The Lone Centurion
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- Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia
Shirley Temple ran for Congress... in 1967... as a Reaganite... in a Liberal Republican district... at the height of the anti-Vietnam War movement... on a pro-war platform. Needless to say, The Good Ship Lollipop was torpedoed.
Some Democratic Party high-ups tried to persuade Andy Griffith (Sheriff Andy, Ben Matlock) to run against Jesse Helms in 1990.
The problem is that once beloved tv and film stars elect to run for office, they will have to start saying stuff that many people who like them from TV and the movies don't like. They won't be harmless nostalgia figures anymore.
Some Democratic Party high-ups tried to persuade Andy Griffith (Sheriff Andy, Ben Matlock) to run against Jesse Helms in 1990.
The problem is that once beloved tv and film stars elect to run for office, they will have to start saying stuff that many people who like them from TV and the movies don't like. They won't be harmless nostalgia figures anymore.