Video: Minnesota governor turned Truther superpatriot walks off radio show in huff
posted at 8:10 pm on December 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
From this morning’s Opie & Anthony show, your viral video of the day. The little guy is comedian Jim Norton. The big guy is a bully who used to wrestle in a feather boa, likes to throw around the chickenhawk smear when discussing foreign policy, and, oh yes, is a full-blown mouthbreathing 9/11 conspiracy theorist who retreats into the “just asking questions” cop-out when challenged. In four-plus minutes here, I don’t think he engages a single point Norton makes, choosing instead to insult him, walk out, and then stare him down as if promising an imminent ass-kicking. Behold America’s highest profile Truther in all his glory. He and the movement deserve each other. Strong content warning.
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What a stupid steroid prick that phony wrestler is!
Hilts on December 2, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Jesse Ventura is one of the saddest stories in American politics. He had the chance to change politics with his win in Minnesota, but the bottom line is he just didn’t have the brains to do it. And the irony of it is, this former professional wrestler was too thin-skinned for the blood-sport of politics. Instead, he’s sought refuge in the world of Lyndon LaRouche-style nude-alien conspiracies.
Very, very sad.
Jim-Rose on December 2, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I’ve had enough of this lying, coward, fraud, Jesse Ventura.
Someone PLEASE get this message to Ventura! If I EVER catch you anywhere, I will stomp your guts out, in front of God and everybody, THEN you can say you had you A$$ kicked by someone that was actually IN Special Forces.
nelsonknows on December 2, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Man, gettin’ owned by a meaty-breasted zilch… there’s no living that down.
Kudos to Norton. :)
ZK on December 2, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Well by that token John McCain should have won in a landslide.
Hilts on December 2, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Is doofpundit trying to get some credibility back after his bashing of the seals a short while ago?
Chickenhawk, plain and simple
TTheoLogan on December 2, 2009 at 10:18 PM
I would have knocked that fake Seal Team ’57 hat off this scubag’s head.
nelsonknows on December 2, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Uhh, the seals are not special forces?
TTheoLogan on December 2, 2009 at 10:23 PM
The look in Ventura’s eyes. He’d have loved to have smacked Jim around because he doesn’t like being challenged on any point which he backs up with his military experience. I love our soldiers, but of the few bad apples I’ve met, I notice most of them often back up their opinions with “I was in the military, you weren’t”, and rest on that instead of argue their points logically.
What a punk. What a chump. Trying to intimidate others into shutting up while all the time whining about how people are trying to shut troofers up. Jackass. I bet he’s a big fan of Alex Jones, who shouts down everyone he disagrees with. Hypocritical piece of filth, cruising along on his service for his own purposes. Norton knocked him out last time, too.
MadisonConservative on December 2, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Your Bridge is missing you.
nelsonknows on December 2, 2009 at 10:26 PM
**********AT 3:27 in the clip VENTURA flicks him off!!***************** Class act Governon D-Bag
TheAudacityofNOPE on December 2, 2009 at 10:26 PM
No way. Norton for press secretary.
Just think how awesomely glorious his smackdowns of Helen Thomas would be.
Harpazo on December 2, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Nope, Janos’ name is NOWHERE on SEAL Team 56 roster.
nelsonknows on December 2, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Oh lord. The press conferences could become late-night FOX News highlights right before Red Eye.
MadisonConservative on December 2, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Those of us in Louisiana and the Houston area are probably familiar with a morning radio show called Walton and Johnson. They had Ventura on this morning (must be hitting all the morning shows to plug his show) and actually gave credence to him and his kook therories.
Its sad too because W&J usually poked fun at liberals celebs who say the type of nonsense Ventura goes on about. Yet they give this truther credibility on their show. I didn’t think they bought into conspiracy theories.
Lay-Z on December 2, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Delusional _ouchebag.
Dopenstrange on December 2, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Jim Janos was UDT 12. UDT and SEAL training then started out the same – both went through BUD/S. However after that, SEAL candidates generally went through a lot more specialized training.
SEAL teams in Vietnam saw a lot of action and lost a lot of people. He could have probably requested transfer to a SEAL unit and been accepted, since SEAL had a very high casualty rate for a while because of their missions and they were short handed at times.
firepilot on December 2, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Search the web and you can find the fight from 2006 Opie, Anthony and Jimmy had with Avery over “Loose Change” when he came on the show (Allah posted it at the time, but that video link has since been disabled).
jon1979 on December 2, 2009 at 10:44 PM
He could put a new spin on the sex-ed/abstinence debate. (at 2:12)
LevStrauss on December 2, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Opie and Dopey are the dumbasses in this, NOT VENTURA And his new show Conspiracy Theory THE BEST TV SHOW EVER! I know one episode does not a series make…but this puts 20/20, Dateline and 60 Minutes TO TOTAL SHAME.
The first show was about something even I have not heard of called HAARP
or High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program.
And just where is this located…ALASKA…YOU LOSE AGAIN PALINBOTS! SHE COULD’VE STOPPED THIS DANGEROUS DEVICE FROM DESTROYING THE WORLD, BUT NOOOOOOOOOO! ALL SHE WAS DOING WAS BEING A NEOCON LIKE YOU HERE AT HOTAIR!
BobAnthony on December 2, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Oh now you did it. You just had to post about it all. Well look for our chemtrail planes to visit you soon!
firepilot on December 2, 2009 at 11:03 PM
I’m surprised he went back after the last time they handed him his ass on this.
Jim Treacher on December 2, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Oh, and Happy Birthday, Jimmy!
Jim Treacher on December 2, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Minnesota at least gives Californians something to laugh at. At least we elected the guy who survived in Predator.
BDavis on December 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM
You guys don’t know Jim Norton. Even the latest of late night Fox News shows wouldn’t dare put JN highlights on the tele.
This was Norton on his best behavior. Trust me.
russcote on December 2, 2009 at 11:21 PM
BobAnthony on December 2, 2009 at 10:55 PM
And thus my point about why pot smoking isn’t harmless becomes crystal clear.
But here’s question for BobAnthony. Since HAARP began well before Sarah Palin was even an adult how’s she responsible for it’s supposed activity? Why aren’t all the Dem responsible? Or since it’s a super secret military installation, according to you kooks, why isn’t commander in Chief Obama responsible?
Rob Taylor on December 2, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Bo Bo da clownnnn !
Hummer53 on December 2, 2009 at 11:26 PM
One more point. Jim Norton rules.
Rob Taylor on December 2, 2009 at 11:29 PM
3:27 in the clip Ventura flicks him off
TheAudacityofNOPE on December 2, 2009 at 11:31 PM
No. Like too many people, you’re confusing Special Operations Forces with the United States Army Special Forces Command. One is a classification, one (USASFC) is an organization. SeALs, Rangers, Force Recon, (Army) Special Forces, Para-Rescue, etc are all classified as Special Operations Forces (SpecOps/Special Ops/etc.), but the Army Special Forces are a dedicated special/unconventional warfare command CALLED Special Forcess. Other nations have ‘special forces’, but no other SOF unit has the training, knowledge, intellect, versatility, knowhow or pure force-multiplying power of the Army Special Forces (the world’s best teachers).
Virus-X on December 3, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Virus-X on December 3, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Sorry. Forgot to take off the bold .
Virus-X on December 3, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Sorry, but I had to watch it again just to hear that riffraff zinger again.
Virus-X on December 3, 2009 at 12:27 AM
Get back under your bridge, freak
nelsonknows on December 3, 2009 at 12:31 AM
your stupid Riff Raff Rocky Horror picture hairdo…….
Geniuses at work.
JeffinOrlando on December 3, 2009 at 12:47 AM
O&A do much better radio, but Howard Stern gets all the attention, and XM Sirius love.
YYZ on December 3, 2009 at 12:48 AM
What the hell happened to Jesse Ventura? He’s absolutely lost his mind.
I remember Norton from a performance at a USO event, He was great.
brennan251 on December 3, 2009 at 1:16 AM
Aren’t these the guys who paid people to have sex in the vestibule of a cathedral?
Chris_Balsz on December 3, 2009 at 1:19 AM
This is the second time Norton has made Jesse look like a fool. Jim knows the facts, is extremely intelligent when he needs to be and doesn’t float around like a little B*tch. On the other hand Jesse is your typical Truther who throws logic out the window and believes any asinine statement that proves his point, no matter how hilarious it may be.
Rbastid on December 3, 2009 at 1:25 AM
Jim Norton rocks.
Sixth Guard on December 3, 2009 at 1:51 AM
He was a fake as a wrestler…
He was a fake as a Seal …
He is a fake now..
he will be a fake tomorrow…
dugbru on December 3, 2009 at 1:59 AM
And just where is this located…ALASKA…YOU LOSE AGAIN PALINBOTS! SHE COULD’VE STOPPED THIS DANGEROUS DEVICE FROM DESTROYING THE WORLD, BUT NOOOOOOOOOO! ALL SHE WAS DOING WAS BEING A NEOCON LIKE YOU HERE AT HOTAIR!
BobAnthony on December 2, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Bob has issues..
dugbru on December 3, 2009 at 2:00 AM
Not to be a jerk, but WTF is wrong with Minnesota? Jesse Ventura, Al Franken, Keith Ellison and various radical Muslim freakazoids, and a culture of extreme political correctness. Is it some mutated Lutheran version of liberal white guilt? I honestly want to know.
Travis Bickle on December 3, 2009 at 2:10 AM
Awesome!!! That guy has bill balls and Claypigeon’s respect.
Claypigeon on December 3, 2009 at 3:03 AM
Did u mean UDT? I’m in the Navy and never heard of a UIC being absorbed by the SEALs. UDTs on the other hand, well, that’s a Jesse “The Body” Ventura of a different color!
alohapundit on December 3, 2009 at 4:24 AM
And just where is this located…ALASKA…YOU LOSE AGAIN PALINBOTS! SHE COULD’VE STOPPED THIS DANGEROUS DEVICE FROM DESTROYING THE WORLD, BUT NOOOOOOOOOO! ALL SHE WAS DOING WAS BEING A NEOCON LIKE YOU HERE AT HOTAIR!
BobAnthony on December 2, 2009
Bob, for that outburst,you can expect a vist when you least expect it from…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHGOl-jfUK0
lizzee on December 3, 2009 at 6:33 AM
I love how Mr. “I made my 15 minutes of fame in such an honest ‘sport’ as PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING” is now on a personal Mullet of Truth Crusade to show us how ‘The Gubmint’ is lying to us about 9/11.
Jesse just got the beatdown of his career from a short fat kid from Jersey who even questions his own sexuality at times.
Next up for Norton, a Truther cage match with Rosie.
Make it so!
UncleOlaf on December 3, 2009 at 7:20 AM
Calm down, girlfriend. Will it help if we promise to leave Britney alone?
Really, I was expecting a Sarc tag after that rant, but I do believe you’re serious. I watched that episode last night cause I like weird TV, but I learned exactly nothing other than Ventura is still a nutbag egotistical truther. Geeze!
SKYFOX on December 3, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Jim Norton is the bomb. I can appreciate a guy who calls out bullshit so well. How can you not love New Yorkers after this exchange.
closetgop on December 3, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Hail Jim Norton. He’s been a regular on Red Eye for months now, I never get bored of his witty repartee.
Enrique on December 3, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Jesse Ventura is an absolute nutjob.
And I thank him for his service and sacrifice to his country as a Navy Seal.
I would buy him a meal and beer any day, as long as I don’t have to listen to him.
barnone on December 3, 2009 at 10:04 AM
No.
The SEALs had a very small casualty rate in Vietnam, amazingly small in fact considering the extreme risks they took.
pseudonominus on December 3, 2009 at 10:38 AM
I don’t think mocking the mentally ill like Ventura is amusing. Nor should Ventura deserve our hatred. He’s just insane and decent people shouldn’t make videos of him. Sadly, some people who make videos are not decent people. So it is probably useful to keep track of Ventura here at Hotair.
thuja on December 3, 2009 at 11:46 AM
http://cursor.org/stories/seal_or_udt_2.htm
That casualty rate is relative to what you are comparing it to. SEAL teams are not huge, and their training is long and highly specialized too. You can take a small group like SEALs, and give them lots of hazardous missions, even a low loss rate over time will have a big impact on the teams numbers eventually with the tempo of operations they had
Just like with USAF F-105s in Vietnam. A relatively low rate of 1-2% of pilots lost on a mission, ended up meaning for a while, most pilots were not finishing a full tour, but instead ending up MIA or KIA.
firepilot on December 3, 2009 at 12:26 PM
I’m still proud to live in a nation where a retarded-American can become the governor of a state. Even if it is just Minnesota.
Blacklake on December 3, 2009 at 12:56 PM
There’s 4 minutes of my life I’ll never get back…
Wyznowski on December 3, 2009 at 1:07 PM
“Riff Raff Rocky Horror hair do” lol
Must admit, that took ballz.
RobCon on December 3, 2009 at 1:42 PM
FOR STARTERS YOU NWO FOLLOWER I AM A GUY! THE NAME IS BOB ANTHONY! BUT I GUESS IT DOESN’T MATTER TO YOU NEOCONS OUT THERE!
And in terms of sarcasm, what I posted sure as hell was not sarcasm.
I end with this…open your mind first, not your legs. Think about that…IF YOU ARE ABLE TO THINK!
BobAnthony on December 3, 2009 at 2:52 PM
I listened to him on the radio when this happened. In all honesty all I could think was this guy is off his rocker. I really believe that this is not the same Jesse from years ago(Not that I was a fan of his then). I really think some of his marbles are lose and the years of slamm’n on the mat and jack’n roids has finally caught up to him. Not uncommon in professional athletes. Just very sad.
MichiganMatt on December 3, 2009 at 3:42 PM
It’s men like Jesse that gives military men the stereo-type of being stupid.
Tim Burton on December 3, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Hate to admit it, but Ventura’s 9-11 arguments are hard to argue against…it’s hard to argue against stuff that isn’t true, never happened, and so on.
Dr. ZhivBlago on December 3, 2009 at 4:29 PM
O&A rules, and so does little Jimmy. I bet Ted Sheckler would have a nice wig for Jesse in Ted’s Marmalade Wig and Hat Emporium.
madne0 on December 3, 2009 at 6:58 PM
What does Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura say about the intelligence of People of Minnesota? Seriously; that was Governor of a real State in the USA? WTF?
OSUBuciz1 on December 3, 2009 at 7:44 PM
He’s a faux SEAL!
MCGIRV on December 3, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Jim Norton is smart as hell and always has been, he is also fearless, and a little nutz (maybe in a good way)
What I liked so much about this conversation was that Ventura’s complete lack of evidence and his remarks based soley on his distrust of government were revealed as soon as he began defining those who disagreed with him as some how lacking. As soon as a lefty, which he is, has nothing to back up empty assertions, they immediately resort to attacking the person no matter how subtly. He did this well before Norton ever went after him.
Norton stayed on point, point after point after point, and the faux leader had nothing.
To say that because an individual never served in the military makes them ineligible to have opinions as to war is insane.
HonestConservative on December 3, 2009 at 9:09 PM
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