Mr. "Who cares what you think"?

"And at Jessie's age of 70, it is time for Jessie to act like a silent curmudgeon, rather than the louder half of the 'East - West Connection'."

We all do something regrettable in politics. Mine was voting for Jessie Ventura. Why? Jessie was a novelty. Plus, I did not want Skippy to have a chance to win. I also like one of Jessie's platforms. To lower our annual license fees on cars to all be the same - and much lower. Why did Jessie want that? For his own selfish purposes. But back then, it helped my family also. That is, until the Democrats turned that back to what it was before Jessie.

But after his term as governor was over, Jessie really went off the rails. Mr. "Conspiracy Theory". His true colors started to show. Jessie is much more the Democrat than an independent. Today, he is nothing more than a cookie cutter liberal. How much of a cookie cutter? He not only endorsed the city burner Walz, but now also the very flawed Keith Ellison. Huh? Why? I don't know. Ask him.

The bottom line is this. Jessie's schtick is over for most Minnesotans. For him to come out and endorse a socialist or Democrat, is a real "who cares". In fact, if Jessie had endorsed Dr. Jensen and Schultz instead, it would have been embarrassing for MNGOP. In fact, the smartest thing that Jessie could have said would have been - nothing. As the old expression goes, "It is better to have some people think you are an idiot, than to open your mouth and then erase all doubts that you are".

Its funny. After I voted for Jessie, a conservative friend of mine called me a fool for voting for him. When I asked why, he replied, "Can't you see that he is not an independent? All that "Crips and Bloods" talk for Republicans and Democrats was just talk. He is really a liberal at heart." I hoped he was wrong. He wasn't.

Jessie has disappointed me over the years. There was a time when I really liked and admired him. His story was a rags to riches story in Minnesota. But - maybe much of that story was not true. In any event, Jessie's fan base in Minnesota, which at one time was large, is but a shadow of what it what was. And at Jessie's age of 70, it is time for Jessie to act like a silent curmudgeon, rather than the louder half of the "East - West Connection".