Posted on 12/07/2012 3:12:14 PM PST by drewh
In a panel discussion on Wednesday's NBC Today, the morning show cast excitedly touted the possibility of left-wing actress Ashley Judd running for senate against Mitch McConnell in 2014, with co-host Willie Geist declaring: "She was a delegate to the Democratic convention this summer, she's very involved in politics, she's outspoken." [Watch the video after the jump]
News reader Natalie Morales heaped praise on Judd: "She's a brilliant woman....Harvard, I think....she's a U.N. goodwill ambassador, speaks out on HIV/AIDS prevention. And also, you know, she's done so much good for public – public good and she's a great, very smart woman." Celebrity chef Paula Deen, a guest on the show, chimed in: "I've heard that she's an extremely bright woman." Morales added: "Very."
Fellow co-host Savannah Guthrie did raise some skepticism: "What do you guys think about celebrities running for office?" Deen made the comparison: "Well, look at Ronald Reagan, you know, you – I mean, he's – history loves him."
Geist cheered one left-wing comedian turned politician: "Al Franken has done well for himself in the United States Senate."
Wrapping up the segment, Geist mentioned one of Judd's relatives being critical of the actress's political ambitions: "Ashley's own grandmother put out a statement, said, 'Love her to death, but she's just another Hollywood liberal.'"
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2012/12/07/nbc-today-crew-fawns-over-brilliant-ashley-judd-possibly-running-senat#ixzz2EPVANsHG
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Oh yeah ... great qualifications right there. O.o
hehe
Lauer’s wife threatened noisy and immediate divorce if Matt’s paramour Morales was named to replace Ann Curry.
American Idol nation. All Hollywierd types will be running soon - Clooney has been itching to run for years.
ding ding winner!!! Matt Lauer’s Wife Threatens Divorce If Natalie Morales Gets Today Co-Host Gig http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/06/today-show-replacement-matt-lauer-wife-divorce-natalie-morales
Matt’s married to a man, apparently.....
Just once it would be refreshing to see something like:
She majored in Business administration, minored in tax accounting, runs a successful business and has decided to run for no more than 2 terms in order to help reform the convoluted tax code and bring some much needed relief to the downtrodden American taxpayer.
Now that would be credentials I could get behind. Then again if she accomplished things like that she wouldn't be a Hollywood ditz.
I have a whole roll of them in my bathroom...right next to the toilet.
Speaking of Willie; I’m thinking that here in Texas we should run our Willie for senate; you know, Willie as in Nelson :)
There is a lot of good will towards her here in KY, just because she’s such a passionate supporter of U.K. basketball, and is frequently seen at games in Rupp Arena. However, I thinks she stands no chance against McConnell. He’s a permanent fixture, like Strom Thurmond or Robert Byrd. He’ll die in the Senate.
Grandma knows best. :)
It takes a “brilliant” and “very smart” woman to show up on pit road on race day wearing a sundress and sandals. NASCAR had to throw her @$$ out and tell her not to come back until she was dressed properly.
I’m sure her strong support for partial-birth abortions will be very popular if she decides to make the Senate run.
I don’t see that happening in Kentucky. Just ask Nick Clooney.
The media are among the biggest elitists in society. They bask in celebrity, want to be celebrities themselves, and think of the rest of us as the audience for their dramatic and oh so important lives. Most of them have done nothing substantive in their lives, like start a business, treat a patient, invent something, design a bridge, build a house, fix a car, etc. Nonetheless, they hold themselves up in high esteem as the chosen ones. Honestly, the fact that people like this have the capacity to diminish the freedom and opportunity of my own life has made me value my life less and to want as little to do as possible with the popular culture of the world. I live for my child.
Laughable. Means she gave a talk there to the real students.
She told the UK Sunday Mail...quote “it's unconscionable to breed, with the number of children who are starving to death in improverished countries” unquote.
yep she'll fit right in with the Democrat Congress...but will she fit in with Kentucky? she lives in England and Tennessee..
The wife strongly resembles Michael Jackson!
never ran away from a chance to drop her clothing. on-screen whore tries to become political whore.
that’s the only thing beautiful about her, and that’s going too, now.
Someone tell me how Judd will be able to qualify to run for senator in Kentucky if her primary home is in Tennessee. Does she have yet another home in KY that she plans to work out of...or does a senator not need to live in the state she’s representing (if elected)? Perhaps I just don’t understand how this works? Aren’t there residency requirements?
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