Reply #8: he's not a politician [View All]

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

But I would disagree that he doesn't know what's going on--he's been on the Board of Directors of Refugees International, a non-governmental refugee advocate group, for nearly 20 years. This is the group that has consistently denounced going to war in Iraq and who has spotlighted the plight of refugees from the fighting.

That being said, I think he sort of stumbled into being the spokesman for Unity08--some good friends sold him on the idea, and he said he would help. I know that he does not long for political office -- the closest he's gotten is running for the Board of the Screen Actor's Guild. He is by nature a reconciler--there was a big schism in SAG around the turn of the century, and he pledged to attempt to hear both sides and heal the rift. He is an incredibly kind person who has never been heard speaking ill of anyone, even those who have spoken ill of him.