Kinky Friedman: the race is on

Will Kinky Friedman be the Jesse Venture of Texas?

If the national media has anything to do with it, there's a small, very small, chance.

OK, OK, he has a snowball's chance in Hades.

But try he will. The more the merrier, we say.

This morning, for instance, he appeared live on the Fox News Channel, unlit cigar in hand, black cowboy hat on head.

The national media over the next year will be drawn to Kinky's cigar like moths to a flame. Good copy. GREAT copy.

He said something today on Fox about erecting a wall between Texas and Mexico. Maybe it'll be a "virtual wall," he said.

Bring out the National Guard, the Texas Rangers, etc. to man it, the Kinkster said.

He wants to renew the old "bracero" program, enabling undocumented immigrants to come work legally in Texas.

"May the God of your choice bless you," he said before signing off.

On his website he's signing up volunteers to put him on the Texas governor's ballot. He has a year to get it done.