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If Kim Kardashian can advise on prisons then there's no reason Rodman can't advise on international diplomacy. The best people, etc.
When exactly did celebrities start getting so much access to the president for serious issues? I know there were some under Obama as well. Can't recall any off the top of my head before that.
I remember Obama injecting himself into popular culture by socializing with celebrities like Beyonce and Jay-Z. I don't recall him consulting with celebrities on policy matters. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, though.
I didn't mean that Obama actually consulted with them on policy. I don't think Obama was calling up Hova and asking what he should do about drugs in Harlem. I meant it in the sense that presidents were giving celebrities the opportunity to meet with them for what was essentially a photo op and while they were there they would just have a conversation about the issue. I just don't remember Bush or Clinton doing it. Maybe it just didn't get the same coverage. I did read that JFK had some meetings with Marilyn Monroe to discuss social engagements.
I actually think Clinton kind of tore down that wall with the MTV and Arsenio Hall stuff that he did.
I thought that was before he was president? I guess you could say it was kind of a foreshadowing to the celebrity thing now.
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Yeah, it's a very new thing presidents meeting celebrities or engaging in popular culture
IDK if the Carter pic is showing up for you guys or not but it's him with Jerry Lewis.
IDK if the Carter pic is showing up for you guys or not but it's him with Jerry Lewis.
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Right, but these examples are completely different than consulting celebrities on policy matters, which is asinine.
Maybe so is some cases, but not others. So not asinine to the whole concept. Bono was consulted on policy matters by many presidents, not saying I agree with it, but don't see the harm either.
Who did that? I thought you were joking about the Kardashian thing before, but I'm starting to think that you were serious. Trump did that to score points. The only person he listens to is himself.
Could still be a ploy, but he did just pardon the woman that they met about.
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I'm sure it was a ploy, but giving her a pardon and basing your policy off of "advice" are different things. I doubt Trump did anything besides look at her tits. He doesn't care what she says.
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