George Clooney thinks President Obama is really, really smart. Maybe in Hollywood Obama is the smartest guy in the room, but out here in the real world he looks like an incompetent nincompoop. Maybe Obama’s next career can be playing smart guys in movies.
Via Story Balloon, the Telegraph reported the ridiculous quote.
The Hollywood actor campaigned for Obama during the last election and speaks up regularly on political issues, leading some to posit him as the Democrats’ answer to Ronald Reagan.
However, at the Venice Film Festival he shot down the ‘Clooney for President’ rumours once and for all.
“As for me running for President – look, there’s a guy in office who is smarter than anybody you know, and nicer, and he’s having an almost impossible time governing.
“Why would anyone volunteer for that job? I have a very good job. So I have no interest,” he said.
See how they do that – Obama is wicked smart, it’s just those darned Washington politics and evil republicans that keep him from getting anything done. My, what short memories these liberals have. Didn’t The One and his party ram through Obamacare, Porkulus, FrankenDodd and plenty of job-killing regulations? Why, yes, yes they did! And now we’re in another recession, or never got out of the last one, or are in our own personal recessions. Take your pick.
On the bright side, at least we’ll spared a George Clooney presidential run.
Update: Poh Diaries linked – thanks!
Update 2: Republican Redefined linked – thank you!
Tags: anyone, George Clooney, Hollywood, obama, smarter, smartest
Thanks for the link!
I saw your post on National Review’s The Corner the other day. Nice score!
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Thanks. Later that day I heard Tom Sullivan read my words back to me on Fox News radio. That was a hoot!
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[...] Clooney said at the Venice Film Festival that he has no plans to run for President (thank God for small miracles). He went on to say that Obama is smarter than anyone you know and in spite of his uncanny [...]
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apparently, the evil geniuses darth cheney and karl rove unleashed destruction that even the smartest man in the world can’t repair in only 4 years
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Sure, Obama’s smarter than anyone I know. I only know actors.
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Remember Obama ran on “JUDGMENT” rather then experience or ability.
He ran on being SMARTER then anyone, which by default gives him better judgment then anyone else.
Hence the only……ONLY thing they have right now is he is SMARTER then everyone else and if they can make that case…..then it is the ONLY case they can make.
The president has shown his judgement by hiring COMMIES to run things. He has shown his judgment by having an economy that is a “MESS” 3 years after he took office.
Obama now has experience but unfortunately their is an old saying in my business.
“I KNOW WHAT TO DO……IM JUST NOT VERY GOOD AT DOING IT!”
Perhaps that can be Obama’s “EXPERIENCE CARD” for 2012.
I know what to do…..im just not very good at doing it!!!!
So the 2012 is all about Obama being the smartest guy in the room. That will be the case they make for him this year and next. Be not deceived, the MSM and hollywood and academia and everyone on the left will try to mock the intellect of the right.
It is after all their only card left to play, and unfortunately for them…3 years later we all know that not only is Obama inexperienced and incompetent, he is also not very smart either.
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Wow, if Obama is smarter than Clooney… I guess that is really saying something about him.
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[...] Clooney illustrates here is the fact that people like him live in a world so cut off from the reality that they truly [...]
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SNOrt.
Obama may be (possibly. Its also possible he’s not) smarter than me. I’m a bit smarter than the average bear, but I like smart friends as I can learn from them, and so,um, I know a ton of people who are smarter than Obama.
Most of my relatives are significantly smarter than Obama.
I know people who could give Obama twenty-five of their IQ points in a Redistribution of the Intellect, and still be smarter than Obama.
Obama is not even in the top ten million smartest people in the Nation.
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That’s funny because anyone I know is smarter than George Clooney.
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