Hollywood bailing on President Obama and the Democratic National Convention

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Hollywood bailing on President Obama and the Democratic National Convention

By Hollie McKay

Published August 24, 2012

| FoxNews.com

LOS ANGELES – President Obama recently praised Hollywood superstar George Clooney, calling him a “wonderful guy” and good friend. But even in the wake of the headline-grabbing compliments, a rep for the Oscar-winning actor confirmed he will not be attending the forthcoming Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina.

And it seems the majority of Clooney's high-powered Hollywood counterparts are also passing on the 2012 convention – a far cry from 2008’s showdown in Denver, Colorado which attracted dozens of A-listers including Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Silverman, Fallout Boy, John Legend, Cyndi Lauper, Ashanti, Fran Drescher, Ashley Judd, Rage Against the Machine, Aisha Tyler, Anne Hathaway, Susan Sarandon, Jon Hamm, Cash Warren, Jessica Alba, Fergie, Will.i.am, Kanye West, Matthew Modine, Kerry Washington, Stevie Wonder, Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Hudson, Shawn Johnson, Forest Whitaker, Star Jones, Wilmer Valderama, Daniel Dae Kim, Kelly Hu, Jamie Foxx, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Chevy Chase, Richard Dreyfuss, Melissa Etheridge and Pharrell Williams.

Just to name a few.

[cubreporter]

A-listers????????????/ Now that is the joke of the day. STILL laughing.

[tumblindice]

Barry Soetero AKA Barack Obama AKA: Have you heard about the lonesome looser? He's a looser but he just keeps on crying.

[tflabo]

Your’re kidding with the ‘looser’ spelling right? English language is weird sometimes. We say and spell ‘booze’.so loser should also be spelled as loozer. The word ‘loser’ should really be pronounced as. L-oh-ser.I think might just spell loser as loozer in the future and if anyone jumps down my throat about that spelling I’ll have the argument ready in return.
Then again, who gives a ratz patootie.

[Vince Ferrer]

You can look at this recent post for starters:

Los Angeles losing the core of its TV production to other states

[Roses0508]

Local NC papers and TV talking about how motels and hotels in the communities and towns surrounding Charlotte were asked by the DNC to reserve huge blocks of rooms and no reservations are being made, so having turned away customers for a year these places are having to scramble to try to find occupancy. All of them figure they are going to take a big financial hit. One guy told that the DNC asked him to reserve 70% of his capacity, he had a total of of 8 reservations which were then withdrawn just in the past week.

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[Joan Kerrey]

Guess I’m just not with it. I don’t have a clue as to who those mentioned are. As to the others, qualifications please.
Not any of the names, known and unknown, mean anything to me.
Are there really people out there who regard these people as relevant?

[TEXOKIE]

Thanks for the link!!

[N. Theknow]

No Hollywood support for President Ishtar? Gasp!

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Hey, friend, if what you say is indeed true fact, you may want get that info to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Fox News Channel, The GOP, Mark levin, Laura Ingraham, etc. They are all easily reached via e-mail. Thanks for the heads-up!!!