article_snippet.sent: Robert De Niro has said Actor should be president, insisting Actor has 'earned the right' to be elected.
article_snippet.sent: De Niro joined Actor last December was both were both honored at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights annual gala.
article_snippet.sent: De Niro political punditry however is not something new.
article_snippet.sent: In 2006, while promoting The Good Shepherd, De Niro appeared on Hardball opposite Matt Damon at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
article_snippet.sent: Host Chris Matthews asked De Niro who De Niro would like to be president in the future.
article_snippet.sent: De Niro replied: 'Well, I think of two people: Actor and Obama.'
article_snippet.sent: While continuing to build De Niro stellar film career, De Niro has also become a donor for the Democratic party.
article_snippet.sent: Host Chris Matthews says Cliton has 'paid Host Chris Matthews dues' and insisted the Democrat has 'earned the right to be head of this country' In 2012, De Niro hosted a $25,000-a-head dinner at the White House with Obama to raise funds for Obama re-election effort.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking at a dinner in the Greenwich Hotel, which De Niro owns, De Niro said: 'Callista Gingrich.
article_snippet.sent: A guest at the event, which was held in the hotel's Locanda Verde restaurant, yelled, 'No!', to which De Niro added: 'Too soon, right?'