Monday, October 27, 2008

Obama's Got Friends: Carole King is on the Stump

In one of the more bizarre episodes of this election cycle, singer Carole King is stumping for Obama:
King, whose "You've Got a Friend" is just one of many blockbuster songs she's written, is visiting small towns across the Midwest to urge voters to cast their ballot for Obama. On Saturday, she stopped at the Hancock County Democratic Headquarters in Findlay and spoke to a crowd of about 100 people, many of whom brought worn copies of King's albums to be autographed.
I'm guessing that the "about 100 people" that mobbed King's stop were more interested in seeing the (true) legend than in hearing what she had to say about Obama. Just a hunch.

I do wonder: Why do Democrats have such a fondness for celebrity?

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