Posted on 07/09/2008 7:45:40 AM PDT by Impy
In an interview with NPR's David Welna that ran today former Gov. Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Ind-Minn., says he will run for Senate, challenging incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., whom Ventura defeated for governor in 1998, as well as Democratic nominee and former Saturday Night Live humorist Al Franken.
Ventura, born Jim Janos, tells Welna that the main reason he's running is because of Coleman's support for the war in Iraq. "That's the reason I run," he says. "I run because it angers me...All you Minnesotans take a good hard look at all three of us. And you decide: if you were in a dark alley which one of the three of us would you want with you?
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This helps Coleman.
This dooms Franken. The thing about “The Body” is if he wins he will quit two months into the term.
Are there any normal people in Minnesota??
Now there are two clowns running against Coleman. Should be interesting.
Great minds think alike - that was the first thought that came to mind.
Who says politics isnt a circus?
Norm Al?
I think ole Jesse hit his head a few times too many, loon!
Yes, maybe Jesse can tell the senate how all his frogman buddies would have dealt with the issues.
I heard that they were going to fence Minnesota in and declare it a national zoo.
Because that is exactly why we need Senators - for those times when we are caught in a dark alley and nobody is there but our Senator.
My Senators are Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe.
I can't tell you how many times I've been caught in a dark alley with one or the other of them.
All Coleman has to do to win now is pander to the social conservatives in Minnesota hard.
“if you were in a dark alley which one of the three of us would you want with you?”
i.e. would you rather be mugged by Coleman, beaten up by Ventura, or solicited by Franken?
Or at least the sane people in Minnesota, provided there are any left.
I love listening to his weird, steroid-deepened voice.
Since Ventura is an ex-wrestler, I would probably choose to have him by my side "in a dark alley." But precisely what does that have to do with one's being qualified for the Senate, or possessing desirable policy views?
Major non sequitur.
Okay Minnesota... you’re taking the washed-up celebrity worship thing a tad too far here.
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