HoustonChronicle.com - Some taking Kinky's run for governor seriously

HoustonChronicle.com - Some taking Kinky's run for governor seriously: "With an unlit stogie in his mouth and a Sharpie in his left hand, independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman eagerly signed T-shirts and posters for fans and hoped-for voters with 'Love, the Gov!'

And the unconventional candidate known as 'The Kinkster' has been feeling the love across Texas ever since the Legislature's failure to pass public school reform this summer.

As Friedman tries to prove his run for governor is more than a lark, people have been turning out for his events by the dozens in places such as Lufkin and by the hundreds in places such as Tyler."