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Boredom seems to be the most likely answer, plus a growing grass-roots resentment of elitist politicians who govern by focus groups rather than personal convictions. Says Steven Schier, chairman of the political-science department at Minnesota's Carleton College, of Ventura: "He's charismatic, he's warm, he's colorful. Coleman and Humphrey were much more conventional politicians and provided a nice gray backdrop. Every act needs a straight man, and he had two of them." Ventura's campaign manager, Doug Friedline, says, "He's very straightforward and honest. You may not like his answers, but you're gonna...
...first blush, straightforward and honest seem odd terms, even for a campaign manager, to apply to someone who made his name in the phantasmagorically staged world of pro wrestling and then parlayed his fame into roles in Hollywood action films, including Predator, The Running Man and Batman & Robin. Plus Ventura's appeal to populist sympathies and his downscale campaign wardrobe--faded jeans, scuffed sneakers, an occasional camouflage jacket and bush hat--belied the fact that he is a wealthy man. He lives with his wife of 23 years, Terry, and a teenage son and daughter on a 32-acre horse...
Even his opponents admit that Ventura's testosterone-overload image can be amusing. But how much of it is true? The record yields a mixed answer...
...returned to Minnesota and spent a year at North Hennepin Community College. In 1975, the same year he met and married his wife, he went back to California to try his hand at professional wrestling. That was where Jesse Ventura was born. He'd always wanted to be named Jesse, and Ventura was the name of a California city. Presto. Showtime...
...Hogan: "Jesse's best move was to cheat and run...He'd take the tape off his wrist and choke you, he'd gouge you in the eyes, and then if you cleared your eyes or got the tape off your throat, he'd run for his life." But Ventura was funny and articulate outside the ring, skills that led, once he hung up his tights, to movie roles and jobs as a TBS wrestling commentator and a talk-show host at radio station KFAN in the Twin Cities...