Are you influenced by celebrity endorsement of a Presidential candidate?

I am not influenced by celebrities who endorse Obama. I think for myself. I want to know about the candidates and their views on various issues pertaining to our country. How much time has Obama spent consoling and catering to his wife? Is Obama so hen-pecked he can't stay on subject? Is she pushing him to speak on her behalf? Are the chickens coming home to roost? If he has to spend so much time consoling his wife, how can he lead a country? His wife is not that important in this campaign. Americans have real problems to worry about. Why is Michelle Obama a keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention? By exactly what criteria, other than the obvious of being Mrs. Barack Hussein Obama, is this woman qualified to address the nation? Last I heard, potential First Ladies weren’t required to do much other than dream of that perfect inaugural dress, smile widely, and look adoringly at their mates. Mrs. Obama offers no professional credentials of her own to qualify her for this very public forum and, as a registered Democrat, I resent her presence on that stage. Michelle Obama has not acted like a supporting spouse of a candidate. She overstepped the boundaries by focusing on how she feels about America! Her remarks were anti-American. Read her college thesis. She wrote radical, racial, anti-white statements throughout. For many years, she and Obama had their children in a so-called church of God with Wright spewing hatred against Americans and shouting “God Damn America”. Vote for McCain in November!

I don't care what celebrities say about politics. When they live in my world and worry about paying bills and putting food on the table, THEN they can come talk to me. Any person making $27 million a picture, telling me I need to be more generous can donate more of their money in my name! They are not in touch with the realities of the common person any more than most politicians.

Celebrities carry no weight in this family, just the oppisite here. We will not buy any movies or other products that these celebrities make or endorse either. They don even live in the real world at all, do they have to worry about bills. gas or food. Barrack Hussein Obama is not qualified to lead this country.! And his wife Michelle certainly does NOT deserve the right to be called FIRST LADY either.!! The celebrities that I associate Barrack Hussein Obama with are the Famous Radical-Racist Rev. Wright, the famous racist Louis Farrakkan, the famous terrorist Bill Ayres, the trouble-make and racist Father Pledgfer, his famous Athiest mother. and the list goes on. Barrack Hussein Obama brought with him his famous celebrities and they are UGLY!

Most in hollywood are airheads and in love with themselves. I could care less what they think or whom they endorse.

AMEN to everything said by AMERICAN-FIRST (above) especially what gives Michelle Obama the right to address this country??? What has she done for the country that she "finally likes"? She is a radical! And she is one of the first persons Obama would single out for her "wisdom"? Give me a break!

I read the copy of Roseanne's blog where she railed at Jon Voight, his daughter Angelina and Brad Pitt. I was so disgusted by the remarks that I think she must be really sick. Most of these people who are so vocal in their remarks - either way, make comments that turn me off, but Roseanne's remarks were totally disgusting. I'm an intelligent person who watches TV, reads papers and periodicals and make my own decisions. I feel pity for those who don't make up their own minds.

All six comments above have it right on the money. Thanks for putting my thoughts into your words so well!

I voted absolutely not. I am an American from a big city. I honestly think that celibertys are empty headed. They do know how to talk ( read from a script), dress well, they go to speech class to learn to speak well. Can you ask a law year to oparate your knee? I know whow I am going to vote for. Reading "Obama nation" did not change my mind. I will vote for McCane because he is "Pro life." I supported Hillary because she was a woman. Ophra, Tom Hank, Jane Fonda supported Obama. I still like them. But, they do not think for me.

I have a question. I hope someone can answer it for me. Because my question is succinct, pithy, if you will, can you make the answer succinct and/or pithy as well? QUESTION: Why is Obama such a sleazy sack of weasel shit? Thank you.

WOW... The hate-fest continues. I don't value the opinions of stars much, but they are voting citizens like the rest of us... except many Americans are fixated on their lives. Their voting preference is just an extension of that. My vote is well-researched and un-adulterated from this media crap... it is FOR OBAMA. I bet if the stars said they were going to vote for McCain you would value their opinions. Michelle Obama is a fine woman who nurtures her family and supports her husband while still being strong. If Cindy McCain was to speak at the Republican Convention, you all will say, “She is so refined and so wonderful… I can’t wait to hear her.” Michelle Obama comes from a hard working family. She has seen many other mothers not as fortunate as her and because she expressed her empathy towards them and you claim she is ‘un-American’. You want to pin her words on her like the scarlet letter. It is YOUR hate that is very ugly. Many of you would sell your soul to keep Obama out of office… many of you already have. You may stir your hate around, but it won’t work against the will and determination WE have… and it is many of US. You can try all you want… IT WILL BE OBAMA 08!!!

Anything, to keep Obama, the corrupt, lying, and racist, anti American, out of the White House is a good thing. As Obama drops in all the polls, it appears, at least so far, the TRUTH, is doing the job of showing Obama to be the corrupt, lying, racist, anti American he really is. Only the most ignorant, uniformed and stupid people think of Obama as something other than a corrupt, lying, racist, anti American.

You spew the typical shit that most ignorant whites claim. Ignorant trailer trash can't be reasoned with. You just believe what your Budweiser drinking ass-picking cousin Billy Bob says. Something about that inbreeding that makes people like you especially dumb. We are taking back this country. No longer will ignorance run it while other countries value intelligence and take over economic leadership. Other countries promote unity and grow in strength while your red neck ass promotes the bigotry and prejudice that hold this whole country back erasing 40 years of progress. We will only accept excellence even from you. McCain wants to keep you uneducated just as long as you keep going off to the war. When you return, then the rest of you want to hoist you up as a patriot even though your ignorance has devalued this country. I will take a line from your hero Bush, "If you are not with us, then you are against us." In other words, get with the program or save up your aid checks and take your dumb ass back to Europe… we don’t want you here. We are moving this country forward by the strength and knowledge of a unified America not by beating down other countries. Drop your guns and pick up a book. Get educated and really contribute to the growth of this great nation.

The Fire Next Time --- You can’t possibly be over 30 years old with a naive thought process like you have. If you are over 30, than you are just plain STUPID. First off, I am a black, educated, wealthy, woman. Quite different than … You spew the typical shit that most ignorant whites claim. Ignorant trailer trash can't be reasoned with. You just believe what your Budweiser drinking ass-picking cousin Billy Bob says. Force is now, always has been, and always will be the ONLY way to handle things, you fucken moron. You Liberals are not taking anything, because if you get to close to destroying the country, you will be handled. You and your ignorant, naive kind are somewhat of a problem, but no more than a naughty child. If and when you get to be more of a problem, you will be handled by the grown-ups. Now go back to your crib and play with your dolls, you stupid, gutless, ignorant fucken coward.

You must think I am as stupid as you. "I am a black, educated, wealthy, woman." Bullshit. You act and think like what you are: a stupid booger-nosed under-30 ass hole who thinks he know the world, but doesn't know shit. You sit in your apartment, if you don't live with your toothless mother, typing your ignorant blogs day after day between viewing on-line porn. Get a life and get some education you low life white trash.

The Fire Next Time, ... you poor stupid bastard. You are obviously the product of your Dad fucking your big sister one to many times. You don’t get to vote this year, not only because you are not old enough, are way to fucken stupid, but also, just because I say so. You are dismissed now. You man go back to licking your toilet bowl.

to: The Fire Next Time -- Most people on this blog don’t think you are stupid. Most people on this blog know beyond any doubt that you are in fact completely stupid. I just thought someone should straighten that out for you. You are very welcome.

Obama '08, you said your decision is well-researched, you could you please tell me what your resources are? I have been researching on him for quite sometime now and the more I learn about him, the more I am convinced that he is not the man. I have always been a democrat so I was getting ready to stay within the party in case Obama did not pan out. I started my research from his birth in Hawaii. She said that her parents met at the University of Hawaii where she was studying anthropology and his father had a scholarship. At the same time, I learned that her mother was 18 years old when they got married. in Feb of 1961. If his mother was admitted to the university at age 17, does that not need some explanation. Was her mother accelerated so that she could be admitted to the university at that age? Her mother's biography states that Barack Sr left his family in Hawaii to go to Harvard Univ. in 1963. This is when the "shortly after" or "couple years later" starts. I know for a fact that in 1963, Lolo Soetero, another Muslim from Indonesia, arrived at the U of H. He had a EWC scholarship for a 2-year graduate degree. So far, there is no mention of the date of her second marriage. Sources say that she and Barack Sr got divorced in 1966, the same year Soetoro return to Indonesia (and she followed soon after). They got divorced in 1970. In Indonesia, his school records shows his name as Barry Soetoro and his religion, Islam. His link with the Muslim faith is so strong that it could just be brushed away. Name is very important to the Muslims. They declare their faith by their name. My first husband was a Muslim who was a lecturer at the Pahlavi University in Shiraz, Iran. After we got divorced, I had my son baptized Catholic and he was given a Christian name. Cassius Clay was change to Muhammad Ali. So, if he want to put an end to this "rumour" get a Christian name. But that not really the point, there are so many questions unanswered. His ties to Kenya can not be ignored. Raila Odinga current Prime Minister of Kenya told BBC in 1/08, that Barack Obama's father is his maternal uncle. If you had done your research, then you should know who Odinga is. Obama's biography includes a long, long, list of centuries of ancestry in Kenya and Europe but I got so tired going though it to see if he mentioned Odinga. Obama'08. What really matters to me is that what he says is different from what I know about him. As a kid, he learned to spin stories about his absent father. So, if you could share with me your resources (don't include "Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams from My Father" because those seemed too contrived,, written to introduce him to the political world. To me, he his still an unknown. Like Palin. She does not have to write a book or have other people speak for here. In 15 minutes, we know who she is because she her the entire town saw here growing up. She does not have to say she is pro-choice, her 5 children are proof. In the two hours that she was governor, she had done a lot for her State. While Obama was spending the last 16 months spending hundreds of millions of dollars enchanting his audiences with promises of "Hope that you can Believe in" Palin was successfuly fought congress to divert the funding for the famous "Bridge to Nowhere" to the reconstruction of Katrina, get rid of a government planes because she said she will ride commercial planes like everybody else, I don't have to do research on her. She is believable. As of July '08, Chicago, his hometown, leads the nation with the highest sales tax at 10.25% in the nation.

Are you kidding - my vote would not be turned that cheaply for a bunch of do nothing hypocrits who look the other way when it really comes down to real issues and disasters - how many have raised a finger to help in Darfur, how many said anything about ethinic cleansing in Bosnia etc. The Hollywood elitist crowd are snobbish kids who are always on the hunt for publicity no matter how wrong their stunt for attention is. Funny that they just do not realize that if radical fringe elements ever seized control they would be among the first to be gone from the scene.

Are you kidding - my vote would not be turned that cheaply for a bunch of do nothing hypocrits who look the other way when it really comes down to real issues and disasters - how many have raised a finger to help in Darfur, how many said anything about ethinic cleansing in Bosnia etc. The Hollywood elitist crowd are snobbish kids who are always on the hunt for publicity no matter how wrong their stunt for attention is. Funny that they just do not realize that if radical fringe elements ever seized control they would be among the first to be gone from the scene.