Posted on 05/18/2009 1:08:52 PM PDT by steve-b
Continuing his book promotion media tour, former Gov. Jesse Ventura today resumed his blunt criticism of the Bush administration's interrogation policies and took another shot at former Sen. Norm Coleman.
Appearing on ABC's "The View" talk show this morning, Ventura called the waterboarding of suspected terrorists "torture."
"If this country follows the rule of law -- which we do -- torture is against the law," he said, adding, "I'm ashamed of my country."...
He was less harsh about Minnesota's still-unresolved Senate race than he was last week when he called Coleman "a hypocrite."
"It appears [Al] Franken won," he said, contending that when the state Supreme Court rules on the election results "it should end there."
Ventura also renewed his call for legalizing marijuana, something he advocated as long ago as 1998, when he was running for governor....
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
I heard him talking to Mancow last Friday?, and Ventura said he was waterboarded when he was a SEAL (or UDT).
How can any one take this nitwit seriously? So he wrote a book did he...with what? Crayons?
LOL
Isn’t Jesse V. an ex-SEAL? He sure behaves like a goof for someone who endured so much and is supposedly so bright. Are his fellow SEALs at all embarrassed by what he has become?
His real name was Jesse Janos, went through training with class 58 and chose to be in UDT 11 instead of SEAL Team, He never set foot in Viet Nam. Never saw combat and is not authorized to wear a combat action ribon. Did one tour with UDT-11 stationed in Subic, then got out.
Those are the facts.
strib headline equating Norm Coleman with torture duly noted....
I apologize for asking a question already answered. - I should have read all the way through the thread.
Jesse the WannaBee and Never Was
He could have been but choose not to be, cause he didn’t Wanna Bee. Until after he was out and used the title SEAL to promote himself. Pissed off alot of people.
..."I'd prosecute those who did it, prosecute those who ordered it and they'd all go to jail."
And there you have it. Jesse Ventura is calling for criminal charges to be filed against the United States Navy for torturing him in the 1970's.
If waterboarding is torture, then he is calling for this right?....right?
He was not a SEAL and never served in Viet Nam.
Pfft
He's not even a man, let alone a SEAL...
Remember, Norm had just switched from the DFL to the GOP less than six months before running for governor. Everyone knew what Skip Humphrey was. We just didn’t know who Norm was, and that’s about the best headline you could write about how Jesse won the governor’s job in MN.
Hannity said he likes Ventura and called him a “great American.” Vomit. I’m so sick of SH.
I can only take so much of "you're a great American" and "literally".
I agree with you completely on both comments.
That’s what I liked about him initially.
It came down to voting for a dem, a prior dem or the “ultimate outsider, government cutter, free marketer, etc.”
Of course, knowing what we know now...
That's because Hannity sucks at debating, and knows he'd get slapped down even by idiots like Ventura. He's completely lost on any issue outside of the few talking points that he's memorized. He is not a good public representative for the conservative cause.
Minnesota is a state that should wear a bag over its head.
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