Kal Penn, a familiar face in an unfamiliar place, working the DNC

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Famous Pothead A Democratic Convention Whip [The Cinema]
Published 8/28/2008 by Ryan Tate at Gawker
... Here's Kal Penn as captured by the LA Times at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. You may recognize Penn: He's the famous pothead "Kumar" from that famous pothead movie series, Harold & Kumar. Apparently someone asked him to be a "political whip," herding delegates while wearing a headset, and he totally went for it. "The majority of kids I’ve met on the road are struggling," Penn told the newspaper. Well, fine, but when the Republicans want to portray Democratic politicians as of vapid, decadent, amoral Hollywood types, they won't have to go ...

The Kal Penn Democratic Convention Mystery Is Finally Solved
Published 8/28/2008 at Videogum
... of DNC security staff member. I rushed to try to record it but my Tivo was being weird (great story, huh?) Anyway, I've been talking about it nonstop for three days, this mysterious Kal Penn sighting, but Google searches revealed only what we already knew: that Penn was an Obama supporter. But what explained the outfit? Was he really working at the convention, or pretending to work at the convention for some sort of project? Finally, a friend sent this LA Times blog story: Kal Penn really is working at the convention, as a Virginia delegation worker and not as any sort of ...