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Maverick wants none of the
above for president
Michael Conlon
Reuters
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Jesse Ventura isn't holding his breath to find out who wins the
Democratic presidential nomination, or for that matter who takes
the White House in the November election.
"It's irrelevant," says the one-time professional wrestler
and former Minnesota governor whose election to that post in 1998
as a rank outsider and third-party unknown shocked the national
political establishment.
"I oppose the two-party system. All it is is more of the
two-party dictatorship," he said. "What I wish we had
on the ballot for all our elections is 'none of the above' so
you could show you have no confidence in the government.
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"It would be amazing just how often 'none of the above'
would win ... the only difference I see is that if a Democrat
wins (in November) our taxes will go up. That's not saying they
spend any more or less than the Republicans but the Republicans
put it on a credit card, or the national debt."
Even Barack Obama, who is vying with Hillary Clinton for the
Democratic nomination and is the freshest face in contention,
would wind up being a "puppet on a string" if he wins,
said Ventura, who left office after one term.
The two-party system, Ventura believes, blocks changes he would
like to see -- such as abolishing the federal income tax in favor
of a national sales tax.
He made the comments in an interview during a trip promoting
his latest book "Don't Start the Revolution Without Me."
The book is a tour of his often contentious days as governor,
with commentary on everything from the Iraq war -- "a stupid
war" -- to marijuana -- the excuses for legalizing it are
fast disappearing.
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