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The Tea Party's "Nixon in 60/Dean Scream" moment?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Alma, Jan 26, 2011.

  1. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    Side note: Jesse's legal name is not Jesse Ventura.

    Kinda funny to me, he was Governor of a state and used his professional wrestling handle while doing so.
     
  2. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    You're right. It was Jesse "The Body" Ventura. :D
     
  3. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    "The Body" handle was the best part of Jesse's in-ring toolbox. Flex, pose, back breaker, flex and pose some more and then the pin.

    Poor Adrian Adonis would do all the in-ring work taking all the bumps, and Jesse would be outside the ropes working the crowd, which is what Jesse does best. He stunk in the ring.

    But he found his calling working the crowd and the mic, so good for him.
     
  4. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    He broke his neck and couldn't wrestle anymore. McMahon saved his career.

    I think he's nuts, but I also think he's very intelligent and very interesting.
     
  5. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Because bringing in Sarah Palin to pacify the nutty right worked so well in '08?
     
  6. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    I believe it was blood clots in his lungs that ended Jesse's career.

    He was for a union for the workers and won a landmark case against WWE/WWF.

    He's not dumb.

    His latest is so far out there even for him, it is stunning to me.
     
  7. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    That conspiracy show? Yeah, he makes some of Art Bell's guests seem tame these days.
     
  8. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Name one Tea Party hero you'd trust handling international affairs.
     
  9. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    Yeah, pretty much. Even if the voters specifically tell them not to.

    http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/views/os-scott-maxwell-fair-districts-0126120110125,0,3468499,full.column
     
  10. ChrisRcc

    ChrisRcc Member

    Sarah Palin should have experience with Russian affairs.
     
  11. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    That's the one. FEMA death camps, the coffins in Georgia, police state, etc.
     
  12. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    I think Pawlenty will be the next president.

    I think Obama's going to be steamrolled by the corporate money. Obama has two hopes: 1. The GOP might just pick a Meg Whitman-like candidate (who has plenty of money, but runs a terrible campaign) and he squeaks by or 2. The Tea Party manages to get on the ballot in Ohio or Florida and he nabs those states to put him over the top. Both of these scenarios have a combined 30 percent chance of happening.

    As for the Republican leading the polls at the moment -- no way in Hell the southern wing of the party will ever nominate a Mormon. I'm not sure if it's still the case, but when I was growing up there in the 80s, Mormon kids were not allowed in the FCA.
     
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