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What's not to love? Politics & a toga-clad Clooney in one article.
George Clooney Suds Up
Sat Feb 28,12:15 AM ET
By Sarah Hall
Picture this: a toga-clad George Clooney, drops of water glistening from his biceps, as he slowly leans over to...Armor-all your tires?
Sound too good to be true? It is.
In a handwritten letter he sent out recently, the comely thesp offered to wash the car of anyone willing to contribute a minimum of $500 to his father, Nick Clooney's congressional campaign.
Said letter found its way onto the New York Post's Page Six Friday, sending women everywhere on a mad dash to the ATM. (Or so we like to think.)
Sadly, it turns out that Clooney won't wash just anyone's car after all.
"It's a private party by invitation only and George made that offer to those people he invited," his rep, Stan Rosenfield, told E!
Potential donors who made Clooney's guest list were invited to a March 6 benefit at his home in Studio City, California, where he promised "entertainment, hors d'oeuvres and booze."
"OK, this is a little tricky," Clooney's letter begins. "I'll start with a warning: I'm asking for money so you might want to stop reading and pretend you never got this letter."
Clooney goes on to say that if he could, he'd cover the costs of his father's campaign himself, but "[t]here's a limit to what anyone can donate to a campaign." For Clooney's guests, that limit is $4,000, the maximum donation.
"And I'll wash your car every week till it's paid off and Armor-all the tires...in a toga," Clooney promises in his letter. "Hope to see you there."
If Nick Clooney wins the election, he will be the only Democrat from the state of Kentucky in Congress.
The Clooney campaign committee is a family affair--in addition to George's stumping, Nina Clooney, Nick's wife, is listed as the "Clooney for Congress" treasurer.
The campaign trail isn't consuming all of Clooney's time. He's set to star in the upcoming sequel to 2001's Ocean's Eleven--the aptly named Ocean's Twelve--due out later this year.
What's not to love? Politics & a toga-clad Clooney in one article.

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