Why’d George Clooney make ‘Ides of March,’ not run for president? – Los Angeles Times

Time magazine film critic Richard Corliss was being conservative, arithmetically speaking, when he opened his review of George Clooney’s new political film “The Ides of March” by saying, “Half the liberals I know want George Clooney to be President of the United States.” After spending years watching the actor-director make issue-oriented movies such as “Syriana” and “Good Night, and Good Luck” while spending countless hours trying to focus world attention on human-rights

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