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[–] Laughbone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wish they had this same attitude towards Ted “fucks pre teens” Nugent

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Or the former Apprentice reality TV star

[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

"Star" is going a little to far, boated host seems more accurate

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

"That's our job", they added.

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Fantasy universe: Taylor Swift and Biden announce her support of his campaign and acceptance of the position of Vice President. Trump really finds out that he is not as popular as Taylor Swift.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fox News: You're not playing fair!

Fox News: :: gets bodied by Swift's Superbowl ratings, sheer size of fanbase ::

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why are they allowed to give their opinion on politics but she isn't? Why are they qualified and not her?

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

No First Amendment rights for her, that's why.

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are both in the entertainment industry. Neither are qualified

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Why does being an entertainer disqualify you from expressing a political opinion?

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

She has a brain, they jusy read whatever is on the teleprompter

[–] ChemicalPilgrim@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They always say this stuff to liberal celebrities, but invite Ted Nugent and other absolute POS conservatives on

I, for one, am keenly interested in Kid Rock's opinion on the role of central banking in a post-pandemic economy. /s

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sonny Bono, Arnold, Glenn Jacobs, Reagan, Trump... I think I'm forgetting some.

Republicans love voting for celebrities when they have the chance.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Charleton Heston, Kelsey Grammar, Scott Baio, Clint Eastwood, Kid Rock, Ted Nugent...

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let me get this straight, you think that Taylor Swift, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in the world, is secretly a liberal, who spends her nights fucking an NFL star, and your plan is to intimidate this person?

Good luck.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hey Fox, I'm not a Taylor Swift fan at all, but I trust her infinitely more than your lying fascist bullshit network.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

For people who hate being told what to do, they sure love telling people what to do.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean seriously, she's not qualified like a reality tv con man, to be involved in politics!

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, plus she's actually, like, good at business. Conservatives would prefer the guy who managed to bankrupt a casino.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, and he did it to himself. He had a successful casino going in wherever (I think Atlantic City). Since it was doing well, he thought that maybe he should open another one nearby. One casino lots of money means two casinos lots of money times two. The dip shit didn't bother to run or listen to market research. Once he opened the second casino, they learned that the market was already saturated with casinos. A second casino doesn't make more gamblers. Instead, he split the customers because his new casino was competing for customers from the first one. Both started to fail, so he had to close one. The business genius tanked his own business that was running successfully until then. Had he put a reasonable limit to his grandiosity, he would have been fine.

He is truly delusional to the point that he thinks he controls objective reality. In other words, it isn't what it is. It's what he believes.

I might be off on details, but this was the basic gist.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy crap! Thanks for that - I never bothered to look into the specifics of the situation but that sounds like the hubristic business acumen I'd expect from his sort of megalomania.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're welcome! The way the media reports on Trump is just so ridiculous to me, that I feel validated when I hear about the actual results of his business and policy decisions.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I wish they would listen to his Art of the Deal ghostwriter. He's made it clear over and over again that the concept of Trump as a good businessman is a total fabrication.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She hasn't done or said anything political though? Is it just that she's a vivacious person and the ghouls are thinking "fuck, she's definitely not one of us".

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Has she even said shit at this point or all the morons just going off the handle for no reason?

[–] Sinistar@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She endorsed Biden last election, but that doesn't mean they're not going off the handle for no reason.

[–] ZK686@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They all do this. Pretty much all celebrities endorse the Democrat politicians because it looks better for them. It looks like they're "just one of us!" When in fact, they are not. Taylor Swift was born into wealth, and does not need to worry about who's President...it will never effect her. But by endorsing the side of the "poor" and "common working class"...she gets even more positive publicity..

[–] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a side that's looking out for the poor and working class? Which one is it?

[–] ZK686@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

You're being told it's Democrats...

well I wasn’t going to, but now that you mention it…

[–] weaponG@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Taylor Swift to Fox News: "Don't get involved in journalism...oh wait"

[–] ZK686@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Something tells me that the Kelce family does NOT lean too Left...