Talk:Jesse Ventura

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Mr. Ventura said that he had considered appointing whoever won today's election. But he said that he abruptly changed his mind when James Moore, the Independence Party's Senate candidate, was excluded from yesterday's debate. [1]

It wasn't just the memorial service that motivated his Barkley appointment. --Ed Poor

Would be nice if we could have some more history: graduation, military service, life in WWF, acting, when/where he was mayor, etc. &mdashMulad


Is there a website we could link the text of his proclaimation instead of in the article it takes up a lot of room in his bio for a rather small event in his life.Smith03 23:04, 17 Oct 2003 (UTC)

The problem with that is if the website goes away, so does the text. -Fernkes 12:00, Oct 18, 2003 (UTC)

The order of events, and the reason he was booed, at the memorial service isn't made clear by the article. It _sounds_ like he was booed (for no apparent reason), then there were 3 hours of encomium, then the "lets win" speech, and then (some time later) Ventura changed his mind on the appointment. Could someone clarify? -- Finlay McWalter 01:19, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I don't actually remember Ventura being booed there at all. - Hephaestos 05:52, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)
A paragraph on that was just removed.. I think Ventura was booed (though I can't remember how loudly), but I'm having trouble finding good video of the event. I'm curious of the copyright status of the main video feed, too—it may be public domain, but Internet sources of it seem to be disappearing, and I've never gotten any to work. There's a link here on Star-Tribune, but it's not working with my version of RealPlayer (shock of shocks…) I would guess that some people definitely did boo him, since he was a little unpopular at the time. Certainly some well-known Republicans who popped up on the video screens were booed loudly, so maybe memories are just confused. —Mulad 09:00, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Keep in mind that the memorial service was held at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. The crowd undoubtedly contained many students who disliked his stance on funding at the U of M. If I remember correctly, he attended the memorial service but left when 'it started to become a rally.' — wheresmysocks 07:40, Dec 27, 2004 (UTC)

I have a very difficult time believing Jesse is a Christian, much less a Lutheran...Terry,,, yes... Jesse... ?

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[edit] 9/11 Conspiracy Theories

Quote from http://www.PrisonPlanet.tv/:

Former Minnesota Governor, actor and wrestling star Jesse Ventura has publicly questioned the official version of events behind 9/11 and gone further than ever before in citing Operation Northwoods and the Gulf of Tonkin as examples of how the government has planned and carried out staged war provocations in the past. [2]

I don't wanna touch this one with a 10 foot pole, but someone should add this to the article. AlexLibman 18:30, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not a Navy Seal

I have read in some Navy Seal's websites (by former Seals) questioning whether Jesse Ventura was a Seal. He did graduate Buds/UDT but he did not take part in further training or fought with or joined any Seal Team. The distinction seems to be pretty major among former and current Seals. Here are some links that might prove useful. http://www.cursor.org/venturawatch/dangerous_game.htm http://www.leoterrell.com/bbs/messages/225.html http://www.cursor.org/stories/seal_or_udt.htm Edgar Kavanagh 11:47, 15 November 2005 (UTC)Edgar Kavanagh

Among SOME former and current SEALs. According to the Navy, anybody who completes BUD/S and earns their trident badge has the right to be called a SEAL regardless of whether they are ever assigned to a SEAL team or a UDT. Iceberg3k 18:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Height and weight

I don't know if this is easily verifiable but I remember that back in the 1980s the then WWF billed Ventura as 270 pounds and more like 6'5" - considerably bigger than the figures given here. Are the figures here the legitimate ones, as opposed to what he was billed as? I do realise that it is a common practice to bill professional wrestlers as significantly bigger than their legitimate size. He looks considerably bigger than Arnold Schwarzenegger in their fight scene in The Running Man, but that might be camera angles, etc, I suppose. Metamagician3000 06:08, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I would assume that the billed height and weight of any professional wrestler is about as real as any other aspect of professional wrestling. Iceberg3k 17:44, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
I'd be inclined to agree although I do disagree with your opinion of pro wrestling being fake. I don't think the guys' bodies feel that way. 144.126.161.43 04:04, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Bias

I see a section on controversy, but no section on his accomplishments while in office? J.B. 02/07/2006

Well, if you know of any, go ahead and add them. Jonathunder 05:53, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leaving United States

Whatever became of that? OsFan 18:43, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Complaint

This article is very poorly done. What's with the large controversy section? Are there any sources for the parts on education, pledge of allegiance, cuba, and the wellstone memorial, proving that they were controversial? It's almost like the Controversy section is just a list of things he's done as governor.


[edit] Wrestling

Too much of this article is involved with his wrestling career in my opinion, furthermore it's described almost as if it were a real sport ("he earned a title shot" etc) the style should be something similar to a description of his roles in the various movies he was in - i.e. you wouldn't type "Jesse Ventura was narrowly defeated by Arnold Schwarznegger in the end sequence of Running Man" you'd say "in the film Running Man his character did x,y,z".

He was involved with wrestling for over 20 years and is more known as a wrestler than a politician. If anything this article focuses too much on his political career and not enough on his wrestling career, especially since most people coming here would come for wrestling info just like most people going to Schwarznegger's page for his acting career. TJ Spyke 06:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Also, conversely most people would go to Ronald Regan's page for his political career and not his acting career. --Edgelord 22:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Light Rail

I added a section about Light Rail -- probably his most significant contribution to the state.

Robko626 19:48, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] stand on political issues, votes on particular bills

so there is a huge area about contraversy, but how about where the man stood on the political issues.... not everyone who comes here is interested about his wrestling career, tho he was a great professional wrestler in his era... he has moved on from wrestling, and that is where all his bad press come from... why not a section about his stance onparticuar issues he veto'd while in office, or the ones he supported while in officce... he was a good governor, and deserves to be well treated as such...

[edit] Third-Party Support

Quoting the article: "Prior to the presidential election of 2000, Ventura supported the role of third parties in national politics"

What source is there to suggest that he no longer favors third parties in national politics? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BTerran (talk • contribs).

Not sure who wrote it or what point they were trying to make, but it may have something to do with his breaking away from the Reform Party and joining up with the Independence Party. Even then, the statement seems out of place and needs revision. — wheresmysocks 02:09, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Presidency requirements

Can someone familiar with law determine whether the U.S. Constitution truly prevents Ventura from taking office? It says one must have had 18 years of residency (among other requirements), but it doesn't say they must be consecutive. I'm not incorrect, the article needs to have the appropriate line removed. Deepstratagem 08:25, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

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