Kasporov v. Ventura...

OK, again I venture slightly into politics. I was reading this article about Russian politics, specifically about how the chess player, Kasparov, is running against Putin. While it was an interesting article in its own right, I tend to be a bit Ameri-centric and relate everything to what I know (which is American politics). While the obvious comparison would be to Thomspon who is also running for President, I think the more adequate comparison would be to Jesse "the Body" Ventura running for office back when I was just out of high school. I figure, chess in Russia is about as famous (actually, probably more so) as wrestling is here. So, it kind of sucks...Russia gets a super-smart chess champion, we get...this guy.

(The caption that came with this picture read, "Jesse Ventura believes that Ryan Iverson's youth would prevail in a WWF Steel Cage Match.")