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Not exactly news — presidential wannabes flash their star power

The day after Barack Obama's campaign announced Oprah Winfrey was campaigning for him, Barbra Streisand surprised no one with a public statement endorsing Hillary Clinton. Well, according to reports, there was a small element of surprise involved because Streisand earlier in the year gave money to the Clinton, Obama, and Edwards campaigns

Thank God, we finally have the big-name, big-money celebrities lining up so we know who we should vote for! That means a lot to me, doesn't it to you?

Get serious. Celebrities are simply people -- people who have good ideas, bad ideas, and who may be well-informed or spectacularly uninformed. The bad news is this: They have the audience and the money to get more attention than you or I, whether their ideas are good or bad.

Don't accept a candidate because of a celebrity endorsement. Don't reject a candidate who lacks celebrity endorsements. Accept or reject candidates based on YOUR understanding, not celebrity endorsements. Get busy and do your homework. Lord knows there is plenty of time to examine the candidates and the issues between now and the 2008 presidential Election Day. (But that's a whole other story for another time!)

Ah, well, what do I know? I'm just a guy who reads the papers.
[tags]political endorsements, celebrity endorsements, Clinton, Obama, Edwards, presidential race, just a guy who reads the papers[/tags]