Help get 150,000 Facebook LIKES for Jesse Ventura

[laserhaas]

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Real simple task here people.

Good man - stand up guy - whom main stream is now ostracizing.

Please help "Like" Jesse Ventura's Facebook Page?

[name not needed]

1. No.

[NYC_SKP]

2. I like that he challenges the status quo.

I kind of like the guy.

BTW, his FB page is now at 150,007 Likes.

[Brewinblue]

16. Agreed. Though I may not want him as my governor,

he infuriates repukes and DLC types when he speaks his mind. That alone is enough for me to kinda, sorta like him.

[arcane1]

3. That delusional, credulous egomaniac?

No thanks.

[HERVEPA]

4. You nuts?

[johnp3907]

5. No way.

[MotherPetrie]

6. I despise FB and that this predator company is apparently now the arbiter of someone's popularity.

Fuck 'em.

[Earth_First]

7. Nope.

No thank you.

[kestrel91316]

8. Ummm, nooooo, I don't believe I will. The man's a lunatic.

[stranger81]

9. Wrong website, dude. [n/t]

[frazzled]

10. Oh, great, another zany libertarian defense

I lived in Minnesota when Jesse Ventura was inexplicably elected governor. Thank heavens we moved to M assachusetts the following year. ( And, no ... That's not saying anything about Mitt Romney. Thank heavens we also moved from there a year later, too.)

I wouldn't like JV's Facebook page if you paid me.

[sabrina 1]

11. Looks like he's pretty popular. I like him, although haven't seen him much lately.

Navy Seal, actually put himself on the line for his country. It's funny to see the armchair 'support the troops' types, when one of the troops has a mind of his own. I guess they like them at a distance, looking like 'warriors'. But when they step out of line and think for themselves? No Sir, that is not acceptable! He earned the right to exercise his Constitutional right to express his opinions, or so he was probably told.

[RebelOne]

17. Agreed. I don't care about other opinions here at DU.

He is a great guy in my opinion.

[Recursion]

22. He was not a SEAL, but he liked to play one on TV

He was on a boats crew that infiled and exfiled actual SEALs.

[sabrina 1]

38. Semantics. He served six years in the Navy and was awarded

The Vietnam Service Medal. He didn't hide in the NG like Dubya, and didn't seek five deferments. like Chaney. He is a Navy Veteran who the flag wavers claim to support until they start thinking for themselves. Six years in the Navy from '69 to '75 qualifies him as a Veteran. Thanks for proving my point.

He gave up six years of his life in the service of his country. That qualifies him as someone who has earned the right to take advantage of the freedoms he was told he was ready to fight for. i guess it's okay to take advantage of those rights so long as you agree with ME!! Frankly I don't care if he agrees with me or not, he earned the right to express his opinions in this democracy.

[cherokeeprogressive]

25. Janos wasn't a SEAL. SEALs didn't come into existence until 8 years after he was discharged.

He was UDT. It SEAL training is another 26 weeks on top of UDT training. Ventura never went through that. And he never saw a day of combat in the whole time he was in Vietnam. Witness his lack of a Combat Action Medal. More than a few SEALs have spoken out about his claims and their lack of respect for him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura#Chris_Kyle_controversy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura#Navy_SEAL_background_controversies

[sabrina 1]

41. He served six years in the Navy and was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Service_Medal

He was there in the middle of the Vietnam War and clearly was not trying to avoid it. I doubt he had any say in the orders he was given. Unlike some of our most illustrious leaders, he didn't apply for five deferments or go AWOL from the NG.

But hey, like I said, 'support the troops until they take you at your word about the 'freedoms' they are ready to fight for and you say something THEY don't like, then watch how they toss those troops overboard.

Anyone who gave up six years of their lives to defend this country, as they believed they were doing, is a better person than most of the War Criminals who did everything they could to avoid putting themselves in the position of possibly getting shot at. I doubt he was giving the orders as to where he would be sent but clearly he was ready to go wherever he was needed.

[scarletwoman]

12. No way. (1)I don't do facebook. (2)I lived through Ventura being governor of my state.

He's an egotistical attention hound with the intellectual depth of a dust mite, and the ethics of a drunken teenager.

[Apophis]

13. Uh, no.

He was the governor of my state and I remember his "questionable" ethics. And now he's certifiably insane.

[Chan790]

14. No.

I have a problem with people shilling for support for right-leaning Libertarians on DU.

[Brewinblue]

26. I'm no fan of libertarians,

but Jesse is not right-leaning. Not at all.

[Recursion]

31. Yes, he is

Anti union, anti safety-net

[Honeycombe8]

39. I think Ventura is an "Independent," not Libertarian. nt

[Chan790]

43. If it caws like a libertarian crow...

don't believe it when it says it's an independent raven.

Lots of libertarians and conservatives like to claim to be "independent". They've destroyed the credibility of their brand, so now they have to deny it.

[sigmasix]

15. good men dont spread paranoid conspiracy theories

This wack-job that claims Obama has re-education fema camps? That "good man" is a slime-ridden, lying antigovernment loon with delusions of an intellect. Having an open mind doesnt include giving your brain to the guy with glib rejoinders about the evil Obama does. More Evidence of the Obama Derangement Syndrome at work among some DU "members".

[Recursion]

18. Why? He's a libertarian conspiracist whackjob

No thanks

[laserhaas]

19. 1st - we're There - 2nd;ly - FB/ Twitter is an absolute MUST (or we yield over to the Right easily)

Without Social Media, Romney's Clear Channel 800 stations would have run over Obama....

Finally, on the snide - naysay of Jesse Ventura

You should be ashamed.

The man stands tall for what he believes and main stream is attacking him
(even making sure they don't film him)

When (in a short while) - I bring forth my Racketeering Complaint against Romney & Gang;
he and those who benefit/ benefactors - are going to attack me in full force.

Think back to this day - and remember - when that battle comes.

Don't be the tool of the RWNJ ghouls;
simply because one is an "easy" target of mob mentality...

[blue neen]

45. Ah, yes.

Do tell.

[Recursion]

20. WTF? This gets recs on DU now?

I guess the shark looks interesting from above, DU?

[bigwillq]

21. A rec, baby.

Just for you!

[NightWatcher]

23. So DU spouts Ron and Rand Paul and supports Ventura???

Hello, go look at the top of the page. It's DEMOCRATIC Underground.

[Recursion]

24. This is the asshat who appointed a conservative to replace Wellstone

Not just no, but hell no.

[liberalhistorian]

27. I'm no fan at all of Ventura, for many of the

reasons that have already been stated in this thread. However, to my memory, he did not appoint a conservative, or anyone else, to Wellstone's seat after his sudden death. Norm Colepuke (uh, sorry, I meant Coleman) was already running as his republican opponent and the election was only a few weeks after Wellstone't plane crash; Walter Mondale was tapped by the Dems to replace Wellstone on the ballot. Coleman won the election (gag, choke, bleh!), he was not appointed by Ventura. And the only reason he won, to my mind, was the hatchet job the wingers and the media did on Wellstone's memorial service and Coleman's barely-concealed grave-dancing.

[Recursion]

29. Dean Barkley, his campaign manager

It was a slap in the face to a lot of Wellstone supporters

[liberalhistorian]

40. So he did appoint him,

was it to serve for the two and a half months between Wellstone's death and the Jan. swearing-in of Coleman? I hadn't known that, disgusting.

[Cleita]

28. What's next? Like Arnold Schwarzenegger?

No thanks. I don't want muscle brains for my governors? If they want their fans to keep liking them, then they need to stay out of politics.

[ellie]

30. No.

[Generic Other]

32. But what about Hulk Hogan?

[sagat]

33. Really, really not surprised this is getting recs.

[Recursion]

34. I wish I were (nt)

[Lex]

35. Wow. WTF? Are we being trolled? nt

[BainsBane]

36. Why?

[Honeycombe8]

37. Why is he being ostracized? Did something happen? nt

[OilemFirchen]

42. IBTL

After all, outing Looneytarians is O/T, right?

So that should count for those who out themselves.

[Historic NY]

44. What is this some joke....

for a washed up looney was been.

Lets see what party does he belong to now...Reform, Independence, Liberaterian or Paulbot...

[VanillaRhapsody]

46. He Ostracized himself by fleeing for Mexico!

[one_voice]

47. This doesn't fall withing GD SOP.