Star Power
Less than stellar. Ignorance is bliss for Obamite fundraiser Affleck. Boston Herald’s Inside Track:
“There are a lot of things (I like about Obama),” Affleck gushed to press inside the event, “but I won’t bore you with all of them.”
Calling the senator from Illinois a “genuine, real force” the Cambridge homey explained he just believes Obama is the person for the job.
“I’m an actor,” Affleck quipped with a grin. “I’m not going to create 10-point policy details of why.”
OK, he’s an ignoramus. At least he’s honest. Howzabout what’s not to like about Obama?
Asked what he thought of the negative inferences tossed around by Obama’s minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Affleck confessed he somehow missed the you-know-what storm over what Obama himself termed “inflammatory and appalling” statements by the preacher.
“I haven’t seen them, so I cannot comment,” Affleck said.
Dim bulb may be brighter than I’m giving him credit for.
Kristol at NYT on Generation Obama.
Topics: Boston, Hollywood, pols
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:53 am on Monday, March 17, 2008
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March 17th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Yeah. If he’s smart enough to know when to keep his mouth shut, that puts him ahead of most of the idiots in Hollywood.
March 17th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Obama seems to have a very flexible persona.
Speaking to a church audience, he adopts the cadencesof southern preachery.
Hillary has also changed her speaking and accent in pursuing the “black” vote.
Each of them also says contradictory things on “policy” topics as a function of which audience they’re addressing in which state.
Very difficult to discern the core of these individuals amidst all the politicking.
Of course, the assumption that there is a core might be false.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Affleck openly and enthusiastically endorsed John Kerry in 2004. Maybe ol’ Ben thinks he’s a jinx on presidential candidates?
Besides, The Messiah™ doesn’t have a daughter old enough for him to date.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:02 am
These images are able to transform themselves into the required character because they are nothing but a reflection of the people around them. I’ve heard people talk about the egos involved, but I think that neither of these people has a genuine ego, i.e., a self-made character. Rather, they gave their “self,” their egos, over to the crowd a long time ago. It is why they think it is practical, and politic, to say one thing to one group, and then contradict the first statement when with a different group. They’ve gotten away with it this long, why wouldn’t it work now?