Sean Penn to endorse Dennis Kucinich today.

[inthebrain]

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
Sean Penn will endorse Kucinich this afternoon at a press conference in San Francisco, a source close to the Hollywood actor said. He will also be speaking on "the Constitution, the media and Dennis Kucinich," the source said. Expect a political speech.

Penn has donated $4,600 to John Edwards' campaign and $2,300 to Kucinich during this cycle, per FEC campaign finance data.

In March of this year, Penn wrote in a WorldNetDaily column that, "As things stand today, I will be voting for Dennis Kucinich, who has fought this war from the beginning. You might say Kucinich can't win. Well, we have an opportunity to re-establish the credibility of democracy as viewed by the world at large."

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/12/07/502912.aspx

[Cameron27]

1. Hey good for Dennis!

K&R

[maximusveritas]

2. So he picked Kucinich over Edwards

Makes sense to me. Kudos to Penn for sticking to his principles and not getting fooled by weak arguments about "electability". Well, maybe he did get somewhat fooled judging by his donations, but he got it right in the end.

[Cameron27]

3. I didn't know that Penn was even considering Edwards,

that makes it even sweeter!

[inthebrain]

4. DK did beat out Edwards in a few primares in 04

I suppose he's the candidate most people leap off of.

[DutchLiberal]

5. Thank God for Sean Penn!

:woohoo:

But why did he donate more money to Edwards, who wasn't "against the war from the beginning"?

[FreeState]

6. I wish I could vote for both of them! GO Kucinich! n/t

[cascadiance]

10. Precisely why we need instant runoff voting!

I'd even throw a third write-in vote with that in place for Al Gore as my next choice, afer Edwards and DK, in case he got in to the mix.

[FreeState]

14. I actually meant Kucinich and Penn :)

Should have made that clearer :)

[Perry Logan]

7. Good actor. But he did marry Madonna.

[druidity33]

33. she's still hot.

and some of her music isn't terrible.

[MrMickeysMom]

8. Kick

:kick: for the man who's spoken the truth from the beginning
:kick: for the man who's not afraid to go up against the dunderheads who are told to ignore his campaign from MSM
:kick: for the caucus
:kick: for the primaries
:kick: for sanity in asking, "Why not?"
:kick: for the presidency, cause I'm sick and tired of the front runners in the Democratic Party who do not represent the frontrunners of democracy.

[ronnykmarshall]

9. Stand back ...

wait for the same people that pissed all over the Streisand endorsement of Hillary to chime in.

Silly me! That's only reserved for Hillary's backers.

[BeyondGeography]

11. Fine by me...Everybody, go see "Into the Wild"

It's a masterpiece.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. I Liked "Bad Boys" And "Fast Times At Ridgemont High"

Must be my age...

[BeyondGeography]

13. Spicoli defined an era

Check out "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" sometime.

The Pennster is so talented and principled he can endorse anyone he wants.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. I Forgot "Colors"

Great urban flick...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. "Mystic River" "Dead Man Walking" "Kingfish"

Quite a body of work...

[MonkeyFunk]

30. Don't forget

Sweet and Lowdown - one of his best performances.

[BeyondGeography]

24. Back to Spicoli

"What Jefferson was saying was, Hey! You know, we left this England place 'cause it was bogus; so if we don't get some cool rules ourselves - pronto - we'll just be bogus too! Get it?"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. Didn't He Bring A Pizza Pie To Class...

Forest Whittaker was great in that movie too...

[VarnettaTuckpocket]

15. Off topic trivia: Sean will be starring in a movie about Harvey Milk (the gay MLK)

For people unfamiliar with the name, Milk was a revolutionary gay leader in San Francisco in the 70s. Even if you haven't heard of him, the "twinkie defense" probably rings a bell. The guy that killed Milk and one other city commissioner, said he'd eaten too much junk food before the murders, and it affected his judgment. They knocked the verdict down to manslaughter because of that, causing riots in the city. Matt Damon is rumored to be playing the role of the murderer, Dan White.

[ronnykmarshall]

20. I hope they finally get this film made

They've been talking about it for years.

It will be interesting to see who they get to play Dianne.

[drexel dave]

16. Sean Penn is a deep man

That's why he chose my favorite Buckeye.

[Gregorian]

19. Yeah, but I'll bet Bruce Lee would endorse Kucinich.

And he totally killed Norris. :)

Penn totally rules.

Sorry to sound so much like a damned cheerleader. But it's pretty cool to have some great candidates.

[Ian David]

17. Yeah? Well Chuck Norris has endorsed Huckabee.

And I bet Chuck Norris could kick Sean Penn's ass.

[datadiva]

18. Woo Hoo! n/t

[2rth2pwr]

22. I thought Spicoli was endorsing

Hugo Chavez?

WTF?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

25. Isn't this akin to saying...

"You might say Kucinich can't win. Well, I have a centipede in my right sock."?

Seems something of a non-sequitur to me.

[Richardo]

27. My thought exactly!

The two don't seem to follow... :shrug:

[BigDDem]

26. Great news for DK

Chalk up another vote in California.

[mtnsnake]

28. Very nice!

[Blue-Jay]

29. Well....that's that, ain't it?

Game Over for the other candidates.

Sean Penn Has Spoken.

[K Gardner]

32. Glad to see DK get some good coverage. He's one of the good guys who gets too little

attention. Benefits all of the candidates to have his wonderfully progressive ideas spotlighted like this.

[inthebrain]

34. Bump