Ventura s personal foibles his brashness and sometimes unaccountable behavior has served to overshadow his own arguments. Recently Ventura called lawmakers gutless cowards for their handling of unicam and soon Gutless Coward buttons blossomed on lawmakers lapels all over the Capitol. Defiance has rarely been better crystallized. Rep. Carol Molnau, R, Chaska, was sporting a Gutless Coward button last week on public television during a transportation forum where Ventura admonished her for touching him. But the next day, lawmakers were joking on the House floor about the incident.
Flamboyance carries a price.