I've pretty much made a personal
vow that I'm not going to vote for any celebrities who are running for seats in
the Congress.
For instance, even if I were a
resident of Kentucky, I wouldn't be planning to vote for Ashley Judd to run against incumbent Mitch McConnell. It's not because I have any favorable
inclination toward McConnell, I mean, I'm not saying I wouldn't vote for
McConnell if he were the last candidate on earth, but he's real real close to
the bottom of my list. The man is a shameful partisan.
Basically, I'm opposed to the
notion of any celebrity running for the Senate, or the House, or mayor, or
whatever…
I think I'm just too suspicious
that too many citizens would vote for a celebrity candidate BECAUSE of the
celebrity, along the lines of "She was a great judge on American Idol, so
I'm voting to send her to the Senate." Maybe we need more American Idol
judges on the Senate floor, I'd be willing to chat about that, but still, way
out of my comfort zone….
Nothing against Ashley Judd as a
person, although, off the top of my head, I can't think of any Ashley Judd
movies that I really liked.
And I realize that dissing
celebrities as political candidates is the moral equivalent of being
categorically opposed to taxi drivers or bank tellers or astronauts….my whole
point starts to get indefensible very quickly.
I think the ideal political
candidate is someone other than a celebrity, someone who brings a certain
gravitas to the quest, someone who seems more habitually and conspicuously
conscientious about the task and the challenge and the opportunity.
Unless we're talking about Liam Neeson.
Hey, I'm not a fanatic about this "no
celebrities" thing….
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