Reports of Dianne Feinstein’s political demise, to quote Mark Twain, have been greatly exaggerated. distance San Francisco Chronicle The article questioned her ability to handle the demands of her job due to age-related mental decline, and the California senator in her 80s said no, she was very fit and planned to end her term in 2024.
However, politics is tough business and the tongues keep on shaking. What if DiFi had to quit her job early?
It falls to Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint her interim successor, just as he did when Kamala Harris left the US Senate to work with a decent Joe Biden. Newsom chose then-Secretary of State Alex Padilla to replace her and now padilla He hopes to win the Senate election himself in the fall.
Two things are almost certain if Newsom is able to pick the Senate again: 1) the person will be a Democrat, and 2) he or she will not be a Hollywood business celebrity.
Why not the latter? Because that’s not how the Democrats roll. Almost all famous politicians are Republicans.
The most famous and successful Republican politician was, of course, Ronald Reagan, twice president of the United States and governor of the largest state in the country. Gipper had real credibility on the show – the leading man in movies, marriage to two actresses (Jane Wyman, Nancy Davis Reagan) and dating the likes of Jimmy Stewart and Bill Holden.
Reagan was also befriended by another conservative California Republican, Senator George Murphy, who tap danced and sang on the silver screen and co-starred with Shirley Temple in the Depression-era musical. Little Miss Broadway. Temple, the greatest child star of all time, grew up to be a United States ambassador and delegate to the United Nations. Republican, of course.
Sonny Bono was elected mayor of Palm Springs and later became a US congressman representing that area in Washington. Sonny was the mustachioed person in the hit singing duo, Sonny & Cher.
Dirty Harry, The Man with No Name, the Academy Award-winning director of “Unforgiven”, “Mystic River” and many more memorable films – such as the famous conservative Clint Eastwood, who also served as the mayor of Carmel.
Ah, but all of those names (except for Clint’s) are buried in the past. Times have changed. Everyone knows that Hollywood today is more left-wing than the Harvard faculty lounge. See Oprah. Eau DiCaprio and Clooney. Don’t forget Debra Messing and Judd Apatow. There are more Hollywood celebrity activists rallying for causes of the left than there are bodies in Robert De Niro’s gang movie (Another Famous Leftist).
Yeah. Indeed. Entirely true. But even recently, the trend of Republican celebrities has continued. Yelling on Twitter is one thing, and entering a full MMA contest for electoral politics is quite another. And in that respect, Republicans seem more willing to step into the ring.
Who can forget Arnold Schwarzenegger, although many would like to. The “Governor” served seven years as California’s highest-ranking elected official and almost no one was as pleased, as the audience felt after sitting at the “Terminator Genisys.” Fred “Law and Order” Thompson became a Senator for Law and Order from Tennessee. Another Republican, Gandhi, better known as “Gopher” in “The Love Boat,” represented Iowa in the House of Representatives.
Then there was Chief Honshu on the popular TV reality show “The Apprentice”. I can’t remember his name, but he’ll come to me…
The main exception to the dominance of Republican celebs was SNL’s Stuart Smalley, aka Al Franken, who was a Democratic senator from Minnesota. Former Nick sniper Bill Bradley, also a Democrat, scored points for New Jersey in the Senate. But Bradley’s jam was a sport, and this discussion sheds light on the show’s world.
There are a number of theories as to why celebs outnumber celebs D in discretionary politics. Actors and actresses who swing from the left may have more successful careers than the right, and would rather have lunch at Nobu Malibu than circle Lodi or pedal in the circle of rubber chicken.
After all, why say, Matthew McConaughey run for governor of Texas when the money is better in Hollywood, the work is easier, and there are no dissident researchers hiding like mice in the secret compartments of your private life? These kinds of considerations may have halted Ashley Judd’s envisaged bid for the US Senate in Kentucky, and they may also have stymied. the rockwho publicly tampered with the idea of running for president.
It is conceivable that Herculian Kevin Sorbo could be elected somewhere, if he chose to do so. He’s good-looking, elegant, well-spoken, and, yes, a conservative Republican. Democrats tend not to attract their candidates from business or private industry; They look more to the public sector and career politicians on their way up, like Padilla.
Thus, if Feinstein actually retires early, leaving Gavin Newsom to fill her spot, one more thing is certain. His decision will be based on the calculations of brute force politics, not show business.
