Harold & Kumar Go To The White House?

Yes it’s true, Kal Penn, the actor from Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle is going to the White House.

Penn, whose most recent role on TV’s House, is reported to have taken a position at the White House as the associate director in the White House office of public liaison.

Penn had worked with the Obama campaign and was a big supporter during the election.  He said that his new role does “outreach with the American public and with different organizations. They’re basically the front door of the White House. They take out all of the red tape that falls between the general public and the White House. It’s similar to what I was doing on the campaign.”

I don’t know about you, but is this guy really the face you want as “the front door of the White House”?

I don’t know much about this guy, or his qualifications, but it seems to me like you might need some political experience in order to work in this role.  I could be wrong though.