Posted on 11/04/2008 12:02:05 PM PST by EdnaMode
Country singer Carrie Underwood may seem like America’s sweetheart, but just make sure you don’t ask her who she is voting for in this year’s presidential election.
“There is someone I do support, but I don’t support publicly,” gossip Web site Just Jared quotes Underwood as telling TV Guide.
“I lose all respect for celebrities when they back a candidate,” she said. “It’s saying that the American public isn’t smart enough to make their own decisions.”
The American Idol alum added that she would never want “anybody to vote for anything or anybody just because I told them to.”
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Smart girl. Wish more celebs would do likewise.
This lady is smart and beautiful, a winning combination, provided of course she isn’t voting for “O.”
Carrie’s a McCain gal.
Weird. I had just downloaded one of her songs just before I turned on FR.
Agree 100%. Smart young lady.
Regardless of who she secretly supports - whether it’s McCain and she doesn’t want to alienate democrats or it’s Obama and she doesn’t want to alienate republican listeners - this is the smartest musician quote I’ve read in months. Maybe years.
Good for her!
I read an article about Taylor Swift voting for the first time. Seems like she said she was still trying to decide who to vote for while in line.
Sorry, Carrie. It’s a “McCain/Palin Tradition”
She’s a PETA stooge and most likely offended by Sarah’s non-gubernatorial activities if you know what I mean. Carrie’s most likely voting Obama, but has the common sense not to say it noting it might offend her country fans ala Dixie Chicks.
It’s a near certainty that she’s conservative because no liberal would ever...
...suggest that their own opinion is unimportant.
...suggest that the average American is more qualified to choose a candidate than the liberal celebrity is.
...suggest that fellow liberal celebrities shouldn’t speak out and denigrate non-liberals at every opportunity.
Her statement is simply not compatible with liberalism.
MM
One smart star who did not want to lose half her fan base, well in her case probably just a quarter.
Couldn’t agree more. One of the few top contenders to act with a great degree of class at all times. Never back-talk following (rare) criticism. One of the few that Simon pegged right off the bat, that she would be the most commercially successful Idol winner of all previous (and certainly since) winners.
I suspect a “closest conservative”. Also, very smart in that she does not want to alienate half her fan base (or since she is country, perhaps 25% of her fan base).
Couldn’t agree more. One of the few top contenders to act with a great degree of class at all times. Never back-talk following (rare) criticism. One of the few that Simon pegged right off the bat, that she would be the most commercially successful Idol winner of all previous (and certainly since) winners.
I suspect a “closest conservative”. Also, very smart in that she does not want to alienate half her fan base (or since she is country, perhaps 25% of her fan base).
I guess if Bocephus is a celebrity that he don’t give a rip what Miss Underwood thinks of him.
TOUCHDOWN!!!
Whoah! Did Tony Romo give that up?
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