I love it when the biggest and freshest face in Hollywood jumps in front of a camera and tells me who I should vote for. As if their celebrity status trumps the values me mum and dad instilled in me when I was a wee tot. Thank you Oprah but I don’t care if you could buy a small country with the money you have I will only vote for Obama if his beliefs and agenda align only to my own. Ladies and gentlemen, please, I implore you, please vote for the candidate in November 2008 that you want to vote for. Don’t vote for a candidate simply because Oprah, Barbara (Streisand), Ted (Nugent) or even Pat Sajak, tell you to. Vote for the candidate (republican, democrat, green, independant) you think will do the best job for our children, grand children and so on. That is the gift our Founding Fathers gave to us.
With that said, my mother loves watching Wheel of Fortune. I think she gets the shakes if she misses an episode. She’s even got something called a “wheel watcher number” that is taped conveniently on the left side of her computer monitor. Me, I’ve never been a big fan, but I have been known to watch an episode once in a while. Now that I’ve read this article by the WoF host, Pat Sajak, I think maybe I should watch his show more often. Maybe I’ll get my own wheel watcher number.
You can find the article here.
Leave your comments if you got them. I’d love to hear ‘em.
Here’s a little taste:
“Does anyone decide which candidate to choose based on the recommendation of a TV talk show host or a singer/actress? If any group of citizens is uniquely unqualified to tell someone else how to vote, it’s those of us who live in the sheltered, privileged arena of celebrityhood. It’s one thing to buy an ab machine because Chuck Norris recommends it (he’s in good shape, isn’t he?) or a grill because George Foreman’s name is on it (he’s a great guy, so it must be a great grill!), but the idea of choosing the Leader of the Free World based on the advice of someone who lives in the cloistered world of stardom seems a bit loony to me.”
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“I suppose anything that gets people engaged in the political process is a good thing, but the idea that a gold record, a top-ten TV show or an Oscar translates into some sort of political wisdom doesn’t make much sense to me. Trust me, one’s view of the world isn’t any clearer from the back seat of a limo.”
