Yeah, like I said I can't say much about Clooney. The scads of other idiots spouting off without thinking killed my ability to listen to ANYTHING anyone in Hollywood has to say.
And what bothers me most about it all, I think, is that it tends to just be Hollywood that opens their mouths. If sports stars starting trying to talk politics, no one would listen. But for some reason Hollywood has people mesmerized. I think that people don't stop to think that these people have never actually been doctors, lawyers, judges, and all other types that they play. They are just actors pretending to be those people based on scripts written by people who may or may not have any actual experience in the field themselves. A lot of great stuff was written by people who had to do research because they themselves didn't know. It doesn't make them experts and it most certainly doesn't educate the actors enough to make them suddenly capable of running a country.
There are obviously those that managed to emerge from Hollywood and do some real good. It makes me think of that line from Back to the Future. "Who is the President?" "Ronald Reagan." "The actor??"
But, just as I had to stop listening to reports coming out of New Orleans after Katrina because they began to be tainted with more and more stupidly slanted views, I am having to stop listening to Hollywood actors wax poetic about politics.
I certainly hope Clooney has the knowledge to back his sound bites, he's always struck me as the type that seemed too smart for Hollywood (whoo boy, did that just come out of the mouth of someone that still practices her Oscar acceptance speech in the mirror?), but I don't know him personally so he could just be a *really* good actor. :D
I can guarantee you one thing, should I make it big out there, I have no intentions of backing any one person for presidency. I will, however, use all the star power I have to get people to educate themselves before elections arrive. I will push hard to encourage people to find out for themselves who they want to vote for and not just take the word of the people who get the air time. I can only hope that someday our country truly starts looking at the people they are voting for and not just their party affiliation.
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And what bothers me most about it all, I think, is that it tends to just be Hollywood that opens their mouths. If sports stars starting trying to talk politics, no one would listen. But for some reason Hollywood has people mesmerized. I think that people don't stop to think that these people have never actually been doctors, lawyers, judges, and all other types that they play. They are just actors pretending to be those people based on scripts written by people who may or may not have any actual experience in the field themselves. A lot of great stuff was written by people who had to do research because they themselves didn't know. It doesn't make them experts and it most certainly doesn't educate the actors enough to make them suddenly capable of running a country.
There are obviously those that managed to emerge from Hollywood and do some real good. It makes me think of that line from Back to the Future. "Who is the President?" "Ronald Reagan." "The actor??"
But, just as I had to stop listening to reports coming out of New Orleans after Katrina because they began to be tainted with more and more stupidly slanted views, I am having to stop listening to Hollywood actors wax poetic about politics.
I certainly hope Clooney has the knowledge to back his sound bites, he's always struck me as the type that seemed too smart for Hollywood (whoo boy, did that just come out of the mouth of someone that still practices her Oscar acceptance speech in the mirror?), but I don't know him personally so he could just be a *really* good actor. :D
I can guarantee you one thing, should I make it big out there, I have no intentions of backing any one person for presidency. I will, however, use all the star power I have to get people to educate themselves before elections arrive. I will push hard to encourage people to find out for themselves who they want to vote for and not just take the word of the people who get the air time. I can only hope that someday our country truly starts looking at the people they are voting for and not just their party affiliation.