Sheen and a host of other Gore cheerleaders, led by director Rob Reiner, were packing their bags to storm Midwest battlegrounds later this week: Ben Affleck, Whoopi Goldberg, Christine Lahti, Susan Dey, Melissa Etheridge, Jewel and Alfre Woodard.

In California after Gore’s rally at a Westwood intersection, Affleck showed no concern about slapping an adhesive Gore-Lieberman sticker on what looked like a brand-new leather sportcoat.

“You gotta sacrifice for the cause,” Affleck said.

“It’s a $3,000 Armani but I’d throw it to the ground and step on it for Al Gore.”

Asked one of Gore’s young aides: “Can I have it, then?”

Chatting up the vice president’s staffers, Affleck complained that they had muzzled the Democrats’ biggest star, President Clinton, and asked them to reconsider. The aides asked Affleck to telephone later for discussion.