Heh, amusing. Difference is though that Ronald Reagan proved his knowledge and that's what brought him to be president. He didn't just jump in there with nothing. Ironically enough I just posted something about this in another thread:
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Originally posted by rock_bottom
... a celeb can say they're pro-war, and everyone is fine with it, but if they say they're anti-war, all of the sudden people are coming out of the woodwork about how they're unqualified to make comment on international affairs. No one seems to question the policy knowledge of those celebs who take a pro-Bush stance.
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I question the knowledge of a celeb making any stance. What makes them know more than me? What makes them qualified to speak at conferences and on TV about issues? If they want to teach acting or singing or dancing or whatever, that's great. Otherwise I don't find them to be qualified to speak about other things until they prove their knowledge in them. I don't want to hear Tim Robbins speak out about helping the environment - something which I greatly support - I want to hear experts in the field and people who have experience speak about it.
"...each of them, because of his success at his craft, thought himself very wise in other most important pursuits, and this error of theirs overshadowed the wisdom they had"
-- Plato, Apology, 22d-e