Posted on 12/01/2007 10:05:14 AM PST by connell
There have been so many debates and interviews and columns and profiles and polls, it’s hard to believe the election for president is still about 11 months away. Recently, celebrity endorsements have been making news, with Oprah Winfrey saying she would campaign for Barack Obama and Barbra Streisand making the not-so-stunning announcement that she was supporting Hillary Clinton.
There are reasons, of course, why candidates welcome such help. First, there’s the bonanza of free publicity. With so many names and faces vying for attention, what could be better than the burst of news such endorsements bring? There’s also the burst of money these high-profile celebs can bring in themselves and attract from others. Then there’s the extra...
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I’m sticking with Chuck Yeager. He’s a true hero worthy of attention when he speaks.
Celebrities Unqualified to Give Political Endorsements period.......there, I fixed it!
most have nothing more than a high school education, but more importantly have little or NO idea about the Constitution of the United States it’s content and it’s meaning-gee they sound alot like 99% of Democratic voters.
NO! Really?
Really!
I’ve heard that Sajak is rightward thinking, but he only now has had this great epiphane? Sheez...
Who’s Pat endorsing? Now, that’s the man for me! Is he going to make us guess the answer in a Wheel game?
Actors live in a world of make believe. They’ll fall for any lie and spout any nonsense convincingly even if they don’t believe it. “ACTING!”
He had a talk show in the 1980s on CBS. He took a break one week and Rush Limbaugh was the guest host in what was among his earliest national exposure.
The studio audience had to be cleared because the Act Up AIDS activists would not STFU and let the program continue.
Pat Sajak is one of the vanishingly small minority of "conservative celebrities" and has been since he achieved adulthood. He chooses not to make a public show of his politics as the lefties do.
Regards,
GtG
When minstrels, jugglers and clowns are as some kind of political sages, it seems we are all in trouble. Most can only read the lines they’re given and, even at that, probably need help with the big words.
Yeah, but you see no one wants to hear that. We want to be titillated and tantalized. We’re Americans - we need to be entertained! Enough with this substance nonsense.
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