Why you should never trust Eric Celeste for shrewd political analysis

Eric Celeste (pictured here), writing today in D magazine's Frontburner blog about Kinky Friedman's decision to run for governor again, offered this interesting tidbit:

"His (Friedman's) candidacy will again help the Republican ticket by drawing a just-significant-enough percentage of votes from Democratic candidates to ensure another Rick Perry victory."

That might have been true if Mr. Friedman was running as an independent as he did four years ago. He's not, however. As this story (which was also Mr. Celeste's source) makes clear, Mr. Friedman is running this time around in the Democratic primary. That means he may take enough votes away from Hank Gilbert to hand the Democratic nomination to Tom Scheiffer. (Or, which is of utmost importance to Mr. Friedman, he might sell more copies of his upcoming book Heroes of a Texas Childhood. Expect him to mention it quite a lot during his campaign stops.)

This just in from the Kinkster

A few days ago I wondered what Kinky Friedman was up and today I received the answer in the form of an e-mail inviting me to attend his $100-per-person fundraiser at his ranch in Medina, near Bandera, in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. The fundraiser is not for any new political campaign the former independent gubernatorial candidate plans to mount; it's for his Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch.

The program features a concert with Kinky and longtime sidemen Little Jewford and Washington Ratso; a dinner with Kinky at his Echo Hill Ranch; what the Kinkster calls "self-guided nature walks on Echo Hill Ranch," which means you are free to wander around the place after dinner; and "a surprise early birthday celebration for Kinky." I'm guessing this person is not going to be "a surprise guest,"but then who knows. If you want even more information about this, I would suggest you check this out.