Whut? Angelina can't decide who to vote for?

[Alex]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

If Jolie is an expert in the field, great. I was unaware. I have a tendency to lump most in the Barbara Streisand category of self importance when I am unaware of their work or efforts in a particular area.

Isn't that awfully closed minded and elitist of you?

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

There is a difference to me between someone who spouts off because they feel self important (which may or may not be the case with Jolie), and those that work actively within a given cause (whether that be Bono or Heston).

If Jolie is an expert in the field, great. I was unaware. I have a tendency to lump most in the Barbara Streisand category of self importance when I am unaware of their work or efforts in a particular area.

It's funny that the tendency is to assume that Bono/Pit/Heston are knowledgable and active in their cause and Jolie is self important. Women and their damn opinions! Jolie has done a sh!tload of refugee work.

[scaeagles]

No.

[sleepyjeff]

Who's her Dad voting for?

[Alex]

Is that a serious question?

Not sure since there has been some kerfuffle recently about him making his thoughts on Obama pretty clear. And that was probably the reason someone sought out Jolie's current views on the campaign.

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

As a matter of fact, I think all political threads should be banned from this board because, who are we to have opinions?

Buh, that's why I'm here. Guess I should stop posting!!!

Originally Posted by Alex

Not sure since there has been some kerfuffle recently about him making his thoughts on Obama pretty clear. And that was probably the reason someone sought out Jolie's current views on the campaign.

Whoa, that one hit me from left field!!! I had no idea he was a RAVING LUNATIC!!! No wonder daughter doesn't talk to him anymore. Ouch.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Alex

Is that a serious question?

Serious in that I was hoping someone else would do my leg work.....not serious in that I already knew the answer.

[Gemini Cricket]

Some think that the McCain celebrity ad was effective, though.

John McCain's recent campaign commercial linking Barack Obama to vapid celebrities was unanimously criticized in Democratic quarters, but one of the party's leading strategists says it did the job. In an op-ed in the Politico, former top strategist Mark Penn to Sen. Hillary Clinton said negative ads are often effective in forming public opinion around a candidate, and specifically pointed to the McCain campaign's recent ad featuring Paris Hilton and Britney Spears as an example of an effective television spot.

Source

[Alex]

Having been reminded of the Jon Voight op-ed it also occurs to me that her swishy answer may have simply been an attempt to avoid anything that would be spun in the tabloid TV press as a new feud between her and dad.

[scaeagles]

Nothing to do with sexism. Has to do with my knowledge of the individuals in question. And I didn't list Pitt. Know nothing of him.