Charlie Sheen Crazy Enough to Run Libya?

Tuesday, 01 March 2011 | by Pat's Picks

If the main qualification for running Libya is perpetuating a long downward spiral of horrible PR moves and escalating craziness, then move over Moammar Ghadafi—Charlie Sheen is up for the job. Both the New York Post and the Daily News give credence to the swap-one-wacko-for-another idea, the Post in a front-page headline and the Daily News in a full article. Even the Times got in on the act, calling Ghadafi the “Charlie Sheen of Middle Eastern dictators.” The paper says likewise, Charlie Sheen suffers from an addiction that often affects embattled politicians, namely that “he is addicted to explaining himself on the air.”

Daily News writer Helen Kennedy compares the two “megalomaniacs” to bolster her point. Below are some excerpts, click through for the full list—it’s worth it.

ENTOURAGE
SHEEN - Porn stars and hookers
KHADAFY - Ukrainian nurses and lady bodyguards

MAJOR WEAKNESS
SHEEN - Talks too much to TMZ
KHADAFY - Talks too much to Christiane Amanpour

SANGUINARY
SHEEN - Brags he has “tiger blood.”
KHADAFY - Vows he will fight to the “last drop of blood.”

If you’ve missed the latest, Sheen continued his “scorched-earth campaign” yesterday reports the Post. Before appearing on “Piers Morgan Tonight,” Sheen invited cameras to his house to film him getting an at-home drug test administered. He also posed for “the world’s most bizarre family photo,” says the Daily Mail, with his twin sons and two girlfriends—one of whom is a porn star:

Sheen’s CNN interview last night: