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Celebrities and Politics. Who Cares?!

Is it just me or have the party conventions just become another form of entertainment? I did not watch the Republican convention nor will I watch the Democratic convention. From a discussion with some friends and a couple of blogs I read, I heard that the Republicans had Clint Eastwood speak and the Democrats, it is said, will have Betty White. What? What do they have to do with politics? Why are they considered special speakers at the conventions? All we really know about them is that they are good at acting and pretending to be characters we enjoy watching. That is not who they really are. Tough Dirty Harry and ditzy Rose Nylund are not the ones who spoke at the conventions. Though I like them both as actors, who gives a rip what they have to say about politics! Who cares if they have a great speech and make funny statements about the other party. Leading this country is not a joke! Wouldn't it be much more meaningful and important to have EXPERTS in the fields that are essential to the functioning of this country speak? Economics, foreign policy, the military, etc. Who cares which celebrity supports which party? If we are swayed to vote for one party or the other because of which celebrities supports them, we are truly an ignorant nation.

Unfortunately we are such a consumerist, entertainment culture that we are not able to distinguish between the fictional world these actors create and the real world we live in. We watch the conventions and we want the parties to impress us with a celebrity. We want them to entertain us. Make us laugh. Repeat some line from one of their movies rather than really lay out how they are going to lead this country in the right direction. Many people, when asked who their heroes are, give the name of a celebrity. How in the world can a celebrity be a hero? The characters we know them for are not real! I am afraid we have truly lost our sense of reality. And the people who are leading or want to lead this country are no different. In all honesty, I think they are worse. They do not live in our reality. They live in a world created and protected by their wealth. I really hope this country wakes up and slaps these politicians back into reality.