McCain has a country singer supporting him and Obama has Madonna  

I personally do not care about a celebrity endorsment by I know that there are tons of people that do. Another example look at what Opra did by endorsing Obama. It was almost like God had spoken.

I thing everyone on MyLot can agree that Madonna is just so TOTALLY politcally
astute when it comes to endorsing a candidate, I can't understand how anyone would NOT vote for Obama after viewing her video. Seriously folks, if I were running for a political office and someone made a video like that one, I'd be glad if the video endorsed the other guy! And, no, it doesn't make any difference to me which candidate my favorite superstar endorses. I can think for myself.

.... and I don't the Madonna video was even worthy of a response by McCain. But at least it got him a little news time. Thanks for that, Madonna.

I guess Madonna supports Obama because they both want to end world poverty. Some people have no idea that Madonna supports a ton of different charities mostly comprised of children's charities.

And, actually seeing the video didn't change my mind about voting for Obama at all. I will vote for someone that doesn't want to oppress women any day of the week over a man that basically believes that women are second class citizens. He stance on birth control and abortion speaks volumes to me.

Yes, McCain is so interested in oppressing women that he pays the women on his staff more than the men. Fortunately for women, Obama is a hero who pays the women on his staff significantly less than the men.

If abortion were purely a women's rights issue, than we wouldn't have so many women in this country who are opposed to abortion.

I know that the intelligent population of the US doesn't bother with whom their favorite singer/actor whatever endorses but I know that there are people that would run and vote due to their favorite actor/singer/talk show host.

The Dixie Chicks most certainly did NOT diss the entire country! Natalie Maines made the comment during a performance in England that they were embarrassed that George W. Bush was from Texas. That's hardly that they were ashamed to be Americans!
Annie

I have to say that I have heard other people from Texas say the exact same thing. Some of my family lives there and they can't wait until Obama becomes president, each week I get an email counting down the days that Bush is out. lol

"The Dixie Chicks most certainly did NOT diss the entire country! Natalie Maines made the comment during a performance in England that they were embarrassed that George W. Bush was from Texas."

This sounds a bit more like the way I remembered it. Here's an article with the actual quote:

http://www.cbsnews.com/st...

The reason it was such an issue is that they said this shortly after the war in Iraq began and Bush's approval ratings were very high at the time. If I remember correctly he was still in the 70s. It was a foolish move for them business-wise since country-western fans tend to be very patriotic and many are conservatives. They really alienated their audience with those remarks.

I agree with you totally. Speaking of your husband, did you two have fun while he was visiting? I haven't seen you on so I figured that you and him were enjoying your time together.

and I would be absolutely astounded if Toby kieth were endorsing Obama. It's not at all likely.

ok, I looked it up and all he has said was that Obama was the best democratic candidate since bill clinton. He is not endorsing him, just praising him.

I was shocked too so I looked up on line. Do you search engine. It shocked when I found out not only is he a democrat but he is endorsing Obama. Gee, just when you thought you knew a man.

Ok, I usually don't start backward with responses but I wasn't paying attention today and opened yours first lol. Then I found this about Toby Keith and wanted to touch on that first, because I really got the impression that he was a Conversative but now I don't know lol So here's the link to that

http://news.aol.com/polit...

I don't know which I would rather have endorse me. I of course am a great deal like Madonna (I could give an F less what people think of me and I tell it like it is, if I think you're an ahole I just tell you). I don't know if a country singer would be a good endorsement because some people still think of country siners as dumb hicks. Which to each their own and it doesn't make it right.

I see I took too long writing my response and you two already beat me too it. I was trying to type while listening to a kid talking about something lol

He isn't endorsing, he just praised him. BUT this is also interesting in an interview with Glenn Beck, he said" I think the black people would say he [Obama] don't talk, act or carry himself as a black person."
"What does that even mean?" the audibly shocked Beck replied.
"Well, I don't know what that means," Keith drawled, "but I think that that's what they would say. Even though the black society would pull for him I still think that they think in the back of their mind that the only reason he is in [the general election] is because he talks, and carries himself as a Caucasian."

I guess I was just refering to the outragous nature of her "endorsment" it was really shildish and showed a complete lack of class and that she is just another hollywood/music business sheeple

Well he is a Democrat. That really shocked me a lot, I mean after the whole Dixie Chicks feud I would have figured he was a Republican. I don't know what else to say about that I'm to shocked lol.

As for Beck, I don't know I don't really listen to the show ok so I have never listened to the show, but I do know and are very good friends with several black women and they are excited about Obama even though he "acts white" their words not mine.

"I do know and are very good friends with several black women and they are excited about Obama even though he "acts white" their words not mine."

I think it's sad that any black man who uses proper grammar is accused of talking like he's white. I remember Chris Rock talking about people who would say about Colin Powell "He speaks so well". "That's not a compliment. That's something you say about a retard who can talk." Of course there are also people who say Colin Powell couldn't be the first black president, just the first brown president. I just don't know why many think rappers and gangsters are more representative of the black community than well spoken people with respectable military and political careers. Ok, I'm done goign completely off topic now.

Very well said, I guess with the whole Madonna thing it seems strange because normally people don't hear her talk about politics. I personally find it interesting when stars talk about issues because well I'm usually shocked by there political preferrence. I would have never believe Toby Keith being a Democrat since he "lost" his mind of the Bush comment.

" disagree with those who think entertainers somehow have less of a "right" to speak their minds than the rest of us do"
I don't think they do either. BUT.....and it's a BIG but......what they do have, at least at a general human moral level, is the great reponsability in how they speak it. If modana had stopped on stage and simply in her dialoug with the crowd. I'm "supporting Obama because I think we need a diferent direction in this country and I think he is the one....yadda yadda" Or simply presented Obama's image. Or just generaly be a public posative activist for him in her public life.
McCain - hitler
Cmon. seriously. cmon

Well X maybe to Madonna he appears that way, I know that I don't have to tell you that she is a huge supporter of women's rights and well McCain really isn't.

If Tim McGraw had done a concert and put up Obama - hitler images on the screen, He'd be barbaqued alive on every network in a live simulcast, run out of a job, forced to publicly apologize to every one and their great aunt aggie, be shamed in to seeking council from Rev Al sharpton, and then be forced to crawl to satlite radio. This was pure mindless, venomous and tastlessly slanderous and hateful garbage.
McCain - Hitler?
cmon.

Ok what did Hitler do to the Jews and anyone else that he didn't consider "True Germans"? He first took away their basic rights as a human being, they after a while he took away the items they owned, then eventually took their life. So it maybe a strech but it is an attention getter. As perviously stated McCain does not appear to care from women's rights. One would have to think about it abstractly to get the message. I know I will not make you understand the message you are too hung up on the fact that you think McCain was insulted so there really isn't a point to go on about it.

"Ok what did Hitler do to the Jews and anyone else that he didn't consider "True Germans"?
He gassed shot or burned alive a few million of them

Open up google and search it X, there was a lot more to it than just killing them and there were also a lot more than a few million.

I was generalizing and simplifying. Besides, the killing was bad enough in itself.

I'm sorry when I generalized that didn't fly with you.

tuche'

lol

"Ok what did Hitler do to the Jews and anyone else that he didn't consider "True Germans"? He first took away their basic rights as a human being, they after a while he took away the items they owned, then eventually took their life."

So exactly what rights has McCain taken away from women? They can still have abortions every day if they like. He didn't vote to force insurance companies to cover birth control. Which rights exactly did that take away? He didn't vote for an increase in minimum wage. Which rights did that take away.

And perhaps I missed this, but at what point did McCain start torturing innocent citizens in his own country and send them to gas chambers? Comparing him to Hitler is just as assinine as comparing Obama to Osama bin Laden. I can't believe people are really willing to defend such ignorance.

LOL I didn't know that about Jack Nicholson. That's not only clever but extremely funny. I was just having a conversation with xfactor (not spelled right) today about the "Land of Confusion" video where they had a puppet Reagan dressed up as Superman. I guess we are the general public have to sit back and laugh.

I would hope that most will decide for themselve but we all know a certain someone here on mylot that would not be able to do that. I'm not naming names but if you think hard you'll figure it out lol

LOL Well you could always vote for Ron Paul, I don't know anything about him, but my neighbor has a bumper sticker and was talking about him one day. Or you could just write in like Daffy Duck or Bugs lol

Seriously I was thinking about writing in Colin Powell.

Wow, even though he is a Republican I have thought about voting for him before this election.

Oh, I didn't even think "party". I just really really admire the man he is. Maybe we should start a grassroots write in vote. Let's see....we have what....2 1/2 months? Sure we can do it. I wonder if he would accept if we got him voted in?

Hasn't he publically stated that he has no interest in being president? I wonder what would happen if someone won that didn't want to do it? lol I think that he could work at uniting the parties that be. He speaks and everyone listens. Guess now I'm off to find out more about where he stands on the issues.

I really don't know, let me know what you find out! If nothing else we can start:
Colin Powell, President 2012!!

Unfortunately Colin Powell has made it clear several times that he does not want to run for the presidency. He came close in 1996, but decided that he did not want to put his family through the stress and scrutiny that comes with an election. This year would have been a great chance for him since many people see how he resigned from the Bush administration. It showed character since he clearly had disagreements with the way things were done.

Our loss, just shows that's he's smarter and wiser than those that DO run! LOL!

LOL Well if I had donated that much money to someone and they made fun of my child I would be PI$$ED off too.

I didn't hear about Leach though that's really funny. I have been hiding from television so I don't have to hear the mess ads. On a brighter note after the news went off tonight, I heard a McCain ad and it didn't bash Obama once! Can you believe that? LOL

Interesting. I think it's funny that celebrities are supporting him.