Richard Simmons for Congressmen?

This article may prompt us to rethink our suggested candidate for president.... Richard Simmons for prez, and Will Smith for VP...

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Fitness star and effervescence extreme Richard Simmons is on Capitol Hill today, tackling the issue of childhood obesity and pushing for increased school exercise programs. But as he testifies before the House Education and Labor Committee, the 60-year-old is nodding toward that celebrity siren song: political office.

In a half-serious, half-jocular tone, Simmons described his approach to the hearing, saying, "I want to have the respect of a congressman, I want to talk like a congressman, and maybe, someday, I'll be a congressman."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/24/richard-simmons-congressman/