It is a Monday afternoon in Minnesota and Jesse “The Mind” Ventura, as he was known when he ran the state as governor, is surprisingly far more content than he is angry. The 60 year old star of the former World Wrestling Federation, though, has not lost his fire in the belly. He’s just as fed up with the government as Ron Paul (one of his favorite politicians) and the Occupy Wall Streetcrowd (which he prefers over the Tea Party).
He’s at present starting his fourth book tour. This one’s based on his most recent, titled “Democrips and Rebloodicans”. That is proper. The Crips and the Bloods, the famously 80s West Coast naughty homies that taught white children how to throw a gang sign and made wearing certain colors illegal in public schools. As harmful as those brothers are, and had been, says Ventura, the Democrats and Republicans are considerably, a lot worse.
“If you vote for a Democrat or a Republican, you get what you deserve,” he says in that signature Ventura vocal delivery, the one fitting of a pro-wrestler. Lights up. Cameras flashing. Small boys and their dads cheering in the stands.
“We’ve got an whole political system based on bribery. It’s obscene,” he says.
It’s a thing Ventura, an independent, has been talking about for much more than a decade now. Today, that view is mainstream. What’s congress’s approval rating? Ten percent? Fifteen? Whatever it is, it is at historically low levels. And the most popular Democratic president since Bill Clinton has struggled to top a 50% approval rating for most of his four years in office.
We all believe the system is somewhat rigged, purchased and paid for by a handful of important corporations — ExxonMobil for energy policy — and lobby groups — the American Bankers Association for economic and fiscal policies. With the creation of political SuperPACs, the non-profits that donate tens of millions to politicians, a handful of wealthy folks also are given a lot more sway in national, and state level politics.
Everyone knows it.
Sources and more information:
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