Five Actors Turned Politicians Kal Penn has announced his shock decision to leave acting aside, for now, to join Barack Obama�s staff at the White House. But he�s not the first actor to go into politics...
Five Actors Turned Politicians Ronald Reagan
The big daddy of actors-turned-politicians, Reagan was a decent actor with a middling career in churned-out Westerns and crappy B-movies, with Don Siegel�s The Killers the highlight of his career. From an early point, though, he was attracted to politics � he was president of the Screen Actors� Guild and was a spokesman for General Electric. Initially, he started political life as a Democrat, before switching to the Republican Party in 1962, and became Governor of California in 1968. The biggest job of them all � President of the United States of America � followed in 1980, a position which he held for two terms. Reagan�s tenure at the White House has attracted its fair share of criticism, mainly for the introduction of Reaganomics, which some see as the tiny acorn that has led to the mighty oak of the current economic crisis. But there�s no doubt that his work in bringing the Cold War to an end established a long-lasting legacy; he was also one of the most popular Presidents in recent memory.
PICTURED Ronald Reagan in Law And Order before becoming the 40th president of the United States
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Posted on Tuesday September 1, 2009, 14:04 by Agent69
Ew, they are all Republicans (Glenda excluded). Read More
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Posted on Thursday April 16, 2009, 11:04 by LucienSanchez
why is eastwood being sworn in by amanda barrie? Read More
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Posted on Thursday April 9, 2009, 14:34 by stevos
How can anyone (in politics in America) take Kal Penn seriously after the Harold and Kumar films! Christ, he smoked pot with George W Bush in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay!! Read More
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The New Senator, Live from New York...
Posted on Thursday April 9, 2009, 00:09 by immortalwog
Former SNL alum and political eye-poker Al Franken might be getting the Senate Seat in Minnesota. I don't know what Minnesotans have for electing "celebrities". Read More
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RE: Who's missing
Posted on Wednesday April 8, 2009, 15:48 by Toursiveu2
What about Sonny Landham who ran for Governor of Kentucky?
With Arnold and Jesse Ventura, he's the third Predator cast member who had a career in politics! Read More
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Who's missing
Posted on Wednesday April 8, 2009, 13:08 by roper
What about Jesse "the Body" Ventura? Predator and Politics? Read More
