enhanced_deficit
07-11-2015, 01:23 PM
How important are acting/teleprompter skills for winning high political office in present day America?
Some of our recent so called "great statesmen" have been actors literally before coming to pilitics, others seem to have mastered the art after coming into politics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9IcbVDTVls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9IcbVDTVls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nk7OAZC7r0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nk7OAZC7r0
Top 10 Actors Turned Politicians (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854874,00.html)
Saturday Night Live alum Al Franken is fighting to become Minnesota's next Senator, but he's far from the first person to turn celebrity into a run for office. A look at a few of his predecessors and their entertainment careers before (and in some cases, after) they became public servants
George Murphy (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854874,00.html)
Ronald Reagan (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854875,00.html)
Clint Eastwood (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854876,00.html)
Fred Grandy (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854877,00.html)
Ben Jones (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854878,00.html)
Sonny Bono (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854879,00.html)
Jesse "The Body" Ventura (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854880,00.html)
Fred Thompson (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854881,00.html)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854882,00.html)
Al Franken (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854883,00.html)
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1854887,00.html
On related note, current Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may have bright future someday in US politics armed with his Harvard education and all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk
Some of our recent so called "great statesmen" have been actors literally before coming to pilitics, others seem to have mastered the art after coming into politics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9IcbVDTVls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9IcbVDTVls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nk7OAZC7r0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nk7OAZC7r0
Top 10 Actors Turned Politicians (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854874,00.html)
Saturday Night Live alum Al Franken is fighting to become Minnesota's next Senator, but he's far from the first person to turn celebrity into a run for office. A look at a few of his predecessors and their entertainment careers before (and in some cases, after) they became public servants
George Murphy (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854874,00.html)
Ronald Reagan (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854875,00.html)
Clint Eastwood (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854876,00.html)
Fred Grandy (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854877,00.html)
Ben Jones (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854878,00.html)
Sonny Bono (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854879,00.html)
Jesse "The Body" Ventura (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854880,00.html)
Fred Thompson (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854881,00.html)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854882,00.html)
Al Franken (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1854887_1854886_1854883,00.html)
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1854887,00.html
On related note, current Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may have bright future someday in US politics armed with his Harvard education and all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk