SUPPORTING CINDY SHEEHAN, TOO

[Jon Ford]

The Kinkster business is typical if what goes on in politics today-- embrace 
of "fake" candidates who are really just celebrities with no real experience 
or desire to run a state or work with legislators. The list of guys like 
this who have won on name and failed once they got to the big house is 
getting longer all the time-- Jesse Ventura and Arnold to name just two 
(well, you can add George W. Bush for that matter). Kinky is funny and 
creative, but if he wins it won't be a big step forward for Texas.

Jon


<;In other political scuttlebutt I also plan to support Chris Bell for the 
Democratic candidacy taking on Gov. Goodhair this fall. His formal 
announcement and campaign kick off rally is on Sunday, Aug. 14, at 2:00 pm 
on UT campus at the foot of the MKL statue near 23rd and San Jacinto. He's a 
proud alum.<br>&gt;When Chris Bell spoke as a virtual unknown to some 200 
Deaniac-style Democrats in Meetup at Scholz Garten in the Spring he got a 
standing ovation from the entire room. He is smart and focused and respects 
the electorate enough to tell the truth. That's a new political gambit for 
sure in these times. Unlike the Kinkster, I feel sure he voted many times in 
the last ten years, even in the US House of Representatives where he 
represented Harris County. His district was carved up by the Deadly Delay 
Political SWAT team with the Redistricting juggernaut we witnessed in the 
Texas Legislature. It's get even