Posted on 12/08/2007 8:42:04 AM PST by jdm
Sean Penn endorsed Dennis Kucinich for President, after tipping off news agencies of a major political announcement earlier this week. While his choice of candidate may not suprise many, it should have surprised John Edwards. After all, Penn had already given him twice as many greenback endorsements as Kucinich (via the Political Machine):
Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn endorsed Dennis Kucinich for president in San Francisco Friday.
Penn made what had been billed as a "major political statement" at San Francisco State University.
Andy Juniewicz, National Press Secretary and senior advisor to Kucinich told NBC11 that Penn made the endorsement at an open-to-the-public event sponsored by The San Francisco State College Democrats.
The NBC report includes a slideshow entitled "The Many Faces of Sean Penn". Well, perhaps we can at least say two-faced. FEC records show that Penn had donated $4,600 to John Edwards -- two days after donating $2,300 to Kucinich. Perhaps Penn evened it up in the fourth quarter, but it seems like Penn hasn't exactly put his money where his mouth is.
Sean Penn is indisputably a fine actor, but he's also a political albatross. Anyone who pals around with Hugo Chavez should generate considerable skepticism. When the same man already has a track record of defending Saddam Hussein's brutal regime, he becomes a major liability on the campaign trail. Kucinich won't mind -- right now, he has nowhere to go but up -- but Team Edwards must be breathing a sigh of relief.
I'll let y'all know first before I call a press conference to announce who I'm supporting........
Is this something we’re supposed to care about?
No
His target audience couldn't care less.
No but I heard he did a Baton Majorette once.
This perfects Sean’s (tin)foil disguising his elite US spy status. His entry into enemy territory is always assured.
/I don’t write this stuff, okay I do but the Onion would if I didn’t
Either that or it blows his cover as he jumps the shark. Kucinich? The Keebler Elve with his fairy wife?
Sean who?
A “major political statement”? By Sean Penn?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
“His target audience couldn’t care less.”
You are Eggs Ackley right! Everyone here seems to think Denny is nuts. He’s not! He’s a fox in his own henhouse. He goes on these “presidential” campaigns, and lives like a king every couple of years. He has a blast, and all he has to do is appeal to a large enough block of voters to finance his attention-getting whirlwind vacation. He’s a con man, and I despise him!
Heard an audio snipped from his speech on the radio. While the exact words elude me, he did say that the US would once again “stand tall” with Kucinich in the White House.
Clearly the effects of the writers strike are showing. Only from the mouth of a Hollywoodenhead would the words “Kucinich” and “stand tall” appear in the same sentence.
"As mayor of the Munchkin City...in the merry old land of Oz"...
And so goes the left
Who gives a rat's a$$ who Sean Penn endorses. He should be hung from the nearest oak tree.
Well, I’m breathing a huge sigh of relief. If Penn had endorsed Ron Paul, I’d never hear the end of it.
Yeah?
In what bizarro world?
Allow me to dispute it.
He's a stinking hack.
His best moment came in his portrayal of a drug-addled surfer dude.
Everything else he has done is crap.
Period.
Leni
Perhaps because the limit is $2,300 per election, and the primary and general count as separate elections?
So, does he have to give money back when Edwards doesn't get the nod? Or can he claim it retroactively for a previous election cycle?
IANAL!
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