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Comedian Jackie Mason Endorses Jennifer Horn!

20th May 2008

Award-winning Actor and Comedian Jackie Mason Endorses Jennifer Horn

NASHUA – Award-winning actor and comedian Jackie Mason will be sending a letter to New Hampshire voters across the district on behalf of Jennifer Horn, Republican candidate for the 2nd Congressional District.  Jackie Mason’s letter will be sent to 2nd Congressional District voters from Colebrook to Windham to Keene aimed at garnering support for Jennifer Horn’s campaign. 

In his letter Jackie Mason says:

 “First, I think she is one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever met and no one loves her Country or the state of New Hampshire more than she does.  Jennifer is someone who can make me proud of our congress again.   

I’ve known Jennifer for a long time.  She is someone of character and courage.   She is passionate about the issues and will make a great member of the United States Congress.  We need more people like her in Washington.  She never had any personal ambitions.  Her only concern was to help people regardless of the time or effort and sacrifice involved.  For a comedian like me, I always found her a disappointment because I always found her too preoccupied to appreciate any joke I told her.  She was always too emotionally involved with projects and the problems of people she was trying to help.

 More importantly she is not a political operative or a career politician - we have enough of them in Washington already. 

Jennifer is a real person.  She is a mother, a former radio show host, a columnist, and a community activist.  We’ve given politicians and lawyers a chance and they have screwed things up for everyone.  It’s time we give someone else a try.”

Jennifer Horn:  "Jackie Mason is an American icon - he has been entertaining people around the world for decades.  He is one of the most patriotic people I know-his love of country is limitless.  I consider myself blessed to have the support of good friends like Jackie as I take on one of the greatest challenges of my life."

ABOUT JACKIE MASON:  Actor and Comedian Jackie Mason career has had an acclaimed career that has spanned 5 decades.  Mason started as a comedian and then in the early 1960s became a regular performer on the nation's preeminent television variety program, "The Ed Sullivan Show."  After the “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Mason continued to tour the country with his comedy act. 

In 1984, Jackie Mason debuted his one-man show, "The World According to Me" to wide acclaim.  "The World According to Me" began its unprecedented two and a half year run on Broadway began in December 1986 winning triumphant reviews and reestablishing Mason as one of the nation's premier comics. The show earned Jackie Mason a Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy nomination, and it toured successfully in America and Europe for two years.

In the 1980s, he starred in numerous movies and television shows.  Since the debut of “The World According to Me,” Mason has performed in eight, self-written Broadway one-man shows.  In November of 2005, Mason started a daily talk show, The Jackie Mason Show. The show airs nightly on the CN8 television network on Comcast cable television. He is currently also the host of a nationally syndicated radio program (as of July 2006). Mason currently performing, "Jackie Mason, The Ultimate Jew" which opened to critical acclaim on March 18, 2008.

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