“I am an atheist. I don’t believe you can be an atheist and admit it and get elected in our country.” Jesse Ventura 2011
Who do you want answering that red phone at 3am in the morning? A Bush, a Clinton, or a hyped up professional wrestler? Well one things for sure, better a hyped up professional wrestler than a Cruz, a Paul, or a Huckabee.
Jesse Ventura has it all. That smart sounding Minnysoda (Canadian) accent, the foreign policy experience of owning maps and living in Mexico, and of course his snappy David Cosby look.
As governor of Minnesota he made the infamous statement that religion is for the weak and stupid. It caused such a hullabaloo even in the North, that he decided not to run for re election. And besides he was wrong. Religion is for the weak OR stupid.
Though he often defines himself as a libertarian, like Bill Maher, when it comes down to swallowing the whole package he balks and moves into the liberal Democrat world. He is also prone to some silly conspiracy theories.
He lives outside Cabo San Lucas, Mexico where there are no power lines. He gets his electricity from solar panels. As an advocate of both gay marriage and legalization of marijuana, he seems to have turned on, tuned in and dropped out. Here Hear. Timothy Leary is NOT dead.