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Posted: January 29, 2008 8:33 PM
Giuliani Joins GOP Star Parade with Backing from Jon Voigt
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has actor and martial artist Chuck Norris in his corner. Arizona Sen. John McCain has actor Sylvester Stallone of Rambo and Rocky fame. Which action movie star is backing former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani?

Jon Voigt, who joined Giuliani on the campaign trail in Florida on Tuesday.

Though he did star in Anaconda, Voigt is best known for his roles in Deliverance and Midnight Cowboy — which features the incomparable songwriter Harry Nilson’s “Everybody’s Talkin’” — and for being the father of actress Angelina Jolie.

So how did Voigt come to back Giuliani? Because, according to ABC’s Jake Tapper, Giuliani “understands the threat we face from terrorism” having led New York through the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

And though Giuliani’s poll numbers are coming in low, Voigt “was still hoping for a Giuliani win tonight, though he expressed regret at how the media was covering Florida as essentially a two-man race between Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney,” Tapper reported.

Early Tuesday evening, the Associated Press reported “12 percent of the state’s precincts showed McCain [Stallone] with 34 percent of the vote, and Romney with 31.” Giuliani [Voigt] and Huckabee [Norris] were trailing at 18 percent and 13 percent, respectively.