From IMDB.COM:
Singer and actress Mandy Moore is furious at being "outed" as a secret Republican in the new issue of America's Details magazine. The publication's upcoming September edition lists Adam Sandler, Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Simpson, Shannen Doherty and Moore as silent supporters of current US President George W. Bush who don't join the campaign trail and make their political views known, unlike loud and proud Democrats Ben Affleck and Barbra Streisand. However, the A Walk To Remember beauty has angrily denied she supports Bush and his party. Her publicist tells American website Pagesix.Com, "Mandy is not, nor has she ever been, a Republican
And this WaPo article kinda breaks my heart:
No more Mr. Nice Guy: Alice Cooper, a shock rocker back in the old days and now a fan of President Bush, says rock stars who've jumped on the John Kerry bandwagon -- Sheryl Crow, Dave Matthews, James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen among them -- are treasonous morons.
"To me, that's treason. I call it treason against rock-and-roll, because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics," the 56-year-old told the Canadian Press news service as he embarked last week on a 15-city Canadian tour.
Never one to avoid self-examination, Alice (aka Vincent Damon Furnier) added: "If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal." (We think he meant watching C-SPAN's "Washington Journal," or maybe he meant perusing the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, but either way you get the idea.)
"Besides, when I read the list of people who are supporting Kerry, if I wasn't already a Bush supporter, I would have immediately switched. Linda Ronstadt? Don Henley? Geez, that's a good reason right there to vote for Bush."
Aw Alice, er Vince, I'm disappointed in you.
I mean, I knew you were a golfing nut, but I didn't know that meant you were all the way on the dark side.
It is not treasonous against rock and roll to be involved in politics per se. Ask your Motor City colleagues the MC5.
Also, all rockers are not morons. Some do, in fact, read papers and watch C-SPAN as a matter of fact. While you may have spent much of your 70s heyday drinking to mass excess, many of your ancestors are pretty clean living and self-educated.
Rock fans are not voting based primarily on who their favorite stars are supporting. And even if they are, how is that any better than the guys who voted for Bush who based their vote on "He looks like the kind of guy you could set down and have a beer with." ?
Meanwhile, the GOP announced Monday that the country duo Brooks & Dunn will headline the entertainment at the Republicans' convention next week in New York. Other talent includes country singer Lee Ann Womack, Christian rock band Third Day and gospel vocalist Donnie McClurkin. Party on!
Ah, they've found their token Black gospel singer. Donnie McClurkin is a fairly big star with us Black Folks. Now with the Dem coverage, you never saw the musical acts anywhere but
C-SPAN; I wonder if they'll make an exception and show him performing.