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Jesse Ventura aims to get even with Navy SEAL in court
StarTribune.com ^ | 2/24/12 | Dan Browning

Posted on 02/24/2012 6:43:49 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

"Scruff Face"?

Them's fighting words to Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Minnesota's controversial former governor and TV provocateur.

Ventura, whose real name is James Janos, recently filed a defamation lawsuit against Navy SEAL Chris Kyle over the portrayal of a bar fight Kyle claims they had six years ago in Coronado, Calif. Kyle wrote about the alleged incident in his recent memoir "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History."

Under the headline, "Punching Out Scruff Face," Kyle describes a confrontation with a "celebrity" who served in the military during the Vietnam War and who "most people seem to believe was a SEAL." He said Scruff Face winters in Baja California, opposed the war in Iraq and described the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as a "conspiracy."

Though he didn't name Ventura, Kyle has since acknowledged that Scruff Face is Ventura.

In his lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District Court, Ventura denies any such fight took place and alleges that Kyle defamed him in an effort to promote his book. He's seeking unspecified monetary damages, including any profits from the book's sales.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: chriskyle; glassjawventura; jesseventura; minnesota; navyseal; ventura
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I thought he threw off the US and went to Cuba or someplace.


21 posted on 02/24/2012 7:39:33 PM PST by SkyDancer ("No Matter How The People Vote There Will Always Be A Federal Judge To Over Turn It")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

hilarious sendups of Ventura at

http://www.radiotapes.com/KQRS.html

scroll down to

2002 Morning Show - Jesse Ventura Bits

http://www.radiotapes.com/KQRS/KQRS%20-%20Jesse%20-%20X-Mas%20Carol.mp3

http://www.radiotapes.com/KQRS/KQRS%20-%20Jesse%20-%20Mission%20Accomplished.mp3

http://www.radiotapes.com/KQRS/KQRS%20-%20Jesse%20-%20At%20Harvard.mp3

http://www.radiotapes.com/KQRS/KQRS%20-%20Jesse%20-%20Defends%20Tyrell.mp3


22 posted on 02/24/2012 7:39:59 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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OK, so “Ventura” is a joke...
but didn’t the majority of voters in a mid-western state vote him in as governor???
Then they voted in a “comedian” as senator???
Maybe the folks in MN need some SEALs to show them REAL leaders....


23 posted on 02/24/2012 7:51:21 PM PST by matginzac
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To: matginzac

Minneysoter is actually a Canadian Province.


24 posted on 02/24/2012 8:21:06 PM PST by X-spurt (Its time for ON YOUR FEET or on your knees)
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To: RightOnline; Kirkwood

Promptly leaving the scene was a prudent thing to do, but I doubt he “ran out”.

Guarantee you no one in that Coronado, CA bar frequented by SEALS, had any idea of who the assailant was, or was even able to give the police a physical description. That would include the bartender. Given the calm demeanor of the SEALS that were present when police arrived, I doubt the police even asked.

Ventura’s reputation is well known by most in those parts, especially after he tried to pass himself off as a SEAL.


25 posted on 02/24/2012 8:36:16 PM PST by frog in a pot (I am not a birther, I am an NBC'er)
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To: SkyDancer

Baja.


26 posted on 02/24/2012 8:53:42 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR: Now, More Than Ever.)
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To: X-spurt

Minnesota is western Ontario.


27 posted on 02/24/2012 9:43:38 PM PST by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: matginzac
ut didn’t the majority of voters in a mid-western state vote him in as governor???

It was one of those 3 way splits, he got in with 37% of the vote.

28 posted on 02/24/2012 9:59:23 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: RobbyS

Got that right!


29 posted on 02/24/2012 10:11:01 PM PST by X-spurt (Its time for ON YOUR FEET or on your knees)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
'American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History.'

I find it tough to have a lot of respect for somebody who allows that title on his book. I guess he took a lot of shots at ducks on a pond and piled up "confirmed kills". Good for him. He's no Marine Corps sniper, though. He is definitely no Carlos Hathcock. About 90% of being a real sniper is "stalking". Maybe he should see if he can make it through USMC Scout Sniper Basic School before he writes another book.

30 posted on 02/24/2012 10:16:46 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

Try reading the book before you comment. He has good things to say about Marine Snipers as well as the value of stalking.


31 posted on 02/25/2012 1:05:01 AM PST by kimoajax (Rack'em & Stack'em)
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To: gaijin

One of my friends is a Navy SEAL Captain

he verifies the SEAL version, Ventura got laid out :)


32 posted on 02/25/2012 1:46:45 AM PST by RaceBannon (Romney would surrender to Islam as fast as Obama promotes it)
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To: kimoajax

I hear it’s a good book. My problem is with the title.
I don’t have to read the book to read the title.


33 posted on 02/25/2012 1:52:19 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

>> My problem is with the title.

That might be the publisher’s choice.


34 posted on 02/25/2012 1:57:19 AM PST by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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To: Gene Eric
That might be the publisher’s choice.

I thought of that, but the author can always step up. Anyway, even after all these years I still get bothered by that fraud Jack Coughlin, author of 'SHOOTER: The Autobiography of the Top Ranked Marine Sniper'. The guy was apparently a Marine combat veteran, but he was never a sniper. I'm leary of guys who tell war stories, and learier of guys who tell war stories for profit in books with titles that proclaim they are "top ranked" or "most lethal in history".

35 posted on 02/25/2012 2:10:32 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

>> I thought of that, but the author can always step up

You’re right, and that was a secondary thought in my mind.

I hear ya’ regarding story tellers. There’s another book out that talks about SEAL 6. A few flags went up as I listened to the author being interviewed.

G’night!


36 posted on 02/25/2012 2:35:53 AM PST by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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To: gaijin
And so that guy just belted him one, laying him out flat, and ran out of the bar.

Looks like Jesse is right - there was no fight, it was a bitch-slap-down.....

37 posted on 02/25/2012 3:21:55 AM PST by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: gaijin
He also launched into stuff like, “It’s OK if some SEALs get zapped from time to time —they deserve it...”

The fact that Ventura is still breathing, has all of his limbs attached and functional, etc, speaks volumes as to the professionalism and restraint of the SEALs. He should consider himself lucky that he only got decked.
38 posted on 02/25/2012 3:25:20 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: gaijin

it seems Jesse was yelling out fighting words and landed on his face...no fight, just face prints in the floor..


39 posted on 02/25/2012 5:19:53 AM PST by goat granny
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To: Kirkwood

Navy Seal Sharpshooter Chris Kyle Punched Jesse Ventura... this is the interview on Opie and Anthony:

http://youtu.be/bhjHWovwix4


40 posted on 02/25/2012 5:53:14 AM PST by Alt Right (Voted for Clinton in 92 (my first election) and the Republican Revolution in 1994!)
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