BODY SLAM! Ventura rips "coward" Cheney, "hypocrite" Coleman

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Tuesday May 12, 2009 · 11:33 AM PDT

2009/05/12 · 11:33

Former Minnesota Governor (and ex-pro rassler) Jesse "The Body" Ventura went on Larry King's show last night. BAM! POW!

Ventura said he was waterboarded as part of his Navy SEAL training. He was (typically) not shy about his views. "It's a good thing I'm not president," Ventura said. "I would prosecute every person 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."

He went on: "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."

Part 1:

From the Star-Tribune:

Ventura also challenged Cheney for avoiding service during the Vietnam War with college deferments. "Clearly, he's a coward. He wouldn't go when it was his time to go."

As for Cheney's boss, Ventura called former President George W. Bush "the worst president of my lifetime. Barack Obama inherited something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy."

Now don't pussyfoot around, Jesse. Tell us what you really think! How about Norm Coleman?

"Coleman's always been a hypocrite," said Ventura ...
"He never does what he says," Ventura added. "He said on Election Night [in 2008], when he won, that Franken should drop out and he should be the senator. Well, the same should hold true after the recount."

Part 2:

Ventura also suggested a position for himself in the Obama administration: our next ambassador to Cuba.

"I went there as a governor, I felt comfortable with the Cuban people, I met with Fidel Castro when I was there as governor," Ventura said, adding that U.S.-Cuba relations should be normalized.

"They love the American people, they just dislike our government," he said.

UPDATE:

From the comments, transcript on Crooks & Liars, h/t to pi1304.

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