>>>FRIEDMAN: I think this is a place above politics. It's above the
>>>governor. I'm -- I want to knock down the windmill of politics as
>>>usual, OK? I want to do it like Rosa Parks (search) had a big
>>>enemy, segregation.
>>
>>My god, keeping out immigrants with fences and the national guard
>>makes him Rosa Parks? He should stick with dumbass music.
>>
>>Doug
>
>He probably should stick to dumbass music, but the comparison he's
>making isn't about immigration it's about "phony politicians."

Yeah, that's an old trope in American politics, and it usually goes nowhere. Perot, Ventura...



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