Actor Kal Penn (Kumar in the Harold & Kumar movies) new asso. dir. of WH public liaison. (?)

Tip to MB26 from friends at network in DC

[MindBender26]

No, I'm not kidding. You can't make this stuff up.

Kal Penn, the actor who played Kumar in all the stupid Harold & Kumar movies is Obama's choice to be the new associate director in the White House Office of Public Liaison.

Problems?

1: Actors don't know their own name without a teleprompter... well, neither does TOTUS.

2: He will make great 6 minute speeches to 5th graders, then fall apart at the first hard question.... just like Joe Biden

3: If this post requires Senate confirmation, this could be fun.... "So Kumar, how do you view the pivotal interaction between the increasing national debt, our decreasingly secure public and private debt to China, the delayed repayment of some TARP funds and the new color of Silly Putty on sale at the YMCA?

[MindBender26]

No, I'm really not making this up. He is leaving TV to "star" at the White House.

[libh8er]

He also played Achmed in season 7 of 24.

[stainlessbanner]

we all know what’s in a cow pen

[txroadkill]

I love how the wrote him out of House, just had him shot himself....I'm pretty sure it was a metaphor

[benjibrowder]

They had his character out of the blue commit suicide on House.

[krb]

I think he was just trying to score with Olivia Wilde (”13” on the show. she’s a huge Obama worshiper).

I hope he got his rocks off, ‘cause his career is over.

[Semper Mark]

Is Kumar going to live in the White Castle?

[eastforker]

I liked him as Kutner on House.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The freaks, kooks and dorks are really piling up in this administration. I guess they’re happy to have the work though.

[mnehring]

Old news..

[merchvent]

I think Penn is going to be the Sham Wow guy selling Obama’s take over of health care to the public...Dr C J Gupta is one Indian smart enough to get it right...He passed on the Obama job offer to be the administration’s Doctor Death.

[ican'tbelieveit]

I did too... son figures they must have been pretty mad about his change, killing him off permanently. Although, they are bringing back a past dead character as a “ghost”, so now son thinks they will find a way to bring him back.

[micmac]

He’s a total donut puncher. He played a terrorist on TV, too. Nice, TOTUS

[Kirkwood]

"1: Actors don't know their own name without a teleprompter... "

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

No Kidding?

[BigCinBigD]

Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn)

Nuff said...

[BigCinBigD]

Although, they are bringing back a past dead character as a “ghost”,

I loved “Cut throat Bit@h”

[Junior_G]

Man, what a major asso.

[SuziQ]

Dang! He just left the TV show "House" in a rather gruesome way.

I wouldn't assume he's not intelligent, just because he's an actor. He had campaigned for That One last year, so maybe this is a payoff.

[SuziQ]

I loved “Cut throat Bit@h”

Me, too! This should be an interesting story line.