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TexasTowelie

(112,162 posts)
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 03:09 PM Jan 2015

Kinky Friedman calls Chris Christie and Jerry Jones gay on ESPN, host apologizes for comments

Kinky Friedman — writer, musician and serial Texas political office seeker — told an ESPN host on air that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones are gay.

"Jerry Jones and Chris Christie are probably the most important, latent homosexual relationship since Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson," Friedman said in an interview on Wednesday.

When host Bob Ley said, "You don't really mean that, obviously," Friedman replied, "They both desperately want to be loved ... and I agree that being in the owners' box is not the way."

Ley apologized for Friedman's remarks following the segment.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Kinky-Friedman-calls-Chris-Christie-Jerry-Jones-6001889.php

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Kinky Friedman calls Chris Christie and Jerry Jones gay on ESPN, host apologizes for comments (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2015 OP
One of his best quotes: El Supremo Jan 2015 #1
That's perfect. bluedigger Jan 2015 #2

El Supremo

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1. One of his best quotes:
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 03:53 PM
Jan 2015

"I support gay marriage because I believe they have the right to be just as miserable as the rest of us."

I used to work in a restaurant with a member of his group. The Texas Jewboys were good, but I liked Bowley and Wilson better.

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