Good grief. Is this for real? From the Hollywood Reporter via Sweetness and Light:
President Obama Has Private Meeting with Young Stars at Beverly Hilton
Before heading off for a breakfast Thursday that officially concluded his two-day fundraising trip to Los Angeles, President Barack Obama met privately at the Beverly Hilton with two dozen of Hollywood’s hottest young stars, urging them to involve themselves in his re-election campaign.
Among those who met with the president were The Avengers star Jeremy Renner, Glee actress Dianna Agron, Star Trek’s Zachary Quinto, Southland’s Ben McKenzie, Jessica Alba, Bryan Greenberg, Adam Rodriguez, Zach Braff, Brandon Routh, Ian Somerhalder, Jared Leto, Kal Penn and Sophia Bush.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the meeting was part of the Obama re-election campaign’s “Young America Effort,” an initiative to build support and turnout among the younger voters who were key to the president’s election four years ago.
Thursday’s private meeting was similar to the one Obama held earlier this year with Weinstein Co. mogul Harvey Weinstein and a clutch of leading entertainment industry executives, as well as talent representatives with access to the music industry’s top stars and musical act. As THR reported then, Obama did not directly solicit contributions, but he talked about how hard he expected the coming campaign to be and how valuable Hollywood support would be to his re-election effort.
I just touched on his obsession with celebrities in the previous post, but this approaches the pathological. And it's all supposed to be in an effort to win the youth vote? The aura of hot celebrity coolness that surrounded Obama in 2008 and attracted young voters has evaporated. I guess he doesn't know that, and no one can tell him. Steve Gilbert of S&L wonders:
Doesn’t Obama ever meet with any real life people? Like people with real jobs?Well, he tried that, but it's not nearly as much fun:
Many thanks to Michelle Malkin for linking.
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ReplyDeleteThose are stars? I have only heard of one of them. Am I that out of it?
ReplyDeleteLaser like focus on jobs....
ReplyDelete@pathickey - that would be a long-legged mack daddy.
ReplyDeleteThese grifters are so classless and clueless. Such an embarrassment to this country and their race.
Conservative Girl, you may not know their specific names, but if you ever watched TV shows like House, LOST, Scrubs or Heroes you might be familiar with some of them. Although, besides Glee and the Avengers, I didn't think many of these actors were involved in the latest hot projects. And even Glee has lost the "newness."
ReplyDeleteAlso several of these people are into their thirties! Definitely would not be seen as young, cool or hip by my teenagers, who are not really big celebrity worshipers, admittedly.
Zach Braff of Scrubs fame is 37.
ReplyDeleteI prefer these stars :
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I think Zach is the oldest of the bunch then, Jill. At any rate, definitely not one of Hollywood's "hot young stars."
ReplyDeleteAh the Man of the People needs a podium and stage to speak in some driveway.
ReplyDeleteDid you see the photos of the President with all those young celebrities? Wow, those folks look, like, you know, super smart. I'm so glad that they were able to talk energy policy. I can sleep better at night
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