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To: DMaA who wrote (47467)	5/13/1999 5:20:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 67261

Actually, DMA, you are mistaken, she passed one. The problem is that she refused to take one under FBI supervision, hired her own guy, and was prepared for the questions beforehand...

To: DMaA who wrote (47467)	5/13/1999 8:20:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Clarence Thomas didn't need to take one either. And regardless of what the "truth" was about Hill, it sure looks like Thomas lied under oath. He never gave a thought to Roe V. Wade. Never! The thought never crossed his mind. And monkeys will no doubt start flying out Jack L's ears any second now. Of course, George Bush said Thomas was the best man for the job, and he never lied either.

To: DMaA who wrote (47467)	5/13/1999 9:31:00 PM
From: lorrie coey	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 67261

-tell that to danny bonaduce! LOL! I see the bots are glarking...

To: DMaA who wrote (47467)	5/13/1999 9:46:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 67261

Ventura Writes Tell-All Biography nytimes.com On a more entertaining note, I though you might appreciate this news on your esteemed governor, DMA. Personally, I wish he'd set up the wrestling match with Ross Perot, but that would be too much to hope for. Quoted in full without comment, but watch for the kicker at the end. In his new autobiography, Gov. Jesse ''The Body'' Ventura brags about losing his virginity at 16 to win a bet, tells of visiting prostitutes in Nevada, admits he used marijuana and steroids and confides he doesn't wear underwear. Published by Random House/Villard, ''I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Re-working the Body Politic From the Bottom Up'' is available for purchase online and hits stores later this month. For some lawmakers, the former pro wrestler's $19.95 tell-all is a tell-too-much. ''If Minnesotans didn't know Jesse Ventura when they elected him, they certainly do now. I guess that proves that ignorance is bliss,'' said state Sen. Roy Terwilliger, a Republican. ''Frankly, I miss the bliss.'' Ventura, who shocked Minnesota's political establishment with his third-party upset victory last fall, confesses to everything from juvenile ''mischief'' -- stealing a ladder and throwing it through a school window -- to some serious adult carousing. He says he and his high school friends had a bet over who would be first to lose his virginity. Ventura won on New Year's Eve, in his good friend Jerry Flatgard's bed. ''But don't worry, Jerry wasn't with me. We weren't that close!'' Ventura writes. As he escorted the girl out of the house, he gave the thumbs-up to his buddies when she wasn't looking. ''And it was funny, but after that night I was never again with her. It was just one of those things,'' he says. The book is blunt, blustery and profane, like Ventura the man. He boasts that he was the first Minneapolis high school swimmer to break one minute in the 100-yard butterfly, and he declares: ''I was the greatest announcer wrestling's ever had.'' Even his account of a visit to a Nevada bordello during his Navy days is a cause for self-congratulation. He tells of selling his belt made of machine-gun shell casings to a hooker in return for her services, plus $10. ''I'm probably one of the only people in the world who's gone into a Nevada ranch and been paid,'' he writes. ''I used that $10 to go to another one.'' (During the campaign, Ventura called prostitution a victimless crime and suggested that Minnesota consider legalizing it.) Most of the first 38 pages of the 208-page volume are a recap of where he stands on such issues as urban sprawl and the role of government. As for his election, he says: ''The bottom line is that my opponents were boring.'' The former Navy SEAL describes his 17 months of duty in Southeast Asia late during the Vietnam War as more partying than fighting. He says he loved life in the Philippines, with lots of drinking, sex and indecent exposure during ''skivvy checks'' on bar tabletops. Navy SEALs don't wear underwear, Ventura relates, and the skivvy checks were done to prove it. ''To this day, I still honor that tradition most of the time,'' he writes. Ventura signed the book deal -- for ''mid-six figures'' -- a month after his election and dictated most of it into a tape recorder for a ghostwriter. He has said some of the proceeds will go toward teaching young Minnesotans about politics.