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...only one who might seek the Reform Party nomination. Party members are openly wooing other illustrious pseudo-celebrities include former Connecticut governor and political maverick Lowell P. Weicker Jr. and real estate mogul Donald "The Donald" Trump. Led by Minnesota governor and former pro-wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura the House that Ross Built might be making some headway after...
...That's love, when you let another professional wrestler beat...
...Casino is not destined to be remembered along with Yalta and Potsdam as one of history's great summits. But back in 1988, at the World Wrestling Federation's Wrestlemania IV in Atlantic City, Donald Trump met Jesse ("the Body") Ventura. The real estate parvenu was impressed by the wrestler's sense of showmanship. The two remained casual acquaintances over the years--they became pen pals and talked about golf. Eleven years later, they find themselves soulmates: each would deny Patrick J. Buchanan the Reform Party's presidential nomination. Trump is eyeing the race and has ordered up an analysis...
What would Trump get from a race? He burnishes his brand name and, like Buchanan, he's peddling a book--The America We Deserve--due out in January. What does Ventura get out of a Trump bid? The former wrestler objects to Buchanan's social-policy views and may run on the Reform ticket in 2004. Trump is a perfect placeholder. And Ventura genuinely admires Trump. As one Ventura pal puts it, "They're both entrepreneurs who've had wild lives and believe in living their life as an open book. Their views are simpatico." Indeed, Ventura recently snickered that...
...World Wrestling Federation stripped her of her moniker; the clothes, she took off herself. Last week Rena Mero, the wrestler who can no longer be called SABLE, settled her $110 million lawsuit against the WWF. The blond battle-ax and mother of one had sued the league over her claims that it demanded she bare her breasts and participate in lesbian story lines. Though neither party will divulge the financial details, Mero has agreed to relinquish rights to the name Sable and for the next three years stay out of the ring, where she seems to have few issues with...