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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 2771
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 02:49 pm: | 
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Texas Candidate Accused of Racist Crack
Sep 20 1:06 PM US/Eastern
By KELLEY SHANNON
Associated Press Writer
AUSTIN, Texas
Gubernatorial candidate and professional wiseacre Kinky Friedman was accused Wednesday of making another racially offensive remark _ this time in a year-old interview in which he said sexual predators should be thrown in prison and forced to "listen to a Negro talking to himself."
The independent candidate already was under fire for referring to Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Texas "crackheads and thugs." That remark was taken as a slap at black victims of the storm.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Houston Chronicle have reported on an interview with Friedman that aired on CNBC last year in which the country singer and comedian was asked what to do with sexual predators.
"Throw them in prison and throw away the key and make them listen to a Negro talking to himself," Friedman said. He also called "Negro" a "charming word."
State Rep. Garnet Coleman, former chairman of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, said the remarks are unacceptable from a candidate for governor, and sound more like something uttered by someone running for "class clown or the grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan."
Friedman's spokeswoman, Laura Stromberg, said Wednesday: "Texans who know anything about Kinky know that he's not a racist, and they're going to see through all of this political correctness very soon. This is what they've got? Bring it on. Texans can see right through."
Democratic candidate Chris Bell said he was offended by Friedman's remark, and added, "I just don't think those types of comments have a place in this campaign."
The campaigns of Republican Gov. Rick Perry and independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn did not immediately return calls for comment.
Friedman told the Star-Telegram on Tuesday that anyone who is offended by his comment should vote for one of the other candidates.
"If I've got to lie to people, sweep the truth under the rug and worry about offending people, I'm not going to be very effective," Friedman said.
His spokeswoman said part of the "Negro" line was derived from a book Friedman wrote in the late 1980s that was being discussed in the CNBC interview before Friedman used the phrase.
Friedman also took some heat recently for a remark about ethnic politicking.
"I don't eat tamales in the barrio, I don't eat fried chicken in the ghetto, I don't eat bagels with the Jews for breakfast," said Friedman, who is Jewish. "That to me is true racism."
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Va_sis
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Username: Va_sis
Post Number: 121
Registered: 02-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 03:09 pm: |
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If that doesn't wake up black people in Texas to make sure that bitch doesn't get in office, shame on ALL of them.
What the fuck does he mean "sweep the truth under the rug?" What truth? |
Moonsigns
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Username: Moonsigns
Post Number: 1472
Registered: 07-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 04:33 pm: |
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He definitely doesn't give a shyt about what people think of him. What will be interesting (and unfortuante) is if he is voted in office. |
Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 6572
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 04:43 pm: |
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Okay. It's kinda bad.
But I can't front, doe: The shyt's kinda FUNNY!
"...sexual predators should be thrown in prison and forced to 'listen to a Negro talking to himself.'"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! |
Renata
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Username: Renata
Post Number: 1349
Registered: 08-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 04:50 pm: |
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Is the the same dude who used to have a band called the Jewboys? |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 5230
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 06:56 pm: |
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Twice in the past week, I came across an expression which in all of my years, I'd never heard before! I wonder if the ethnicity in question considers it a slur. The phrase was "Irish Twins" and it was used to refer to 2 siblings of any nationality who are born less than a year apart. I am assuming the designation originated a while back and has to do with good Irish Catholics not practicing birth control but just having "all the babies the good lord sent". I found this term funny. And cute. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 1471
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 10:05 pm: |
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I've never heard of Irish twins. I heard a girl call her children Mexican twins though. No idea what that meant.
I wonder if the self-talking Negro that Kinky Friedman was referring to is also a sexual predator, or if he's in prison for another offense. And by his statement, isn't he asserting that the sexual predator requiring punishment is NOT Black. |
Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 727
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 01:59 pm: |
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Well, I dunno if the man is a racist, but his comment certainly did nothing for his image of not being racist. Why a Negro talking to himself? Why not a crazed criminal? Why did the cell mate have to be a Negro? Ya have to ask yourself this question. |
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