Kelly Clarkson endorses Ron Paul, gets hit hard on Twitter
Kelly Clarkson delves into political opinion and finds not everyone agrees with her. CREDIT: AP
When it comes to endorsements, everyone looks to “American Idol,” right? They at least have the “vote early, vote often” concept down pat.
Kelly Clarkson tweeted her support for Libertarian-leaning Ron Paul early Thursday and set off a maelstrom. Here’s the Tweet:
I love Ron Paul. I liked him a lot during the last republican nomination and no one gave him a chance. If he wins the nomination for the Republican party in 2012 he’s got my vote. Too bad he probably won’t.
Some Paul opponents began attacking her selection, noting that he had a newsletter out years ago that featured commentary against gays and various races. He has said he didn’t write them and isn’t racist or homophobic. She responded thusly:
I am really sorry if I have offended anyone. Obviously that was not my intent. I do not support racism. I support gay rights, straight rights, women’s rights, men’s rights, white/black/purple/orange rights. I like Ron Paul because he believes in less government and letting the people (all of us) make the decisions and mold our country. That is all. Out of all of the Republican nominees, he’s my favorite
As more people kept hitting her hard, she fought back in a very reasonable manner:
Man my eyes have been opened to so much hate tonight. If y’all ever disagree with something I say please don’t feel the need to attack me. I will listen to what you say and any articles or viewpoints you have when you say it with respect. Being hateful is not a healthy way to get people to see or hear you. I was raised to respect people and their decisions and beliefs and I hope you will grant me the same decency. If you don’t agree with me simply unfollow me. It’s really that easy. I hope you don’t because I would love the chance to hear what you have to say but if you’re so blinded by hate you can’t seek peace and progress then that is your unfortunate prerogative.
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bucket
December 30th, 2011
9:17 am
It is really a sad commentary on America that you would have people who otherwise would like Kelly Clarkson until she says she is supporting a candidate they don’t like. I personally hate all the right vs. left crap and the endless Democrat vs Republican drivel. It is interesting, however, that a person with an “R” behind their name can never be forgiven for anything in their past and a person with a “D” can be forgiven for anything. (See Senator Robert Byrd)
What??
December 30th, 2011
9:18 am
Chris… wow… Go burn a cross in someone’s yard already
Pete
December 30th, 2011
9:19 am
What??
December 30th, 2011
9:18 am
Chris… wow… Go burn a cross in someone’s yard already
What did he say that was racist? I will wait
Deirdre
December 30th, 2011
9:21 am
Just disgusting
December 30th, 2011
9:06 am
Deirdre is obviously a Dem…
Been a conservative my whole life. Just don’t like the general attitude of liberals AND conservatives these days. We are NOT enemies. We are Americans with differing viewpoints on what is best for the country. I’m not sure what happened to civility in this country but I would rather not participate in an argument based on name-calling and personal insults. If y’all want to discuss the ISSUES then I’ll look forward to that. If all you can manage to do is vilify each other, then I’m pretty bored and look forward to moving on.
What??
December 30th, 2011
9:21 am
Ignorance is bliss ain’t it?
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 30th, 2011
9:22 am
Birds of a feather flock together.
There is NO way I would support someone who has the opinions that Ron Paul has. No one is playing the race card.
We are playing the morals and ethics card. Shame on anyone who would DEFEND Ron Paul.
What does that say about the people who defend him? THEY ARE RACIST TOO.
raleturn
December 30th, 2011
9:24 am
I find the criticism she received most hypocritical since those from the looney left scream tolerance when in fact they are only tolerant of those who share the same belief system which by its on definition is intolerant. This is coming from one who has party has left them and became the party of freaks, for the DemocRATS have lost the ability to stand for anything. Thus they have became the party of black, gay, pregnant Puerto Rican nuns, with AIDS !!!
Johnny
December 30th, 2011
9:28 am
I will never buy another Kelly Fatston CD, she is a whale. No surprise, she is from Texas….
pete1963
December 30th, 2011
9:28 am
I really dont care what she thinks:/Who cares abt who gets to be president of the beast corporations.None of it good for the people.
Pete
December 30th, 2011
9:29 am
Ignorance is bliss ain’t it?
Isn’t it.
Pete
December 30th, 2011
9:30 am
88% of the people that voted against an MLK Holiday were democrats.
Paul voted for the holiday
Thogwummpy
December 30th, 2011
9:31 am
Fact is, no celebrity that endorses a Democrat is EVER lambasted. Candidly, I think Paul is a nut. Moreover, I don’t like any celebrity thinking their status elevates the credibility of their opinion—particularly upon topics beyond their expertise (like film school grad Michael Moore trying to lecture us on Economics). BUT, my point is….and it’s valid…that the celebrity culture encourages and operates upon a deep-Left slanted double standard. OH…so does the education sector and journalist corps [for you Obama supports, that's pronounced "kors" not "korspss"].
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 30th, 2011
9:31 am
@Chris December 30th, 2011 9:11 am
For the record, blacks have had to endure racism for over 200 years.
Blacks know what it feels like to be discriminated against. Blacks know racism when they hear it, see it, smell it, taste it, hold it and experience it. Unless you have walked in black people’s shoes you need to be more intelligent with your comments.
Kelly Clarkston knows what she is doing. She is hiding behind her political ideology like most republicans.
THEY THROW ROCKS AND HIDE THEIR HANDS.
I will NEVER NEVER NEVER look at her the same ever again. I really did not like her that much before.
Johnny
December 30th, 2011
9:31 am
Several of chris’s comments were racist, and in fact, he needs to learn to spell first…. Several words typed wrong and bad grammar too.
“Blacks are always playing the race card and it is really getting old since most blacks are racists. If you dont vote OBAMA you are a racist.”
that is a racist comment
What??
December 30th, 2011
9:31 am
A middle aged man trolling a Kelly Clarkson bog. How sad…
GreatATLGuy
December 30th, 2011
9:33 am
@Freedom lover: Learn to spell and punctuate. If not, you will never be taken seriously. Further, who gives a D–N what Kelly Clarkson thinks? She is an uninformed and under-educated hood with money.
Pete
December 30th, 2011
9:34 am
Several of chris’s comments were racist, and in fact, he needs to learn to spell first…. Several words typed wrong and bad grammar too.
“Blacks are always playing the race card and it is really getting old since most blacks are racists. If you dont vote OBAMA you are a racist.”
That is not a racist comment. My god as the stupidity on this thread. Anytime someone says something you disagree with it is not racist. Grow up.
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 30th, 2011
9:35 am
@What?? December 30th, 2011 9:18 am
You can’t reason with a F**L.
Ron Paul is what stupid people think smart people sound like.
What does that say about the people who support him. They are JUST LIKE HIM.
Pete
December 30th, 2011
9:37 am
I love the fact that people without college degrees call a man that has a PhD stupid. LOL
JTesla
December 30th, 2011
9:38 am
Am I the only one who doesn’t care about any celebrities political opinion and would just rather they skip any questions or comments regarding politics? I’m not going to stop listening to her music, not going to let her influence my vote, and generally just not care.
One point I am impressed with, is that she knows enough about Ron Paul’s libertarian views to place them in a tweet. Imagine that someone tracking the candidates and forming an opinion as to how they would vote, without letting a the knee-jerk reactionary response guide their views.
Oh and as much as I hate people “playing the race card”, because it happens ALL THE TIME… sometimes people really are racist.
Pete
December 30th, 2011
9:38 am
If you are voting for the same person that the scum in this society vote for you are on the wrong side. The scum of this country vote for democrats.
Sluggo
December 30th, 2011
9:39 am
Endorsing anyone publicly was a stupid move on her part. Like the Dixie Chicks, she has alienated a segment of her fan base. If I were in her shoes, I would keep my all personal views to myself and concentrate on being a “Songbird”. I think it would be easier to ca$h larger royalty checks with a my bigger fan base intact.
jbstoner
December 30th, 2011
9:44 am
I like Ron Paul because he hates queers. I can’t say anything else or the liberal nut jobs will call me a RRRRRacist. You do know liberalism is a mental disorder.
joe
December 30th, 2011
9:44 am
This is the USA, not the former USSR…and because of our forefathers, we have the freedom to say, and endorse anything we want. Kelly handled it perfectly. All the “haters” that chastise her need to shut their pie hole, or stop typing in cyberspace. You go girl!!
Johnny
December 30th, 2011
9:47 am
“we have the freedom to say, and endorse anything we want.”
That is what we are doing, idiot!!!!!!
GreatATLGuy
December 30th, 2011
9:47 am
Agree with Sluggo, but if you think about it, most of Clarkson’s fan base is suburban bubblebrains, so her sales probably won’t see too much of a hit. I predict she will be in Branson in the next five years, though.
David
December 30th, 2011
9:47 am
I have found over and over again that liberals are the most hateful, narrow minded people of all. If you don’t agree with them, they tend to go ballistic. I had my most liberal “friend” once tell me, “I hate conservatives. I wish they were all dead”. Now that is a “progressive” thought process.
Caramel
December 30th, 2011
9:48 am
Ron Paul is not a republican. My understanding of him is that he is fiscally conservative and socially moderate. He is lumped in with republicans because, right now, only a democrat or a republican will get the nod. That being said, no one is going to give you 100% of what you want in life. What we value in life differs like every snowflake that falls. We choose the one that more closely resembles our own. I agree with some of what Paul says, but at times he gets so far out that I can’t trust it. Jon Huntsman has talked about a lot of things that I agree with, but noone is even paying attention to him. All the other repubs are a sideshow! While I am not pleased with many things the current President has done, I will not let Fox tell me that he is the worse president in history. I will look at the actual facts. I heard someone give an analogy a few weeks ago that I think speaks volumes. A contractor comes to you with a blue print of this gorgeous pristine mansion. You love it! You say you want it! He then shows you the lot with a beatup rundown house sitting on it! You look at it with disgust and ask the contractor what is the deal! He tells you, in order to get to this beautiful mansion, I will have to tear all of that mess down! In other words, if you ate like a glutton for 10 years and weigh 400 lbs, you will not lose all of the weight by working out for a week!
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 30th, 2011
9:48 am
@Pete December 30th, 2011 9:37 am – I love the fact that people without college degrees call a man that has a PhD stupid. LOL
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Are you serious?
I know several people who have doctorate degrees. They are easier to get these days. All you need is a computer and money. Ron Paul got his PhD back in the day when it was even easier to get, especially for whites .
I worked for a man who had a PhD and he could not spell or speak correctly.
You can’t buy class, morals, ethics and common sense.
Pete
December 30th, 2011
9:51 am
I worked for a man who had a PhD and he could not spell or speak correctly.
There is your answer. He could not speak spell or speak well, yet YOU WORKED FOR HIM. Does not say much for you.
BTW, it was much much harder to get a PhD then. Let me guess, you do not have a degree.
raleturn
December 30th, 2011
9:52 am
After reading many posts on this topic, it only confirms that the word racist is only a buzz word used by one who does not possess the cognitive stimulus to engage in an intellectual dialogue without attempting to impugn one’s character based upon ideological differences. It is commonly used when one can not defend an indefensible position since it is an act of desperation and lack of depth that forces one to attack the messenger instead of the message. It is akin to The Big Lie Theory used by The Axis in WWII which indicated if a lie is told loud enough and long enough then obviously people will believe it since there must be some truth to it.
I also take 100% credit for any misspelled words or poor grammar. Since again one who can only attack my keyboarding skills probably can not attack my logic.
Pete
December 30th, 2011
9:53 am
Oh NO, I am an idiot. I put “speak” in there twice.
Pennski
December 30th, 2011
9:56 am
I don’t like Ron Paul, not my guy, but I like that Clarkson has the courage to stand up for herself.
People are hateful when it doesn’t align with what they say. Pathetic if you ask me.
Mercedes S.
December 30th, 2011
9:58 am
Hear ya, D., at 8:58… Rodney, can we please have an Idol blog and leave these politico snivellers behind here??
Chris
December 30th, 2011
9:58 am
And why is this a story at all?
npgator
December 30th, 2011
9:58 am
What do you expect – the libatards run Hollywood! Obama is just terrible and ruining this country so anyone is better than him!
#occupy my desk...
December 30th, 2011
10:00 am
Yeah, anyone who doesn’t vote democrat is a hate-monger. Like so many other celebrities who have voiced their conservative beliefs and paid dearly, she will as well. I have to ask you whether this is the direction we really want to go. Like so many fascist beginnings, free speech is tolerated only as long as it is agreeable to the ruling party. The most evil regimes in the world were all socialist, union, government control advocates. The rest of us will just get bullied into submission eventually and have to wait until the inevitable collapse. I just can’t believe we are willingly walking this plank.
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 30th, 2011
10:01 am
@David December 30th, 2011 9:47 am – I have found over and over again that liberals are the most hateful, narrow minded people
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Hold on David.
The Republicans are the most hateful, narrow minded people.
Newt Gingrich said that poor kids should be janitors.
Ron Paul hates and dispises gay people.
Some Republicans want gays to be executed.
Republicans are more concerned with a woman’s uterus than living children.
Republicans hate Obama more than they love america.
Republicans would let their supporters starve to death than to give them a tax break or extend their unemployment benefts.
Republicans wanted our soliders to stay in Iraq and now that they are home will not give them a tax break and they are trying to take away some of their benefits.
Republicans want to give the rich a tax break and let everyone else starve.
Republicans threw their own supporters under the bus.
Who is hateful and narrow minded?
JB
December 30th, 2011
10:02 am
First, Ron Paul will Never be President. He’s too honest. He’s hates blacks and Jews ( documented) and as far as this girl endorsing him, who cares. People like Brad Pitt and his like are one lucky break away from being a plumber. Who cares what they think……..And they make 20 mil, net 10 mil and bitch and moan because plumbers aren’t paying their fair share. Screw’em.
david
December 30th, 2011
10:02 am
pay = moron
Racism still exists in the U.S.
December 30th, 2011
10:02 am
Those who have never been discriminated against or have a history of relatives being beaten on the back and every other part of their bodies and denied basic rights because of the color of their skin say someone is playing “the racist card.” Those of the one’s who need to be reminded of America’s history. Would that you and your relatives were treated that way. You are the reason racism still exists in this country because you don’t think what happened in the past and still is happening is/was wrong. Of course, people who were treated that way are not going to forget. You need to live in isolation by yourself.
kreedham
December 30th, 2011
10:03 am
Kelly has the right to endorse whomever she likes just like Bruce Springsteen and others. It’s alright for musicians, actors, plumbers, bakers, et al to publicly declare their opinions or candidates. The right or the left are both guilty of attacking celebs when they do so. Geez folks….so what…..why do you care who endorses who! Get over yourself!
JTesla
December 30th, 2011
10:04 am
Caramel, Ron Paul is a Republican, he is also a republican. Being a R-Repubican is easy to do, just check a box and poof there you go. Saying that some who is socially moderate can’t be a “republican” is absurd. Oh and just to confuse you with some facts that will probably fly over your head: he is also a democrat, but not a Democrat.
JB
December 30th, 2011
10:05 am
@10:01………………And keeping the masses in section 8 housing and on food stamps IS a better program that the Dems promise?
Don
December 30th, 2011
10:05 am
Incredibly classy and mature response by Clarkson. Too bad the haters can’t be as classy and mature.
#occupy my desk...
December 30th, 2011
10:05 am
And comparing her comments to the Dixie Chicks is just insipid. Every single day I hear celebrities gushing about Obama on TV and radio – but anyone says otherwise is eaten alive. The internet is a great and terrible thing – it allows people who shouldn’t have an opinion to invent their own versions of reality.
dagrapevine
December 30th, 2011
10:05 am
if Sen.Ron Paul(whom i don’t support)is a racist because of what someone else wrote in a news letter with his name attached to it,then what is President Obama who sat under a racist America hating pastor for 20 plus years.
if President Obama can claim he never heard Rev.Wright say all those awful things that is documented over a 25 year period of which President Obama was present,then we have to give Sen.Ron Paul the same benefit of doubt.don’t we?
i don’t think any race can claim more racism or hate directed at them than Jewish people.to suggest that American blacks have the market cornered on racism is a racist comment in and of it’s self.
all races of people have been at one time hated,enslaved and taken from the home against their will and exploited by another culture and it’s ironic the practice started in Egypt the first world power which is located on the continent of Africa.
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 30th, 2011
10:07 am
@Pennski December 30th, 2011 9:56 am -People are hateful when it doesn’t align with what they say. Pathetic if you ask me.
People should not INSULT our intelligence.
What is pathetic is that they criticized Obama for his minister Rev. Wright’s comments but it is OK for others especially whites to support someone that has racist views as well.
That is pathetic! And smells racist to me.
david
December 30th, 2011
10:08 am
pay=moron
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 30th, 2011
10:09 am
@dagrapevine December 30th, 2011 10:05 am – if Sen.Ron Paul(whom i don’t support)is a racist because of what someone else wrote in a news letter with his name attached to it,then what is President Obama who sat under a racist America hating pastor for 20 plus years.
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I repeat:
What is pathetic is that they criticized Obama for his minister Rev. Wright’s comments but it is OK for others especially whites to support someone that has racist views as well.
That is pathetic! And smells racist to me.