I don't agree with everything Ventura says. Nobody does - which makes him a more interesting politician. He speaks his mind and I can respect that. He nails this section of the Larry King interview, though.

Quote:
KING: What, then, do you think of the American Tea Party?

VENTURA: I think they're kind of a laugh, because they're supposed to defend the Constitution and all this. Well, where were they when habeas corpus was being taken away, because in our country right now, they can arrest you, they can hold you without charging you, they can keep an attorney from you. All they have to do is say you committed an act of terrorism and they can get away with that.

They've also destroyed the Fourth Amendment of illegal search and seizure. They might as well throw that amendment out, because they're listening to all our phone calls, tapping our e-mail and doing everything they do.

And where were these guys when all this was going on?

See, I think this is just more of a right-wing movement to try to make it look like we're turning socialist or something.

And when you speak on that behalf, you know, the State of Hawaii has had state-run health care for over 40 years and it works fantastic there. In fact, Rush Limbaugh even got treated there and said how great it was, before he found out that it was state-run health care.

And to follow that up...

(LAUGHTER)

VENTURA: To follow that up, Larry, if government-run health care is so bad, then why do we give it to our veterans and have we given it to them since World War I?

KING: Do you think we're going to...

VENTURA: Are we screwing the veterans over or...

KING: Do you think we're going to...

VENTURA: -- if it's good enough for a veteran, it should be good enough for us.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP...08/lkl.01.html