From the Body to the Mind

From The Body To The Mind “We shocked the world!”(Ventura 3). Indeed, CNN news anchors were literally laughing when they announced that Jesse Ventura had been elected Governor of Minnesota. An ex-pro wrestler? What could the people have been thinking?! Maybe the people of Minnesota knew something about the man born James George Janos that CNN news anchors didn’t. Maybe Ventura is a man of courage and determination. Before entering pro wrestling, Ventura was …

…The governor-elect ranked highest among every age group under sixty. When he left the Navy SEALs to become a pro wrestler, the fans knew him as Jesse “The Body.” When he picked up the microphone as a TV commentator and hard-hitting radio talk show host, he became Jesse “The Mouth.” Now that this body slamming, straight talking, charismatic hero is in the Minnesota Governor’s office, you’d better start calling him Jesse “The Mind!”