ricco67 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 breitbart.com has this awesome article I had to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Impossible Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Many of the celebrities that were central to demonizing and making life impossible for President Bush for eight loathsome years NOW want to help with the heavy lifting of bringing America back together under President Barack Obama.Witness Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Why are Republicans so obsessed with celebrities? I don't know a single Democrat who listens to their crap, yet every Republican blows a gasket over it. I don't get it. Seriously, who cares?FWIW, I make no apologies for my positions and views of the last administration, and do not preach what others should think of this new administration. If President Obama earns your respect, goodwill and public service, then good for you and good for him. If he does not, you are free to campaign for his ouster in 4 years...with or without the blessing of celebrities.Really, give it a rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Mrs. O websiteAnd now for something completely different! The blog articles and comments are hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I made a number of enemies at another forum when the proposition was made for everyone to come together as one since the election was over. I politely declined. Isn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Why are Republicans so obsessed with celebrities? I don't know a single Democrat who listens to their crap, yet every Republican blows a gasket over it. I don't get it. Seriously, who cares?FWIW, I make no apologies for my positions and views of the last administration, and do not preach what others should think of this new administration. If President Obama earns your respect, goodwill and public service, then good for you and good for him. If he does not, you are free to campaign for his ouster in 4 years...with or without the blessing of celebrities.Really, give it a rest.Lots of people, for some reason mysterious to me, care more about what Demi and Whoopi think than you would believe. I can't understand why anyone listens to them, or that anyone would give them a forum to spread their crap en masse. Besides it creating more headlines for me to ignore, it does actually comes up in casual conversation at work or with people I don't know that well. It's annoying more than anything, but in the end it is just another point of observation that I use to determine who is completely useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hatriotism at its finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 HatriotismThat's a new one on me. It's a good word, and very appropriate. I can't understand why anyone listens to them, or that anyone would give them a forum to spread their crap en masse.I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Why are Republicans so obsessed with celebrities? I don't know a single Democrat who listens to their crap, yet every Republican blows a gasket over it. I don't get it. Seriously, who cares?I wish it was true that neither side listens to the celebrities, but it's simply not true.I know about eight 20-year-olds who voted for Obama not because they like his policies, or didn't like Bush's policies, or even knew what either policies were. They voted for Obama because they saw some celebrity (in at least one case on MTV) tell them to.I know a woman in her 50's whom I suspect did the same thing for the same reason.For better or worse, celebrities are role models for the weak minded, and we have a lot of weak minded people in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I will reiterate what Red said. WHY LISTEN TO CELEBRITIES ? After all, the Dems never take to heart what Rush or Hannity say, do they ? They NEVER get their collective panties in a bunch over some truth that the Talk Radio heads might "conjure" up.The truth here is that because none of these celebs liked Bush they bit their tongues, and sat on their thumbs instead of taking action to help their country. Damn who the friggin' President is, help the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Why are Republicans so obsessed with celebrities?Here's one reason. These celebrities are some of the richest and most powerful people in the country. When you see that one party has a monopoly on the rich and powerful you know who's side that party is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 we have a lot of weak minded people in America...And in 25 minutes, one of them will no longer be President Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rich Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 We're all Americans NOW!You mean we weren't before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 chron.com's lame commentary on the inauguration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 ..And in 25 minutes, one of them will no longer be President Yeah, I know right, he wasn't NEARLY as good a President as YOU, and remember that time YOU graduated from Yale ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Yeah, I know right, he wasn't NEARLY as good a President as YOU, and remember that time YOU graduated from Yale ? Oh, NOW Ivy League elites are good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Oh, NOW Ivy League elites are good? A "C" student at Yale, would make him Valedictorian at A&M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 "prayer" given today by Rev. Lowery"We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to give back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right," Lowery said.Was this an appropriate type of "prayer" to be given at a presidential inauguration? I'm thinking, um, nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Who cares what celebrities think anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Are prayers appropriate in the first place? Although Warren's went pretty smoothly, imo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 "prayer" given today by Rev. Lowery"We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to give back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right," Lowery said.Was this an appropriate type of "prayer" to be given at a presidential inauguration? I'm thinking, um, nope.The speech proves what a relic he is. He might as well have encouraged everyone to "keep on truckin'" and wrapped it up with, "Sock it to me!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahiki Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I actually heard a pretty good explanation of why "we" (include yourself in that or not, I don't care) are obsessed with celebrities. It was an argument based on our evolution. Basically, the modern human brain evolved in the Upper Paleolithic, AKA the ice age. Small bands of humans, moving around, hunting, gathering, making art on cave walls. Your "community" was small; we are social animals, we care about what the people in our community think and feel. It's how we keep our communities intact. Fast forward to today. The internet/media has created an environment in which people you don't know, and will never know, seem nevertheless familiar to us. We know what they eat and don't eat, with whom they are having sex, and if they are pregnant or in jail or whatever. To our ice age brains, they feel like part of our community. They are mentally processed AS IF they were friends/family. So we almost can't help caring about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Yeah, I know right, he wasn't NEARLY as good a President as YOU, and remember that time YOU graduated from Yale ? Nope. Don't remember my parents getting me into Yale. Damn! I want mine. Let's spread the social promotion around, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Why are Republicans so obsessed with celebrities? I don't know a single Democrat who listens to their crap, yet every Republican blows a gasket over it. I don't get it. Seriously, who cares?While I agree most celebrities have the intellect of a turnip and should NEVER be listened to, this whole past election was more like voting for an American Idol contestant than for a President and you can't deny celebrities had some impact on the election just like you can't deny people voted for Obama because he was much more charismatic than McCain.I truly wish Obama the best because I want what’s best for our country. I just hope those same celebrities and liberals that ripped Bush will not hold double standards for Obama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I truly wish Obama the best because I want what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 While I agree most celebrities have the intellect of a turnip and should NEVER be listened to, this whole past election was more like voting for an American Idol contestant than for a President and you can't deny celebrities had some impact on the election just like you can't deny people voted for Obama because he was much more charismatic than McCain.I truly wish Obama the best because I want what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Well, some of the global news services have an interesting take on it.Al JazeeraThe messages to Pres. Obama is interesting. One that made me laugh is how they think WE control the U.N!Another interesting piece that is on the website is an article (edited) from saying He's no MLK from the Black Agenda Report.I'm going to have to go to that website to see how heavily edited that story was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Actually, I CAN deny that celebrities had an impact on the election. For all the talk of young people swinging the election Obama's way, studies of the vote show that Obama would have won virtually every state that he did without counting the young vote. The fact is, Blacks and college educated whites carried the election...two groups least affected by celebrity worship. I recognize that there are Republicans searching for a reason that their guy (and gal) did not win. Well, "it's the economy, stupid." Obama was actually slightly behind McCain prior to the financial implosion in September, and McCain stumbled while Obama sprinted. To suggest that celebrities delivered the election is to have sleepwalked through September, October and November.In October, no one was listening to celebrities.Sorry but I believe your wrong. But that's just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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