"The weapons here are words, not muscles," Matthews quipped. "Thank God."
Ventura responded with a straight face: "As long as I don't get mad."
Most students said they were impressed by Ventura's lucidity.
"I think he's revitalizing [and] making people interested in politics," said Lisa M. Herman '01.
"He definitely tried to build up students and seemed very positive," said Alexis J. Loeb '02, referring to the governor's trade of playing to his audience.
Others said they were weary of the governor's self-professed "political incorrectness."
"He had a lot of interesting things to say, but they didn't seem particularly relevant to the governor of a state," said Carrie Roby '03. "I think it turned a little into, oh, what will Jesse say to this?" she said.
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