Jesse Ventura in Sam's Club Republican, by J. A. McClure


On Principles & Values: 2003: Self-portrait as knight in armor on stallion

Ventura abandoned the mansion in his final year as governor, complaining the Legislature would not provide him with adequate security. His 22-year-old son Tyrel lived there alone for a while, using it for late-night parties until Ventura fired the staff en masse and carted off his belongings.

The Star Tribune noted the new Pawlenty First Family's decorating style was homier than the "flamboyant Venturas." The library no longer featured a portrait of Ventura in knight's armor on a white stallion.

Source: Sam's Club Republican, by J.A. McClure, p. 38-39 May 10, 2010

On Tax Reform: OpEd: Reduction of deficit were "Jesse taxes"

Post 9-11-01: we face a "big honkin' budget deficit" Only a week after the race began, the political landscape was dramatically changed by the attacks of September 11. Pawlenty cancelled events for weeks afterward, as any politicking would have appeared in poor taste. "People's sense of what's important faced a $2 billion deficit--as Pawlenty termed it, a "big honkin' budget deficit." Nonetheless, he refused to move from his anti-tax stance. When Governor Ventura proposed a series of taxes to adjust for the deficit, Pawlenty attacked the "Jesse taxes" as harming "Jane and Joe Six Pack."
Source: Sam's Club Republican, by J.A. McClure, p. 24-25 May 10, 2010

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The Sam's Club Republican,
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