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vraiblonde

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Color me dumbfounded!
http://drudgereport.com/flash6b.htm

Britney Spears came out swinging for President Bush on Wednesday during an interview with CNN's Tucker Carlson.

CARLSON: A lot of entertainers have come out against the war in Iraq. Have you?

SPEARS: Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens.

CARLSON: Do you trust this president?

SPEARS: Yes, I do.

CARLSON: Excellent. Do you think he's going to win again?

SPEARS: I don't know. I don't know that.

I don't know as I'd call that "coming out swinging" but it's not what I'd have ever expected. I figured she'd be more in with the "in" crowd, parroting the liberal line of her fellow performers.
 
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Bruzilla

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Okay, okay... I never thought Britney Spears was anyone worth thinking about, but after reading her comments about President Bush I guess I can do her now. :cool:
 

Lucy

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She likely comes from conservative parents. We all internalize our parental values, until such time as we adapt, adjust or reject them, formulating our own value system. Given her youth, she has probably not had the opportunity to do this and is merely mirroring her parents' opinions.
 

Lucy

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in other words she said that because her mommy told her to.
 
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Otter

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Britney is all about promotion, she hasn't made her millions yet to be able to say what she likes. She is no dummy, she(or her handler) sees what happens to performers that speak out.
 

Pete

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Originally posted by Lucy
She likely comes from conservative parents. We all internalize our parental values, until such time as we adapt, adjust or reject them, formulating our own value system. Given her youth, she has probably not had the opportunity to do this and is merely mirroring her parents' opinions.

Doubtful, the median age for internalization is 13.3 years. Since she is 20 she is several years past mirroring. Another concept is her popularity. Due to her celbrity status and degree of freedom at such a young age her parents would not have been able to use traditional techniques to safeguard against challenges to their values such as cocooning, or pre-arming. This would also temd to allow her to develop her own values at a much younger age.
 
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Bruzilla

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Originally posted by otter
Britney is all about promotion, she hasn't made her millions yet to be able to say what she likes. She is no dummy, she(or her handler) sees what happens to performers that speak out.

Hey Otter...

Last time I checked, Britney Spears was worth quite a few millions already, and her career is on the down turn. She's never going to be more popular (or wealthier) than she was a year or so ago, so I think she's pretty much able to speak her mind (assuming she has one.)

If you think she says she supports Bush because her handler thought that was the wise thing to do, why didn't she also say that he would be re-elected? I might some validity in your statement if she had said "Oh yes he's going to be re-elected", instead she said she doesn't know. That sounds like someone who supports our President but doesn't know if he'll get re-elected... kinda like a lot of the folks on this forum. Are we all under the reigns of a handler???

Just for the record, both of my parents are Democrats, as is one of my sisters. My other sister and I are Republicans. Something must have went wrong at the cocoon store. :biggrin:
 

Lucy

New Member
Originally posted by Pete
Doubtful, the median age for internalization is 13.3 years. Since she is 20 she is several years past mirroring. Another concept is her popularity. Due to her celbrity status and degree of freedom at such a young age her parents would not have been able to use traditional techniques to safeguard against challenges to their values such as cocooning, or pre-arming. This would also temd to allow her to develop her own values at a much younger age.

I agree that she is a little old to be maintaining her internal parent, however, being seperated from her parents at a young age by the demands of celebrity could delay the development of her own values. Also, her handlers were very sheltering themselves and the demands of her career would also keep her from being exposed to in depth social interactions that would allow her to explore and develop her own values.

Besides, advocating blind devotion to political leaders and authority figures, especially in this country is a sign of an immature value system.
 

vraiblonde

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I just tossed it out there for fun. My opinion is that she really doesn't follow politics or care that much. I figure she looks to Bush (or any other President) as an authority figure and, therefore, thinks they're okay. At least that smooch from Madonna didn't transfer any lib cooties. :cheers:
 

Larry Gude

Strung Out
The vast...

...majority of major celebrities/entertainers MUST be liberal in any public comments. It is simply the way things are in their chosen field.

If anyone feels the Dixie Chicks or Bill Maher or whomever is somehow being 'censored' for being stupid then realize how many people you've never heard of who never even got their shot to begin with because some king maker somehwere didn't like their politics.

Britney is in promo mode of late with the MTV thing and the big deal with the NFL. She said nice things about Bush BECAUSE of what happened to the 'Chix' (Dixie) and Dix (Bill).

The facts, nevermind if they are a factor in her public opinion or not, are that radical terrorism matured in the 90's because nobody did squat about it. They learned that they could peruse their agenda, rolling back western influences that will destroy the world they know, while the US persued blow jobs.

Our Embassies in Africa, Mogadishu, the USS Cole and the first World Trade Center attack, Saddam retaining power, every single one elevated radicals in the eyes of their followers and are steps to the goal.

As far as 9/11 goes, we have half our population who thinks our leader is a blooming idiot so it shouldn't be hard to imagine they, the real bad guys, thought so to.

If they could take back 9/11 they would because they had no idea it would bring on their worst fears; US Style Democracy in the Middle East, nevermind how many of them we haven't even heard about are now dead. That's how important freedom in Iraq is.

Their saving grace is another US President who doesn't understand this.

If Britney figured it out because it is simple. Most celebs know it to, they just aren't allowed to say so in public.
 
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Bruzilla

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I think some of us are giving a bit too much credibility to the whining of some Liberals. Can you name me one Liberal entertainer who's suffered from being against Bush or the war? Aside from some embarassment the Dixie Chicks haven't suffered. George Clooney's and Sean Penn's movies have been tanking for years. Madonna sold a bunch of records, and Garafolo isn't funny enough to have a series regardless of her political views. Oh, and Al Franken is atop the best seller list. So, if anything, being controversial has helped these pinheads, not hurt them.

So I can't really see the argument that "Her Handlers Made Her Say It" holds water.
 
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