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Originally Posted by Flyguy
Celebrities suck. They're usually completly uninformed when it comes to politics, (Cameron Diaz) have their own agenda (P Diddy, getting people to vote is good but still...) or they're just trying to make themselves look good to sell another record or a movie ticket (pretty much all of them)
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Well, I don't know. As far as I remember, the largerst proportion of non-voting citizens is in the young to middle-aged group, right? They quite often react to celebrity.
In other words, if you want to get your message across, then having celebrity endorsement helps. It's no different from normal advertising. Like George Foreman grills or Tiger Woods Nike shoes. Hence, political groups are bound to use celebrities. Personally, I prefer the non-partisan ones (like "Just get out and vote") to the partisan ones (like "Vote for Bush" or "Vote for Kerry").
But in this case, the guy has not really been engaged as a formal supporter (right?), but has only expressed his opinion. In that case, more power to him.
Mr Mephisto