When Only the Best in Formulaic Puerility Will Do
That’ll do.
Monday - Tiger Woods
Tuesday - Toby Keith
Wednesday - Usher
Friday - Forest Whitaker“Celebrities used to be considered vacuous people who didn’t know anything,” says [ Brookings Institution Vice President Darrell West,]. “And I think in response to that, the celebrities who are getting involved politically are actually boning up on the issues and developing expertise.” ... “Obama seems more open to using celebrities for policy formulation and getting ideas.”
“Used to be??!?!?” Oh dear heavens! “expertise??!?!?” Next you’ll tell me actors aren’t animals. [oh no? have you ever eaten with one?]
“Getting ideas ... policy formulation” Swell. The Tards leading ∏eh Mong∅.
...But West sees a shift in how this president regards America’s greatest social export.
“I think he understands that celebrities have gone mainstream,” says West. “They are no longer radioactive and there is no need to avoid them. America has become a celebrity culture.”
*bangs head on wall*
Celebrities
Good grief. Do you have to put up that photo? Some of us may be getting ready for lunch. Or dinner.
On another note, this is part of building Obama’s cultural image. One measure is the number of magazine covers he or Michelle are on.
I would not be surprised if by year’s end, he has the same cultural status here as Mao did in China.
Just look at magazine covers in any big bookstore.
Posted by ZZMike on 04/29/09 at 10:23 AM
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