He doesn't body-slam Hulk Hogan anymore. He has quit wearing a pink feather boa and glitter tights. He no longer pummels alien invaders with Arnold Schwarzenegger or plays characters who snarl things like ''I ain't got time to bleed.''
So now, Jesse Ventura -- former ''bad boy'' of the pro-wrestling circuit, action-flick actor, Navy Seal and talk-radio shock jock -- says he's ready for a new nickname. He doesn't want to be called the Body anymore. ''I'm Jesse the Mind now,'' he said today.
After all, Mr. Ventura -- the strapping, chrome-domed, gravel-throated sports-celluloid celebrity -- has a new job. In an earth-rattling political upset that shell-shocked politicians and prognosticators everywhere, Mr. Ventura has been voted the next governor of Minnesota.
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