Posted by
Phillyfanatic(KGK) on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:54:45 PM
What do people think when groups, media outlets, religious people, entertainers endorse political candidates? Does it sway any votes? Supposedly, in MIssouri , M.Fox who has MS swayed the election of a Dem female Senator over a well known Republican Senator with 'sentiment'. It turned out the ad was not very truthful but it worked. Many miniorities have used ads over the last 60 years to brand other politicians as racists, homophobic, horrid and not even American. I find these ads to be reprehensible and the endorsements put out by these ads really can be very destructive. Since many pols now actually campaign in many churches , though they are not supposed to do so, one wonders if there really is a separation of church and state or only made up my liberal revisionist lawyers. Campaigns in black, Hispanic and other minority churches are frequent and if a conservative Christian had it happen, boy the media would be all over that conservative church wanting the IRS to pull its charter. Still, endorsements might sway a few people. Every candidate loves to be endorsed by famous or infamous people. Hollywood usually endorse some liberal Democrat and Evangelicals usually endorse some Republican. It only matters if that person really has influence over voters. And if they do, why do they? I would say nowadays, that Talk Radio hosts might have more sway than an entertainer. But, who knows? As to religious people, would a Billy Graham or Pope Benedict, or Pat Robertson, or Joel Osteen, or Rick Warren have any really punch in today's election cycle? It would be interesting to see if it would and if the above people actually came out for a certain politician. Then would the voter actually go into the booth and listen to that endorsement?