Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has fighting words for a former Navy SEAL in a new court document that stems from an incident in a California bar six years ago. The former SEAL Chris Kyle says Ventura was insulting and deserved the punch Kyle gave him. Ventura sued Kyle for defamation, saying he has the story all wrong – a "complete fabrication" and "a vicious, deliberate and calculated assault on his character, honor and reputation," Ventura's new filing says.

The former Minnesota governor is suing Chris Kyle for defamation and falsifying a story to sell books. Kyle recently published a memoir and in the book he claims he punched someone named "ScruffFace" during a bar fight. While publicizing his memoir, he claimed "ScruffFace" is Ventura.

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is drumming up media attention for his new book by complaining that he doesn't get enough media attention.

Five fellow Navy SEALs, and the mothers of two of their fallen comrades, are backing the story of former SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, who says former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura was bad-mouthing SEALs six years ago in a Coronado, Calif. bar. Kyle claims he punched Ventura. Ventura sued, denying he prompted a fight with boorish behavior. Kyle's lawyer filed a motion Tuesday to dismiss two of the three counts as legally deficient. One witness said, "He was saying the wrong things in the wrong place at the wrong time. In my opinion, he was being as anti-American as you can possibly get."

The former governor says he would run on the same ticket with Republican Rep. Ron Paul if he went for the Libertarian ticket in 2012. Ventura says the Paul/Ventura ticket would create 'unbelievable excitement' in the presidential race.