![]() ![]() “I’ve come to love the unique blend of backbreaking campaigning and passionate policy strategy by day and hard-charging nightlife when the day is done.” “I’ve been travelling with and for the Massachusetts governor off and on for the last eight weeks,” he writes of the Dukakis campaign. So Lowe took himself away from Tinseltown and threw himself into politics. ![]() “Hollywood was (and is) a one-party town,” writes Lowe.Īt the time, he had just wrapped the films “Masquerade” and “Illegally Yours.” Both flopped. Lowe may have some kind words for Republicans, but the 47-year-old actor has spent his time stumping for Democrats, including several months flacking for Dukakis in 1988. Bush era and into the current administration.” Elmo’s Fire”).Īppearing on “West Wing” afforded many opportunities to meet real West Wingers, who, he writes, are “smart, warm, and there to make a difference and this will prove to be true through the George W. He said Sam Seaborn is one of the two roles he is asked about and identifies with most (the other being Brat Pack favorite Billy Hicks from “St. “A typical coffee-break chat among the cast could cover the legacy of Cesar Chavez, the history of the New York Yankees, the shortcomings of the Electoral College and whether or not Nelson Rockefeller and JFK would be accepted by their respective parties in today’s political climate,” he writes. Jefferson built,” and to listening to his stepfather “bitch about Richard Nixon” - Lowe was surrounded by other government junkies during his “West Wing” days. “Nice alliteration and romantic sounding,” he writes.Ī political junkie from a young age - a passion he jokingly credits to being born in Charlottesville, Va., “the town Mr. In fact, he writes, it was his character’s name that first attracted him to the script. In his book “Stories I Only Tell My Friends,” released on Tuesday, Lowe devotes several chapters to the show, which ran on NBC for seven seasons with Lowe playing White House aide Sam Seaborn. As a child he sold Kool-Aid to raise money for George McGovern’s campaign, and as a 20-something he campaigned for Michael Dukakis, but when Rob Lowe first heard about a TV pilot script called “The West Wing” he had no idea that the show was about the White House. ![]()
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