Surfing USA
Former Gov. Jesse Ventura (I-MN) held an online chat with the Washington Times this morning that included a bit of President Bush bashing. The one-time pro-wrestler/pol also said that Barack Obama and John McCain are wrong for the country.
Here are some of the highlights:
Ventura on the next chapter in his varied career: “Surfing.”
Advice to President Bush for the remainder of his term: “Would there have been one job in his history that he's left that he didn't leave in a complete shambles[?] If you look at that, that's what he's done. My advice to him would be, at this late age, ‘Try cleaning up your messes.’”
On what the U.S. will look like under the next president: “If (Barack) Obama wins, we'll get our taxes raised. Wrong to do with a struggling economy -- worst thing you can do is take money from the private sector and give it to the government. On (John) McCain, McCain is just four more years of the failed policies of George Bush. Failed foreign policies and no investments in the country's infrastructure. As Jerry Garcia used to say, if you're picking the lesser of two evils, you're still picking evil. I'm not saying they're evil men, I'm just saying both men are wrong for the country right now.”
On alternative energy: “The reason we don't have solar power like we should is they haven't figured out how to put a meter on it. Once they figure out how to put a meter on it and give a cut to the government, I figure they will push mush harder on it.”
On entertainer/MN SEN candidate Al Franken (D): “First of all, he hasn't been a Minnesotan for 30 years. He hasn't paid taxes in Minnesota for 30 years, so from my perspective, he's a carpetbagger who's coming here to run for his own aspirations. Why didn't he run in the state where he was living? If he loses, do you think he'll remain living in Minnesota?”
On a potential future run for office: “Don't know. Can't predict the future, and after 59 years on the planet, I know better than to try. But the door is always open.”
(Hotline’s NICHOLAS TABOR)
