Agree Or Disagree?
November 4th, 2008 by wendie
“There is someone I do support, but I don’t support publicly. I lose all respect for celebrities when they back a candidate. It’s saying that the American public isn’t smart enough to make their own decisions. I would never want anybody to vote for anything or anybody just because I told them to.”
Carrie Underwood in next week’s TV Guide
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Im glad that she had the *balls* to say that, Steve Carrel too! We all have our opinions and right to voice them or not. I grew up with the respect that our right to vote should be a private thing. Why do you think they have the curtains up at the polls? Its a private thing. Why not keep it that way?
I agree with the concept of what she is saying; but not the way she said it. Everyone has the right to support a candidate and volunteer to support their campaign in whatever way they can help. I have no problem with celebrities appearing with candidates or honestly answering questions about who they support. I even admire the celebrities who get down and do the grunt work with the rest of us non-celebs like working the phones banks and going door to door. I do lose respect for the celebs who are so obnoxious in their actions (regardless of which candidate they support) just to boost their own ratings (that includes ALL of the ladies on The View), shamelessly promote themselves (like Heidi and Spencer with their ridiculous gun-toting photo ops) and embarrassing themselves with blustering claims that they’ll move out of the country if their candidate doesn’t win (yet never follow through)!! If you love your country you should remain loyal to it whether you approve of the President or not and channel your energy towards promoting change with every election, not just during Presidential election years! Regardless of who wins, I plan to continue working to raise awareness about the causes that are important to me (and MILLIONS of other Americans) as there are elections EVERY YEAR at local or state levels, and as we know, a landmark victory in even one state can lead to victories in others! Phew….patriotic rant is over now…sorry! (blushing)
I’m so glad that so many people think that a celebrity’s opinion doesn’t matter. I tried to argue that very point last night, and people didn’t believe me. Celebrities think that their opinion will be influential on the 18-24ish bracket, but I think that when it comes to that age range that either it’s educated adults making an educated, personally opinionated decision, or they just don’t care and aren’t voting. I don’t think many celebrities have as much influence as they’d like to think they do.
I definitely agree with this. I lose respect for celebrities that publicly support their candidate. People can be too influenced by celebrities, and may not make decisions truly for themselves if all of their favorite celebs are supporting one person. These people aren’t the kind of people you take political advice from. You don’t even know them. And most of them are terrible people. These are the people you take advice about what kind of perfume to wear, not what presidential candidate to choose.
Totally agree!
On a scarier note, the US Magazine site actually has a poll asking “What celeb influenced you the most this election” and there is no “None of the Above” option!!! I believe it is every voter’s responsibility to research the candidates and make their own decision. It is scary to think that the future of our country is partially decided by people who vote for the person that Heidi or Diddy (two of the choices) tells them to!!
i completely agree with her! i’m so tired of celebrities thinking they can and should influence the population just because they know they have pull. Influencing our wardrobe is one thing, our political decisions is quite another… not to mention, a very large group of celebrities are not educated past high school (and if they are, often its an acting/drama/film school). This is not to say they don’t have the right to an opinion, but they sure as hell don’t have the right to be telling me how I should be voting.
In the day, or so my parents tell me. It used to be that nobody talked about who they voted for. It was a private matter, and people kept their candidates choice to themselves. The exit polls prove people don’t share or at least the truth. Democrats always poll higher.
I am on overload with every two bit celeb, most who have no education, telling people who to vote for. So I agree. It is our right to hear the issues and decide for ourselves. Really, what do any of these high paid pampered stars know about real life anyway. Half of them can’t choose the right partner, how can they tell us who to vote for. lol
I totally respect carie underwood for this.
Agree!
i agree with carrie. it shouldn’t matter who celebrity votes for especially when stupid mindless celebrities come forward and say i’m gonna be voting for who ever. its different if they come out and actually talk about the issues at hand but generally they don’t they just say who they gonna vote for.
Um her opinion has NOTHING to do with who she supports. I agree with her. I dislike the fact that these “celebrities” are all over endorsing a political candidate and telling people what they should do. They look completely obnoxious and stupid when they do it. The unfortunate thing is that there are “people” out there who are very easily influenced (those who don’t exactly have a great level of intelligence). I just hope they don’t succumb to that celebrity bullshit and vote for someone they don’t agree with… or don’t even know about..
I agree with carrie. Celebrities have no place trying to sway the way their fans vote. Just because you can act doesn’t make you a politician.
Thank you Ann. You took the words right out of my mouth.
Does anyone know what a celebrity endorsement is? If you have any sense at all, you will realize how effective a marketing strategy it is. If it wasn’t, mega corporations would not use them half as much as they do now. They just go to PROVE that a celebrity can sway public opinion on anything. And no, Carrie Underwood does not need to insinuate anything about people being idiots, IT IS A FACT! Why else would so much effort be put into simply URGING people to get off their asses and VOTE. She is one of the few who realize that people are so easily influenced by third parties.
Be honest.Do the people who voted for Obama even understand his policies?!
This is meant purely for the purposes of self-reflection, not an onslaught of opposition.
I would greatly appreciate it if Wendie would refrain from posting during the week. :) Thank you.
Finally a blonde celebrity with brains!
Ok…time for change…good luck! I wouldnt want Obamas job!
Celebs are people too, they have opinions as well(obviously) and just as I may go door to door endorsing a candidate why should they silenced? At most hopefully it encourages people to get out and vote. If people don’t have minds of their own that’s on them and YES OLLIE I do understand his policies!
@ Megan,
I disagree. The American public, as a whole, is not very intelligent. You may not be giving yourself enough credit for being able to think for yourself. If the American public weren’t more impressionable than you believe, then we wouldn’t have women trying to get that D cup, Restalyne/Botox, lifts, tucks, or suctions the way we do. We wouldn’t have women trying to lose their pregnancy weight in 3 months like the stars can, and sometimes do. Some individuals are more than capable of making their own decisions. Others, the majority, it seems, don’t want to exert the effort, and that’s a sad thing.
I kind of have to agree with Chuck, although that is a pretty broad brush stroke. But they are alot of people out there that are perfectly content living in their own little bubble and don’t want to bother thinking for themselves. That would mean doing some soul searching. It’s very sad.
Actually, I do base my voting decisions on the opinions of celebrities. For any candidate or initiative that Alec Baldwin, Barbara Streisand, Rosie O’Donnell, or Joy Behar supports, I vote the opposite of them.
Yeah, you’re actually INFLUENTIAL, Carrie. Whatever makes you sleep at night. In related news, 75% of America can’t name ONE song she’s ever sang…
totally agree
I think she’s right
No want would take seriously who this bimbo endorses anyway…