In February 2003, I signed a three-year contract with MSNBC to host a talk show. Having recently decided not to run again for governor of Minnesota, I was still a pretty hot commodity. The show was originally scheduled for an hour, four nights a week.

I live by the golden rule: Treat others as you'd want them to treat you.

If you're stealing a television, that should not be the death penalty.

The thing is, and Americans are starting to realize this now, that while street gangs are violent, the Democrats and Republicans are worse. They are worse because their decisions affect your life.

Don't vote for a Democrat or Republican, I have never voted for one in my life and I never will.

Governments are run by people. People can be bad.

You can drink yourself to death, you can smoke yourself to death, you can eat yourself to death.