As with most political elections in this country, the citizens are listening attentively to the primary candidates: President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
They are watching and studying debates, researching and fact checking, but most importantly, they are watching for the endorsements from the Hollywood elite.
Don’t lie. You know your interest is peaked anytime an A-list actor or musician or even a C-list businessman gives an endorsement hoping to sway the polls.
This year is no different, with a range of publicly mocked as well as publicly applauded endorsements. Some of the most notable came from Hollywood actor and director Clint Eastwood.
Eastwood’s appearance at the Republican National Convention was the cause of not only attention, but also mockery.
His speech ended with a bizarre and seemingly unscripted rant (from the usually scripted actor) at an empty chair that was occupied by an imaginary President Obama.
On the other end of the celebrity spectrum is the rock icon Bruce Springsteen, who has played at rallies (most likely in four-hour increments) in support of President Obama.
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Boss on Obama: ‘Born in the USA’
“Right now, there is a choice going on in America, and I’m happy that we live in a country where we all participate in that process. For me, President Obama is our best choice because he has a vision of the United States as a place where we are all in this together. We’re still living through very hard times but justice, equality and real freedom are not always a tide rushing in. They are more often a slow march, inch by inch, day after long day. I believe President Obama feels these days in his bones and has the strength to live them with us and to lead us to a country ‘…where no one crowds you and no one goes it alone.’ That’s why I plan to be in Ohio and Iowa supporting the re-election of President Obama to lead our country for the next four years,” wrote Bruce Springsteen.
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Dirty Harry talks dirty to Obama
“I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking: What’s a movie tradesman doing out here? They’re all left wingers out there, left of Lenin!’” said Eastwood. “There are a lot of conservative people, moderate people, Republicans, Democrats in Hollywood . . . The conservative people by the nature of the word play it closer to the vest. . . Believe me, they’re there,” Eastwood said. “So I. . . so I’ve got Mr. Obama sitting here. And he’s. . . I was going to ask him a couple of questions. But. . . you know about. . . I remember three and a half years ago, when Mr. Obama won the election. And though I was not a big supporter, I was watching that night when he was having that thing and they were talking about hope and change and they were talking about, yes we can, and it was dark outdoors, and it was nice, and people were lighting candles.”
