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 Streisand Gives Clinton the NodPosted on Nov 27, 2007
Politicians have always looked to celebrities for campaign support, both in terms of financial contributions and personal endorsements, wanting stars on their team but not always wanting all the drama or negative associations that can come with the celeb package. But Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have chosen carefully—each scoring one of the top picks of the Hollywood litter.
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By loveinatub, December 2, 2007 at 8:45 pm #
<Zionism trumps all. Clinton is a disaster for the middle class. She wants to force us to get health insurance from private companies. But, she supports the pro-Israel Iraq and Iran wars. Israel is the most important thing.>
Amen, brother.
Report thisBy VillageElder, November 30, 2007 at 9:13 pm #
#116400 by Louise on 11/27 at 5:30 pm
Good post. I’ve often wondered what difference does it make about what an actor/celib thinks. We had an actor as president. Some think it was a highlight for the republic. I’d say it was a criminal assault on the republic. The Bushs are rape.
The real problem is how can we get those on your list to understand and admit they are there. The repugs and their neo/theo-con thugs have managed to convince the those without that they should vote for the folks who are taking it away.
When will the dems speak to those wh are . . .
Report thisBy themask, November 30, 2007 at 5:32 pm #
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Maybe Barbra should go to Rochester and help “Billary” since the individual; while obviously disturbed, May have some ligit complaints about the Clinton Machine ( whitewater, Vince Foster, B^^^ Jobs in the White House…... Shall I go on ??
And yet Bill was Re-Elected - How Pathetic !
Report thisBy johnp352, November 30, 2007 at 2:15 pm #
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this morning there was a side by side comparison between babs and opra..I know the large “o” makes 275 million a year..AND MAN IS SHE WORTH EVERY PENNY!!!..but it seems babs makes 95.5 million a year..now maybe that was from her 98th farewell tour last year or whatever it was I missed..but if not..heyzeus christy..how does a retiree make 95 million a year?
Report thisBy Conservative Yankee, November 30, 2007 at 1:45 pm #
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I didn’t think I could find another reason to vote AGAINST Clinton, BUT now I have…
Guess I’ll have to wait to see who James Gandolfini supports. That’s an endorsement I’ll take to the bank!!!
Report thisBy Dr. Knowitall, PhD, PhD, November 29, 2007 at 5:29 pm #
“...are the luckiest peephole, in the world.”
Report thisBy don knutsen, November 29, 2007 at 3:50 pm #
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Misguided priorities it would seem. Celeb.s getting in-line, so full of themselves that they believe their influence to be more then just a passing interest at best. Oprah’s support based on Race and Streisand’s on Gender. They are a part of the media machinery that is deciding the outcome for us. I guess its easy to believe that we are incapable of thinking for ourselves given that after the first 4 years the current bunch of criminals were re-annointed, ofcourse due in large measure to their vote rigging which worked for them in 2000 and no-doubt is in-place even more so for ‘2008. You still hear nothing out of our representitives on the issue of the massive voter fraud that has kept the GOP in power in DC. The firings of the US Attorneys was getting to the heart of that issue which is the real reason they were fired. For not cooperating with election fraud. But we don’t hear about the many who no doubt did cooperate nationwide. Ask yourselves why this is not front & center in the Congress debates. Why is a president with an approval rating hovering between 33% - 23% and a vice president without any approval rating at all except thru the Heritage Foundation not providing some incentive in this Congress to get aggresive in demanding some form of accountability for whats been going on these past 7 years ? Why can’t our democratic leadership do what the people are asking for ? Can you smell the FACISM ? Its on the way and has been for awhile now, thanks to the discusting manipulation of 9/11 by this administration. I realize this is somewhat off-topic here, but this would seem to be another example of the kind of fluff news that is all we get. You would think that a sinking democracy right around us would warrant constant attention by those that pretend to be serious journalists and americans. It may even be more important then who Streisand is voting for.
Report thisBy Paracelsus, November 29, 2007 at 4:35 am #
The Ad for Hillary 2008 by Newsmax makes Hillary look like she has a personal itch.
Report thisBy John Hanks, November 28, 2007 at 8:42 pm #
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Zionism trumps all. Clinton is a disaster for the middle class. She wants to force us to get health insurance from private companies. But, she supports the pro-Israel Iraq and Iran wars. Israel is the most important thing.
Report thisBy thomas billis, November 28, 2007 at 6:50 pm #
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Babs is endorsing Hillary.Oprah is endorsing Obama.Chuck Norris is endorsing Huckabee.What a quandry I cannot decide what celebrity I like more.Maybe I should take a new approach look at the candidates read their position papers and think about which one would be better for the country.I may have to think.Boy I hope I do not get a headache.
Report thisBy im4mary, November 28, 2007 at 2:48 pm #
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Just my opinion but celebrity endorsement is similar to the kiss of death. I remember many celebrities coming out for Al and John and yet they’re not sitting in the Big House. Celebrities don’t hold that much weight in relation to authenticity; they’re actors for heaven’s sake. Of course, if they’re actually a candidate, that’s a different story but no less a kiss of death. Reagan, Ventura, Bono, Eastwood. They’ve shown that being a celebrity doesn’t entail having a brain. I’m less enamoured with Obama and Hillary with Oprah and Barbara on board than I was before.
Hopefully this will make people look more at the underdogs who have a reasonable voice, ie Dennis K.
Report thisBy Paracelsus, November 28, 2007 at 1:46 pm #
@ #116497 by Hammo
“In the article, Streisands reasons for supporting Hillary Clinton do not seem completely explained, other than the idea of a female president is attractive to Streisand.”
It’s either Hillary or Elizabeth Bathory, and Elizabeth is too busy servicing Satan.
http://gothlupin.tripod.com/vbathory.html
Report thisBy themask, November 28, 2007 at 1:20 pm #
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All of this is quite entertaining…..
I’m still waiting to see who “Hanoi Jane Fonda”
Report thisis going to endorse in this giant fiasco we are
allowed to watch as the 20th century peasants of
the Illuminati….....
By Louise, November 28, 2007 at 1:07 pm #
This little tid-bit will probably “sit” well with the folks walking around with their heads up their derriere.
“Hillary: I’ll Send Colin Powell Abroad As My Emissary”
http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/11/hillary_ill_send_colin_powell_abroad_as_my_emissary.php
“... as soon as I’m elected I’m going to be asking distinguished Americans of both parties people like Colin Powell, for example, and others who can represent our country well,” Hillary said.
“... this does invite an interesting question: Does Hillary really think Powell is still a credible, distinguished representative of America after his speech at the U.N. laying out all the supposed evidence for Iraqi WMD?”
***
Assuming she does get elected, and assuming Powell would agree, I think it’s safe to assume the woman would serve the masters well. And that would not be We The People!
Are we so desperate for real honest leadership that we have to forgo “real” and “honest” and settle for “name” association?
And while I’m thinking about it, how come so many politicos, dems included, keep babbling about the Global War On Terror? Do they not realize every time they open mouth insert foot and babble GWOT, they are re-affirming the deception that the republican Fascists have created in their march to destroy our democracy!
What exactly are the requirements to be [chosen] president of the United States now-days?
Well, first you have to be kinda stupid.
Second you have to be willing to sell your soul.
And Third, you have to be a complete ego-maniac!
So, unless the anointed clearly exhibits those three most important qualifications, he/she hasn’t got a snowball in hell’s chance of winning! Which gives knew meaning to the definition of winning.
But we don’t need to be reminded of that, do we.
We have the reality of seven years of George W. Bush to prove the truth of the three most important qualifications to be president of the United States, now-days.
Report thisBy rangertommy, November 28, 2007 at 11:56 am #
Thank you, Barbra!! I wasn’t going to vote for her, but since you endorse her…that changes everything!!
And this matters, why? I give as much credibility to her “pick” as I would to Pat Robertson or James Dobson for their “pick” from the other bunch.
Report thisBy Paracelsus, November 28, 2007 at 11:38 am #
Don’t James Brolin and Barbara talk?
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2006/071206dambreaks.htm
Report thisBy Hammo, November 28, 2007 at 7:28 am #
In the article, Streisand’s reasons for supporting Hillary Clinton do not seem completely explained, other than the idea of a female president is attractive to Streisand.
However, Streisand may not be in touch with mainstream Americans with her endorsement of Clinton, especially regarding independents and centrists.
Related views in the article ...
“Democrats risk self-sabotage in presidential race ... again”
AmericanChronicle.com
November 5, 2007
http://americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=42271
Report thisBy mythbreaker, November 27, 2007 at 11:23 pm #
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Louise stop making sense, we’d prefer to be lied to by the Media monster who tells us Paris Hilton is the goto for all that is cool and that anything of substance is found here in cyberspace, though that too is a risk. NPR and PBS were our heros and they took the brown bag too, they no longer report, they choreograph.
Your profound questions are just that. Katrina is the first example of a failed protective parent in Washington who has given us a very clear message that our dependence on them is over and we have to matter at a local level. Kansas got crushed in the rubble of 9/11, today all bets are off.
Report thisMaybe GoldmanSachs could have the balls to construct a fund for the victims of the Irag/Afgan wars?
By Louise, November 27, 2007 at 10:30 pm #
#116326 by mythbreaker
“Barbara may you wash the feet of those serving and dying overseas for Oil and Israel: Earths little shop of horrors.”
***
“Israel: Earths little shop of horrors.”
Great line!
What the stars think, and what they base their decisions on is monumentally unimportant. They have theirs and aren’t likely to fall victim to any of the giant steps backwards our government has blessed the rest of us with.
What I want to know is:
Who are the thousands of people who showed up to apply for the 100, less than minimum wage, jobs at Wal-Mart going to endorse?
Who are the parents watching their kids go hungry every night going to endorse?
Who are the families still reeling from the death of their loved one fighting George’s GWOT going to endorse?
Who are the senior citizens who no longer eat cat food for dinner, because they cant even afford that any more going to endorse?
Who are the wounded vets who cant get medical care, back pay, or have to fight the Pentagon who wants their bonuses back, because they cant fight any more going to endorse?
Who are the parents of sick kids who cant afford a doctor going to endorse?
Who are the survivors of cancer victims who died because their insurance provider refused to honor an honest claim going to endorse?
Who are the thousands facing homelessness because through no fault of their own, they’ve been caught up in the collapse of the housing bubble going to endorse?
Who are the thousands still waiting for promised help, leading to recovery from Katrina going to endorse?
Who are the legal citizens being illegally held in Bush’s Gulag going to endorse?
Feel free to add to the list ...
Report thisBy Kevin James, November 27, 2007 at 10:09 pm #
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It is you who pay the price little man not the filthy mega rich represented by their mega rich friends running the show!
....now shut up little man and go back to work.
Report thisBy Beamis, November 27, 2007 at 9:23 pm #
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Who cares what this uneducated entertainer from Brooklyn thinks? Babs you got some great pipes. That’s it! I don’t care who you’re supporting for Imperial Emperor of DC.
You and they are quite irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
Report thisBy Marshall K, November 27, 2007 at 6:18 pm #
When we need help in our struggles, when we need someone to turn to when our country is rapidly turning into a fascist state, who do we turn to in our time of need?
Report thisENTERTAINERS! They will guide us in our journey out of darkness. Babs! Oprah! I really want to know who Paris wants, then I can make a really informed decision.
Shallow front runners with nothing more than star power will not get us out of the cesspool we have sunk into.
How about a leader with EXPERIENCE, who can bridge the gaps between the extremes, get us out of Iraq, repair the damage overseas, get us off of oil, who can win the general election.
Maybe the media can get off the star train and show us more of Richardson, Kucinich, Biden, etc.
By mythbreaker, November 27, 2007 at 5:37 pm #
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A very Unfunny little girl.
Barbara may you wash the feet of those serving and dying overseas for Oil and Israel:Earth’s little shop of horrors.
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