When we look at surrogates, supporters, for any candidate we understand that anyone can be one. The wife, the sons and daughters. Those who are surrogates for Obama are sometimes top celebrities. As I researched the surrogates for Mitt Romney all I could find were governors from other states, congressman, you know, politicians. Aside from Clint Eastwood, I wanted to find out who else supported Romney.
I found this site ^^^ about celebrity supporters and was surprised at the amount of people I didn't know about. We don't, well I don't see many celebrities ever in Romney's advertisements so I just assumed those who did support did not want to be on camera(how ironic). Though recently there have been a couple articles about how Romney's surrogates are affecting his race. We find surrogates from both sides quickly apologizing for anything they didn't mean to say and this backlash.
It was a little easier to find information when we search 'supporters' and not surrogates, so from there, there was an article in the Huffington post about "Republican Hollywood." Where it says "sometimes it is easy to forget that Hollywood does have Republican supporters." So it wasn't surprising when they said "for years, Hollywood has bullied conservative actors and actresses into a corner." So that was a little interesting. But it's hard to find any surrogate that hasn't had a roar from the media.
CHUCK NORRIS.
"Chuck Norris recently released an anti-Obama video with his wife Gena on his official YouTube channel. In the video, Chuck and Gena warn of "1,000 years of darkness" if Obama is reelected."
Since many people love Chuck Norris, it's really strange seeing this side of him, if you haven't already. He takes a strong Christian approach, which certainly makes for a targeted audience. I know it caught my attention, but I am a Christian. Had I not been though, and knowing religion, like politics, this could potentially turn some people off. But this works for Romney because one issue has been his religion this election. But it's not about that either.
This video is anti-Obama, which kind of goes, in my opinion, against the Christian teachings of love thy neighbor. Comments to these sorts of videos can be funny "Chuck said it, you do it." They stress the condition as if we're all going to die, but on a sociological view, they use the "children," as those we have to protect. After watching it, it did make me think of the future, so I would say those that watch it will have an impact.
"Let's unite for God and country, and may God continue to bless the United States of America."
This is a very interesting post. I did wonder if there were any other celebrities who back Romney. Did you ever see the movie Obama's America: 2016? I saw it and it was an in-depth look about Obama's life and how it affects his presidency today from the point of view from his book, "Dreams from (not of) my Father." This post and what you said about Chuck Norris' response reminded me of the movie because near the end of the movie it talked about what America would look like if we continued on this path.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen the movie, I don't think I will(laugh). It sounded interested though. Yeah, I think a lot of people think about the path, and about the future. It's just Chuck makes it a 'dire warning' like we're up against the Devil or something.
DeleteDrink every time they say "country!"
ReplyDeleteInteresting video. You're right, from the terminology they used in this, it seems that they're appealing specifically to Evangelicals to get out and vote against Obama. Because as they say, we're going the way of "socialism, or something much worse." But I guess we don't get to hear what that is.
Interesting, too, that they chose to quote from Ronald Reagan's famous 1964 speech "A Time for Choosing," in support of Republican candidate Barry Goldwater. Reagan's speech was largely about the economics of the 1960s under Kennedy and Johnson, and called for reform of federal policies. Similar topic, I suppose, but doesn't really have the effect they're looking for, since it's taken out of context to apply very generally to Obama, which is not what Reagan was doing to the liberals of the time. Like most film reviewers said about "2016: Obama's America," this Chuck Norris video is a great example of sinister implications mixed with one or two statistics to produce fear-mongering of the silliest kind.