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Is George Clooney's Private Life Really His Electability Problem?

In a recent interview with Newsweek, actor George Clooney broke heart-wrenching news to the political world: he will not be seeking elected office. I guess this means all the “Clooney 2012” bumper stickers can be put away, and the numerous Clooney PACs that had formed can stand down. (Just kidding. There never were any bumper stickers nor were there PACs.) The truth is, the only person who seriously wondered whether Clooney might run was Clooney himself.

Everyday Americans couldn’t care less. And the fact that Clooney actually made an announcement about his non-existent political future only confirms the suspicion that he is a legend in his own mind.

Clooney’s overblown feelings of self-worth were evident in the fact that he cited his background of sex and drugs as the reason he won’t seek office. Apparently he wanted to use his announcement to impress us. As if we were all going to read it and say to one another, “Wow, Clooney is so cool: the ladies love him and he’s done so much dope.” (It’s as if Clooney never advanced beyond the mentality of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”)

Here in the real world, salt-of-the-earth Americans would have been far more impressed had Clooney admitted that the real reason he isn’t running for office is because his policy positions make him unelectable. The November 2010 midterm elections, as well as the backlash against socialism in Wisconsin and other unionized states, prove that someone like Clooney would get shellacked at the polling booth were he to run.

While Clooney has and is doing some noble work in the Sudan, most Americans haven’t forgotten Clooney’s raw arrogance and cruelty, a combination common to most liberals, and one which he proudly displayed when he made fun of Charlton Heston for having Alzheimer’s. (For any of you who have somehow forgotten, shortly after Heston was diagnosed with that terrible disease, Clooney said: “Charlton Heston announced ‘again’ today that he is suffering from Alzheimer’s.”)

The long and short of it is this: Clooney’s history with women and drugs isn’t what dissuades him from running for office. What actually dissuades him is the fact that his politics are out of date (and out of touch), and his little ego can’t handle the thought of seeing his political aspirations crumble before his eyes in a real election.

Note to Clooney: You’ll never be half the man Charlton Heston was. Deal with it.


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