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28
September
2006
George
Clooney Rules Out
Politics
George
Clooney
has played down talk of
running for political
office, saying "you
don't want me in
politics".
George
Clooney was at an event
aimed at banning
investment in the
troubled Darfur region
of Sudan, with
California Governor
Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
He
was asked a number of
times about calls for
him to enter office,
replying "I think
they're probably
kidding".
George
Clooney's father, Nick
Clooney, previously
attempted to win a seat
in Congress for the
Democrat
Party.
The
Oscar-winning actor has
become a vocal
campaigner on the
situation in Darfur,
addressing the UN
Security
Council.
He
was in California to
back the state's bill on
preventing pension funds
being invested in
businesses that profit
from Sudan.
Asked
again if he would run
for office, Clooney said
"that's a bad
idea".
Clooney
and Schwarzenegger
starred together in the
much-maligned 1997 film
Batman and Robin, with
the now-governor playing
baddie Mr
Freeze.
"He's
gone on to be governor,
and I still think I'm
Batman," George Clooney
said, to put down talk
of his political
ambitions.
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