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Jesse 'the Body' Ventura to enter Minnesota Senate
Jake Tapper, 'Political Punch' @ ABC NewsArrrre you ready to rrrrumble??? In an interview with NPR's David Welna that ran today, former Gov. Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, Ind-Minn., sounds like he may 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. . . . After leaving office, he turned into a cartoonish 9/11 conspiracy whackjob. When he was a wrestler, you could at least respect him. Now, not so much. Ventura had a stormy tenure as governor and horrible relations with the Minnesota press corps. Thus, it was the June issue of a local wine magazine where he chose to drop hints about his pending campaign. . . . . . . and like any good pro wrestler, he laid down the smack talk: Ventura called Franken an opportunist and a carpetbagger. 'He hasn't lived here in 30 years, and he's only coming back to Minnesota for the convenience of his own political agenda. Why didn't he run in the states he was living in? Clearly, for being a Harvard graduate, he's not too smart on taxes, is he? Everybody laughs, saying I came from wrestling. But at least I knew when I wrestled in 40 states, I had to pay taxes in those 40 states. You just have to do the paperwork. I find it unbelievable that someone who could go to Harvard didn't know that or let it slip. Blaming his accountant is worse, because now he's turning into a politician. He's not accepting responsibility for his actions.' A recent state poll has Coleman leading with 52 percent of the vote and Franken with 40 percent. A hypothetical race with Ventura shows Coleman with 41 percent, Franken with 31 percent and Ventura with 23 percent. Posted by: Mike 2008-07-09 |
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