Jesse: I could be the "None of the Above" candidate
Posted at 12:21 PM on May 15, 2008
by Tom Scheck
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Jesse Ventura said on MPR's Midday that he's "thinking about running for the U.S. Senate." He called GOP Sen. Norm Coleman a "Chickenhawk" for voting to go to war but not going to war when he could have.
He called Democrat Al Franken a "Carpetbagger" and ripped him for not paying taxes in other states.
Ventura said he may put his name on the ballot as a "None of the Above" candidate. He added later on:
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