jesse i respect your choice , not to run .// but we truly need someone of your staute / to tell it how it really is.and you do that. I too em a vietnam vet. 100 percent serivce conntected .combat vet.U.S.M.C. BORN IN 51// AND IN MN. so we come from the same era. this country is in rough shape ,and we all have to pitch in? but we need a leader. someone who tells it like it is . you still have time to run .
POLITICS
A New Job for Jesse?
The former Minnesota governor is considering a run for Senate. What he plans to do if he gets there.
Jul 11, 2008 | Updated: 4:17 p.m. ET Jul 11, 2008
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Posted By: bellaboo @ 07/15/2008 7:32:22 AM
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Posted By: rockittomesockittome @ 07/15/2008 2:18:14 AM
I Respect JESSE and if dose not want to run than more power to him! Why dont people just listen to his ideas and receive the ball!! You can make a diffrence if we all get off our lazy asses and implament his ideas! We dont need JESSE just his wisdom!
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Posted By: rockittomesockittome @ 07/15/2008 2:17:02 AM
I Respect JESSE and if dose not want to run than more power to him! Why dont people just listen to his ideas and receive the ball!! You can make a diffrence if we all get off our lazy asses and implament his ideas! We dont need JESSE just his wisdom!
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Posted By: BiggCrys @ 07/15/2008 12:27:48 AM
Jesse Ventura for President? Hell Yeah! And politicians everywhere need to be advised that Americans want real change and feel Jesse Ventura can produce those changes. Jesse, if you are reading this, Run for senate in Minnisota tomorrow and President in 2012. America-real Americans-Support you.
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Posted By: simonanunhappydem @ 07/14/2008 7:19:07 PM
I like Al Franken but I hope Jesse decides to run and wins. We need guys like him in the senate and house, who are not beholden to special interests. Special interest lobbying is killing our democracy.
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Posted By: illini4 @ 07/14/2008 12:18:37 PM
Note to Jesse: It's the national debt that's $9 trillion, not the deficit. The deficit is the differerce between income and expenses for the current year's budget.
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Posted By: illini4 @ 07/14/2008 12:16:24 PM
Note to Jesse: It's the national debt, not the deficit, that's $9 trillion. Deficit refers to the difference between income and expenses for the current year's budget.
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Posted By: chiefagc @ 07/14/2008 12:09:58 PM
homjett
We have had term limits for the President since the 40's- where the hell have you been? -
Posted By: homjett @ 07/14/2008 9:06:06 AM
Sen Coleman is a Dem posing as a Rep. Al Franken is a shame. Nothing against Jesse, but if he is for Drilling an building refineries, he get my vote. The only question is this, do we need more clowns in Congress that we already have. We need term limits for the President, an all of Congress. Maybe they would not feel the need to start campaigning the day after they take office, an get something done for the folks.
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Posted By: mobaxter @ 07/14/2008 8:03:04 AM
I disagree with yancey.
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Posted By: yancey @ 07/13/2008 8:26:59 PM
I find it doubly ridiculous that Jesse has the balls to attempt to go back to Minnisota and run for anything. I know he was a Navy Seal and that he was a professional wrestler (a vocation that gives one pause about his mental accuities) and as a former one-term governer of the state. What he's done since is not easy to find. I was a county commision organizer in West Virginia then and I traveled to many eletion events with our then Governor Cecil H. Underwood. Many times I heard him regaling the group with stories about what a spud and a dunce Ventura was.....and remember this was on a series of trips with literally all the governors of the country..... and they would all fall in the aisle of the bus or plane ,hearing our WV governor..... WEST VIRGINIA ...and Cecil loved it, but I don't think he was such a good teller of tales...I just thought he had a great set of after dinner talk (sans J. Ventura).........tales on the trail............outrageous!!
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Posted By: mobaxter @ 07/13/2008 6:29:04 PM
Yes,Jesse run for Senator.
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Posted By: mobaxter @ 07/13/2008 6:27:45 PM
Jesse run for senator,yes he would stand up for the AMERICA PEOPLE.
Minn. vote Jesse or write him in for Senator. -
Posted By: westcott_bruce @ 07/13/2008 6:08:11 PM
Run, Jesse, run. And run Reform, Jessie, run Reform!
Bruce Westcott, Chairman
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Posted By: onepoker @ 07/13/2008 1:32:57 PM
Jesse was opposed to helmet laws for motorcyclists yet he was for seat belt laws? this is just one of the many contradictions Jesse made us endure as Governor of Minnesota I must admit I was overjoyed when he won and I think he is basically a good guy but he really does govern by the seat of his pants. He took a job as an XFL announcer while he was governor for Godsakes his first and only priority seems to be Jesse. I love him as an actor and thought he was an entertaining bad guy as a wrestler but when it came to governing he was a hypocritical bully. I can't see how he would benefit Minnesota as a senator.
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Posted By: Jill from Florida @ 07/13/2008 12:15:52 PM
T BOONE PICKENS for President.
The Man With The Plan
Current Leaders of Congress: Guilty of emitting DEADLY GAS -
Posted By: sharkman @ 07/12/2008 11:32:13 PM
It seems to me Jesse,when you ran for governor you were going to cut the number of Senators and Representatives in half.After you won the election I never heard you speak of it again.You sold out and you know it.I know it and anyone paying attention knows it Speak really tough until you get around the old boys club.Another baby boomer full of sh-t.
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Posted By: Nins @ 07/12/2008 6:45:52 PM
Know why McCain wants to distance himself from former Senator Phil Gramm? It's not because of Gramm's obnoxious remarks calling Americans "a nation of whiners" who are in "a mental recession." Those remarks were so ascerbic that they may've been made just to give McCain an excuse to distance himself from Gramm. This issue is a lot deeper than it looks on the surface.
When Gramm was a Senator he was Chairman of the Banking Committee. He pushed through the legislation known as the "Enron Loophole." This loophole allowed US investment banks to bypass Federal regulations governing futures trading, and is the reason why investment banks were able to falsely inflate the prices of oil, wheat, corn and other commodities through massive futures trading, causing your costs of gas, heating oil and food to go through the roof.
Gramm also created the Gramm-Leach-Biley Act, which got rid of the laws that seperate banking, insurance and brokerage activities in America. The Gramm Act was touted as a new way to protect consumer privacy, but the real meat on the Act's bones was banking deregulation. Essentially, this Act did away with laws written after the Great Depression to protect us from another Wall Street/Banking Industry collapse. That's right, Gramm stripped the system of it's safe guards nine years ago, and guess what? The value of the dollar has nose-dived, four major economic institutions have failed, Wall Street is unstable, and we are in a worsening recession.
Notably, the US investment banks that gained the most from the Enron Loophole and from the Gramm Act contributed more than a million dollars to Gramm's campaign.
Currently Gramm is Vice Chairman of UBS, the Swiss Bank that came up with the idea of "death bonds." Worse, though, UBS is involved in a scam where they sold auction rate securities to American customers. Auction rate securities are supposed to be as safe as cash, but the way UBS did it, the fees garnished by their in-house investment bankers were intentionally higher than the return on the securities, ripping off their American customers. The Massachusetts Attorney General has already filed charges against UBS, and private brokers world-wide have dropped UBS stock. UBS is forecasted to lose 82.91% of it's value in 2008. We are talking about the corporate bank where Gramm is Vice Chairman. Looking at his track record there and at the havoc he has wrought on the US economy through the Senate Banking Committee, it's clear that either Gramm is a criminal or grossly incompetent.
Now McCain wants nothing to do with Gramm, wants us to forget Gramm has been a key player on McCain's team. Gramm was McCain's campaign CO-CHAIR and LEADING ECONOMIC ADVISOR. Previously, McCain had said that he planned to appoint Gramm as SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
With Gramm as McCain's leading economic advisor, now you know why economists and analysts say that McCain's economic policy plans are untenable.-
Posted By: onepoker @ 07/13/2008 1:28:35 PM
If your subject has nothing to do with the topic it is rude to post it. Spam Spam Spam. Come on nins
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Posted By: Chaotician @ 07/12/2008 6:07:52 PM
Run Jesse, Run! Coleman is worse than thean the worse Hypocrite...dear ole George! The man is enough to turn your stomach....and I am appalled that Minnesotans would actually let this creep represent them!
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Posted By: poupouch @ 07/12/2008 5:46:57 PM
IF DEMOCRACY AND PRINCIPALLY THE US DEMOCRACY IS: " FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE" , THEN WE OUGTH TO HAVE MORE INDEPENDENTS LAWMAKERS IN CONGRESS. BECAUSE BOTH DEMs AND REPs ARE ACTING LIKE 2 PERFECT GANGSTERS/MAFIA ORGANIZATIONS. AMERICAN THINK BOTH PARTIES ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER. THEY HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN FOR HUNDRED OF YEARS. INSTEAD BOTH PARTIES ARE ACCOMPLICE. THEY BOTH HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS, BUT THEY HIDE FOR EACH OTHER. BECAUSE DEMs KNOW IF THEY POINT FINGERS TO REPs THESE ONES WILL PUBLISH ALL THEIR DIRTY SECRETS. THAT'S WHY THEY HIDE EACH OTHER'S SINS.
WITH MORE INDEPENDENTS IN THE SENATE (LIEBERMAN, SANDERS) BOTH PARTIES WILL WORK TOGETHER TO ALLEVIATE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S PAIN INSTEAD UNABLE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
I'M WISHING GOV. VENTURA TO RUN AND BEAT THOSE 2 GUYS (NORM AND AL').
WITH A COALITON OF INDEPENDENTS IN THE SENATE THIS BODY OF 100 WOULD BE "FOR THE PEOPLE AND TO THE PEOPLE" INSTEAD OF FOR THE BIG BUSINNESS AND LOBBYING FRIENDS. -
Posted By: AndyWhite @ 07/12/2008 3:56:01 PM
WE NEED YOU JESSE, PLEASE RUN!!
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Posted By: AndyWhite @ 07/12/2008 3:55:39 PM
PLEASE RUN JESSE WE NEED YOU!
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Posted By: cobalt6 @ 07/12/2008 12:48:22 PM
Jesse Ventura was a great Govenor and I'm sure he would be a great Senator. I hope he does decide to run!! We need people like Jesse in politics and being anindependent is great too!!!
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Posted By: utajab @ 07/12/2008 11:58:58 AM
the Bod For Senate! i watched him on Leno the other night and i couldn't think of a better person to go into washington and shake things up.
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Posted By: Jill from Florida @ 07/12/2008 11:48:49 AM
Go Jesse! Go Jesse!
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Posted By: Concerned Canadian @ 07/12/2008 8:45:52 AM
Go Jesse Ventura !! ......America needs to wake up and shake up....you da man !!
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Posted By: coll.env @ 07/12/2008 8:19:03 AM
Jesse Ventura for Senator !
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Posted By: msrd4mph @ 07/12/2008 8:11:25 AM
I'm from Minnesota and I hope he runs and wins. Washington needs a sentor that questions things. We need change and Jesse is capable of shaking things up to promote change. He's not beholding to any special interests; Jesse is a man who professess and speaks his own beliefs. He would bring hope to our country.
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Posted By: il10per @ 07/12/2008 12:05:48 AM
Too bad Jesse doesn't live in Illinois because he's got (and always Has had) my vote. Politicians are B*llsh*t and could care less about the suffering of ordinary working American people. They live like Rock stars, and blow money like Movie Stars, only they're NOT Movie stars or Rock stars. So the taxpayers have to foot the bill for the country clubs, the hookers, the cocaine, and the sellouts to the big boys in the corporate circles. We need some MEN to get elected to congress, and we need to get rid of this Illuminati boys club with it's membership of rich old Caucasian FOSSILS, who have no interest in government whatsoever beyond maintaining the status quo. In short we NEED people like Barack Obama, Jesse Ventura, even a few Ross Perot types who are just crazy enough (Like a fox) to get in there and shake things up, maybe restore some semblance of honesty and parity to a legislation that has sold it's soul (and our collective taxpaying A-----) to the highest bidder with no regard for the consequences. This has to end NOW! I believe it WAS Malcolm X who predicted it: "The revolution will not be televised, it will be LIVE"!
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Posted By: underdog @ 07/11/2008 11:51:57 PM
I hope he runs for the senate. I wish we had more independents in public office. They couldn't do any worse then the group of clowns we have now. Of course, mandatory term limits would help. And anyone in office who puts the will of the party over the good of the people should be voted out either at election time or by recall vote.
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Posted By: Nins @ 07/11/2008 11:28:54 PM
Know why McCain wants to distance himself from former Senator Phil Gramm? It is not just because of Gramm's recent obnoxious remarks calling Americans "a nation of whiners" and that unemployed Americans are in "a mental recession." In fact, those remarks were so obnoxious that I wonder if they were engineered just to provide McCain an excuse for publicly distancing himself from Gramm. This issue is a lot deeper than it looks on the surface.
When Gramm was a Senator he was chair of the Committee on Banking, and in that capacity he was able to push through the legislation now known as the "Enron Loophole." This loophole allowed US investment banks to bypass the Federal regulations governing futures trading, and is the reason why the investment banks were able to falsely inflate the prices of oil, wheat, corn and other commodities through massive futures trading, causing your costs of gas, heating oil and food to go through the roof.
Gramm was a member of McCain's campaign team, but now Gramms' name is turning to mud. In addition to the Enron loophole, Gramm pushed through the Gramm-Leach-Biley Act in 1999, which got rid of the laws that seperate banking, insurance and brokerage activities in America. Essentially, this Act did away with all of the good laws written after the Great Depression to protect us from another Wall Street/Banking Industry collapse. That's right, Gramm stripped the system of it's safe guards nine years ago, and guess what? The value of the dollar has nose-dived, three major economic institutions have failed, Wall Street is highly unstable, and we are in the midst of a worsening recession.
Now you could say that this is not Gramm's fault, that he didn't know what the outcome of his actions would be. However, it turns out that the same investment banks that benefited from the Enron loophole and from the Gramm Act gave more than a million dollars to Gramm's campaign. Uh oh. A Congressional hearing is going to be convened to investigate this. And McCain wants to have noting to do with Gramm, wants us to forget that Gramm has been a key player on McCain's campaign team. Gramm was McCain's campaign CO-CHAIR and LEADING ECONOMIC ADVISER. Previously, McCain had said that he planned to appoint Gramm as SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. It looks like McCain is scratching that idea, now that the public is finding out about Gramm. Didn't McCain's team bother to find out about Gramm before publicly considering him as Secretary of the Treasury?
With Gramm in the driver's seat as McCain's leading economic adviser, now you know why economists and analysts are saying that McCain's economic policy plans are untenable.-
Posted By: Jill from Florida @ 07/12/2008 11:52:14 AM
Nins,
Obama needs to dock your pay for posting your usual daily propaganda on a Jesse Ventura article.-
Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/13/2008 1:36:41 PM
Nins can post this as many times as she likes.
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