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To: RinConRon who wrote (5190)	8/16/2003 6:49:02 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793801

Arnold ought to listen to Jesse. I also think he is being too careful. Some Advice From Ventura By CHARLIE LeDUFF - NEW YORK TIMES LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 - Jesse Ventura, the professional wrestling bully boy who parlayed his celebrity into one term as Minnesota's governor, has some advice for a fellow entertainer-turned-politician, while offering this opinion on the California recall drive: "It's ridiculous. It's absurd." Having said that, Mr. Ventura added that if Californians "are stupid enough to vote for this recall," then people cannot blame his friend and former co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger for capitalizing on it. So Jesse, The Body, has this to say to Arnold, The Terminator. "First of all, I'd tell Arnold, be yourself," said Mr. Ventura, a man who made his name and fortune dressing in leotards and boas and playing the heavyweight foil to Hulk Hogan. "Don't be spun doctored and stay away from the Republican Party, who will try to make you something you're not." Mr. Ventura, who ran as an independent, said that Mr. Schwarzenegger, who is a Republican, should also be mindful that Ronald Reagan served six terms as the president of the Screen Actors Guild before he was elected California's governor in 1966. Mr. Ventura served four years as mayor of Brooklyn Park, a Minneapolis suburb, before he reached the political major leagues. "I won that election because I was real," Mr. Ventura said in a telephone interview. "If I was Arnold, I wouldn't let them make me into a cookie cutter. I mean, look what they're doing to him. He looks wooden." Indeed, Mr. Schwarzenegger, usually magnetic and capable of charming an entire ballroom, has appeared on the campaign trail as something of a nervous hen venturing into a strange barn. The presumptive favorite to replace Gov. Gray Davis, Mr. Schwarzenegger, 56, was told by his advisers not to make mistakes out of the box. And so, he holds news conferences without taking questions. Recently, when cornered by reporters in front of the Los Angeles County clerk's office, the action hero was asked about his stance on the environment. "I will fight for the environment," he vowed. "Nothing to worry about." The economy? "We have to bring back businesses to California and to make sure that everyone in California has a great job," he said, "a fantastic job." Simple platitudes may be enough in this truncated campaign, Mr. Ventura said. If Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to win this bikini contest, Mr. Ventura advises, he should rely on charm. "There's no time to talk about the issues in 60 days," Mr. Ventura said. "Be careful of the media. They like to portray themselves as experts when they're not. They're trying to pretend I was just a bad dream." nytimes.com