This year's major independent candidates are Kinky Friedman, motto "why the hell not?", and Carole Keeton Strayhorn, motto "one tough grandma". She's also known for being [White House Press Secretary] Scott McClellan's mom and revoking the tax-free status of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Texas because it "does not have one system of belief" in 2004 -- a ruling that was later overturned.
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Of course, we saved ourselves for Kinky and will be signing the petition in a few days at our closest signing station event. We're registered Libertarians, but he stands a better chance of being elected than James Werner. (Plus the Libertarians already have ballot access so they don't need 45,540 signatures to get their candidate on the ballot.) 