(CNN) - Actor George Clooney paid a visit to the White House on Tuesday to meet with President Barack Obama and discuss his recent trip to southern Sudan.
Joining Clooney in the Oval Office meeting was Enough Project Co-Founder John Prendergast, who joined him outside of the West Wing after the meeting to talk to press.
Clooney said, "I think we're very impressed with how involved, at the highest level, this administration is and now our job is to try and continue to keep it in the press and keep it, to keep the light turned on for the next 90 days while we try and broker a peace deal, which is what they're working on right now."
The actor was heading to Capitol Hill to meet with Republican Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Why not meet with Clooney? His opinion will carry as much weight/intelligence with the President as many of the recently-departed cabinet/advisor/staff members.
Oh great, the Prez has the ear of celebrity but not that of the people. No wonder all his promises have gone to the dogs.
Hollywood engaging in high level talks with the WH...I did not know that they were filming a Dumb and Dumber 2???
Can someone PLEASE remind Obama he's the President of The United States of America nad not some reality show wanna-be......please!!
Clooney - because Obama hasn't got a Clue... !!!
But neither has Clooney or anyone else on the left.
A bunch of clueless wonders if ever there was.....
Thanks George Clooney for drawing attention to Sudan. Only great people with great minds go out of their way to show humane containment under difficult circumstances. You remind me of the great minds that helped tackle Haitian problems recently like Anderson Cooper and volunteer crews from all over the world. I am glad you were welcomed at the White House. You spoke with a very humane,transparent and forthright World leader-Barack Obama. Your wishes for Sudan will be realized.
I'm sorry, who is George Clooney? Oh yes, he some liberal nut actor. Why is he poking his know nothing nose around the White House and why is anyone listening? Unbelievable!
Hooray for President Obama taking time out of his busy campaigning schedule to meet with Hollywood elite!
Thank you, Mr. Clooney, for using your celebrity to keep the focus on the Sudan. People around the world appreciate your efforts!
While I applaud Mr. Clooney's involvment in good causes, I always struggle to understand why people believe that Hollywood-types are worth listening to on any topic off the big screen. While Mr. Clooney and his ilk are superb actors, I don't see the connection between acting and the level of intelligence needed to accomplish tasks like brokering a peace deal in Sudan. Mr. Obama would be wise to spend more time with real-life experts than those who play them in movies.
This is how the country is being run – in between golf games, parties, vacations, meeting with the Hollywood idiots....unbelievable.
Actors really need to get a grip. This is not the movies George, we cant support every loser in the world. Its survival of the fittest. Their own Government don't care about these people, why should we?? Wake up and deal with the problems we have here at home. These actors truly are idiots.....
Who cares about "Clooney"? He's a typical leftist. The man typifiies the moniker "empty headed actor". He's traveling to the Sudan for what? Just to show how the left lick the boots of the Commander in Chief? Like any good Sudannese would be impressed? About the only ones who care about this, would be other Holly Wierd actors looking for a little press in the international media, desperately trying to find fame. We the PEOPLE, are not at all impressed, or even engaged with him or the "Dear Leader".
Um, so, what will happen? We engage in preventative wars, raping the lands of foreign countries. Why stop another entity from doing the same?
I guess Cloney wanted Obama to know the conditions in the old continent. Does Obama have nothing else to do that is more importnat than meet with george cloone? Disgusting use of time. Totally incompetent to lead, just to campaign.
Just one more liberal talking to a socialist--is this really news?????
Why cant these Idiot Liberal movie starts simply stick with making movies
The world can rest easy now. Clooney and Obama to the rescue!!! (complete with sarcastic eye rollling)
Great now we have an actor that thinks he's a politician who wants to talk to our president who thinks he's a star.
Clooney is a man who has lived his entire adult life pretending to be someone else, and getting paid for his delusions. What possibly could he have to say that would have any bearing on anything?
So...
George Clooney is a pretty good actor..
but who cares what he thinks of politics or policy?
Is this Obama's finest adviser???
What are his credentials?
Probably better than Obama's, to be sure, but still worthless. Really.
Who could possibly care what an actor does in the political realm? Clooney is a loser. Always has been. Always will be.
just another reason to reject deomocrats.
Clooney is good at speaking lines and following directions that somebody else wrote...come to think of it, so is Mr. Obama. I guess George and Barrack have more in common than I thought...
Maybe Clooney could explain to Obama how our economy works.
Is it not a violation of the law for individual citizens to negotiate on behalf of the United States of America? And what about the Transparency that we were supposed to see in this White House; an actor who pretends to be real people, can walk in to meet with the President. But Real People cannot. Obama is a fraud, and Clooney is just another pretty face.
Clooney visits Obama....why? These Hollywood actors are so self-important it's astonishing. Hey Hollywood actors, you are society's jesters. Get back in front of the cameras and juggle bananas for us. That's what we pay you for. If you want to be a politician, run for office!
silly, silly, Clooney – when will you distribute the additional 70% of aid you received for your telethons that ended up in the pockets of celebrities and other elitists pretending to care?
Another arrogant actor who thinks he knows what he is talking about.
Sorry Mr. President, I had hoped someone on your staff would have told you this or put it on your telepromptor. George Clooney is not a real diplomat, he only plays one in the movies. He's a friggin' ACTOR!!! Please tell me that you didn't waste the people's time by meeting with an ACTOR? Oh well, I'm sure the pictures turned out great.
Why is Mr. Cloony not taking his issue to the UN. Are they not the worlds watch dogs?? Mr. Obama has on more than one occasion down played the US roll in world issues. We give Billions annually to the UN for just this problem, wheres the money??? Wheres the help from the new world order??? Go home Mr. Cloony or go to the UN. I stand by our President on this issue, we are nolonger a world superpower and don't count on us.
Stop messing around with Clooney (and Hollywood in general) and start fixing the economy.
I think George Clooney should stick to movies and let people with degrees and real life experience deal with our forgein policy. Seriously, George, keep your mouth shut and act. Or better yet, open up your pocket book and put that where your mouth is.
Another brain dead actor (translate: actor=a person who is not connected with reality or who makes a living out of pretending) meddles in politics. Maybe Obama's career path will go from "community organizer" to "actor" He is as phony as Clooney.
Yep, with the Dems on the ropes and people baling out, Obama has to call in the big guns: George Clooney, Sean Penn, Danny Glover. The Republicans are in trouble now, whooo-boy.
Why do actors have access to the president? WHat about the normal joe?
Why do these Hollywood actors think they can solve the worlds problems when most of them cant even hold their marriages together? and more important WHY does this president listen to them?
What was Clooney doing? Perhaps he was researching for his new movie Oceans22? Oh, thats right, he's not an actor he is a diplomat.
Good for George!!!! At least Obama still has the hollywood demographic squarely in his corner...
I will sleep better at night, knowing that our country has George Clooney on board, giving his opinion on world events and having his pulse on the nation of Sudan. Actor and peace broker. He must have slept in a Holiday Inn Express while he was in the Sudan.
It would be nice if POTUS could find a few minutes to declare a Federal State of Emergency for the 9/24/25, 2010 flooded areas of southern Minnesota soon. We are waiting, Mr President, for your action on this so people can get FEMA help.
I appreciate his passion for this issue. I just wish that he had more influence with the U.N. when the real trouble was going on in Darfur.
News Flash to George: George you are nothing more than a photo op for this guy. You have got to get yourself together and get off the Kool-aid.
What's wrong with Obama meeting with one of his fellow actors?
Who the hell does clooney think he is? Clooney is nothing more than a clown, a questionable entertainer. And what does obama think he is learning from clooney? OH! I get it...one idiot telling another idiot what the first one saw. So what?
Just dandy another undocumented delegate name Clooney Tunes is there to digorge information to a Uncredentialed politician about another third world country that means little to nothing and wants money......todays America.
I cannot stand George Clooney and what he mostly stands for. However, on this issue I fully support him and his humanitariaism. What's happening in Sudan is a travesty and the world should do something about it. It makes me
despise the UN for sitting back and doing NOTHING. They are a worthless and corrupt organization that stands for
nothing. They always sit back and wait for the US to do something and when we do and they don't agree with it
they have the audacity to complain about it. Bravo George! I still don't like you though.
When did Clowney become a relevant political figure? Oh wait we had a rapper in the oval office with his feet kicked up like it was his crib. Nothing seems to amaze me anymore.
Honestly, why do any politicians meet with bozos like Clooney? Good cause or not, this guy is a self-righteous clown.
Why not have a court jester advise this fraud in chief? could it be any worse than having a slumlord as your senior adviser or a tax cheat as your sec.treas? The humor never ends when you let a leftist in the white house.
I think the fact that some Hollywood actor would be enlisted as a foreign-policy emissary tells you all you need to know about this administration.
So a guy whose only talent is pretending to be other people gets the ear of the President? I hope that everything goes okay in the Sudan because it will be Clooney's fault if Obama looks bad.
Earth to Obama.....Just because Clooney acted in a movie about the middle east (Three Kings) doesn't mean he actually KNOWS anything about the middle east. Clooney needs to shut up and act and Obama needs to man up and be POTUS for a CHANGE. Give Trey Parker a call...he also did a film about the middle east...called TEAM AMERICA....and I think Clooney even makes a cameo appearance;)
Well, I feel so much more relieved knowing that Clooney is on the job.
Why is this even a news item. This is of no consequence whatsoever. Really!!
My God!.........Two of the biggest IDIOTS in the same room. It's a wonder the walls didn't cave in because of the vaccuum.
Oh thanks GOD for LOONEY CLOONEY, I dont know how us stupid humans survived this long without him!
wow george is working for obama now well to bad i can remember when george was not to bad of a guy but he is acting stupid now
How many American Jobs did this meeting result in? Please tell us how many Mr. Change!!!!!
If none, can I please have my "Change" back?
Clooney is a feckless tool of the extreme left. Don't these fools realize, by doing what he does, he loses half his supporters and fans?
Glad that the President had time to hear the important news coming out of the Sudan. Please feel free to import as much or as little sarcasm onto the previous sentence as you like. All levels are considered appropriate by this poster.
Well...Well...Well...we can all sleep well tonight...George Clooney and President Obama met to discuss the Sudan. I guess tomorrow morning all our economic woes will be non-existent.
I don't get it. Is Clooney a politician now? I might be tempted to vote for him. Maybe.
Nice to see Barry has retained his laser-like time management skills.
Whatever. Maybe the prez will make clooney the sudan czar. Whippie.
Why doesn't this 2 bit actor spend some time brokering a deal between an out of touch and arrogant Administration and the rest of the country?? Especially those who would like to work.....sorry, must be more important to act like some kind of diplomat to a foreign country, rather than help your own countrymen......!!!! Actors...bleeeeeeech !!!
What a joke... Hollywood has once again striped the press of the title of EXPERT... We pay millions to watch these people protray someone else... and when they come to Washington we believe everything they say... but is it the truth????
Does George have his eye on Hillary's job, or is he simply lost in a new role? Whatever the case, Obama appears to be on board.
This moron should stick with hollywood,we have enough bad actors in DC already.
So I understand this clearly, GEORGE CLOONEY is brokering a peace agreement in the Sudan?
Really?
And the professional diplomats of the world are doing what, exactly?
Am I living in some kind of twisted dream?
George, we LOVE your movies and your acting ability but what are you doing getting involved in international politics?
Evidently Obama is following the leadership of a Holywood personality. Do we not have a State Department and an ambassador to look into these things? Perhaps Hillary is off sitting on her reset button instead of guiding Obama and American policy?
Seriously..another problem in Africa...in the Sudan even. The UN has known about this for years and nothing. Good job UN and good that our budget to the UN which America is the largest contributor has fixed this problem. Lets throw more money at the problem...that is Americas answer to everything. Here's the answer...have a dialog with the Arab Muslims who are slaughtering the African Muslims and non-Muslims..they will listen. Funny how people complain when we get involved in others affairs (IRAQ/Afghanistan), but its okay because George Clooney said we need to help. If he is so concerned how about giving up most of your mass fortune to pay for it instead of the taxpayers in the country who are barely getting by. That's exactly what America needs....to get involved in another conflict. We'll just print some more money to foot the bill. It's cool.
The president doesn't have anything better to do? There are more knowledgeable people than George Clooney about this matter, people who have been involved with this cause for years. George Clooney is some washed up actor who tries to get his face out there, like Bono who has a charity where most of the money goes to administrative costs, not to help. Get these guys out of charity.
I didnt realize clooney was an ambassador, I thought he was just an actor!
Oh, George, go make a movie. Do you REALLY think you can do ANYTHING to help the Incompetent-In-Chief?
wish this guy cared this much about the country he lives in
I don't care what Clooney thinks. Nor do the Sudanese. Nor does the President.
For Obama, this was a chance to link himself (however briefly) with an A-list actor.
More triviality.
These two despicable leftists deserve each other.
How is it that Actor George Clooney gets such easy access to the Oval office? Could it be because Hollywood, the capital of the entertainment industry, contributes millions to the Democrat party?
Clooney's visit is a "twofer" because it also servers as an endorsement, by a famous movie idol, of the Democrat administration 3 weeks prior to the mid-term elections. Coincidence? I don't doubt Clooney's dedication to peace in Sudan, but this administration granting a highly publicized visit, at this time, is pure politics.
When in Sudan, Clooney told the President how they all gathered to stare at goats. Not one keeled over, but they all said they\
felt better from the experience.
Seriously? I this what the admin has resorted to? Taking advise from George Clooney? This is great.
Two blowhards. They will need to open some windows in the oval office. CNN finally being critical of Barry? Too late losers.
He didnt say much...seems like he even knows Obama is cooked and is really doing NOTHING on Sudan?darfur. Bush actually did more to help Africans and aids funding than Obama ever will. Clooney should be claling out Obama for his foot dragging and apathy. Nov 2 cant get here soon enough.
I find this story completely absurd. Whoever thought this through without considering Leo Dicapprio should be fired. After all, his body of work also has some good Middle East PR.
Clooney should stick to acting like Obama should stick to free loading and rabble rousing. If either actually would be honest about the trouble in Africa they would have to admit it is the Muslims doing the killing there as well.
At least this dope is doing more than just running his mouth. He is still a dope, but he has a work ethic I suppose.
Hey George, did jobs and the economy happen to come up during your conversation
Clooney should stick to making movies, even if he isn't any good at it. And Obama should stick to reading teleprompters, the only skill the man has.
Who cares what somebody, who pretends for a living, thinks or does?
He is a loser like the rest of Hollywood!
Later that evening. Charlie Sheen playing the role of idealistic Pres Bartlett meet with Obama to watch the latest net flix movies and talk about Obama's upcoming MTV 'town hall' meeting and his latest Rolling Stone magazine shoot....while Rome burned.
Hollywood is becoming the "Real World" and the "Real World" is becoming Hollywood. A complete phony. This message is coming from "USURPERVILLE"
Isn't it great that actors are brokering international peace deals? I always thought that those interests were in the perview of the Secy of State. Thank God for Cloony, Osama Obama and Piano Legs. The new world order will be so much more safe than today, just read about it in the WaPo, NYT or LAT – they'll tell you all about it.
Very interesting tidbit regarding George Clooney and his influence with this administration, but there was other news probably regarding this President. I believe he played the race card yesterday. Any comment about that? Did you miss it? No reporters on the scene?
9.6% unemployment, 14 trillion dollar debt, 45 million on food stamps, home foreclosures at an all time high, I'm sure glad that our president found some time between golf and campaigning to meet with George Clooney to discuss his recent trip to southern Sudan. How does he do it all?
If Clooney knew anything about Africa, he would know that millions have died in the Congo, vs. a few thousand in Sudan. In any event, the Dems were going to end the problems in Darfur, because George Bush wasn't doing enough–we're all waiting, but I don't think leftwing movie actors will get it done.
Just what we need.
Another brainless poseur with political aspirations.
Every time we get a democrat in the white house they open an office for the current ambassador from Hollywood.
What a joke. Sending aging actors to "broker" peace deals in Africa. This Democratic experiment of an administration is all smoke and mirrors.
What a man! so involved in this cause, when he doesn't have to be. What an example of a fine human being! God bless you George Clooney! All the best.
I'm by no means an elitist, but WHY do actors with little/no education or education NOWERE near political diplomacy feel the need to butt in said politics?
Clooney, do what you do best. Insipid performances in movies catering to middle aged housewives and Oprah Winfrey-type masses. The man's so out-of-touch in his day-to-day priviliged life to comprehend the situation in North Africa. Let alone his own city(ies) he resides when not in Milan, San Tropez etc.,
Wait, perhaps Clooney is involved for he wants to build another grotesque mansion or ride a myriad of his vehicles, motorcycles across a peaceful North Africa? What a putz.
Leave adult discussions, resolve to those whose job is precisely in dealing/attempting to deal with these situations.
Reminds me of a situation a few years back when India had some employees being held hostage in Iraq and India's actor, 'Big B' asked the Prime Minister of India if he can speak with the kidnappers..!?
Besides, I'm sure Clooney and his ilk have some awards show to pat themselves on the back for in the near future. The Emmys, Academy, People's Choice, Golden Globes etc.,
Who cares what some ignorant Hollywood actor has to say about anything. These people need to start concentrating on their area of concern which is making sure that I don’t waste my money when I go to their lousy movies.
So if you have fame and money you can slip into the Oval Office and pitch your gig?
Give me a break! George Clooney, you are an actor and that's all!!!
Why do these liberal Hollyweird pukes think they are some kind of authority on everything...including politics? Hell, most of those clowns either barely passed or didnt even finish high school! I knew a guy who was a stagehand and did work on several Hollywood films and as he put it most actors and actresses are some of the biggest scum bags and low lifes in the entire world, yet people regard them in an almost God-like fashion!
Obama's popularity is sinking fast and there is nothing George Clooney or any other Hollyweird nut can do to shore it up!
So, since Mr. Clooney has loads of money and clout, he gets to visit the president as if her were an adviser to the president? What gives? I guess I need to get rich too so I can hang out with the rich. Birds of a feather flock together I guess....
I love it when actors like Clooney, Penn, and Robbins believe they are self-appointed politicians gracing Washington with their opinions. Everyday, this country is inching closer and closer towards the plot line of the Mike Judge movie "Idiocracy".
I'm not sure which is a more shining example of the Peter Principle... Presentresident Obama or George Clooney. They're about even I think take your pick.