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- dalibero, on 05/12/2009, -8/+458Who is this guy, and why isn't he a super hero.
- mgraham80, on 05/12/2009, -2/+331It can't be said any better than this (from the video):
Jesse Ventura: I would prosecute every person who was involved in that torture. I would prosecute the people that did it, I would prosecute the people that ordered it, because torture is against the law."
Larry King: You were a Navy S.E.A.L.
Jesse Ventura: Yes, and I was waterboarded [in training] so I know... It is torture...I'll put it to you this way: You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders. - bundwallah, on 05/12/2009, -5/+328Jesse's proven he is so much more than a "wrestler". Great guy.
- Lucas123, on 05/12/2009, -3/+281He's a former Navy Seal who served in Vietnam, a former professional wrestler and former governor of Minnesota. In other words - a super hero.
- ritubpant, on 05/12/2009, -2/+253I watched him on Larry King last night and it was refreshing to see someone be so blunt and say as it is. Especially, when he said if he got a chance to waterboard Cheney he could have him confess to the murder. Ahhhh and all the Bush bashing was fun to listen to as well. And the cuba embargo *****, he is right....not sure why that is still in place. Anyway, more people should speak up like Ventura did last night, must be the wrestler in him.
- Lucas123, on 05/12/2009, -1/+247When Cheney became eligible for the draft, during the Vietnam War, he was a supporter of the U.S. involvement in the war but did not serve in the military. Instead, he applied for and received five draft deferments (Source: Wikipedia).
I say now is his opportunity to serve -- on the waterboard. - lystig, on 05/13/2009, -1/+187WTF is wrong with the USA? The only people that seem to be competent and rational are wrestlers and parody news show hosts.
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 05/13/2009, -0/+163I saw a documentary about how he became Governor and it was the same thing. He was extremely rational, he didn't try to force any sort of ideology onto anyone except for mutual respect. He wasn't interested in any political favors, sponsorship, or any other BS.
He puts the people ahead of his party, and considers himself a public servant, instead of an elected monarch. - Hetman, on 05/12/2009, -0/+156He is a super hero. He helped Arnold take on the predator. It did not work out so well for him though.
- spaceman77, on 05/13/2009, -8/+140Jesse Ventura shoots from the hip where most politicians speak artificially.
He's also not afraid to question the official 9-11 story.
He knows how Washington works.
Keep going Jesse, keep going. - FrozenPie, on 05/13/2009, -0/+90"I'll put it to you this way: You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders."
Good quote. Notice the emphasis he's making about how waterboarding will just make the victim say whatever the torturer wants to hear. - tgjerusalem, on 05/12/2009, -0/+90"afraid of a waterslide and having water poured down his nose?"
If it's such a mild experience, why don't you volunteer and tell us how that goes? - woahwoahwoah, on 05/13/2009, -2/+78Ventura is a badass. He says what's on his mind, and he's correct: these guys claim that waterboarding is not torture, but they most likely haven't even experienced it themselves. Btw, why has Hannity not followed through on his volunteer promise yet?
- RobotKeaton, on 05/13/2009, -2/+77You forgot Sexual Tyrannosaurus.
- Hetman, on 05/12/2009, -0/+71Maybe he has high moral standards and he realizes you can never justify torture.
- sugarazor, on 05/13/2009, -0/+67Until you live the life that Jesse Ventura has, you don't get to talk about who has bigger balls. I can pretty much guarantee that Ventura has done more in any one of the last 40 years than you have in your entire life.
- juk3box, on 05/13/2009, -18/+84Ventura wouldn't need an hour. Cheney couldn't last one minute. One neocon, Christopher Hitchens, tried waterboarding and only lasted 11 seconds until he panicked and demanded it be stopped: http://exiledonline.com/hitchens-gets-waterboarded ...
Cheney, another draft-dodging neocon like Hitchens, probably wouldn't last much longer. - tgjerusalem, on 05/12/2009, -4/+69I will pay for tickets to see this live. Name your price. I'll sell a kidney if necessary.
- KittySpark1es, on 05/13/2009, -1/+60Jesse Ventura is the crazy uncle I wish I had.
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 05/13/2009, -1/+60That would have no meaningful impact.
He needs to be tried for war crimes. - AaronCo, on 05/13/2009, -1/+58I would pay real money to see Dick Cheney getting waterboarded.
- Kalior, on 05/13/2009, -3/+56I love how when you say something that 90% of diggers agree with, no one mentions your skullet
- mikesmillions, on 05/13/2009, -1/+53That's the Jesse I remember way back when!
- BorsKaegel, on 05/12/2009, -9/+58Appoint him to be ambassador and give him that chaingun from Predator. He'll clear enough tropical foliage to build a Wal-Mart.
- OfNumbers, on 05/12/2009, -35/+84This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus - just like me.
- joshblufs, on 05/13/2009, -4/+51What if he is really guilty of the sharon tate murders? does that mean torture works?
- sugarazor, on 05/13/2009, -1/+48Congratulations on completely missing the point.
- sugarazor, on 05/13/2009, -0/+46It's true, I'll take Randy Savage over Michael Savage any day of the week.
- relaxeder, on 05/13/2009, -2/+48I think Jesse Ventura can be a little full of himself sometimes, but I respect him for what he did when he ran for and served as governor of Minnesota. He just pitched his case, went in and did his thing, and then left politics. And hey, he got us lightrail.
- enevitable, on 05/13/2009, -2/+48Torture apologist.
Congratulations on professing to know nothing about a subject, and looking like a complete tool while doing so.
Keep on the bandwagon alanocu. - Toshibi, on 05/13/2009, -3/+46Ventura for President 2012!
- gonegoogling, on 05/13/2009, -2/+44There is no constitutional authority to ban American citizens from traveling to Cuba or anywhere else.
- twiztidsinz, on 05/13/2009, -1/+41"play on the waterslide"?
You volunteering, big man? or just talking out of your ass like the ignorant internet toughguy that you are? - Chakat, on 05/13/2009, -1/+40It it's just playing on the waterslide, why did we prosecute japanese people for war crimes when they waterboarded during wwii?
- karmakaziX, on 05/13/2009, -0/+38To hell with waterboarding, let's stick Cheney and Ventura in a ring for twenty minutes and see what happens.
- sugarazor, on 05/13/2009, -3/+40Uh... what draft did Hitchens dodge? He just became an American citizen two years ago and the UK hasn't used National Service since 1963, when Hitchens was 14.
- inactive, on 05/13/2009, -0/+34Bury the troll and report him, if you must, but don't engage him in debate - he's just a *****. If he genuinely believes that ***** he's spewing then he's a moron and can't be swayed by rationality or facts. He's also part of a minority, an endangered species, so just gawk at the ***** then move on.
- banderwocky, on 05/12/2009, -5/+38I'd pay money to see him do that.
- flangepiece, on 05/13/2009, -0/+33I ain't got time to bleed.
- somnus, on 05/13/2009, -2/+35Also, hardly a neocon. He doesn't live in the same world as CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS, and the rest of the American public where the political spectrum is shown in useless and insulting terms that have next to zero to do with what they mean. There is more than left and right to the world.
- juk3box, on 05/13/2009, -1/+32of course he's much more than a wrestler. He's a former Navy S.E.A.L.
- relaxeder, on 05/13/2009, -0/+29Whoosh!
- danthepiercer, on 05/13/2009, -0/+29and that is precisely why both democrats and republicans went after him while he was in office. he proved that a non politician can actually WORK for the people!
Mr Ventura has my respect like no other political figure ever has. He was alienated, attacked, and pressured from all sides to cave in to the business as usual kind of politics...and he told them all to get *****! - WorldLeader, on 05/13/2009, -3/+31This guy is the ***** man.
- lokee73, on 05/13/2009, -0/+28I don't agree with all of his politics; but I still respect the man for his views. And I wouldn't mind him being in charge of any place I lived.
- inactive, on 05/13/2009, -0/+27He made a great point about Bin Laden and waterboarding towards the end.
- poogy21, on 05/13/2009, -3/+30Jessy Ventura is officially a one bad ass mo fo!
- Elranzer, on 05/13/2009, -0/+27"You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders."
^^^ THIS - RatatRatR, on 05/13/2009, -0/+26Hint: You have not gotten it straight.
- Keggluneq, on 05/13/2009, -0/+26I'VE BEEN WATER BOARDED. IT IS TORTURE!
--Jesse Ventura
Funny how everyone who's ever been water boarded considers it torture while sniveling coward chicken hawks like Cheney, Hannity and Limbaugh disagree. On what basis can they say this unless they've been on the receiving end? -
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