Favorite album: Rolling Stones [no specific album].
Favorite book:The Bible (Revelation) and The Late Great Planet Earth, by Hal Lindsey.
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Favorite movie:The Terminator
Favorite TV show:The X-Files, because I think my fellow Senate candidates came from somewhere else.
Favorite Web site: In The Terminator where people are using it to keep warm. Fire in the box.
Favorite State Fair food: Watching the Republicans drinking gallons of milk [and getting] white mustaches, and Democrats always spilling ketchup on themselves.
Guilty pleasure: Using art politically.
Pet cliché: I have no pets but I used to have two Chinese pugs named Sheba and Tuffy. They passed away to pug heaven.
My friends think I'm... the best person they have ever met or wanted to meet or will ever meet. But what do they know! I am suspicious of them and I am usually right.
Proudest moment: [Editor's note: Savior chose to relate his "most interesting" moment.] Writing this letter to you hoping you understand and seeing the eyes of the elitist (great) seven DFL candidates when they don't win.
Biggest regret: Not traveling around the world, not enjoying life more, not putting my footprint on the moon or spinning around upside down in cyberspace.
Secret ambition: Maybe president of the United States--ASAP of course. Creating a new and more peaceful world for the next generation of children.
REBECCA YANISCH
Born December 13, 1952, East Grand Forks, North Dakota. Graduated University of North Dakota, 1977; MBA, University of Minnesota, 1981. Former executive director of the Minneapolis Community Development Agency; currently on leave as vice president of redevelopment at Ryan Companies, U.S., Inc. Married; Steve. One child.
Political party: DFL
Official Web site:www.rebecca2000.com
Day job: Candidate for U.S. Senate
Have you ever been elected to anything before? Not yet.
Will you honor your party's endorsement process? I will be running in the September 12 Democratic primary.
Which three adjectives best describe you political philosophy? Progressive, responsible, commonsense.
Which three political issues are most important to you? Education, health care, affordable housing.
What did want you want to be when you were 12 years old? A farmer.
What do you think of Sen. Paul Wellstone's beard? I think it makes him look taller.
Have you mailed that census thing back yet? Yes.
Favorite legal substance: Chocolate.
Anything you'd like to admit now, just to get it on the table? I really invented the Internet.
Anything you'd like to deny now, just to get it out of the way? Well...okay. I really didn't invent it.
Are you glad Tim Penny got out of the way? I wouldn't mind if all my opponents decided not to run.
Favorite album:Moondance, Van Morrison.
Favorite book:A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving.
Favorite movie:Life Is Beautiful
Favorite TV show:Ally McBeal
Favorite Web site:www.rebeccasgarden.com
Favorite State Fair food: Hot mini-doughnuts.
Guilty pleasure: The things I really enjoy I don't feel guilty doing.
Pet cliché: A good man is hard to find.
My friends think I'm... crazy for running for U.S. Senate.
Proudest moment: Being there for the birth of my grandchild.
Biggest regret: Not meeting my husband sooner.
Secret ambition: Racing horses.
