To suggest that those who are successes like Soros or Springsteen or Sean Penn or Tim Robbins are any less worthy to hold political opinion
Didn't say that, did I?
Success in the entertainment or finance arenas does not equal great political wisdom, though the fact that these morons are successful fills them not only with enormous amounts of hot air but also with the inexplicable notion that what they have to say is actually worth listening to.
I'll never forget Babs Streisand getting confused between Iraq and Iran. The poor thing can't tell the difference between the two, though the pols have to listen Babs babble because she contributes mightily to liberal causes.
I can just imagine how painful it must be for a politician to take her calls, and listen to her babble.
"Yes, Barbra, what a wonderful idea, of course we'll make sure that the Senate cafeteria serves free range chicken and that they're humanely killed"
"Absolutely, Barbra, I'd be glad to sponsor a Save the Newts Day! A very important thing, I agree."
"Of course, I spoke to Sean Penn the other day. He's a very generous contributor, too, you know. I'm very much behind his plan to declare September 17 a federal holiday. His astrologer is a genius, it will be a blessed holiday."
Some folks are not prominent, yet are hugely wise, despite having no notoriety or bags full of dollars.
Take Michael Moore, for instance. An accomplished and inveterate fool with an accompanying penchant for enormous lies. He is famous, acclaimed, rich, yet he's still not worth pissing on if he were on fire. |
