Governor Jesse Ventura and Waterboarding (on The View)

Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, making a guest appearance on ABCs The View, gave co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck a lesson or two about the torture technique known as waterboarding.

Ventura, who underwent a barrage of torture techniques at the military Survival, Evade, Resist and Escape (SERE) school, confirmed for Hasselbeck that waterboarding is torture and not just an enhanced interrogation technique.

If waterboarding is okay, why dont we let our police do it to suspects to learn what they know? he asked to a chorus of applause.

Thats an interesting question, Hasselbeck said. I understand that question.

If waterboarding is okay, why didnt we waterboard [Timothy] McVeigh and [Terry] Nichols, the Oklahoma City bombers, to find out if there were more people involved? Whats your answer to that? he asked. We only seem to waterboard Muslims.

Thats an extremist statement, said Hasselbeck.

Aha! cheered Ventura. Have we waterboarded anybody else? Name me someone else weve waterboarded.

She could not, instead shifting focus to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who has been criticized by Republicans for a seeming contradiction in disclosing what she knew about then-President Bushs torture program, and when.

They want her out because she lied? asked Ventura. Why didnt they ask for Bush and Cheney to go out when they lied about why we went into Iraq?

This video is from MSNBCs News Live, broadcast May 18, 2009.

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[citizen762]

Hasselbeck is a bootlicking facist fucktard.

Ventura powned it.

[ponyboy316]

Tough. It's like being president. Once you have the title, you have it as an honorary for life.

[Angelooch1]

Jesse is the man. You retards are sucking your thumb and agreeing with whatever your government tells you. Jesse is a real patriot. Jesse knows are government has been taken over by the central banking cartel. Obama is a puppet for his elite controllers, and so was bush. The dollar will collapse soon. Wait till the shit hits the fan.

[bigrebnc1861]

@chitown1966 I bet Jesse would change his mind if he had a family member over there who was being held hostage. I am willing to bet he would do anything to get them back safely.

[cunnidvd]

They really should outlaw waterboarding. Look what it did to this poor shmuck. The guy is 90% brain dead.

[chitown1966]

jesse was no SEAL, he is more of a traitor. so what if muslims are waterboarded. so damn what! it should happen to libs and democrats since they are on the terrorists side. may they all get brain cancer like t kennedy.

[VsAStar]

"that an interesting question" STFU Elizabeth

[MSZKSG]

She got crapped on.

[publicatdamagnificen]

"Jesse....Jesse....Jessee"!!!

[fletcho11]

Please , minnesota does not want you to use the title former minnesota Governor , he is jesse the wrestler !