> Re Max's: "Funny for someone (anyone) on this list to call Ventura
> an 'oddball,' when the dude just got elected governor."
>
> MBS as chief protocol officer -- this *is* an exciting new departure.
> You're absolutely right, though, so let me amend that: The *Honorable*
> Oddball Ventura.
You didn't get it. Respect was not the issue. This guy got 37% of the vote. If anyone's odd, it isn't him. Or else everyone is odd and no one is odd.