| Hollywood Loves Obama; Hollywood Hates Palin |
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| by Tom McGregor | Fri, Oct 3, 2008, 12:45 PM |
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After the first vice presidential debate and with Nov. 4 coming around the corner, According to ABC News, “stars’ comments about her are getting downright bizarre. Rap music/reality TV/fashion mogul Diddy (real name: Sean combs) posted a video blog about Palin on his YouTube page today entitled “Sarah Palin Scares Me!!” (Guess which candidate he’s supporting.) Apparently, the gangsta’ rapper, who portrays himself as having a tough guy image, is terrified of a hockey mom. The lesbian comedians Margaret Cho and Rosie O’Donnell have leveled vicious attacks against Palin. Ms. Cho said that McCain’s running mate does not deserve the right to call herself a Christian because she’s an evangelical. Ms. Cho also claims that feminists have “Christ-like attributes,” but evangelicals don’t. Rosie dislikes the notion that Mrs. Palin is an avid hunter. Matt Damon ridicules Palin for being a hockey mom and Chace Crawford is mesmerized by the attractiveness of Sarah Palin. Meg Ryan told reporters that she will vote for Obama and expressed surprise that some intelligent people would agree with Palin. Lindsay Lohan rants against Palin on her Myspace.com blog. She insinuates that Palin doesn’t want to make “our country a less destructive place.” Jada Pinkett Smith simply said, “I’m voting for Michelle (Obama).” To read the entire article from ABC News, link here:
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written by Brown Bess , October 03, 2008 Let's see, something missing again here in national political developments....is it the expanding Obama poll leads, yeah, but there's something more recent, something that dominated an entire news cycle yesterday. Oh, wait, it's that McLame is pulling out of Michigan and is now completely dependent on winning one of four very blue states where he's doing worse than he is in Michigan. You'd think that would rate right up there with another "Hollywood is liberal" news flash, but it's just that national horse race stuff I guess.
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written by Byron George , October 03, 2008 Hollywood is against her! Just another reason to vote for Palin.
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written by Jonathan Green , October 03, 2008 Once again a blantant attack of racim on an African American by Tom McGrogor. No where can Tom Mc Gregor produce evidence of Sean Combs being a "gangster rapper".Bring the evidence! Sadly, his ignorant cohorts agree in part. In addition, Sean Combs has never portrayed himself as a "tough guy" therefore, is safe to say Tom Mc Gregor has no earthly idea who Sean Combs aka Diddy is. Yet, attacks this African American Male just as he attack our leaders with vicious racists attacks. This man is clearly senile.
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written by Holy Roller , October 03, 2008 Diddy is from New York last I checked. Maybe you all should explain why black people should vote for McCain-Palin.
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written by mike , October 03, 2008 Democrats will vote for the Democrat. Republicans will vote for the Republican. That’s how it has always been. John McCain and Joe Biden are politicians. They know their numbers, and they know Washington. What is different about this election is culture. Where is America going, culturally? This is where Barack Obama and Sarah Palin come in. Some say race is a factor against Obama, but I say it is the opposite: Obama has been propelled upwards by his skin color. The positive ‘racism’ (Black-Americans supporting him, White-Americans feeling guilty about the legacy of slavery) far outweighs the few remaining pockets of negative racism (traditional bigotry) that still exist in our country. Whereas Black-Americans account for 12 percent of America, women number about 51 percent. This is where America’s reaction to Sarah Palin gets interesting. It is not only sexism at play, but regionalism too. Keep in mind that America’s reaction could be vastly different from the media’s reaction, which tries to intervene in how America thinks and observes for itself. For the last decade, American women have been trying to become either the fifth ‘Manhattanite’ cast member of ‘Sex and the City’ or a ‘Desperate Housewife’ on Wisteria Lane. The White male executives who created, packaged and marketed these female stereotypes have made plenty of money as women across America spent time and money trying to become ‘Carrie Bradshaw’. But somehow, these wanna-be’s never lived it up as glamorously. Sarah Palin is all about God, Family, Country and Shot-Guns. She is a completely New American Woman. She was not constructed by a Public Relations agency in either New York City or Los Angeles. She is not a Hollywood creation. Sarah Palin is simply a product of American small-town wholesomeness: happy childhood, hard work, self-discipline and a bright, and almost chirpy, outlook on life. Sarah is not the high-maintenance, drama-seeking, bulimia-suffering fragile caricature of a working woman as peddled by TV. Her husband, Todd Palin, is not a neurotic metro-sexual obsessing over the price of organic arugula, or whining about his commitment phobias to his shrink. He is a man’s man, and frankly, a woman’s man: just your regular American guy—wholesome and uncomplicated. Sarah and Todd are American ‘retro’, but it is retro made cool all over again. They are a brand of Americana that has been tested and true—genuine, confident and mature. Something happened to the Obama brand on the way to the election. It is as if the fashion gods decided that “Didn’t you know? No one wears Obama after Labour Day.” Once exotic and different, the Obama brand has been turned into something weird and creepy. “Obama’s Witnesses,” “Obama’s Blue-Shirts,” “The Obama Youth Fraternity League”…Plus, after the initial swooning over him, most people still think that there’s something “off” about Obama; as if he’s hollow, or hiding something. Today, the Obama brand has become decidedly “uncool”. That’s why people tuned out from watching him debate McCain. On the other hand, Americans are discovering that they are intrigued by Sarah Palin. The TV pundits may want to spin things their way, but the surest measure of who won the Vice-Presidential Debate is that, at the end, the vast majority of viewers walked away from their TV sets and said to themselves, “I’d like to see more of Sarah Palin—unfiltered and uncut.” The Obama camp may be celebrating too early. There are still plenty of people out there that haven’t made up their mind, and Obama’s triumphalism may begin to sound like arrogance, and he’s already been accused of that. This is indeed a culturally interesting time to be an American.
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written by Ken Dickson , October 04, 2008 Mike, you really have a good take on the subject!...who cares about ABC News & Hollywood "kooks"? Fewer & fewer of us!!...nothing wrong with the good ol' American girl ...God, Family, apple pie!...Cho & O'Donnell represent no one except the strange side of life & who cares about what they think?
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written by Gangy , October 04, 2008 I don't understand why Hollywood doesn't like Palin. She would be much more suited as a host of "The View" than she is for vice president.
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written by michael a. , October 04, 2008 We just got through having Hillary Clinton narrowly miss the Democratic nomination for President. Sexism in the media was present but none of you here cared. All of you said if you are going to play with the big boys then get over it. Palin and you need to get over it. It's insulting that Hillary did appearance after appearance, interview after interview, 20 something debates and this idiot strolls in with her three interviews and one debate and wants the vice-presidency. It should not be easy and it is not going to be. It' the second most important job and she wants it on a wink and a "golly gee". The scariest thing is that so many want her to have it with only that. I'm so disgusted with a huge number of people in this country.
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written by Byron George , October 05, 2008 michael a., Fact is you are disgusted with anyone who disagrees with you, correct?
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written by dt , October 05, 2008 Sticks and stones, michael. It can be easy with the right message. I see Jonathan is back.
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written by Boo , October 05, 2008 Mike: That is the funniest thing I have read in quite a while. It's impressive that you managed to write that much about politics without talking about politics. You did however manage to ramble on attempting to stereotype both candidates not along the typical lines of black male white female, but of Republican and Democrat. And you did it in a manner that was hilariously stupid. I've e-mailed this post to buddys of mine on both the left, right, and center and I look forward to further mocking you with them over a few brews. Most people who only follow politics every four years devolve into repeating the talking points of both sides. As far as I can tell your not smart enough to even do that. Instead you ramble about some kind of odd stereotypes. In closing I have taken two things away from your rants. First you re obviously not aware of the fact that Todd Palin's hair cut sets him back $150. And second the word 'triumphalism'. Oh yeah, and if the only woman you are meeting are some kind of nutters trying to behave like they're a cast member of some stupid TV show like Sex in the City or whatever other shows you are way, way to familiar with perhaps you should consider hanging out at a different bar.
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written by RelicMM , October 06, 2008 Since the Forties hollywood has had a fatal fascination for Marxism, so who is surprised that they favor giving it a chance to ruin our nation as it has historically done everywhere it has been tried. Obama is the poster boy for socialist takeover of America. In all my extended years, I would have never believed that freedom would be so taken for granted that a socialist radical would even be allowed to run for president. Nor would I have believed that the obvious mentality of average Americans could have sunk so low even with the Marxist infiltration of the public education system by John Dewey in the Thirties. Those who cherish American freedom need to shout from the rooftops that it has never faced a greater challenge in American history. Terrorism is being marketed by those we used to call traitors. Treason will continue to prosper in our nation until our patriotic Americans dare once again to call it treason, and begin to fight to preserve the freedom that once made us a great nation. Our similarities to the fall of the Roman Empire are becoming too close for comfort. This election is a pivotal point in the continuation or rejection of freedom. The choice between good and evil has never been so clear. Write comment
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