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Clooney Already Backing Obama Presidential Bid
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Clooney Already Backing Obama Presidential Bid

Dec 16, 2005 7:53 am



Barack Obama has been in Washington less than a year, but our junior senator already has a Hollywood superstar -- known for his own political passions -- talking up a future Obama presidential bid.

George Clooney told the Sunday Times of London he understands Obama's reluctance to even talk about a run for the White House this early in the game. ''Of course he doesn't want to right now; he just wants to be a senator for Illinois,'' said Clooney, who clearly has heard Obama's continual mantra: ''I just want to be a workhorse [in the Senate], not a show horse.''

Yet, the actor and filmmaker makes a valid point about Obama's eventual appeal on any national ticket: ''He could attract the two groups who rarely show up to vote -- young people and blacks. He's the guy to get behind,'' Clooney told the London paper.

The former ''ER'' star's focus the past few years has been very political. In the same Times interview he criticizes Hillary Clinton and other Democrats for not fighting harder against the war in Iraq. In the 2004 elections he worked on his father Nick Clooney's unsuccessful race for a U.S. House seat from Kentucky. Both Clooney films of 2005 -- ''Good Night, and Good Luck'' and ''Syriana'' -- are strongly political, focusing on the early 1950s fight between Edward R. Morrow and Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the contemporary world of oil geo-politics in the Middle East.

''I love politics and I love issues,'' Clooney told me just last month, but he's not interested in running for office himself. ''I prefer Oprah's approach. You create a forum -- in her case, her show; in my case cinema -- where a lot of these kinds of issues can be discussed. It's not about just presenting your opinion. It's more important to have people on both sides sitting down and talking about these things. Hopefully out of all that, some sort of consensus can be reached.''

http://cbs2chicago.com/zwecker/local_blogentry_350085452.html


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Re: Clooney Already Backing Obama Presidential Bid [Re: lonestar2004]
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george clooney sucks balls.

but i suppose it's great to be informed about what he's up to. can we count on you for more george clooney updates from time to time? i gotta keep up with the will of the clooney.

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Re: Clooney Already Backing Obama Presidential Bid [Re: lonestar2004]
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Obama....what an unfortunate name. If he runs, you know Republicans will call him "Osama".








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Re: Clooney Already Backing Obama Presidential Bid [Re: lonestar2004]
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White man backs black Osama. Maybe if he wins he can pass a reparations tax.


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Re: Clooney Already Backing Obama Presidential Bid [Re: Learyfan]
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Learyfan said:
Obama....what an unfortunate name. If he runs, you know Republicans will call him "Osama".




There's already a hilarious Teddy "the Submariner" Kennedy sound bite with him calling Obama "Osama" about 3 different ways. Priceless.


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