Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura
James George Janos, better known by his stage name Jesse Ventura, is an American former professional wrestler, actor, political commentator, author, naval veteran, conspiracy theorist and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. He was the first and only member of the Reform Party to win a major government position, but later joined the Independence Party of Minnesota...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWrestler
Date of Birth15 July 1951
CityMinneapolis, MN
CountryUnited States of America
gain their stranglehold control of the party again.
We owe him a great debt for the foundation of our party and for putting himself on the line for two sessions, ... From him we learned that a third party can be taken seriously.
The national Reform Party did nothing -- zero -- to get me elected,
They're trying to do it illegally, ... You have a small group of power brokers in this party that won't allow it to grow nationally, and that's not conducive to what we want to do in Minnesota.
He can say what he wants, ... I would challenge him to say how he or the national party helped any small party in any election.
I do not support the third party movement anymore. I now advocate the abolishment of all political parties. We've allowed the parties to take over the government.
Republicans are not a political party. It's a mental condition.
Any party that would put Sarah Palin up on a pedestal will never have my support.
I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.
...the priority of the Democrats and Republicans...is to preserve...power when [they have] it, and to gain power when [they do not]. [Their] collective priority...is to make sure that, together, they control the electoral process and under no circumstances allow an independent or third party to infringe on their exclusive franchise.
I view the United States, today, much like East Berlin. And I'm off the grid. I've tried for 20 years to warn the country about the Democrats and Republicans, and nobody's listening.
You can have solid third party politics, but the problem is you're all lumped in to all the fringe groups. That's a stereotype that happens.
I would give the people of America to their first opportunity to elect a president who doesn't belong to either party since George Washington.
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.