Posted on 08/02/2014 6:35:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin hammered Jesse Ventura for winning a $2 million defamation lawsuit this week against Chris Kyle's widow.
After Kyle's death, Ventura continued with the lawsuit that stemmed from a passage from Kyle's book in which Kyle claimed he knocked out an unnamed Navy SEAL for trashing the troops. During his book tour, Kyle said that was Ventura. But after Kyle was tragically killed in 2013, many felt that Ventura, who has done a lot to damage his own reputation over the years, should have dropped the lawsuit.
"Hey tough guy, Jesse Ventura, your feelings were hurt because you perceived your reputation was besmirched by words in a book?" Palin said on her SarahPalinChannel. "So you turn around and sue, expecting $2 million from a military widow and her fatherless children? Yeah, like that is going to help your reputation, jackass."
Chris Kyle was a true American patriot -- the soldier who stood up for his country and saved so many lives by doing the job his Commander-in-chief gave him, taking out the bad guys. For his extraordinary work, Chris was known as "The American Sniper."(continued)
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defend him or detest him...ventura filed the lawsuit before Kyle died.
That is true too. And I acknowledge that point- but what I am trying to say is that if that were the case it would have been a weak argument and he would not have won in court.
To prove defamation is very hard in court (according to legal people I have read) and he won.
I am NOT arguing whether Jesse is a buffoon or not (he is).
Thanks for the INTELLIGENT discussion on this. My surprise was the amount of vitriol pour out over this issue, and I was surprised Sarah Palin weighed in on it.
It seems Ventura has put himself into this position, though... I had some high hopes for him when he first won governor. Arnold too... but the jobs were way above their skills.
*sigh* Where is another Reagan...
Understand and agree.
At the end I think Jesse will find he lost more than he gained.
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