They ain’t making Jews like Kinky anymore
Everyone’s favorite Texas Jewboy, Kinky Friedman, announces his bid for the Texas governorship:
“Don’t worry about my lack of experience,” Friedman said. “Trust me. I’m a Jew. I’ll hire good people.”
On the 169th anniversary of Lt. Col. William B. Travis’ arrival at the Alamo, which would eventually fall to Mexican troops, Friedman laid out his plan to begin the “de-wussification of Texas.”
“I’m not anti-death penalty. I’m anti-the wrong guy getting executed,” Friedman said. “Two-thousand years ago we executed an innocent man named Jesus Christ and we don’t want to make another mistake like that.”
“Two-thousand years ago we executed an innocent man named Jesus Christ and we don’t want to make another mistake like that.”
I don’t like the “we” in this. It assigns us collective guilt. Bad deal.
…but its a joke
I know its a joke, and in a private audience it might be appropriate, but in a public forum, I think these statements, like HT’s statements, are fodder of anti-Semites.
speaking of kinky: http://www.jewsweek.com/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Article%5El1607&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Articles&
A terminally underrated performer, I’m kind of getting sick of Kinky as this Jewish Will Rogers-personality. Of course he’s one among many texas musicians who never got their due. I just saw Billy Joe Shaver (writer of “Honky Tonk Heroes” and “Georgia On a Fast Train” among others” and there were 100 folks in attendance, tops. They might not be makin Jews like Jesus anymore, but they damn sure aint makin country artists like they used to, either.
Makes me wish I still lived in Texas just so I could vote for him.
go kinky!
GO KINKY GO!
Honestly, I’m bothered. If it was common knowledge today that the Jews didn’t kill Jesus, or that it’s at least possible that Jesus was killed in part by the Romans, then I would understand. And who makes a fuss about Jews killing Jews? There weren’t even Christians to debate this! To the renaissance Texan, Jews are Jesus killers, and he only feeds honky tonk, liberally challenged antitolerance.