A Quote About Norm Coleman From A Freeper Board

[JimGinPA]

"Sometimes I forget that Norm Coleman, in the prime of his political career, lost to a professional wrestler AND a comedian.

And it took his very popular opponent to die in a plane crash a week before the election for him to get his senate seat to begin with, and even then he won by less than 50,000 votes."

:spray:

:rofl:

[Muttocracy]

1. that's terrific. (he's also a former long-haired hippie!)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

11. Well, that's as good an excuse as I need to post this picture:

Dude looks like he just got back from the Foghat concert.

[Peacetrain]

17. Now that was just plain scary

[Demoiselle]

2. Al Franken was a PROFESSIONAL wrestler?

I know this will expose my utter stupidity...but I thought Al was just a high school/college wrestler.
Or are we talking about Jesse Ventura in some other contest?
When you correct me, please be kind.

[JimGinPA]

3. 1998 election for governor

Jesse Ventura (Ref.), 36.99% 773,713
Norm Coleman (R), 34.29% 717,350
Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL), 28.09% 587,528

[Demoiselle]

10. Thank you..

So, actually Norm has lost to two wrestlers...a pro and an amateur.
Neato.

[Muttocracy]

14. 65% did NOT vote for the party-switching mayor of St. Paul :)

[pscot]

5. I think Normie ran for Gov.

and lost to Mr.Ventura.

[That Is Quite Enough]

6. Jesse "The Body" Ventura in a governor race, I think.

[Thor_MN]

7. The former wrestler was Jesse "The Body" Ventura

Our one term Governor, that people seem to find as an endless reason to deride our state. As far as I am concerned, he wasn't too bad.

[Cha]

12. Considering the alternative..

it seems like he was great.

[Muttocracy]

13. people think it's cool to laugh at Ventura without knowing anything about him as governor

I lived in MN then, and I thought he was a mixed bag, but as you said, way better than Coleman. He And he didn't go straight from wrestling to governor - he held local office first. And hearing about the Navy Seals and the pirates this week reminded me he had that background too.

And some of Ventura's conspiracy-theory-ish talk sounds a lot less nutty after the Bush administration and other revelations.

[MissMarple]

9. Oh, who is the big blond guy? Jesse Ventura? Wasn't he governor.?

And a "professional" wrestler. Very dramatic and costumed up.

[rasputin1952]

4. ROFLMAO...How True!!!

The man is an incredible LOSER...:spray: :rofl:

[Deja Q]

8. No wonder Jesse Ventura won in 1998...

:shrug:

[Froward69]

16. I thought it was Jesse's

Pink Boa that confused and confounded the voters... wasn't that what Norm complained about then?

[Stevepol]

15. I don't think he won at all vs Mondale. Wish they'd recounted or audited.

I could be wrong, but I'd bet money on the outcome of that recount (Mondale), though I wouldn't bet a whole lot.