Matt Drudge
Dridgereport.com
Thu Sep 30 2004
Quote: On Oprah's Wednesday 'voting party' show featuring important celebrities like P. Diddy (Vote or Die!), Drew Barrymore and Christina Aguilera, svelte suffragette Cameron Diaz took to shock tactics to get the female vote out.
After a discussion with Oprah on lynching and the vote, Diaz spoke of the dire consequences for women if they sit out this election:
Ms. DIAZ: We have a voice now, and we're not using it, and women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. We
could lo--if you think that rape should be legal, then don't vote. But if you think that you have a right to your body, and you have a right to say what happens to you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote, and those are the...
WINFREY: It's your voice.
I don't know about Christina Aguilera, but I know for sure that P. Diddy, Drew Barrymore, and Cameron Diaz have all publicly addressed their disapproval of George W. Bush. During last election, Barrymore & Diaz went on MTV's "Total Request Live" sporting matching t-shirts that read I WON'T VOTE FOR A SON OF A BUSH!
I'm around the age for whom these celebrity voting drives are particularly directed to. But at this point, I'm becoming convinced that these people are deep down, presenting thinly vealed commercials to vote Democratic (a la MTV's "Rock the Vote" campaigns dating back to 1992). I'm willing to bet that there wouldn't been such an alarmist sense of activism if it was just like for instance, 1996 when it was pretty much a shoe-in that Clinton was going to easily get reelected.
In terms of this voter campaigns supposedly being "non-partisan" here's some quotes from P. Diddy Combs concerning the upcoming election:
http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=2881
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs wants voters to turn out in full force this year and remove current president George W. Bush from the oval office.
Combs, who accepted the Patrick Lippert Award at this year's 11th Annual Rock the Vote Awards, said that Bush was not the man to lead the United States.
Quote:
"[We gotta] get Bush's ass up out that office," Combs said. "If you don?t agree with me, you got your right to go to the polls and represent him."
Combs said that the next president, Republican or Democrat, must care about the needs of young people.
Quote:
"I honestly feel like the president we have in office today, he doesn?t care about young people," Combs continued. "He doesn?t care about minorities, and he does not, I don?t know if he feels it everyday, if he feels the pain, that the mothers and the fathers are feeling of all of those lost soldiers that are being reported everyday."
Combs said he would vote for a candidate that was a "good person, that has a good heart and that doesn't turn his back on the people."
Combs also said if change was to be made, people would have to do more than just be registered to vote.
"We gonna have a party at the polls. On serious note, I don?t like the way its going down right now, and I have a chance to change it, just like all of you do
Getting back to the subject of Cameron Diaz, here are some examples of what Cameron Diaz had to say about the previous election in the year 2000 (since these celebrity voter drives are supposedly "non-partisan"): Cameron Diaz on Bush and the 2000 Election
Published on 03/06/02 at 03:32:21 GMT by Webmaster
This election is the most important election that has come upon our nation in recent history and will effect not only our current economics but the planet we live on. I'm talking about the actual soil from which we take our food, the water that gives every organism its gift of life, the air that we...well, I am sure I don't have to tell everyone how important oxygen is to our existence. But wouldn't it be nice to have someone who actually cares about the quality of our one intangible lifesource. We need someone who will not be swayed by big business into compromising our environmental integrity. We cannot ignore this issue. Nor can we ignore the fact that we are dangerously close to losing the basis of our nation's greatness. The right to choose. The right to have a choice. Having a choice is something we cannot take for granted. This country was built on the fundamental idea that all humans should have a right to choose. Our history shows that it has been a great struggle to make that statement true. Why do we want to move backwards? If we take away a woman's right to have safe abortion, we are doing every American a disservice. If that right can be taken away, what other rights are we endangering? We must trust that the decision not to have a child is not a thoughtless one. That the women and men who are faced with the decision will make the right choice. It is our right inherently, the government protects that right and I think it is insulting, degrading and violating for anyone to tell a woman what she can do with her body. If there is any one reason why a woman should vote, it should be to protect her body.
And for the future of our children, the only way to ensure that not only our country, but our planet will be able to sustain their lives and the lives of their children, is to educate. Why not strive to be not just the strongest country, but the smartest? We must give every child an education that they can use. One that equips them not only academically, but gives them the ability to function as productive members of society. Taking the federal government out of education leaves education up to local means. Meaning the wealthy can take care of the wealthy and the poor are still left without resources. It is important that no child is left to fend for him or herself just because they are not privileged enough to live in an affluent area. We cannot make the quality of education an issue of class.
Whenever I read this I keep thinking of the 'Hair Dressing' scene from "Something About Mary."
Dridgereport.com
Thu Sep 30 2004
Quote: On Oprah's Wednesday 'voting party' show featuring important celebrities like P. Diddy (Vote or Die!), Drew Barrymore and Christina Aguilera, svelte suffragette Cameron Diaz took to shock tactics to get the female vote out.
After a discussion with Oprah on lynching and the vote, Diaz spoke of the dire consequences for women if they sit out this election:
Ms. DIAZ: We have a voice now, and we're not using it, and women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. We
could lo--if you think that rape should be legal, then don't vote. But if you think that you have a right to your body, and you have a right to say what happens to you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote, and those are the...
WINFREY: It's your voice.
I don't know about Christina Aguilera, but I know for sure that P. Diddy, Drew Barrymore, and Cameron Diaz have all publicly addressed their disapproval of George W. Bush. During last election, Barrymore & Diaz went on MTV's "Total Request Live" sporting matching t-shirts that read I WON'T VOTE FOR A SON OF A BUSH!
I'm around the age for whom these celebrity voting drives are particularly directed to. But at this point, I'm becoming convinced that these people are deep down, presenting thinly vealed commercials to vote Democratic (a la MTV's "Rock the Vote" campaigns dating back to 1992). I'm willing to bet that there wouldn't been such an alarmist sense of activism if it was just like for instance, 1996 when it was pretty much a shoe-in that Clinton was going to easily get reelected.
In terms of this voter campaigns supposedly being "non-partisan" here's some quotes from P. Diddy Combs concerning the upcoming election:
http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=2881
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs wants voters to turn out in full force this year and remove current president George W. Bush from the oval office.
Combs, who accepted the Patrick Lippert Award at this year's 11th Annual Rock the Vote Awards, said that Bush was not the man to lead the United States.
Quote:
"[We gotta] get Bush's ass up out that office," Combs said. "If you don?t agree with me, you got your right to go to the polls and represent him."
Combs said that the next president, Republican or Democrat, must care about the needs of young people.
Quote:
"I honestly feel like the president we have in office today, he doesn?t care about young people," Combs continued. "He doesn?t care about minorities, and he does not, I don?t know if he feels it everyday, if he feels the pain, that the mothers and the fathers are feeling of all of those lost soldiers that are being reported everyday."
Combs said he would vote for a candidate that was a "good person, that has a good heart and that doesn't turn his back on the people."
Combs also said if change was to be made, people would have to do more than just be registered to vote.
"We gonna have a party at the polls. On serious note, I don?t like the way its going down right now, and I have a chance to change it, just like all of you do
Getting back to the subject of Cameron Diaz, here are some examples of what Cameron Diaz had to say about the previous election in the year 2000 (since these celebrity voter drives are supposedly "non-partisan"): Cameron Diaz on Bush and the 2000 Election
Published on 03/06/02 at 03:32:21 GMT by Webmaster
This election is the most important election that has come upon our nation in recent history and will effect not only our current economics but the planet we live on. I'm talking about the actual soil from which we take our food, the water that gives every organism its gift of life, the air that we...well, I am sure I don't have to tell everyone how important oxygen is to our existence. But wouldn't it be nice to have someone who actually cares about the quality of our one intangible lifesource. We need someone who will not be swayed by big business into compromising our environmental integrity. We cannot ignore this issue. Nor can we ignore the fact that we are dangerously close to losing the basis of our nation's greatness. The right to choose. The right to have a choice. Having a choice is something we cannot take for granted. This country was built on the fundamental idea that all humans should have a right to choose. Our history shows that it has been a great struggle to make that statement true. Why do we want to move backwards? If we take away a woman's right to have safe abortion, we are doing every American a disservice. If that right can be taken away, what other rights are we endangering? We must trust that the decision not to have a child is not a thoughtless one. That the women and men who are faced with the decision will make the right choice. It is our right inherently, the government protects that right and I think it is insulting, degrading and violating for anyone to tell a woman what she can do with her body. If there is any one reason why a woman should vote, it should be to protect her body.
And for the future of our children, the only way to ensure that not only our country, but our planet will be able to sustain their lives and the lives of their children, is to educate. Why not strive to be not just the strongest country, but the smartest? We must give every child an education that they can use. One that equips them not only academically, but gives them the ability to function as productive members of society. Taking the federal government out of education leaves education up to local means. Meaning the wealthy can take care of the wealthy and the poor are still left without resources. It is important that no child is left to fend for him or herself just because they are not privileged enough to live in an affluent area. We cannot make the quality of education an issue of class.
Whenever I read this I keep thinking of the 'Hair Dressing' scene from "Something About Mary."
