For a politician facing the re-election grind, nothing beats having the President of the United States scuffing the campaign trail at your side. A close second might be if the fictional President of the United States from a Emmy-award wining television show presses palms for the cause. Hell, let’s be honest, it might even be more important than the real deal.
Former President Josiah Bartlet – or for all you non-West Wing fans, Martin Sheen – made an appearance today at a food bank outside of Columbus for Senator Sherrod Brown. The for-the-cameras stop was part of a series of events the Hollywood staple is doing for the Democrat, including some cush fundraisers, according to the Dispatch.
At today’s event, Sheen – a Dayton native, who knew? — filled up reporters’ notebooks with a lot of kind words about Brown.
“He just makes me very proud to be a Buckeye,” Sheen said. “That this voice is coming from where I’m from. It’s because this state has become so conservative and it’s that awful term ‘ battleground state.’ Yeah, it’s a battle for people’s souls, and this effort (the food bank) speaks more about who he is, what he stands for.”
This article appears in May 30 – Jun 5, 2012.
Exactly why is this some kind of revelation? Any casual observer of politics knows Martin Sheen is a left wing extremist. Is this puff piece somehow suppose to legitimize Brown? Brown is so far left he makes Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman look mainstream. You want more economic stagnation in Ohio? You want more big government taking your money and then telling you what you can and can’t do? You want more Liberal Fascism? By all means then, vote for the rumple-suited radical, Brown.