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Ventura releases provocative new book

Just in time for the 2012 election campaign, bombastic former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura has released a new book, “DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government.” It’s a vintage Ventura take on what he says is America’s corrupt two-party system of government, calling out political party “thugs in Brooks Brothers suits.”
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Just in time for the 2012 election campaign, bombastic former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura has released a new book, “DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government.” It’s a vintage Ventura take on what he says is America’s corrupt two-party system of government, calling out political party “thugs in Brooks Brothers suits.”

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