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It’s here again…campaign season. I always dread presidential election years. People get so emotional they can’t see straight and the playing field gets painfully brutal…and this goes on for almost a year.
But what really makes it unbearable is that when people don’t know what they’re talking about (which is often), they tend to say really stupid things. A few years ago, I was watching a reporter interview Julia Roberts and she imparted this political wisdom, “Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant.”
Are you kidding me?
I wonder how long it took her to come up with that nugget. Love or hate Julia Roberts (and love or hate the Republican party), that’s gotta be one of the most childish comments I’ve ever heard someone utter. She basically reverted to schoolyard name-calling. Instead of saying “I don’t agree with the Republican Party’s stance on this…”, she said, “nanny nanny boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.” Not an atypical response, however, coming from someone who really isn’t that well informed. So if you’re gonna spew it, spew something constructive and make sure you know what the hell you’re spewing about.
Speaking of celebrities, I recently read that the remaining members of the Grateful Dead are endorsing Barack Obama. Now, I’ve attended my fair share of Dead shows and they bring back some warm and fuzzy (okay, very fuzzy) memories, but why does anybody think that I care who they endorse politically and what I’d like to know is who on earth is going to vote for a presidential candidate based on their referral?
Now let me be perfectly clear, if celebrities want to campaign for their favorite guy or gal, that’s they’re right. But if I hear another celebrity, who doesn’t have an intelligent grasp of the issues or facts, tell me who they think I should vote for, I think I’m going to crap myself.
Wake me up on November 5.
~tcb
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1 Just because you’ve won an Oscar doesn’t mean you’re a Cool Broad // Mar 3, 2008 at 2:36 pm
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2 Martina // Apr 17, 2008 at 10:15 am
“Cool broads never talk politics…unless they know what they’re talking about!”
And I’m assuming you think you know what you’re talking about?
“But if I hear another celebrity, who doesn’t have an intelligent grasp of the issues or facts, tell me who they think I should vote for, I think I’m going to crap myself.”
So what you’re saying is that only celebrities who are endorsing a Republican should talk about politics?
Here I am thinking that this website is going to be fun and interesting but you broke your own cool broad rule by showing that you’re clearly republican (based on the McCain advertisement you have on the side of your blog). No, sweetie, “cool broads” are only cool if they don’t abide by a cool broad list created by some random chick who thinks she knows more than most women.
3 thatcoolbroad // Apr 17, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Martina,
Before you rip me a new one…let me clarify how specific ads show up on my website.
I subscribe to Google’s Adsense network for the ads on my blog, and have little control over which ads they choose to display. The McCain ad probably popped up because this particular post references politics, but Obama and Clinton ads have appeared on this page as well. (As have ads for men seeking Asian women – and I’m certainly not a man seeking an Asian woman! Not that there’s anything wrong with that…it’s just that I’m a woman…and currently married to a man.)
This blog is not a political blog, and I don’t want my readers to get the impression I am endorsing a specific candidate, but unfortunately Google (arguably the most liberal company on the planet) doesn’t allow filters based on topics…just specific urls (and there are hundreds of different political groups placing ads with Google), so it’s impossible for me to dictate which political parties can advertise on my site and which can’t.
Also, there are many examples of people (celebrity or not) on both sides of the aisle saying idiotic things when it comes to politics. Celebrity examples are just the easiest because they’re high profile.
Your first impression was correct, this website is fun and interesting but I’ve never claimed that I know more than most women and am the first to admit I’m not perfect (Cool Broads never are). But I’m okay with that. Are you?
xoxo
tcb
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