While promoting his new show "Off the Grid" Jesse Ventura labels "American Sniper" Chris Kyle a liar, and pokes Sarah Palin with a sharp wit.

Courtesy of the Examiner:  

To open his show on Feb. 3, Ventura simply asks, "What do you get when you combine delusion, performance art, and a desperate need to remain relevant?" The former governor gives a quick response, "Sarah "the quitter" Palin, of course." 

The beef between Ventura and Palin started when Palin attacked Ventura over his recent lawsuit against the estate of Chris Kyle. Claiming in his book to have knocked Ventura out, the former Minnesota governor sued Kyle and the book company for slander and defamation. After the jury found that there was not enough credible evidence to back Kyle's claims, Ventura cleared his name and was awarded $1.8 million. Following the jury's decision, Palin defended Kyle, who she says is a hero, and criticized Ventura, calling him a "jacka**" for suing a "military widow and her fatherless children." 

When asked if he thought Kyle was a hero, Ventura didn't hold back. "My definition of a hero; a hero has to have honor. Unfortunately if you are a liar, you can't have honor," Ventura said. 

"I'll be blunt. Chris Kyle is a liar and I proved it in court. And so there for, he can't have honor, so it disqualifies him from being a hero." 

"Sarah Palin hinted at a 2016 run, trashed Michael Moore, and took aim at Hilary Clinton," Ventura points out, but questions what her motives really are. The former pro wrestler and actor noted that if Palin was to run and win the presidency in 2016, it would be important who her vice president was. Ventura brought up that Palin only served a half a term as governor of Alaska, after media scrutiny took a toll on her and her family.

I am not always a fan of Ventura's but I have to say that he is certainly in the catbird seat these days. 

With all of the controversy surrounding Chris Kyle Ventura is the one person who can say that he proved that the man was a liar in a court of law.

And as for Palin well by taking on Ventura she was clearly punching above her weight class again.

And that line about the importance of Palin's running mate if she were to run for President?

That line is gold.

Texas Governor to declare Feb. 2 as "Chris Kyle Day." Well of course he is.

I have declared Feb. 2 to be Chris Kyle Day in Texas. We honor our military heroes. @ChrisKyleFrog #txlege #tcot pic.twitter.com/rhLhIlevNM
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) January 30, 2015

Let's face it, a man famous for killing over a hundred men, women, and children with a gun, how could he not get a day named after him?

Add to that the fact that he is also a famous liar and to be honest I don't see how Texas had any choice.

I imagine that Florida will now have to declare a "George Zimmerman Day" just to save face.

Jesse Ventura responds to Sarah Palin's insults.

As you all well know Palin lashed out at Ventura after he won an anti-defamation lawsuit against the estate of sniper Chris Kyle who had claimed in his book that he punched Ventura out in a bar fight.

Here is what she said:  

“Hey tough guy, Jesse Ventura, your feelings were hurt because you perceived your reputation was besmirched by words in a book?” 

“So you turn around and sue, expecting $2 million from a military widow and her fatherless children? Yeah, like that is going to help your reputation, jackass.”

So that was two weeks ago but Ventura must have finally heard about it because she said it on her pa-per-butch channel, and nobody pays any real attention to that. 

Here was his response:

"Well you know what I've got to say to Sarah "the quitter" Palin? At least I finished my term, Sarah, and didn't lie to the people. You lied to the people. You told the people of Alaska that you wanted to be their governor. Then all of a sudden fame and fortune came your way, and being governor wasn't that important was it, to the money. So you dropped out early. You quit your job as governor. You didn't fulfill your obligation and promise to the very people who elected you. You chose fame and fortune, Sarah. I have no respect for you because you made a choice. You took the money over your obligation. So who are you to criticize me?"

Now I am not really a big fan of Ventura, though I do agree with him on some things, but he has every right to defend himself against this unnecessary verbal attack because it was really NONE of Palin's business.

I mean if a court of law found that what Kyle wrote in his book was defamatory, then what right does little miss buttinski have to say anything about it?

Besides Ventura filed the case in 2012 when Kyle was still alive (After all how did he know the guy was stupid enough to take guys suffering from PTSD to a gun range?), and the estate was only named as the defendant after Kyle got himself killed, so it is not like he was targeting a widow and her children out of spite.

Or perhaps its simply that she is jealous Ventura is now 1.8 millions dollars richer, while Palin realizes that if SHE were to try and sue for defamation that she would surely lose.