Friday, June 11, 2010

Trainwreck: Jesse Ventura and Oliver Stone With Larry King





It's pretty clear Jesse Ventura is suffering from something, be it early Parkinson's or just a result of too many steroids and hits to the head as a wrestler. But something else has seeped into his brain. The man is just a freakshow.

Meanwhile, Oliver Stone is there to promote some hagiography of Oliver Stone. King, as usual, is just clueless.

The only respite of sanity is GOP Congressman Connie Mack.

The delusional Ventura, who demands to be called Governor, says Stone's paean to Hugo Chavez should be mandatory viewing in every high school of America. The man is nuts. When Mack challenges his lunacy, Ventura calls it censorship.

Meanwhile, Stone claims Venezuelan media is more free than ours is, despite all evidence to the contrary and owners of television stations being locked up. King is so out of it he probably has no knowledge of this so why even expect a follow-up?

Best chuckle in the second clip comes about five minutes in when Stone says Obama is ethical and rational. Ventura is impressed by Obama because he can read a TelePrompter. Then it descends into name-calling from Ventura. Classy.

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