Vin Diesel Endorses Dominican President

Vin Diesel has stopped chasing bad guys long enough to endorse the president of the Dominican Republic for re-election.

Diesel appears in a Dominican campaign commercial urging a vote for his friend, President Leonel Fernandez. The endorsement first aired Wednesday on local TV stations and is paired with movie clips that show Diesel running, driving and surviving a bomb explosion.

The 40-year-old actor says he visits the Dominican Republic about once a year and owns a home on the country's eastern coast.

About 5.7 million of the Dominican Republic's 9 million people are registered to vote in the May 16 general elections. Fernandez is running against construction magnate Miguel Vargas Maldonado. [x]

The commercial is sooo cheesy. It looks like Vin was just paid to say all that for the sake of having a celebrity in the commercial. That being said, I am from the Dominican Republic and I've seen Vin over there a handful of times and I know he lives in the country. As far as Fernandez is concerned, he's the best president the Dominican Republic has had in a while and I don't think Miguel Vargas is going to do shit for the country. Leonel is going to win this one without a doubt in my mind.