tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37387500.post6243491080536151007..comments2023-10-31T10:06:53.344-05:00Comments on Blue man in a Red district: Another Endorsement for FrankenHal Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436615739937572663noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37387500.post-57872959758231171062008-06-10T08:32:00.000-05:002008-06-10T08:32:00.000-05:00Jay Leno, stay home, stay quiet.Nixon raised two d...Jay Leno, stay home, stay quiet.<BR/><BR/>Nixon raised two daughters to adulthood without public acrimony or distress, and each apparently has had a stable and productive adult life, so I suppose that means Nixon's politics and political views and priorities are superior to Alec Baldwin's and that Nixon had more inherent right to express views publicly?<BR/><BR/>Aside from that, celebrity endorsements - in total - are stupid. Charlton Heston and his gun lobby come to mind. <BR/><BR/>If Franken people are soliciting Alec Baldwin or other Hollywood "personalities" to voice a view that reflects badly on them and their judgment. It shows a demeaning and condescending view of the electorate they would influence, if they are indeed soliciting it.<BR/><BR/>If anyone in the Franken campaign is doing that I would hope for the good of their candidate that they stop. However, I have no evidence whether that is the situation. <BR/><BR/>I do know Elwyn Tinklenberg made much of Betty McCollum's endorsement of his candidacy. Whether federal funding for the central corridor proposal entered into that decision by McCollum or not, McCollum knows and I do not. <BR/><BR/>But I view tht as largely equivalent to a celibrity endorsement. I will form my own judgments independent of Betty's choices. It is unfortunate that Bruce Vento did not survive to continue holding that seat.eric zaetschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678223934280297732noreply@blogger.com