Clooney for President?

He might fit the ideal visual for president - tall, handsome, probably has a pretty good handshake, and yes he plays a presidential candidate in his upcoming movie The Ides of March, but is he even capable of delving into real politics let alone leading this nation?

Yet in an interview with Newsweek following his trip to South Sudan, he was asked if he'd run. He's helping people achieve independence after years of civil war. Let's call him a good humanitarian with great funds to back it up, but a prime political candidate?

His response to if he'd enter conventional politics was, “I f--ked too many chicks and did too many drugs, and that’s the truth.” Many would say considering the (no longer) private lives of many politicians, this would hardly be a disqualifying factor.

But Clooney did follow that with a statement that is very relevant to our recent classes: "A smart campaigner, he believes, “would start from the beginning by saying, ‘I did it all. I drank the bong water. Now let’s talk about issues.’" Maybe he is politically qualified after all. At least he recognizes that the main focus on the current political contenders is on their past misdeeds, scandals and current wardrobes.