is the time right for a third party ?

is the time right for a third party ?

public opinion shows an all time low of congress.

a alternative to the Democrats and Republicans


Friedman submits signatures for ballot
He's the second independent filer in governor's race



AUSTIN - Satirical musician and novelist Kinky Friedman gave state election officials 169,574 signatures Thursday in an effort to qualify for the November ballot as an independent candidate for governor.

"To the young people helping us, fix bayonets now because the new Texas revolution is coming," Friedman told about 50 supporters before turning his petitions in to Texas
Secretary of State Roger Williams for verification. Friedman needs 45,540 valid signatures to get on the ballot.

Friedman became the second major independent candidate
to file a ballot-access petition this week. Comptroller
Carole Keeton Strayhorn filed 223,000 signatures on
Tuesday as an independent candidate for governor.

If certified, Friedman and Strayhorn will join Democrat
Chris Bell and Libertarian James Werner in challenging the
re-election of Gov. Rick Perry, the Republican nominee.

Strayhorn's campaign has tried to portray her as more legitimate than Friedman. Her aides said she collected signatures at schools while claiming Friedman got
his from rowdy crowds at music halls.

"All I can say is, thank God for bars and dance halls," Friedman told his supporters as they unloaded 11
legal boxes of petitions from the "Guv Bug," a pink
trailer topped with Friedman's trademark black
cowboy hat.

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