Angelina Jolie’s Presidential Pick is Undecided

God forbid AJ has a diplomatic answer when ask a question. Too funny, yet sad.

^ my comment was in response to #79
Dancer @ 08/11/2008 at 5:06 pm
As an Ambassador Angie can hardly keep stirring up the pot. Ambassadors are suppose to facilitate change in a gentle, non-violent way–harmony etc.
She can hardly run around calling the government awful, talk openly about politics etc., without offending people world-wide that are in a position to help aid the refugees.
Her job is to negotiate, to create a harmony for discussion. Not rile the world’s leaders up.

# 99 S @ 08/11/2008 at 5:53 pm Then she should keep her mouth shut
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I am sure she would not have issued any statement, had people on both sides not claimed she is supporting them. Wasn’t there an article just 2 days ago claiming she and Brad were going to attend a fun raising event for the Democrats, and wasn’t jon Voight on Fox last week saying that she favors McCain? I don’t blame her one bit for setting the records straight. She has said before on Larry King, when asked, that she doesn’t endorse any candidate publically. If I remember correctly, aren’t you jenhens the ones always claiming celebrities should not be public about their political endorsements?

Who cares what her and the rest of hollyweird thinks on the politcal front. I am so tired of her, brad, jenn, paris, and the rest of the wackjobs that some call hollywood stars voiceing thier opinions. Especially with the way they live.

oh would you idiots shut up whining, angie said she was a registered independent for a reason. Plus, this whole blurb, which of course Jared is obediently regurgitating from Us rag is old as hell. For all we know AJ has long since decided. AJ is pretty f*cking smart, you see what good Brad, Affleck, Damon and assorted other celebs did John Kerry and Al Gore…Angelina knows EXACTLY the incendiary reaction she causes and how she’s perceived by some (especially the mini vans) and she also knows a person in her position (i.e. the most famous woman in the world) would be an idiot to come out and endorse anyone. Many of AJ’s hardcore fans are already voting for Obama, not because of AJ but because of WHO they are. So she’d be selfishly preaching to the choir coming out and egotistically making some announcement…aj doesn’t think her vote is better than anyone elses but she sure as hell knows her vote will cause a sh*t storm. I mean, the woman comes out and gives you no clues as to who she’s voting for, and she says she’s a registered independent waiting to see how they will act on issues important to HER (by the way, the country would be a LOT better off if we all gave a big F.U. to the two party system) and look at the waves that non statement is causing. It’s crazy. LOL The repubs are chomping at the bit for her to choose them while the dems are praying she goes with them…the only reason why it’s even being discussed is because people do know she’s an intelligent serious stateswoman who makes sense and saves lives and gets sh*t done. She’s not Madonna Wildenstein, who announces her endorsement of whodaf*ckever and then we all watch said candidate lose in a landslide. There have been so many times I’ve wanted to gag that b*tch and scream STFU Madonna, do you actually think you’re HELPING !ohn Kerry, or Al Gore, or whatever dem comes up short. Why do you think we haven’t heard hide nor hair from Babs Streisand?? Because she finally GETS that sh*t.raise money, call up a candidates personal cell, then shutit

S @ 08/11/2008 at 5:53 pm

Angelina said COMMITMENTS not positions.

Angelina has dealt with with Republicans and Democrats. Hillary Clinton to Codi Rice. She does not need your advice on how to be diplomatic. Angelina questioned Pres Bush slow reaction in NO. But that did not stop Pres Bush from allowing his close advisers to speak to Angelina nor did it stop him from increasing the money for refugees.
Which is something Angelina was highly involved in.

Orchid,

Hi…if you aren’t following the race since Hillary left, I believe it’s uninformed and irresponsible to pay attention to hearsay about Obama…the phrase “sore loser” comes to mind for those Hillary people not getting over or are intending to punish for Obama’s being selected by the Democrats…

Re: #63
An oldie,
Re: #55 cook
Not that cook needs defending but more like deciphering then transcribing his posts since he writes in “cook dialect” only known to him and a few followers LOL…no offense big fella.

I think what cook is trying to state is that AJ as an international representative of the UNHCR, which in theory has an “apolitical” agenda, should be apolitical in her public persona because it would be inappropriate and a misuse of her position with the UNHCR. She technically is not their political spokesperson but a “messenger of awareness.” By clearly having stated her concern is for refugees…at this point it is not clear what Obama or McCain’s position is regarding refugees, therefore AJ cannot really support one or the other unless and until one or both of them focuses and details specifically on the refugee issue as a separate entity from the many other complex issues that entrench any country engaged in conflict.

YOO-HOO EVERYBODY…

There is no such thing as a “registered Independent”. An independent voter is someone who votes for a candidate without regard to party lines. Most independents are not registered in any political party, which means they cannot vote in that party’s primaries, but they can vote in the general election. I’m an independent and usually vote for democratic candidates but I have voted for republicans on rare occasions when I felt they were the better candidate. That said, there is no way north of hell I will vote for McCain.

You/Me #12 people weren’t trashing Voight for supporting McCain, but for the idiotic comments he was making and the ranting, rambling dopey fashion they were made!

The man is a lunatic and proved it with his weird comments. If anything, he did McCain a lot of harm, which is why no one in McCain’s camp jumped forward to capitalize on them. They were happier when Lauren Bimbo Conrad endorsed McCain than nutjob Voight!

Jane #36 you apparently didn’t read what Angie said.
She has specific issues she’s looking at, which neither candidate has elaborated upon. They both make speeches which hit emotional buttons, and offer quotable soundbites, but neither has made their actual views on the specific areas she talks about known.

Personally, I think she is trying to keep her vote to herself, and is using the fact that everyone wants to know how she will vote to force the issues she’s concerned with to the forefront and force the candidates to address them.

Keep in mind that there are quite a few United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors who are celebrities, but only Angelina Jolie has made it a priority in her life and studied to the point where her testimony is sought after by world leaders. She was voted to join the Council on Foreign Relations. This is not for pretty faces who occasionally go on photo ops to foreign countries, but for serious individuals who know the facts and the issues.

Jennifer was told by Oprah to support Obama