George Stephanopoulos Hosts 9/11 Truther Jesse Ventura to Rant About 'Nazi' U.S. Government
For the second time in less than six months, Good Morning America offered 9/11 truther Jesse Ventura a platform to hype his conspiracy theories and smear the U.S. government as "Nazi." This occurred on the same day that GMA reporter Bianna Golodryga hit Republicans for having connections to birthers and wondered when the President will "fight back" against such charges.
In contrast, although co-host George Stephanopoulos did press Ventura on his conspiratorial beliefs, he also joked around with the former Minnesota governor. At one point, he fawned, "You've had such a varied career. You were even once on a soap opera. Young and the Restless." Stephanopoulos then played a clip of the former politician on that show.
Ventura appeared on GMA to promote his book 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read. He slammed the U.S. government by attacking, "There are dedicated, patriotic people in government, but when you read this book, the scary part of this book for me, you could substitute the word Nazi and it would work." Stephanopoulos just moved on to his next question.
In fairness, the GMA anchor did grill Ventura. At one point, he sputtered, "I [have] a hard time believing that you actually believe" 9/11 conspiracy theories. Stephanopoulos challenged the actor over his contention that Osama bin Laden wasn't involved in the attacks on the World Trade Center
Yet, why does ABC giving Ventura opportunities to promote such claims? Stephanopoulos hosted the former wrestler on October 13, 2010 and asked similar questions, including "I was struck, you know, you're looking at all kinds of different conspiracies, but I was struck especially by something you said that, about 9/11...You say that many clues that are out there, have not been, would lead you to different conclusions."
A transcript of the April 4 segment, which aired at 8:50am EDT, follows:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: But, let's get right into to it.
JESSE VENTURA: Sure.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Because we talked about this a little bit your last time on the show as well. This whole idea that you have some documents which you say at least reinforce the idea that the government has advance knowledge that 9/11 could happen-
VENTURA: Absolutely.
STEPHANOPOULOS: -and didn't work to stop it. Now, I find a hard time [sic] believing that you actually believe that.
VENTURA: Why? They- I'm a Vietnam veteran and they lied to me about the Gulf of Tonkin incident and that was the false flag operation that put us into the Vietnam War where 58,000 of my generation were killed. And now, I was teaching at Harvard when McNamara came through and admitted it never happened. False flag operations, if you go through history, happen all the time before these wars.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But, that's very different from saying that the government knew 9/11 was coming, knew the planes were coming and didn't try to stop it.
VENTURA: Well, take a look at my book. It's no more shocking than our government going down to Nicaragua and infecting hundreds of people with syphilis to see if penicillin works. George, let me state this, there are great people that work in government. There are dedicated, patriotic people in government, but when you read this book, the scary part of this book for me, you could substitute the word Nazi and it would work.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But, the documents you use on 9/11 show- There's one document that suggests that tower seven fell down faster than it could have fallen just by natural-
VENTURA: It doesn't suggest it, it says it. It said it fell at free fall-
STEPHANOPOULOS: So, then you say-
VENTURA: Wait a minute. That means you gotta defy the laws of physics. That means that everything was removed in which for anything to fall at free fall-
STEPHANOPOULOS: But you make that leap to then the idea that it was demolished by explosives inside by the government.
VENTURA: I don't make- I don't make a leap. Why didn't they check for explosives- they never did- if not to eliminate them? They didn't do that. This book, this book is all documents that are all out in the public domain. I'm not Wikileaks. I didn't steal anything. You just gotta find them and there are documents here so disturbing, like the CIA's assassination manual. Excuse me? Assassination is just a nice word for first degree murder. And we have a manual that tells how to do it and everything about it? As far as I know, George, first degree murder is illegal in every country in the world.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But, aren't there some cases where it would be justified? A tyrant who is killing hundreds of thousands of people?
VENTURA: Who makes the call? I'll say this too about, if we go back to bin Laden, why haven't we indicted him? That gives us reason to go get him. We haven't indicted him. The government has never come forward, convened a grand jury, presented one shred of evidence that he did it, officially and get an indictment.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So, you don't believe he was behind it either?
VENTURA: I don't know. But my government has lied to me so often, they've lost their credibility with me, George.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And you do have the documents you say support some of these theories.
VENTURA: Well, and the good thing about this book, it's not me telling you about the documents. I give you my opinion. But then we reprint every document, so the reader can read for themselves.
STEPHANOPOULOS: I want to switch gears. You've had such a varied career. You were even once on a soap opera. Young and the Restless.
[Ventura laughs.]
[Cut to clip of Young and the Restless where Ventura is talking about running for President.]
STEPHANOPOULOS: How about 2012? No way?
VENTURA: I will tell you this, if Ron Paul runs as an independent, I would give great consideration to being his running mate. As you see, I dedicated this book to Congressman Ron Paul.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Not if he runs as a- not if he runs as a Republican?
VENTURA: Never. I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You got a couple Republicans coming from your state, Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty.
VENTURA: Well, Michele Bachmann is actually my congresswoman. I live in her district.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And? Could she be president?
VENTURA: Not with my vote she won't be. [Laughs.]
STEPHANOPOULOS: Okay, Jesse Ventura. Thanks very much for coming and giving your candid views this morning.
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Dictatorship is the answer
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 4:42pm.
" I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country." A failed govenor seeking attention,
I am just so fed up with
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 4:57pm.
I am just so fed up with arse-holes like Ventura and their "free fall." What in God's name is the ratbag on about? His brain is in freefall.
I watched a documentary last year about the demolition of a brand new hotel/condominim complex in Miami that had to be taken down because they completely messed up the foundations at build.
Problem was, it had to fall in a certain way to miss all the beach front properties either side.
At 300 or so feet it was one of the largest demolition jobs on record -- You would not BELIEVE the weeks of of work, crews and manhours, and planning it took. Miles upon miles of cable, thousands of holes drilled to insert the plastique. The hundreds of visual checks. The calculations. UNBELIEVABLE. And this was a quite modest 300 foot structure.
And we are SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE that two massive 1200 feet buildings could be planted with exposives without ANYONE FRACKIN NOTICING. .
GOD ALMIGHTY! You stupid truther basterds.
By the way, the hugely experienced DEMO CREW still miscalculated and it FELL THE WRONG WAY and just about cleared the surrounding properties.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
The first thing Fascists and
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 4:53pm.
The first thing Fascists and Communists do is ABOLISH all political parties!
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Hey, Jack, haven't
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 5:02pm.
Hey, Jack, haven't "conversed" with you in a while!! See my comment below.
This guy is priceless. I can't believe anyone could spout this much B as in B, S as in S, and still be taken seriously. You gotta think that George and crew are laughing their arses off the minute he's gone.
Oh, for crying out loud!!
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 4:57pm.
I was just reading this article.
And I thought:
Right on cue. Another presidential election coming around, and Jesse pokes his head up again for some more attention.
I guess all that welding the manhole covers shut and all the other restrictions don't bother him any more.
Every time he speaks, he removes all doubt.
I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country,” Ventura said.
Really, Jesse? And how do you propose that people with like ideas for what need to be done get together and coordinate their efforts?
And what about your Reform Party? Was that the problem too?
The man's delusions are matched only by his ego.
Anyone who lived in Minnesota while he was governor (and I did, but don't any longer) can attest to that.
Hang on to your hat, Mom.
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 5:31pm.
Hang on to your hat, Mom. The wacko's will be coming out of the woodwork for the next year and a half. There always are as elections ramp up and with Obama making a shipwreck out of his presidency, even the nutcases can smell the blood in the water. Jesse's just the tip of the iceberg.
George Washington
Submitted by Ashrak on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 4:59pm.
also warned against political factions, though I would not put those two in the same league.
I so hope that Soetoro tries to "fight back" on the Natural Born Citizen front. There is a reason nobody can find a quote by him saying these words " I am a Natural Born Citizen of these united States." - even he knows it to be a lie -or- he has lied about who his father is. He knows he is busted as a liar either way.
He will not "fight back" he will continue to avoid it with high priced lawyers and claims that no American has standing to question his high and mighty stature as untouchable. What he will not be able to do is avoid it on the campaign trial tihs time around.
Shows like this one are more than happy to give a stump to 9-11 truthers because those claims are easily debunked and have been many times. They don't open the mic to proofers because they know full well that Obama hasn't produced a long form birth certificate and that he has hidden a great deal of other documents about his life. And there is no way for them to debunk the reality because it is the reality.
Born in the USA
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 5:44pm.
Born in the USA
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
THE MOTHERSHIP IS WAITING...
Submitted by JPTSO3 on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 6:09pm.
After the Bush crew of Freemasons masterfully brought down the twin towers with tons of strategically placed explosive charges and holographic phantom planes, his evil crew simply forgot that Building 7 housed THE key government offices of coverup. The “CIA”, the “Secret Service” and the “IRS” were all in that building. The CIA office space (and floor) isn’t listed and here’s why: That “office space” wasn’t occupied by the CIA – it housed the stage sets from the fake moon landings, Bush’s military records, Hitler’s right testicle, and HellBoy’s apartment ( Hellboy escaped –he likes fire). There are other things, but these are the only ones I was able to confirm through my network of experts.
If Building 7 was allowed to stand, someone (who didn’t sign the vast Freemason-conspiracy confidentiality agreement) would have found these items and the New World Order would have come crashing down, like a controlled demolition. So they brought back the Freemason demo guys (who were vacationing in Cabo) on an invisible spaceship the gub'ment has had since the 50's ( It's really fast). They planted new explosive charges and went back to Cabo in the spaceship. You'll never hear from the Freemason guys because they were all waterboarded with cool-aide and their memories were removed with a Deneuralizer.
Jesse says....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 6:51pm.
"Wait a minute. That means you gotta defy the laws of physics."
That's right, Jesse. There are "laws" of physics which allow us engineers to determine the limits of certain materials...... unlike your stupidity, which apparently has no limits.
Speaking of "false flags" . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 10:36pm.
. . . .Jesse Ventura was born James Janos, and although for many years he claimed to be a Navy SEAL in Vietnam, he was not; he was a 'frogman' in UDT, and it wasn't until 1983 -- years after Janos left the navy -- that UDT was merged into the SEALs. Janos/Ventura dismisses criticism of his earlier claims merely by saying that all former UDT members are considered SEALs. Oh really?
Galv, I'd never heard that before
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 10:44pm.
Specifically, about Ventura.
Odd, I'd always heard him refer to himself as a SEAL. Now we know. Another case of stolen valor, apparently.
The UDT's were a unique service branch....but to claim something other than what he was (and to infer service in Vietnam)....well.
Thanks for clearing that up. Seriously, that was all news to me.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
REAL DEAL
Submitted by JPTSO3 on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 12:13am.
Nothing pisses SEALs off more than guys claiming to be SEALs. My son's a SEAL. He ran into a phony at a party once bragging about his "Team".. which happened to be my son's Team - "oh really... you're in Team *? That's pretty F***ing funny, 'cause I am, and I've never seen you, F****er".
UDT is honorable service. Upgrading yourself to SEAL is not.
Yeah, really!! But wait!!
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 10:54pm.
Yeah, really!!
But wait!! According to Ventura's spokesman, John Wodele, Ventura never tried to convince people he had been a SEAL!
Said Jesse was always careful to "equivocate" about it, and even corrected people, telling them that he was in UDT, not the SEALs.
The writer of this article then goes on to list almost 20 instances where Jesse came right out, in public, and said, plainly "I was in the SEALS" or "I was a Navy SEAL" or other variations.
I'll bet Jesse really hates those government conspirators who invented the internet so they could spy on him!!
LMAO!
I HATE this bastard!
Submitted by brutony1 on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 2:24pm.
Hes a friggin lib! Hes says hes non-partisan, then a Libertarian? BULL! He carrys Michael Moores water for him, and all he does is bash Bush! Id smack his ass around, cause the bigger they are,,,
When will liberals WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE! -Me