From White Castle to White House: Kal Penn to work for Obama
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Posted by Jayeesha Dutta
The LA Times reports:
“Penn, 31, campaigned for Barack Obama last year. Word is the Indian American actor was a big hit on college campuses. Now Penn will become associate director in the White House Office of Public Liaison, an envoy to the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, to Hollywood and to young people.”
Personally, I think this is pretty cool - especially since Kal Penn just seems like a guy I could sit down and chill with. Kind of like our president, too. (I’ll just ignore the slight sense of awkwardness and irony with the fact Obama has stonewalled the extremely popular issue around the legalization of marijuana while Kumar goes to the White House.)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="330" caption="Kal Penn shows his pariotic side"]
Tags: | asian american, envoy, harold and kumar, hollywood, jayeesha, job at white house, kal penn, la times, Obama, office of public liaison, pacific islanders, South Asian, white castle, white house“Penn, 31, campaigned for Barack Obama last year. Word is the Indian American actor was a big hit on college campuses. Now Penn will become associate director in the White House Office of Public Liaison, an envoy to the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, to Hollywood and to young people.”
Personally, I think this is pretty cool - especially since Kal Penn just seems like a guy I could sit down and chill with. Kind of like our president, too. (I’ll just ignore the slight sense of awkwardness and irony with the fact Obama has stonewalled the extremely popular issue around the legalization of marijuana while Kumar goes to the White House.)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="330" caption="Kal Penn shows his pariotic side"]
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