Jesse Ventura on 'The View' - Destroys Torture Arguments

@MosesHawk on twitter says "American's Journey: Jesse Ventura on 'The View' - Destroys Torture Arguments RT @1txsage1957"

FUCK YES.

The dude was a goddamn Navy Seal who's seen crazier shit in Basic than many will see in a war zone, and he says waterboarding is torture, and torture is wrong-- and this blond ditz has the audacity to tell him that he doesn't know what he's talking about?

He was WATERBOARDED! HE KNOWS it's torture. How dare that stupid right-wing ann-coulter stand-in tell him otherwise.

Haven't watched that show but a few times . I thought it gave women a bad name . Bunch of squawking haglets , Jesse thinks quite well . Yeah , I made up a word . ^

Jesse speaks like he wrestled, with power. about the presidency though I think that he is too smart for that job. I would have to agree about the difference between being the governor of a relatively small state like Minnesota (no offense Vikings fans) and being the President of the United States. Absolute power corrupts absolutly, too many people to please, too many knives aimed at your back if you don't. Not that I don't think he would be a great Pres, I do.

AWESOME! an ex military man calling it was it is TORTURE!

Jesse serves it hot.

lol hassle "whack" I dont miss her at all since i stopped watching the view

I never thought I would live to agree with "The Body," but I do.

Jesse is awesome. Hope you all get to see the movie....The obama Deception, he was in it.

Only point I disagree with is prosecuting the ones who did 'it'. Those who give orders do not expect to be second-guessed and they can't be or the wrong people die. All the parade training is done just for this reason; following orders without hesitation.

hasselbeck makes me puke. as a lifelong democrat, i'd have to say that jesse ventura is an independent that has my vote if he ever runs.

Ventura on the View, I love it!

"We only seem to water board Muslims"

Oh yeah, lets support and analyze a person who thinks 9/11 was an inside job. Why does anyone care what he says? Dumb.

I love Jesse Ventura. When he was Gov of MN, he did a lot of stupid attention grabbing stuff to be in the lime light, but when it was about government, he did what he thought was good for the people, not for his party.

I met him years ago at a lecture and there was a drunk lady (at a lecture?) that was fawning over him like whoa. She asked why he didn't want to run again or run for something else. He said something about how he didn't want to be involved in government when it was all about party politics and creating slush funds. I totally understand that, but at the same time i wish that we had more people who were independent thinkers involved in government.

Slowdown people...some of you are talking about wishing Jesse Ventura being president. Leadership qualities are really THIS rare among you? Come on! I won't take anything away from Ventura with his governor career, but running a state and running a country are two completely different responsibilities. That's treading Palin territory. Remember the last time someone wanted a big name actor/athlete to be in government? Now look at all the problems California has with Schwartzenegger. Did they really think a BODYBUILDER would know what the hell he is doing?

Gimme a break, folks. Give Ventura a radio show as counter to Limbaugh, at best.

I love hearing voices of reason, and Jesse Ventura has not failed in that aspect. It's such a shame that this bitch Elisabeth Hasselbeck gets a huge audience to spout off her pre-made right-wing bullshit. God damn it's a shame.

This look like a conversation about astrophysics between a physicist and a boy watch too much sci-fi channel.

Funny how Hasselbeck mentions “enhanced interrogation” in front of a guy that has been waterboarded and really know how it feels.

OMG....Jesse ventura is freakin awsome!!!!!!

You know, I was sort of thinking Cheney was guilty of the Sharron Tate murders, lol. Kudos to Ventura!

The blond on that show, boy she has dain bramage.

It boggles the mind that there are people who defend/promote torture. This shouldn't even be a thought. It's 2009,... we should be uniting, learning to accept each other and learning to play by the rules - not ignoring "rules of war" with big-headed self-righteousness.

It's sickening to be aligned with people who use specious reasons to justify the morally grotesque.

hilarious how the republican talking points in such a short period have gone from "it never happened" to "it happened but it was good" to "It was Pelosi's fault." do they think we are all retarded?

It's funny that he mentions Sharon Tate, because the same prosecutor, who prosecuted Charles Manson for the Tate murder, wrote a book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder. by Vincent Bugliosi. He's no left wing liberal. He was willing to state his case 'under oath'. I trust the words of a former Prosecutor who understands what 'under oath' means. The truth and nothing but the truth.

George W. and Dick Cheney can't even spell, 'the truth and nothing but the truth', let alone be put under oath. I fear our political leaders are afraid of what would happen if they were put under oath. What would they be forced to admit if they were? We don't have to waterboard them, just put them under oath.

No one spins Scooter Libby, do they? Ya can't spin it, once it becomes fact. They couldn't spin torture, if they were held accountable in a court of law. 'The court of public opinion', affords them the luxury of lying. Truth is not required in 'the court of public opinion'. We just move along after things are judged in 'the court of public opinion'. That's just sad!

That man is a born leader. I wish he was president.

"You give me a water board, one hour, and Dick Chaney, and I'll have him confessing to the Sharon Tate murders."

It's funny cause it's true.

i have to say i am impressed with him, and just how blunt he was.

he should run for the white house, i would vote for him if i could.

I just. you know. i try not to perpetuate the word "hate" in my personal vocabulary... but sometimes there are just certain people i have deep feelings of hatred for and i cant suppress it. elizabeth hasselbeck is one. randy jackson from american idol is another.

I was impressed with Jesse's arguments. Elizabeth Hasselbeck is so lock step marching little brownshirt that she would defend torture.

Jesse speaks from experience.

The blond has decided that she is in line with the right and is willing to spin whatever is in front of her to justify her party's righteousness. Her spin is not objective. It is bias and always adversarial with whatever the spin the left has on a topic. We as a country will never progress if we let crap like this continue to divide us. Be objective people.

Voices of reason are good, even if not in government. Many times the best voices come from outside government. Their views do not have to pass the political sniff test. Who is paying them to speak? All they need is a platform for their views to be heard.

Jesse Ventura is a voice, which is feared by the left and the right. He's willing to speak, regardless of party. Country before party, what a concept! We need more Americans willing to stand up and be heard, regardless of party.

um...i would have voted for him.

surprising