Mena Suvari - along with other stars celebritys as Ethan Hawke and Illeana Douglas were at The Daily Show to watch and have there take on this years presidental election.

“I voted for John Kerry because he’s an intelligent leader and will take charge of the situation in Iraq,” said Mena Suvari. “I don’t want what happened in the last election to happen tonight. I hope this is different.” (from Salon.com)

Actress Mena Suvari says she can’t stay up all night –if it comes to that–to see if her candidate, John Kerry, wins the election. “I have to be at work at 5:30″–that’s a.m.–she said as she was escorted to a reserved VIP booth at The Daily Show’s election night party. I asked her what she’d do if Bush wins. “Leave the country,” she said, laughing.

Suvari, tiny in tight distressed (holes in the left thigh and right front pocket) blue jeans, vamped for the cameras showing off her almost bare back. A red wall of The Daily Show/Comedy Central logos was in the background. Hey, this party is about publicity, kids.

Mena (think I can call her by her first name?) said she was “nervous” and “kind of anxious” as she waits for the election results. At least I THINK that’s what she said into a mic from the celeb-worshipping show Extra. I was mostly peering at the actress from the armpit area of an Extra interrogator and thusly could see nothing but her shiny lip-glossed lips moving sweetly as the “reporter” seemed to be asking her life story. It went on forever. In case you were wondering, Suvari is a fan–”huge”–of Jon Stewart whom she describes as “a great guy.” As for The Daily Show, “It makes you want to learn” about politics. Yes, she says she did vote, absentee out of California. She lives in L.A. - (read more at The Chicago Tribune)

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