Alternate celebrity politicians?

Charlton Heston was asked to run for Senator of California in the 60s, I could see him being a Scoop Jackson type of guy. Hawkish on foreign policy liberal on economic policy and some domestic stuff (Heston was big on civil rights that why he was asked to run) while conservative on others.
 
Charlton Heston was asked to run for Senator of California in the 60s, I could see him being a Scoop Jackson type of guy. Hawkish on foreign policy liberal on economic policy and some domestic stuff (Heston was big on civil rights that why he was asked to run) while conservative on others.
I think Charlton Heston was kind of a Reagan Democrat, an older generation liberal who became more conservative after the 60s. Perhaps if he took up the offer and was elected Senator, he might decide to continue on that career. By the late 70s he could leave the Democrats, become independent and rely on his incumbency and celebrity to hold onto office. Then by the 80s join the Republicans.

Alternatively, could his involvement with the NRA lead to the California GOP trying to entice him to run for the Senate in the 80s or 90s (with the thought of later running him for President)? I had the idea once as a thought experiment - essentially what if the Republicans tried to replicate the success of Ronald Reagan with another Hollywood celebrity.
 
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I think Charlton Heston was kind of a Reagan Democrat, an older generation liberal who became more conservative after the 60s. Perhaps if he took up the offer and was elected Senator, he might decide to continue on that career. By the late 70s he could leave the Democrats, become independent and rely on his incumbency and celebrity to hold onto office. Then by the 80s join the Republicans.

Alternatively, could his involvement with the NRA lead to the California GOP trying to entice him to run for the Senate in the 80s or 90s? I had the idea once as a thought experiment - essentially what if the Republicans tried to replicate the success of Ronald Reagan with another Hollywood celebrity.
Maybe though that was just my opinion.
 
I I think Charlton Heston was kind of a Reagan Democrat, an older generation liberal who became more conservative after the 60s. Perhaps if he took up the offer and was elected Senator, he might decide to continue on that career. By the late 70s he could leave the Democrats, become independent and rely on his incumbency and celebrity to hold onto office. Then by the 80s join the Republicans.

Alternatively, could his involvement with the NRA lead to the California GOP trying to entice him to run for the Senate in the 80s or 90s (with the thought of later running him for President)? I had the idea once as a thought experiment - essentially what if the Republicans tried to replicate the success of Ronald Reagan with another Hollywood celebrity. Auburn NL
Forgot about him. He’d be quite a good choice for that. Also, what about alternate Reagan-like politicians? I could see Jimmy Stewart try to be that, or have a Democratic Reagan type like Henry Fonda or if he’d be interested Sidney Poitier as he technically was born in Miami though if you are a foreigner born in America and get American citizenship, can you run for President?
 
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Forgot about him. He’d be quite a good choice for that. Also, what about alternate Reagan-like politicians? I could see Jimxmy Stewart try to be that, or have a Democratic

Reagan type like Henry Fonda or if he’d be interested Sidney Poitier as he technically was born in Miami though if you are a foreigner born in America and get American citizenship, can you run for President?
Another possible figure for the Democratic alternative to Ronald Reagan would be Gregory Peck. As someone mentioned early in the thread he was apparently offered the nomination to run for Governor of California against Reagan in 1970 but wasn't interested. He could have had a lot of potential (though I don't know whether he could have beaten Reagan, I don't know much about this specific history). He was active in progressive politics and an opponent of the Vietnam War, so he could appeal to the New Left. But he also had a clean-cut, All-American charm that could give him a broad appeal.

This is a pretty dark 'what if', but his son Stephen was serving in Vietnam; perhaps if he had been killed or injured the tragedy would have galvanized Gregory and given him the motivation to become personally involved and accept nomination. But if he won, would he want to go further?

Regarding Sidney Poitier, I think the general definition of natural born citizen is someone born to an American citizen or on US soil, and that is mostly an elligibility issue for the President, not most other political offices. But I don't know if it is that simple, particularly if a child born on US soil has to have parents who are or become naturalized citizens, or if there are other ambiguities. And I dare say that if Sidney Poitier tried to run for President then the issue would become very contentious.
 
For Italy:

Cicciolina (born in Hungary, but served in Parliament) and Moana Pozzi could've switched from porn to politics for good, especially Moana, had she survived;
Roberto Saviano, whose Camorra-themed literary output hit so hard, he is now under permanent police protection due to death threats from criminal families;
Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, television personality descended from the last king of Italy - having both him and Alessandra Mussolini in Parliament would be meme fuel;
 
Also, TV actress Roseanne Barr was actually a potential candidate for president in the 2012 election. She ran for the Peace and Freedom Party, if I'm not mistaken, with Cindy Sheehan as her VP nominee.
 
Michael Caine said he was sympathetic to the Communists when he was young but was disillusioned seeing how the communists were willing to throw away their men's lives during the Korean War, maybe in a shorter war he continues to hold those beliefs. It'd probably butterfly his acting career though.
 
A world where Arnold Schwarzenegger became President in 2000 with Bush Jr. as his VP. to do this, the Republicans made a deal with the Dems to change the constitution that foreign-born citizens after a naturalization period could run. At the same time, the make time someone could run consecutive terms for president was upped to three.

It doesn't stop there, though.

Every actor in the Predator movie ends up becoming a politician and ends up advising Arnold in a "citchen," cabinet though the public calls it the Predator Cabinet.

Arnold is recognized in his two terms 2000-2008 as one of Americas greatest presidents (the housing crisis was delayed due to the butterfly effect. Poor Bush jr can't get a break)...there was the whole infidelity scandal, but I mean ... it's not the worst thing a president has done
 
Orrin Hatch proposed a "Schwarzenneger Amendment" in 2003 that would have allowed a naturalized citizen to become President after 20 years. In addition to Schwarzenegger, this would have allowed Jerry Springer and a large number of celebrities, including Elon Musk and, a few years down the line, Justin Bieber, to run for President.
 
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