Posted on 06/19/2008 4:49:46 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Los Angeles(Reuters) - Many Hollywood celebrities who had supported Hillary Clinton are rallying behind Barack Obama, pledging money and star power to the Democrat's U.S. presidential bid before a big fundraiser next week.
Experts say that since Clinton conceded defeat this month after a grueling Democratic nominating contest, celebrities have quickly united behind Obama.
The result, they said, could be a campaign cash windfall for the senator from Illinois, but star support doesn't necessarily translate directly to votes.
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a senior scholar at the University of Southern California, said that once a politician becomes known, voters look for candidates with positions they like and with whom they can identify, regardless of celebrity backing.
In fact, stars can cause harm if a performer's public image rubs voters the wrong way. That happened when Jane Fonda and Barbra Streisand campaigned for former Texas Gov. Ann Richards in her conservative state, and Richards lost the bid.
"Sometimes they can come back to bite the candidate," Jeffe said.
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Pagans supporting a muslim pagan!
Many Hollywood celebrities are adolescents.
“Many Hollywood celebrities are adolescents.”
...some with illusions of grandeur. Laughable!
“But they want an inexperienced punk to be President”
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I think he has a LOT of experience as a punk!
Why the surprise, The pretend people rally behind an empty suit.
Garofalo has been on a quest to get in touch with her "inner scab" working at ScamAir-America and other "touchy-feely" projects. Her look has changed dramatically from her early, "sleezy-slightly-greasy" look to a full blown "I'm a gat-dang militant liberal-scab" look that's more like a psychedelic witness-relocation makeover. I've seen the recent photos...there's not much left to salvage there, I'm thinking.
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