Celebrity Political Watch.

Drudge has a couple of hysterical items. First, Cher appeared in a Miami disco for a Kerry rally but only a few hundred people showed up. Pointing here remarks toward gays and arguing that a new Bush administration would be repressive, Cher remarked, "I think that as Bush will, if Bush gets elected, he will put in new Superior Court judges, and these guys are not going to want to see gay pride week."

Cher. It's the Supreme Court, honey. Don't bother yourself with things like Congless or the Senort. Stick with singing cloying tunes and making bad movies.

But that's not all, Rosie O'Donnell had a very similar experience in Ft. Lauderdale. Appearing at a Kerry rally in a nightclub, the space was nearly vacant.

We were built on the foundation of freedom and truth and equality for all people. And the rich, corporate, horrible, horrible people who have been destructing and ruining everything this country was made on has been really unbelievably damaging to all of us spiritually, emotionally, monetarily."

Destructing? To think that they say Bush is stupid. But she did say this too,

Just remember this, don't believe the media in these last nine days....Because America knows the difference between genuine and junk.

At last, something Base10 can agree with. The main stream media is not to be believed. (Never mind that Rosie was refereing to Fox, it's universal).

As Base10 has said before, while celebrities have a right to an opinion their performance skills do not give them any sort of expertise in the political arena. In the long run this hurts them. If the electorate is so polarized then half of Ms. O'donnell's fans hold conservative views. These fans want to watch comedy and music (or whatever it is that divas do), not a political diatribe. John Stewart's plumeting ratings should come as a warning.
- posted by Base10 @ 11:54 AM