NBC's "Today" show, on Thursday, aired an "Access Hollywood," clip of Cher wearing a "Barack the Vote," t-shirt as she actually bashed George W. Bush, to his first cousin's face. The President's first cousin, and "Access Hollywood," host Billy Bush conducted the interview in which Cher declared: "I've been alive for 11 presidents and I feel that this is the worst time I've ever seen," and called the current President, "The Big Divider." Cher also claimed the only way she would be seen at a Sarah Palin rally would be "in my nightmares."
The following exchange was aired on the October 30, "Today" show:
MATT LAUER: She is 62 and still going strong. Cher. But when she cancelled her Las Vegas show a little earlier this month a lot of people started speculating about her health.
MEREDITH VIEIRA: Now Cher is gonna put those rumors to rest and she also talks politics with "Access Hollywood's" Billy Bush.
BILLY BUSH: If you don't open that right side of the jacket it just says, "Rack The Vote."
CHER: Okay but now you can see what it says.
BUSH: Yes "Barack, Barack The Vote."
CHER: Yes.
BUSH: So not off to the Palin rally?
CHER: Oh no. No, that would, I would, that would only be in my nightmares.
BARACK OBAMA: And you and I together we are gonna change the country and change the world.
CHER: You know he's by far the best candidate. And, and the Republicans. I don't know I'm an independent but I just don't think I could ever vote for a Republican. I guess maybe it would depend on the person but I just think our views are diametrically opposed. I was telling someone, I've been alive for 11 presidents and I feel that this is the worst time I've ever seen. You know? And the, and the country is so divided. And it's still gonna be divided but I honestly think there are some people that are healing people and there are some people like this President we have right now, that are just, you know he says, he's the Big Decider, but I think he's the Big Divider.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Well, that seals it. I
October 30, 2008 - 17:03 ET by rwesleyWell, that seals it. I know I'm changing my vote.
Seriously, I'm trying to figure out which opinion is more meaningless: Cher's or Grace Jones'?
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081029153419.z2jjsrbd&show_article=1
Oh... Botox face says she
October 30, 2008 - 17:09 ET by bigtimerOh... Botox face says she is an Independent but doesn't think she could ever vote for a republican...
'Nuff said...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Ha!
October 30, 2008 - 17:10 ET by MightyMouthDoes NBC really think parading Cher in support of Obama is helping the cause? If I were an NBC viewer (and I ain't) I would be so outraged I would vote McCain/Palin just to prove I am not as dumb as they think I am!!!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Of course it
October 30, 2008 - 18:59 ET by motherbeltOf course it helps!!
McCain will be sooo bummed!
Can't you just see him moping around on the campaign bus, whining: If I've lost Cher, I've lost America.....
Spew Alert!
October 30, 2008 - 19:04 ET by bigtimermb...
Now that is a spew alert!
That is hilarious...anyway it tickled my funny bone....and then some..I am still laughing as I try to post this!
Thanks...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Would the Today show ever
October 30, 2008 - 17:11 ET by TEWould the Today show ever feature a piece whereby some celebrity is given the opportunity (unchallenged or even challenged by the leftist political activists at the Today show) to call the thoroughly unqualified community organizer: "a thoroughly unqualified anti-American socialist whose dearest friends are all militant America haters and terrorists"?
I've been alive
October 30, 2008 - 17:14 ET by IamTinmanI've been alive for those same eleven presidents and I've seen:
One president bring the world to the edge of nuclear war over Cuba.
One president use a minor incident in the gulf of Tonkin to start a war that cost 55,000 american lives.
One president who ignored Al Qaeda attacks leading to 9/11, and genocide in Rwanda costing 3/4 of a million innocent lives.
All three of those were democrats!
Cher is an ass!
Forgot One
October 30, 2008 - 17:27 ET by Gat New YorkOne president had a pollyana view of the world which resulted in the ascension of the Ayatollah Khoemini and the gravest threat to the survival of Israel. Also a Democrat.
Drat!
October 30, 2008 - 17:30 ET by IamTinmanGood catch GNY!
And . . .
October 30, 2008 - 17:32 ET by Gat New YorkIn each case you had a Republican President come in and try to straighten out their mess.
Tinman
October 30, 2008 - 17:42 ET by cocodrieYou just named the source of our financial and national security problems.
Like, OMG! I was totally
October 30, 2008 - 17:12 ET by mostlymoderateLike, OMG! I was totally going to vote for McCain but Cher has enlightened me about Barack. Thank goodness I didn't vote early. Who would have ever guessed Cher would be supporting Barack? ROFL!! That was a close one.
Wow..
October 30, 2008 - 17:21 ET by HeavyChevyanother celeb paraded out to convince us to vote for Obama...well I'm sold...not!
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
Well, this
October 30, 2008 - 17:29 ET by Chris NormanWell, this endorsement locks up the gay vote for Obama - as if it was needed.
Pathetic, when an aged entertainer tries desperately to cling on to "youth" and "relevance"...
McNotObama '08
"The Big Divider"
October 30, 2008 - 17:30 ET by TeddyThe power tool used by Cher's plastic surgeon to separate her brain from her piehole, while she was undergoing her last "treatment".
a perfect example
October 30, 2008 - 17:41 ET by wizardjrRemember those "This is your brain on drugs..." commercials? Between the drugs and alcohol, this is what you get. Of course it doesn't help when you start with an IQ smaller than your bra size.
Mama was right: all those drugs and boozing isn't good for you. QED.
Rope Stock
October 30, 2008 - 17:44 ET by cayenne523Buy stock in rope manufacturing companies. There cannot be enough rope in the world to hang these Liberal American destroying fools. It is obvious because of these moronic fools there will be a Civil War II in the United States. It will not be between the North and South it will be between the Moral Conservatives and the Perverted Socialist that are trying to destroy our nation.
Billy Bush...interviewing
October 30, 2008 - 17:44 ET by balboaBilly Bush...interviewing Cher...
My ears are bleeding.
I wonder if a psychologist
October 30, 2008 - 17:47 ET by krendlerI wonder if a psychologist could explain why these celebrities assume that others actually care who they support for president.
I'm completely indifferent when someone respected like Powell endorses a candidate. And Cher? I'm sure McCain thanks God she didn't endorse him.
Gee. Who is David Hasselhoff endorsing? How 'bout Mason Reese?
Bush "The Big Divider", Cher "The Big Asshole"
October 30, 2008 - 17:50 ET by SickofLibsNow that's just too freaky!
I have been alive for 11 Cher reincarnations, and THIS ONE is the worst one I've ever seen.
Good evening SickofLibs
October 30, 2008 - 17:58 ET by cocodrieI'm glad I,m not the only one that noticed that that's not her navel since her last tummy-tuck.
Hey Cocodrie
October 30, 2008 - 18:26 ET by SickofLibsYeah, when you can use your navel for emergency purposes in lieu of a tracheostomy, that's prettty f-ing bad.
It's the collagen-exploding lips that I really can't handle. Oh yeah, and her voice, too.
"I feel that this is the
October 30, 2008 - 17:59 ET by Jerry"I feel that this is the worst time I've ever seen.."
That's what your last 25 sexual partners said.
"The Big Divider."
Yes.... Bush divided the normal from the loooony... but Barrack will be a big divider too....He will divide the workers from their wages.
Actually, I'm quite relieved that Cher is supporting Obama. If she was behind McCain, it would certainly make me question my allegiances... that and cause a rift in the space / time continuim.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Funny
October 30, 2008 - 18:05 ET by MES41067She's funny and smart. "WOW"
Most arcane Hollywood celebrity endorsement
October 30, 2008 - 18:05 ET by iiiireaderOkay, this could be fun - I lived about three blocks from Sony/MGM for most of my adult life and had to cross paths with these dimwits on a daily basis. While I admit Cher would be high on the list - which hollylite celebrity endorsement would have the least impact?
I'll start with Pee Wee Herman.
Peewee Herman-ROFLOL
October 30, 2008 - 22:05 ET by ckbennetttnThere are very few celebrities who have even a modicum of intelligence. Many of them, like Cher, were dropouts, and of course booze- and drug-addled. What makes them think that their opinions matter to even a pig?
“I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal.” --Barack Obama
Is it just me, or does Cher
October 30, 2008 - 18:26 ET by GrannyGrump42Is it just me, or does Cher look more and more like Michael Jackson as time goes by?
Thanks for "putting those rumors to rest"...
October 30, 2008 - 18:36 ET by SickofLibs... alas, I was holding out hope you weren't a total moron.
"I don't know, I'm an independent but I just don't think I could ever vote for a Republican."
So that would make you a ....? cmon, Cher, it starts with a "D"...
Clue: your ex-husband, the brains of the operation, was an "R"...
Over The Hill Cher
October 30, 2008 - 21:10 ET by JanettaWhy can't some people age gracefully? I saw Cher on TV lately and she has become angry and obviously unhappy. Sorry Cher, but I don't think you have much influence in the public anymore. I think PITY is the expression I would have to use for you. SAD
Trust Cher-she knows
October 30, 2008 - 22:00 ET by ckbennetttnShe has very sound judgment, what with having been a hosebag for Greg Allman, Gene Simmons, and who knows what other freaks. She is Queen of the Skanks.
“I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal.” --Barack Obama
»→ Cher
October 31, 2008 - 00:06 ET by Cool ArrowObama's name looks so natural emblazoned across the fake rubber chest of this woman.
Doubtless she has the initials B.H. tatooed on her left buttock.
If you'd care to look, it reads B.H.O
How Will She Afford It?
October 31, 2008 - 07:40 ET by northoneHow will this 60's plastic tranny afford all of her surgical enhancements once her saviour starts taxing her to the nth degree do he can pay for his redistribution of wealth plan? These celebrity morons do realize, don't they, that because many of them are paid very well, they will see more and more of their earnings going to the government?