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Jesse Ventura: I’d like to be Trump’s running mate
Hot Air ^ | 8/12/15 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 08/12/2015 6:50:24 PM PDT by markomalley

Well, why not? One’s a pot-stirrer with occasional ties to professional wrestling, and the other is … the former governor of Minnesota. Those who don’t recall Jesse Ventura’s foray into statewide politics may not realize it, but this could be a match made in heaven, at least for Ventura. After endorsing Donald Trump while speaking with former Trump adviser Roger Stone yesterday on Ventura’s Off the Grid, Jesse got down to the real business:

“I decided to go rogue. I still support Donald Trump, very strongly, even though we have some disagreements on issues. On the No. 1 issue: cleaning up the special interest corruption of our government, I agree with him,” Stone said about his split. “People are ready for blunt talk. They don’t want these politicians that are scripted or that are handled, or practiced, or coached. This is why you were successful, in Minnesota,” Stone said.

Ventura asked him who he thought should be Trump’s vice president.

Dr. Ben Carson is the only non-career politician and a straight talker, Stone said, calling a Trump-Carson ticket “very strong.”

But Ventura didn’t want to be left out of the mix.

“That throws me out of the equation because I’m a former governor. Do you think Donald would ever think of asking me?” Ventura asked.

Ventura was only a politician in the most narrow sense of the word. Like Trump in this cycle, Jesse ran for governor more as a lark than anything else, leveraging the major-party status of Ross Perot’s Reform Party to boost his bid. And like Trump again, Ventura gained lots of attention for campaign antics and outrageous statements. Most people here dismissed him as a joke, but woke up the day after the election to find out that we had elected Ventura over Norm Coleman and Skip Humphrey.

Unfortunately, the antics didn’t stop that morning, either. He went on a book tour the first year and used state security personnel rather than hiring his own bodyguards. The same year, he refereed a WWF wrestling match. In 2001 Ventura became an NBC color announcer for the short-lived XFL, which was backed by Vince McMahon. With Ventura making a joke of Minnesota government, Republicans and Democrats (DFL in MN) managed to cut Ventura out of the biennial budget process. He left politics at the end of his only term, while the state eventually went on to elect Al Franken … twice.

So … will Trump consider Jesse as a running mate? In one wrestling encounter, Trump pledged to back Ventura if he got back into politics, but Ventura ended up passing on the 2008 presidential election. It seems doubtful that Trump would ever consider such a combination, mostly because it would tend to distract from Trump himself. If Trump wants this effort to be taken seriously, especially if he does end up running as an independent, he’d need a serious, no-nonsense, and most of all quiet running mate.

In fact, Trump might not appreciate this trip down Memory Lane. If anything, it undermines his main argument that a non-politician would improve matters.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; barfalert; donatenotduplicate; searchventura; trump; ventura
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To: dragnet2

ROFL


41 posted on 08/12/2015 8:02:17 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: markomalley

42 posted on 08/12/2015 8:03:38 PM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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To: markomalley

It’s a perfect match. Two phony conservatives who don’t really know anything about the subject but are great at boasting, insulting, and attention-getting. They’re both like Obama, too, with their thin skin and unwillingness to move beyond superficial slogan making.


43 posted on 08/12/2015 8:07:04 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: jwalsh07

Sit on it!!! (isn’t that what they used to say on the old “Happy Days” TV Show?)


44 posted on 08/12/2015 8:10:32 PM PDT by SierraWasp (Help Stamp Out Pernicious Progressives and Arrogant Activists With Their Liberalism!!!)
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To: ConorMacNessa
What a wonderful comment!!! I vote that the comment of the month, so far!!!

Don't anybody miss comment #15!!!

45 posted on 08/12/2015 8:13:51 PM PDT by SierraWasp (Help Stamp Out Pernicious Progressives and Arrogant Activists With Their Liberalism!!!)
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To: markomalley

Hey, imagine Jesse having to field questions from Megyn Kelly on a VP debate about suing widows of deceased servicemen and how that makes him a suitable would be commander in chief the proverbial heartbeat away.


46 posted on 08/12/2015 8:28:06 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
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To: markomalley

The brain damaged Ventura finally found a way to get some media attention.


47 posted on 08/12/2015 8:43:57 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Since you're so much smarter than me, don't waste your time insulting me. I won't understand it.)
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To: markomalley

Trump - Ventura 2016 Trump - Oprah 2016 Trump - Jenner 2016


48 posted on 08/12/2015 9:22:15 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: markomalley

No match here. Donald loves and supports our military, Jesse sues their widows and families. Go away you worthless A H.


49 posted on 08/12/2015 9:48:38 PM PDT by fish hawk (no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

That bastard has earned his place in hell for sure.


50 posted on 08/12/2015 10:04:39 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

That bastard has earned his place in hell for sure.


51 posted on 08/12/2015 10:05:09 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: markomalley

Wow.. wouldn’t that be a match made in Hades. One sues widows for their money; the other for their property.

Nice.


52 posted on 08/13/2015 1:14:55 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Liberalism is the poison ivy that infests the garden of society.r)
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To: markomalley

If that happens, my “probably not” for Trump will turn into a big “Hell no!”.


53 posted on 08/13/2015 1:00:36 PM PDT by Washi
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