Cap'n Rusty
2008-07-28 06:34:09
Garrison Keilor, before he abandoned entertainment for politics, told stories on “A Prairie Home Companion” that illustrated the Minnesotan character. We’re “nice,” and we’re patient and although we don’t want to brag about it, we’re kind of modest. Obama’s antics on foreign stages arean’t going over too well out here.
Underneath our mild demeanor, however, there lurks a streak of rugged individualism (consider our winters. We like plain-speaking mavericks. Thus, Jesse Ventura won against slick and rich opponents. And he didn’t have an organization to speak of.
