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Inside the ropes with Jesse Ventura /
Tom Hauser offers the only detailed account of former pro-wrestler Jesse Venturas campaign, election, and time in office as governor of Minnesota.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. "We shocked the world" : Jesse Ventura's unlikely path to the Governor's Mansion
- 2. "I can kick your ass!" : the quotable Ventura becomes a media sensation
- 3. "Hooyah!" : Governor Ventura takes the oath
- 4. "Oh, am I in trouble now!" : taking on single mothers and drunken Irishmen
- 5. "We can't legislate against every stupid thing" : Ventura's vision for Minnesota
- 6. "A trick and ten dollars" : Jesse's book tells all
- 7. "I don't have to do anything, I'm a governor" : Ventura's talk-radio comeback
- 8. "A ritual political suicide" : shocking the world again
- 9. "I'm proud I'm a wrestler" : the Body's new Chyna policy
- 10. "Organized religion is a sham" : Playboy
- 11. "You have brought shame" : no apologies
- 12. "Blatant political garbage" : the Reform Party implodes while the Governor stands alone
- 13. "10,000 lakes and one goofy governor" : from The young and the restless to the Lincoln bedroom
- 14. "This governor is out of bounds" : moonlighting with the XFL
- 15. September 11, 2001 : Minnesota's Commander-in-Chief wages war on the media.