Call for Harold Stassen -

Call for Harold Stassen - Jesse Ventura says he juuuuuust might run for president:

"Visitors packed a room at the International Wrestling Institute and Museum in Newton, Iowa, on Saturday to see Ventura, who was Minnesota governor from 1999 to 2002. He received the Frank Gotch award for bringing professional wrestling to a higher level through his work as a politician, The Associated Press reported.

Ventura said he will never say never when it comes to getting back into politics, adding that he might be interested in running for president.

'Now, that doesn't mean I'm announcing today or anything, just that if I were to get into politics again, that would be the only office I'm interested in.'"

Hm. Talk show gig must be tanking again.

Note the section of the newspaper in which the article appears.

Trial Zeppelin - From Instapundit, this article in Opinion Journal by a former CIA director and a former USAF General has got to be giving Kim Jong Il indigestion:

"Unfortunately, the reflexive rejection in the public debate of the use of force against North Korea has begun to undermine U.S. ability both to influence China to act and to take the preparatory steps necessary for effectiveness if force should be needed. The U.S. and South Korea must instead come together and begin to assess realistically what it would take to conduct a successful military operation to change the North Korean regime."

That big just sets the stage for a forecast of what a military liberation of North Korea would take.

As Instapundit says, these are going to be interesting negotiations.

Remember - you can't give people just a little liberty. Kim is painted into a corner.

The "funny" part - and that's funny wierd, not funny ha ha - is that the left has been using the North Korean story to goad the administration from the beginning; "If you're invading Iraq because of WMDs, why aren't you doing the same for the DPRK?"

Watch for this on your favorite North Korean news source as things develop.

Posted by Mitch at August 5, 2003 05:34 AM