Wednesday, October 15, 2008
"I have no use for high-horse Hollywood nitwits."
Hayden Panetierre, whose main claim to fame is inspiring onanistic fantasies while strutting around in a cheerleader outfit on the NBC series Heroes, has made what may be the tackiest anti-McCain ad of the 2008 camapaign:
It seems like every person with an acting credit wishes to share his or her political beliefs with the world. These folks're certainly entitled to their opinions, and they all have the same right to free expression that all Americans enjoy. However, celebrities should not be insulated from tough follow-up questions when they enter the public arena.
If I asked Ms. Panetierre to define "marginal tax rate," or to name 10 nations on the continent of Africa, or to list 5 Articles in the Bill of Rights, or to congently explain how and why America's health-care system evolved into a patchwork scheme of government and/or third-party payment, or to tell me what an inverse yield curve predicts, do you think she could do it? Hell, if I picked the 150 most politically active celebrities and asked them the same questions, I'd be lucky to find five who could provide accurate answers.
I have no use for high-horse Hollywood nitwits. If we forced these fools - at gunpoint, if necessary - to explain their views beyond emotionalist rants, I'm quite certain that most Hollywood political commentary would end.
See more Hayden Panettiere videos at Funny or Die
It seems like every person with an acting credit wishes to share his or her political beliefs with the world. These folks're certainly entitled to their opinions, and they all have the same right to free expression that all Americans enjoy. However, celebrities should not be insulated from tough follow-up questions when they enter the public arena.
If I asked Ms. Panetierre to define "marginal tax rate," or to name 10 nations on the continent of Africa, or to list 5 Articles in the Bill of Rights, or to congently explain how and why America's health-care system evolved into a patchwork scheme of government and/or third-party payment, or to tell me what an inverse yield curve predicts, do you think she could do it? Hell, if I picked the 150 most politically active celebrities and asked them the same questions, I'd be lucky to find five who could provide accurate answers.
I have no use for high-horse Hollywood nitwits. If we forced these fools - at gunpoint, if necessary - to explain their views beyond emotionalist rants, I'm quite certain that most Hollywood political commentary would end.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Wednesday, October 15, 2008 
