Piers Morgan: George Clooney Could Be 'A Serious Candidate for President' Some Day
He's a college dropout who has yet to hold elected office.
Yet CNN's Piers Morgan on Friday night said, "Whenever I see George Clooney, I always get a sneaking feeling that we may one day be considering him as a serious candidate for president" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
PIERS MORGAN, HOST: Finally, Rob, you're obviously a movie man. George Clooney put on the event at his house last night. Whenever I see George Clooney, I always get a sneaking feeling that we may one day be considering him as a serious candidate for president. What do you think?
ROB REINER: Well, I don't know what his thoughts about that are, but I knew, I do know that if he ever decides to run for elected office, he'd be terrific. I mean, he is obviously very articulate, knowledgeable. He is very passionate about issues and he does walk the walk. I mean, you saw what happened in his being arrested with his father in Washington.
He has been a very deep and caring person when it comes to the issues. So like I say, he's very articulate. He's not too ugly to look at. And I think he'd do very well. I don't know that he's interested in running for public office, but if he decided to do so, I think he'd, he'd do very well.
MORGAN: I've got a sneaking feeling that he will one day.
Isn't it amazing that folks such as Morgan and Reiner think Sarah Palin despite being governor of Alaska and mayor of Wasilla wasn't qualified to be vice president?
They probably also think that irrespective of the number of years they spent in Congress, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum aren't qualified to be president.
And regardless of having been governor of Texas, George W. Bush likewise didn't have what it takes to run the nation in their view.
But George Clooney, who didn't graduate from college and has never held elected office, could some day be president.
Scarier still - most liberals in the media probably agree with them.
It's a grave new world, isn't it?
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Shades of Chris Matthews
Submitted by Netstatter on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:47am.
I wonder if George Clooney sends thrills up Piers Morgans' leg.
What is Piers smoking???????
Submitted by yportbill on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 9:44am.
What is Piers smoking???????
Hollyweird is all about facades
Submitted by frank14 on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 2:41pm.
and the lib media don't care as long as you look good, are politically active and politically correct.
Yeah Piers..............about
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:48am.
Yeah Piers..............about as 'serious' as you are as a 'newsman'. Go back to England, you pompous pommie prick - you are clueless (as in George Clueless) about what REALLY goes on over here in the good ol' USA. You don't have the slightest idea about America..............
Piers Morgan...
Submitted by Bill Brasky on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:50am.
... could be a serious candidate for a mental institution some day. Then again, Obama has lowered the bar for being president so much that he might just be right about Clooney.
Yeah, that "sneaking feeling" you are getting Piers?
Submitted by tcm14 on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 2:37am.
It's called delusional disorder and you can beat it back with meds.
Yes. Keep it up.
Submitted by Texndoc on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:59am.
In November the American public is going to, how did Peter Jennings state it? Oh yes, going to "throw a tantrum."
Wow, hiring a caterer and a valet to park
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 1:02am.
cars is proof positive that someone can "walk the walk"? Archie was right, Reiner, you are a meat head.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Submitted by Chaitealover on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 1:12am.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Chai
just what we need
Submitted by Jerry Frey on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 1:34am.
another celebrity prez? don't think so...
they should rename...
Submitted by Kuso Jiji on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 1:46am.
...the Peter Principle the Piers Morgan Principle.
Might be a college
Submitted by Edhenry on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 5:11am.
Might be a college dropout....
But he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night
Piers
Submitted by oldfart on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 5:52am.
Go back to GB and Britain Has Talent.
I can't wait to read how you manage to make a total hack out of yourself every day.
However, on second thought - Clooney is actually more intelligent than Obama - at least Clooney is a believable actor. Clooney can actually put together two sentences, without a prompter, and have them make sense.
Boy oh boy
Submitted by KornKing on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:12am.
What's it say if "Britain has Talent" and "Piers Morgan" are used in the same sentence.
Oh, sure he could!
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 6:26am.
Look how "presidential" he looks in that photo!
And I'm sure he could read a teleprompter better than Obama....
Did you catch the sexism?
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:18am.
Clooney is "not ugly to look at," articulate and cares deeply about issues. Let's vote for him.
Sarah Palin is a babe who can see Russia from her front porch. What a bimbo! Good-looking Michele Bachmann has those zombie eyes (and, of course, a semi-gay husband). Nicky Haley is an incompetent right-wing governor of a redneck state, but she's a hottie.
Let him run
Submitted by CrazyHungarian on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:23am.
I could just see Clooney in the debates: "Where's my script, can we do a retake, my left side is better, this wasn't in my prep material, I need a cup of water, my make-up -isn't right, the mike is too close, Do I look presidential?.......
Hell, he might someday even
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:28am.
Hell, he might someday even make a movie worth watching but I doubt it.
Clooney's best work was on "The Facts of Life"
Submitted by frank14 on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 2:47pm.
He learned how to bore an audience to death there.
oldfart
Submitted by oldfart on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:28am.
At first I was puzzled by Clooney's body language in the attached photo. The look in Clooney eye's, the slant of the eyebrows and the finger across his mouth seem to convey the message that he cannot believe the stupidity that comes out of Obama's mouth.
The saddest part
Submitted by Franksam on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:36am.
Even George would probably be better than what we have now.
Vote for me, I'm handsome!!
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 8:17am.
The only way we can get rid of this Hollywood attitude would be if, say, China nuked the whole west coast of this country, or if Russia invaded Alaska. Then, a lot of the celebrity obsessed in America would wake up and realize we need politicians who can do more than put on makeup.
I'd rather have...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 8:20am.
Bill Shatner. At least Bill wouldn't take Piers seriously.
And so it continues.......
Submitted by Herbster on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 8:37am.
The dumbing down of our society continues.............
Even if my wife agrees, for different reasons,,,
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 9:01am.
Youve GOT to be kidding-no? Oy vey!
"We"?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 9:47am.
Doesn't Pliers realize the UK doesn't have a president?
Between
Submitted by Marsh on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:23am.
the lack of a college degree and the beards who would substitute for a First Lady, he's a Democrat's dream candidate..
He "walks the walk?"
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:27am.
"He is very passionate about issues and he does walk the walk. I mean, you saw what happened in his being arrested with his father in Washington."
So, an arrest record is now a prerequisite for POTUS?
I can hear him reciting the new oath of office already: "I will faithfully enforce the laws of the United States, but don't expect me to obey them!"
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Playing a politician doesn't give a star political experience.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:34am.
Nor do all of the publicity-seeking stunts like that phoney, staged Sudanese embassy episode or the box office political stinkers.
That's like saying him portraying a thief preying on Las Vegas casinos makes him an expert in gambling.
And like others, I suspect there are personal demons lurking that would prove to be a field day for any potential opponents. The Hollyweird lifestyle is hardly engendering of a connection to the mean voting demographic.
As Yogi said, "It's deja vu all over again."
Submitted by Galvanic on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 11:05am.
Read the underlined text in Reiner's quote, and ask yourself if you've heard it before . . .
ROB REINER: Well, I don't know what his thoughts about that are, but I knew, I do know that if he ever decides to run for elected office, he'd be terrific. I mean, he is obviously very articulate, knowledgeable. He is very passionate about issues and he does walk the walk. I mean, you saw what happened in his being arrested with his father in Washington. He has been a very deep and caring person when it comes to the issues. So like I say, he's very articulate. He's not too ugly to look at. And I think he'd do very well.
Isn't that what the white celebrity Left and the MSM echo chamber said about Barack Obama?
Apparently that's all that matters.
I'm surprised Reiner didn't mention that George Clooney's cousins -- the children of Jose Ferrar and aunt Rosemary -- are "Hispanic." Ain't he the perfect candidate?
Even more....
Submitted by Chaitealover on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 3:16pm.
One of those cousins, Gabriel Ferrer, is married to Debby Boone, Pat Boones daughter. That means he's got all the right-wing Christians, Too.
Chai
Gal, very articulate, jumped out too.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:22pm.
very articulate
articulate..
very articulate..
Pliers Moron...+...meat head...flips the ... very articulate card, becomes a tired rerun.
You Didn't Build That.
Yes Piers...
Submitted by DeclinesToState on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:05pm.
And he would make a great president of the NRA, I saw the American and he knew a
lot about firearms.
Off the Pier
Submitted by mmilesll on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 1:03pm.
Next week looney toons is going to tell us that Justin whatever his last name is, would be a really really great President. Knowledge like this is why so many people watch him.
Not ridiculous
Submitted by patman0623 on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 3:36pm.
Why is this concept so ridiculous? Ronald Reagan was an actor too, and he's the best Republican this country saw for the 20th century. And many people (e.g., Bill Gates) dropped out of college because they realized that higher education isn't always all it's cracked up to be.
This is not a valid story. It's just the Newsbusters staff having a knee-jerk reaction and looking for something to be pissed off about. They (rightly) accuse the left of having a double standard, yet they have one themselves.
I forget: which state was Clooney governor of for 8 years?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 4:03pm.
.
Yea, SAG President too.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:33pm.
Ah twice.
Giddyup....Build that legacy now..Ah don't let that jail time slow you down.
You Didn't Build That.
If some1 posts the Facts of life theme song...
Submitted by Paul G on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 4:52pm.
I'll kill them,,,,,,already going thru my head
➚ Realistically
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 5:54pm.
Realistically, Clooney could successfully win the Presidency.
Certainly we've seen the cult of personality do something much more outlandish in our own lifetimes.
Sadly, in this pop culture idiolizing society we live in........
Submitted by GregE on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:32pm.
yes, he could.
oh shoot. Nothing to worry about here
Submitted by Calypso Jones on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:45pm.
If Obama is elected for another 4 years, someday soon there won't even be a US to be president OF.
But Clooney is rich. I
Submitted by CM on Sun, 05/13/2012 - 10:59am.
But Clooney is rich. I thought being rich disqualified you from being president?