PUKE Alert! Republican Strategists Eyeing Dennis Miller for State Politics

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Republican Strategists Eyeing Dennis Miller for State Politics

Draft Miller campaign comes on the heels of Schwarzenegger's success. 'We don't have much of a bench,' assemblyman says.
By Joe Mathews
Times Staff Writer

September 27, 2003
Arnold Schwarzenegger may be the latest celebrity to transform himself into a candidate for high California office. But if some Republican political operatives have their way, he will not be the last.

The comedian Dennis Miller is being talked about — apparently seriously — as a Republican candidate for a statewide post. Three Republican strategists interviewed in the last week have said they want to draft Miller into politics. One, a prominent Republican operative and Schwarzenegger aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that, once the recall election is over, he plans to recruit Miller to challenge Barbara Boxer for her U.S. Senate seat next year.

The Schwarzenegger campaign even provided Miller with a political audition of sorts this week. The comedian — famous for his raunchy and irreverent rants and his stint on "Saturday Night Live" more than a decade ago — provided the campaign's official post-debate spin in Sacramento on Wednesday night. Later the same evening, Miller spoke at a Schwarzenegger rally.

Miller, who is registered to vote as a Republican in Santa Barbara, betrayed no political ambitions in either appearance. While filming a guest appearance on the Fox show "Boston Public" this week, he declined to be interviewed for this story. But that has not kept Republicans from considering the possibility.
Some point to his history of doing serious political comedy and his willingness to branch out from his acting career. He did a recent two-year stint as an announcer on ABC's "Monday Night Football," though the experiment of comedian as sports commentator received a cool reception from viewers and critics.

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[xray s]

1. Bring 'em on

Barbara Boxer would reduce him to a sniveling glob of yellow lemon jello.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

2. Well gee.

Thats simply not surprising AT ALL. I wonder why?

Mr. Miller has probably been aiming for this type of thing all along. He just doesn't want to be funny anymore, its so goshdarned hard!

[Must_B_Free]

3. Noone likes a drug loving liberal

sucking up to corporate sellouts.

Dennis Miller is a washed up flop, thanks to his new friends.

Maybe he and Linda Tripp can go into business together.

[eileen_d]

4. et tu, dennis? et tu?

I'm sure if Al Franken was the subject of this story, there would be massive pants-pooping going on from these same Republicans. "He's not qualified! He's just a comedian! He was on Saturday Night Live, ferchrissake!"

[Brucey]

5. What a strange country we've become.

One in which the citizens want their governmental business done by entertainers. Sigh.

[jiacinto]

6. Boxer would beat him

She won by 800,000 votes in 1998. She should be able to beat him, although she will have to work for it.

[bearfartinthewoods]

7. fuckit.......just shoot me now..........

[Bandit]

8. Just continues to show their hypocrisy about celebrities and politics.

Only Democratic celebrities should just shut up but conservatives are A-Okay. How honest of them.

[flamingyouth]

9. Eeeuuuuuwwww

I just read this in the Times. Oh gee, wouldn't he be a great pol. LOL.