Jesse Ventura Response 6
Question 6:
Tell us why you would make the best Governor for the State of
Minnesota. What kind of "team" would you put together if elected?
Also, what is the worst idea you have heard one of your opponents in
this race support, and why?
In your rebuttal include a response to this question: If you face an
endorsement or primary challenge, why would you be the best candidate
for your party? In closing, please include information on how
interested readers can contact your campaign to volunteer and get more
information.
VENTURA Response 6:
First, I'll pass on the question, "...what is
the worst idea you have heard one of your
opponents in this race support, and why?"
This seems like an open invitation to negative
campaigning. I'll pass, except to say that
I'm not running against any one candidate.
I'm running against the two-party system.
Why would I be the best Governor of the State?
I'm not going to say I'd be the best. Minnesota
has had some good and some not-so-good
Governors. I can say that I will be a Governor
who places the people ahead of the special
interests. I will be a Governor who looks at
the big picture and considers the public good
before considering the politics of a given
public policy debate.
What kind of a team will I put together if elected?
I would put people on my team based on their
capabilities more than their party affiliation.
As a third-party Governor, I am more free than
any Democrat or Republican to choose the best
people for the job. My team would be a team of
competent people, having a variety of party
or independent preferences.
My team would be a group of people who
believe as I do that before considering the
politics of any issue, we should look at the
big picture and consider the public good.
With such a team working out of the
Governor's office, perhaps the Legislature
will also see partisan politics to be
less important than is seen today. With
me as your Governor and my multi-partisan
team showing that a variety of people can work
successfully together, we can put the idea of
the public good on the front burner and send
the two-party, partisan approach to the back,
where it belongs.
