“CSI” actor Hill Harper to stump for Obama in St. Louis
Last week, actress Ashley Judd was in town, making the case for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. 
This weekend, the Obama campaign is sticking with the Hollywood pitch, bringing in actor Hill Harper, who plays a forensics sleuth on “CSI:NY,” a spin-off of the CBS cop drama.
Harper was also a classmate of Obama’s at Harvard Law School.
The actor will headline voter registration rallies at Mizzou and Harris-Stowe tomorrow, and later in the day make an appearance at Leroy’s barber shop in Pine Lawn.
Here’s the schedule:
SATURDAY
Columbia
WHAT: Voter Registration Rally and Canvass Kickoff
WHERE: University of Missouri, Columbia, Gains Oldman Black Culture Center
813 Virginia Avenue
Columbia, MO
WHEN: 11:45 a.m.
St. Louis
WHAT: Voter Registration Rally and Canvass Kickoff
WHERE: Harris-Stowe State University, Emerson Performance Center
3026 Laclede Ave.
St. Louis, MO
WHEN: 3:15 p.m.
St. Louis
WHERE: Leroy’s Barber Shop
6206 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, MO
WHEN: 4:45 p.m.
SUNDAY
Caruthersville
WHAT: Canvass Kickoff
WHERE: Anna Smith Park
Lincoln Street & 20th Street
Caruthersville, MO
WHEN: 10:15 a.m.
Judd then Hill, Are there not surrogates from Nobama of substance? What are we Missourians to believe the campaign thinks of OUR intellect? Next week will no doubt be Goldi Hawn?
Thanks but no fluff.
Maybe next week we can get another famous Obama supporter, Josh Howard of the Dallas Mavericks. If you havent heard his recent pitch for Obama, you really should google it.
Before lifting up praises to The Chosen One, Howard was caught on camera saying:”The Star Spangled Banner’s going on right now and I don’t celebrate that sh1t. I’m black, goddamnit.”
Just another act of class for The Chosen One.
I am not a racist and neither is anyone who has commented before me!
Any Republican in Missouri: RRRRRRRRRight!
And exactly WHO EVER stumps for Grandpa McCain??? He has to drag SQUEAKY with him to even get more than 5 people to show up!!!!!!!!! The more he’s been forced to talk about the economy this week ( and not lipstick), he’s been a doddering confused old fool!!! And don’t get me on Palin!!! Whew!!! Dumb and Dumber!!!! You’re actually VOTING for those two????
Uh…train wreck, Harper was a classmate of Obama’s at Harvard Law. If you GOPtards would stop giving them every reason to question our collective intellect with your idiotic ramblings you might be held in higher esteem by the real intellectuals of the world. Too bad Palin didn’t build that bridge to nowhere. I’d like to see her and her running mate take a long walk to the other side of it, and you Koolaid guzzling lemmings would all follow, I’m sure.
Maybe he can use his CSI skills to discover Obama’s missing years at Columbia. They were mysteriously missing from his autobiography.
Sending a handsome man like Mr. Hill is just a blatant attempt to win over female voters.
(Posted with tongue firmly in cheek)
When professional actors become involved in politics like this, first I consider the fact that they are just as concerned about this election as the rest of us. And why not? They also Americans and have just as much right to speak their minds as we do in this forum. Secondly, they are well trained in public speaking. Actors learn to project their voice, to control their body language, and to be convincing in whatever role they play. Is anybody really surprised that they become involved in politics? Ronald Reagan had the same background…Arnold Schwarzenegger…Clint Eastwood…and the list goes on…
My position is I don’t understand why people should look for advice to people who act like other people for a living. If you are stupid enough to be influenced by people because they deliver their lines effectively on TV you will probably end up with a President elected because he delivers lines effectively on TV.