"Material Girl" Madonna endorses Democratic candidate Wesley Clark

Yahoo! News ^ | Tue Dec 16 2003 | AFP

[yonif]

Former vice president Al Gore (news - web sites) may be supporting Howard Dean (news - web sites), but retired army general Wesley Clark (news - web sites) has support in his quest for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination from ... Madonna (news - web sites).

The Material Girl on Tuesday publicly threw her support behind the retired four-star general, one of nine Democrats seeking to replace George W. Bush in the November 2004 election.

"I endorse him because I think he's a great guy," the pop superstar said on CNN Tuesday. "I think he's a natural born leader."

Madonna believes that because of his military experience Clark "knows how to deal with pressure," and as the former NATO (news - web sites) supremo "has a good handle in foreign policy."

Clark spokesman Jamal Simmons was star-struck by the endorsement.

"We have a superstar supporting a four star," he quipped.

Madonna organized a dinner for Clark at her Los Angeles residence in November, when he was in town raising funds for his presidential bid, Simmons said.

[jwalsh07]

Nice team, the Material Girl and the Immaterial Candidate.

[SamAdams76]

Even Madonna is smart enough to know that Kerry is a loser.

[T Lady]

I'm sure you're using the term, 'smart' here loosely? While I agree that even celebs can support whoever they want, they all should take Laura Ingram's advice, and "Shut up and sing". Leave the heavy lifting to the thinking people.

-Regards, T.

[Paleo Conservative]

Even Madonna is smart enough to know that Kerry is a loser.

But lots of Repbulicans are smart enough to know the Republican primaries will be boring in 2004. It will be much more fun to vote for Dean in the DemocRAT primary and help get an unelectable candidate nominated on the DemocRAT ticket.

[Constantine XIII]

Something for Nothing? :p

[BulletBobCo]

All we need to know now is who Michael Jackson is endorsing.

[xp38]

But not smart enough to know that Clark is one too?

[caspera]

This is a really funny thread! Good work, y'all.

[happydogdesign]

[Kooch40_dwc]

genius bullet pure genius

[claudiustg]

Someone should ask Wesley what it feels like to be Clinton's Baginiokeeper...

[jagrmeister]

>"We have a superstar supporting a four star," he quipped.

That's a quip? Doesn't it need to be witty to be a quip?

[jagrmeister]

Madonna said Americans were overly materialistic, desperate for fame, and made some other nasty remarks. Her endorsement should endear Clark to the anti-American Left. Only liberals would consider an endorsement from an entertainer important criteria for picking the next president.

[NYCVirago]

I can't stand that lady. She has guts to sell a kid book, and saying she won't let their children to see what she did when she was performing. What a hypocrite!

Camille Paglia said that the entire plot of Madonna's book was about how her daughter's classmates were so mean to Lourdes because her daughter's so beautiful. Talk about making your kid a target for life!

[KneelBeforeZod]

at least she's not a frontrunner like gore...haha

[sarasota]

Madonna will never go away. She will enter every venue in the known universe, one at a time. Let's see: now politics; what's next?

[sarasota]

She's still got a home in L.A. and is hosting a fund raiser for Clark.

[sarasota]

Her kabbalist colleagues told her to write the children's books.

[lormand]

These guys are walking talking adverts for the GOP.

[Destructor]

That would have been news-- in the 90's!