Kim Kardashian says she's not ruling out running for public office, maybe even a White House run.
"Never say never," she told CNN's Van Jones.
Shawn RyanOK, this is serious stuff. I'm not ready for the world to end. I don't have any of my affairs in order.
The (im)possible "Kim-mander-in-Chief " (borrowed that bit of cleverness from the Fox News website) is all pumped up by her recent visit to Trump that convinced him to pardon Alice Johnson, a first-time offender who had served 21 years of a life sentence for cocaine possession and other charges.
Of course, Kardashian being in the White House for anything but photo-ops is as likely as winged pigs soaring through the skies. But another reality TV star already is president; Cynthia Nixon from "Sex and the City" is running for governor of New York; Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor of California for two four-year terms. Al Franken, Sonny Bono and Clint Eastwood all served in public office.
So who else is out there, possibly contemplating a presidential run?
Alec Baldwin has played a president on "Saturday Night Live," so he's a possibility, although he'd have to change his TV persona back to himself.
Many thought Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlet on "The West Wing" was one of the greatest presidents ever. Surely he could reread old scripts, take the bullet points from them and turn them into stump speeches. And George Clooney is just so gosh-darned pretty and funny and politically active, he might have a good chance of getting elected. No, seriously. He might.
Eastwood appeals to those who like a president to be a manly man of few words. But his performance with the empty chair at the 2012 Republican National Convention and the fact that he's 88 - they both may be connected - take him out of the running.
Chuck Norris might be able to frighten some world leaders with his martial arts skills, if they're even still intact at 78 years old. Everyone loves Tom Selleck, whether they're conservative or liberal - he's conservative by the way.
Then there's Oprah Winfrey, who is being seriously courted by some people to run for president. But why would she want to run? She's uber-rich and her philanthropy and political activism already are well-established. Why should she take a step down in income and respect and power to be president?
As far as Kimmy is concerned, her political savvy probably doesn't rank high on the Richter scale, but being able to say Kim-mander-in-Chief for four years? Might be worth it.
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