Originally Posted By: Don Marco
Don't forget that one of the most popular presidents was an actor by profession. The comic isn't a congressman - he's a Senator! Remember Sonny Bono was the mayor of Palm Springs and then became a congressman. Or Gopher from the Love Boat that became a congressman. Jim Ryun, the runner, became a congressman from Kansas. We have an ex NFL lineman as a congressman from NJ.


Thanks for pointing that out. Don't forget Steve Largent, the Seahawks great, Congressman of Oklahoma, Lynn Swann who could have ended up Governor of Pennsylvania, and Clint Eastwood as Mayor of Carmel, CA.

One of the great things about America is that we get to choose who we want to represent us and that those who do represent us are drawn from all components of the Nation's population.

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