Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson is perhaps better known for playing a lawyer on television than for being a Tennessee Senator in real life. Thompson started in politics, turned to acting, turned back to politics, then again to acting and now he’s running for elected office again. He is one of many in American history who have switched between the two career paths.
Thompson is not the only well-known actor running for office in 2008. Among the candidates for the Minnesota Senate race is comedian and Democrat Al Franken. He too has been politically active for years and started a political action committee that has raised more than a million dollars for Democratic candidates.
Interested in knowing how Al Franken will do? As part of its State and Local politics project, USINFO will be following the races that matter to residents of the Minnesota 1st Congressional District – stay tuned for updates.
Who else has gone from Hollywood to Washington? Find out more here.
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pius ukachukwu
10 October 2008 at 03:47 EDT
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obama has the vision , and he is commissioned by God to save people and calm troubled mind, the whole world is in crisis ,thats a biblical,qouranic and relical prophecy, but the prince of darkeness (skin color dosent matter) through opposing forces faulting Gods plan on paradise earth. lets face the truth, obama has seen the whole crisis analysed it and offer a solution, remember he qouted the economic crisis loom but we didnt take him seriously until now.
even now many still believe the false prophet that ecomony is good , pls let him that has eyes and ears read Bible REV 14:8 one they will not believe that the babylon of our time has fallen. and they will want mad fanatic people that will throw or bring 3rd world war (armmegedom ) to walls of every city ,door of every home , souls of the innocent, blood of th saints , havent we shed enough blood ,and some one is calling war war war .
listen every one there is a plan to bring armmegedon now but it not yet time . they will reject truth
http://writeremark.pnn.com/articles/show/26917-mccain-doesn-t-get-it
pius ukachukwu
10 October 2008 at 03:47 EDT
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