The problem with the Reform party, as Paul Gigot archly pointed out last week, is that it's not a political party, it's a Halloween party. And that was before the self-immolating Playboy interview by Jesse Ventura, governor of Minnesota and the party's leading elected official. A sample:
* On God: "Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers."
* On obesity: "I love fat people. Every fat person says it's not their fault, that they have gland trouble. You know which gland? The saliva gland." [Ba-da-boom!]
* On who killed JFK: "I believe we did. The military-industrial complex."
* On the afterlife: "I would like to come back as a 38 double-D bra."
To which, THE SCRAPBOOK can only say: Bring back the professional politicians!