Dean Cain for Congress?

[Silvanus]

He is only fiscally conservative while being socially liberal.

And sure, lots of liberals describe themselves as "fiscally conservative," really just meaning "responsible; not a reckless spender." But he says he defintely preferred Romeny over Obama, which makes him sound like he really does tilt to the right.

Also, I'm not sure I'd want to vote for someone who says "it’s something that I would do on a part-time basis." I can sympathize with preferring candidates who have had non-political careers to candidates who have been career politicians--put once someone is in Congress or in another major elected official, it should be a full-time job. Congress already gets little enough done without members starting to take pride in being part-timers.

At first, I was going to say that the idea of an actor having political responsabilities was preposterous. Then I remembered what country we were talking about.
Carry on.

I used to think it was preposterous, and as a Democrat I'm not encouraged by the Reagan example. And no one should be encouraged by the Schwarzenegger example. But I've gotten more impressed with the intelligence and understanding it usually takes to be a really good actor (which doesn't necessarily include Reagan or Schwarzenegger). If an actor has also been an activist or in some other way proven knowledgeable and capable when it comes to policy and politics, then I don't think his or her career in the arts has to be a disqualifier. Even Reagan was president of a union (the Screen Actors Guild) before he was Governor of California, so while I didn't like his policies or "know nothing" demeanor, I didn't think his career path was as ridiculous as it has sometimes been considered.

[Lexrules]

Wow, the guy meets LexRules once and all of a sudden he'll take any job to get off the convention circuit.

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Anyway, yes, he's a conservative. Here's an interview he did with (ugh) Fox News about it from last month.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/350439791...#sp=show-clips

Living in Southern California his whole life, I think he could win there. People seem to like electing celebrities who have no other qualifications other than being famous.

Hey, what can I say. I have a way with people.

[Mr. Mastermind]

Looking him up on his wikipedia page, he sponsored Rick Perry in 2012, and I really can't see anyone leaning to the left sponsoring Rick friggin' Perry.

Considering the like of Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann have political power in the US, he probably won't be too bad all things considering. I mean, can anyone's political views really be worse than Rick Santorum's? You and me both know that's not physically possible.

[Lexrules]

Dean will bring back the Classic Sut.


VOTE FOR DEAN....

[The_Last_Czarnian]

Dean will bring back the Classic Sut.


VOTE FOR DEAN....

Heh. Brilliant!

[Shadowcat]

I wouldn't vote for him, but that's because he's a Republican and I'm a staunch Democrat.

[FaerieGodfather]

A California conservative would be a North Carolina liberal. Of course, on the other hand, an American liberal would be an English conservative.

That's not a political spectrum thing. That's a difference in terminology-- in America, "liberal" refers to the progressive movement, while in the UK and Europe, "liberal" refers more to a classical liberal. A British liberal would be more like... an American libertarian. Except far more moderate than the name implies.

[TheFearlessDefender89]

He's starred in that horrible "evolution is a lie" bible movie. So I don't think id find myself voting for him.

Really? Yikes!!! As an Atheist who supports evolutionary theory, that's a no go for me.

[Kurosawa]

That's not a political spectrum thing. That's a difference in terminology-- in America, "liberal" refers to the progressive movement, while in the UK and Europe, "liberal" refers more to a classical liberal. A British liberal would be more like... an American libertarian. Except far more moderate than the name implies.

There is a big difference in the entire political spectrum between the UK and America, though. America is a lot further to the right than the UK, and President Obama is called a socialist by the right here when in fact he is center right at best, besides having some common decency on LGBT issues.

Of course, at least he's done something for somebody in that department. But he's very centrist politically and very conservative in how he handles business.

[Penguin Truth]

Really? Yikes!!! As an Atheist who supports evolutionary theory, that's a no go for me.

You can't really "support" evolutionary theory. Evolution just exists. Supporting evolutionary theory is like supporting arithmetic. It's just how numbers work.

If by that you mean you support shaming the people who refuse to believe in reality, I concur.

[DieHard200904]

He's not in my area, so it won't matter to me one way or another. I don't think he will get the nomination anyways.

[Osiris-Rex]

At first, I was going to say that the idea of an actor having political responsabilities was preposterous. Then I remembered what country we were talking about.
Carry on.

If Al Franken can get elected as a US Senator, and even win a second term, why not?