Jesse Ventura on Politics, Keith Richards, and Why He’s an Atheist

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by Christopher Karr
Posted Thursday, June 21, 2012 8:02 PM

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You endorse Ron Paul for president in your book.

Yeah, but the problem is Ron apparently is gonna go to the convention and that’s gonna be the end of him. I mean, his son just endorsed Mitt Romney. How outrageous is that? I tell you, if my son did that to me, I’d put him over my knee and give him a spanking. But I don’t have to worry about that because my son would endorse me, so it’s really irrelevant.

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I’m interested in conversion stories. Was there a defining moment when you became an atheist, or was it a gradual progression toward that perspective?

It was a gradual progression, but the defining moment was when I saw Christopher Hitchens on Bill Maher’s [show], and he was wearing a funny T-shirt that said “I’M AFRICAN-AMERICAN.” Because if you go back, and if you believe in evolution, the first known man came out of Africa. And if you trace us back that far, aren’t we all African-Americans? He had that T-shirt on and Christopher said, “It’s time for us atheists to come out of the closet.” It is time for us to stand up and proudly say that we are atheists. So I said, you know what? He’s right.

http://highbrowmagazine.com/1254-jesse-ventura-politics-keith-richards-and-why-hes-atheist

[laconicsax]

1. Why is this guy relevant?

[Kalidurga]

2. He isn't

He went third party and won the Governorship in Minnesota. He wasn't terrible. He was better than Pawlenty. He should go back to the Republicans though and run for office, he is one of the least insane of the conservatives. This is even with his loony conspiracy theories.

[dimbear]

4. You can judge people's hearts by the objects of their adulation.

Most of mine are more on the left, but chacun a son gout. Hey, Chris Buckley's kind of cool.

[cbayer]

3. Well there you go! It was the Hitchens tshirt and George Carlin that did it for him.

[EvilAL]

5. Yup, doesn't take much.

hahah