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I Ain’t Got Time to Bleed By Jesse Ventura Jesse Ventura’s I Ain’t Got Time
To Bleed is an autobiography about who he is, where he stands, and where he
comes from. Ventura decided to run for governor and was elected in the state of
Minnesota November 3rd 1998. He ran against Skip Humprhrey and Norm Coleman. He
is the first member of the Reformist party to win an election for Governor in
the history of the United States of America. He funded his campaign not by
collecting money from special interest groups, but by accepting small donations
from Minnesota citizens and repaying them using the Minnesota Political Campaign
Refund Program. He knew in order for his campaign to work, everyone had to know
that Jesse Ventura was running for governor. Since everybody doesn’t listen to
the radio or read the paper, he decided to focus his campaign on Television ads.
Whenever he engaged in a debate he took only himself, no notes. His opponents
were wearing suits and ties, he wore a Minnesota Timberwolves jacket and a pair
of jeans. He dressed like the common man because he is the common man.
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November third 1998 he won the election. James George Janise was born July 15,
1951, his name was not Jesse Ventura. Not until 25 years later when he changed
his name to become “Jesse The Body Ventura”. He grew up around local Minneapolis
during the 50s and 60s and Graduated in 1969 from Roosevelt High. A few months
after he graduated, his brother talked him into coming with to a navy recruiting
office. They both walked out with Navy ID cards. The whole reason he joined the
Navy was for one thing-the SEALs. Their chance finally came about five weeks
into boot camp. After swimming 600 meters, doing as many pushups and sit-ups as
they could in two minutes, then running a mile, he passed the screening test.
For several more months they were trained as one of the elite. For the next two
years he served in the military. In 1973, he finished serving in the Navy and
joined a biker club called “The Mongols”.
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