Posted on 04/07/2009 10:32:56 AM PDT by faced
WASHINGTON — The White House has hired actor Kal Penn as a liaison between President Barack Obama’s administration and Hollywood.
White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that the actor who has a recurring role on Fox’s TV show “House” and has starred in several movies would join the staff as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison. His role will be to connect Obama with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities, as well as arts and entertainment groups.
Penn starred as Kumar in the movie, “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.”
Penn was an Obama supporter during the campaign. The White House says a start date for Penn hasn’t been set.
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Face Fwd Comments:
I guess it was the fact that he stared in “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” caused the jr. high administration to think that he was qualified for a government post. Since the Rock is staring in “Escape From With Mountain”, perhaps he could be the administration's liaison for Witches Covens or maybe Magic Mountain?”
How about a liaison for Talk Radio….. oops, sorry, I forgot they were going to shut that down.
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Kumar was also a nuclear terrorist in “24.”
Perhaps, only perhaps, Obama has finally found someone to hire that is not a tax cheat.
cheat: noun
a person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage : a liar and a cheat.
• an act of cheating; a fraud or deception.
Time will tell......
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