As reported by the Associated Press:
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has endorsed a Sept. 11 conspiracy theorist for a congressional seat.
Ventura came out Thursday in support of Kevin Barrett, a Libertarian running against incumbent Democrat Ron Kind for western Wisconsin’s seat.
Barrett is a former University of Wisconsin-Madison lecturer who believes the U.S. government was behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and has discussed his views in class.
Ventura is a former professional wrestler. He served one term after being elected Minnesota’s governor in 1998 as a third-party candidate.
16 responses so far ↓
1 Mike Gillis // Sep 4, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Ventura is a Truther? That’s disappointing.
2 Ross Levin // Sep 4, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Kills his chance of reaching the presidency.
3 G.E. // Sep 4, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Yes. I agree it’s disappointing to question the Establishment or think unapproved thoughts.
4 Ross Levin // Sep 4, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Ignoring my own thoughts on the subject, do you really think that any presidential candidate that’s a Truther would ever beat out both the Democrat and the Republican in a presidential race?
5 G.E. // Sep 4, 2008 at 7:19 pm
The country would have to change less to elect a Truther to president, than to elect a non-Republican/Democratic to be president.
You’re basically asking me the question: “Do you really think a Christian woman could be named Man of the Year?”
6 Fred Church Ortiz // Sep 4, 2008 at 7:25 pm
If presented as open questions that are never answered, avoiding non-sequiterish fingerpointing that the media would undoubtedly try to rope the candidate into, while also having the mandatory popular platform, active support base and debate access, then yes. I can see Ventura coming close on each point.
7 Ross Levin // Sep 4, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I just don’t think he could do it, or any other Truther. Look at what happened to Obama because his pastor – not Obama himself – suggested that maybe the government’s past actions had played a role in motivating terrorists. He suffered greatly for that, and that wasn’t even close to a candidate himself coming out for the idea that the government was part of a conspiracy.
8 G.E. // Sep 4, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Rev. Wright is a great hero. He was really slammed for speaking the truth about U.S. foreign policy, not 9/11 theories. But the 9/11 Truth movement is growing. In four years, it might be a majority. In fact, it could be an issue like this that brings down the two-party system.
9 Galileo Galilei // Sep 5, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Jesse Ventura and Kevin Barrett are 9/11 Truther’s because they oppose mass murder.
10 G.E. // Sep 5, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Really? What, other than the threat of mass murder, gives people reason to participate in the Social Security System that Barrett thinks is so “great”?
11 Ross Levin // Sep 6, 2008 at 12:03 am
I hope 9/11 Truth doesn’t “bring down the two party system” (even though, in my opinion, that could never happen). It would be a shame to have one anti-intellectual, search-for-the-facts-that-support-the-theory, blindly-moving-forward movement replace another.
I oppose mass murder. That makes me a 9/11 Truther, even though I don’t believe in conspiracy theories?
12 G.E. // Sep 6, 2008 at 12:04 am
Anti-intellectual?
Would you like to answer Jesse’s questions, then?
13 Ross Levin // Sep 6, 2008 at 12:24 am
What questions?
14 G.E. // Sep 6, 2008 at 12:53 am
Watch his speech at Rally for the Republic.
15 waiting_for_godot // Sep 8, 2008 at 9:31 pm
9/11 Truth is Conspiracy Analysis. The official government story is the real conspiracy theory. Doesn’t anyone wonder about Rumsfeld’s depiction of huge underground high tech facilities in Afghanistan? A huge example of how our government lies.
16 Ross Levin // Sep 8, 2008 at 9:46 pm
The main problem I have with the Truth Movement is that it seems as if they search for the “evidence” that supports their opinions, rather than looking at the facts and then forming opinions.
Tell me, waiting for godot, have you ever read any “analyses” of the Bush administration? Have you read books analyzing the intelligence failures and leadership failures surrounding 9/11, like “The Dark Side”?
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