Celebrity Stumpers: Robert DeNiro Doesn't Split Hairs
By David Foxley
February 12, 2008 | 3:54 p.m
Oprah Winfrey’s endorsement of Barack Obama was a major coup for his campaign. Most people like Ms. Winfrey and, by proxy, want to read and vote like her. But, it seems, when Robert DeNiro tells voters to rally behind the junior senator from Illinois, people—especially those who have seen Goodfellas—have little choice in the matter. In this clip, the 64-year-old actor circles the wagons, strongly suggesting Americans answer the politico’s call to action. After all, he explains, Mr. Obama’s relative governmental inexperience “is the kind of inexperience I can get used to.”
Earlier: Robert De Niro on Obama's 'Inexperience' [NYO]
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