Celebrities becoming Politicians, What is your opinion?

Philippines
December 3, 2006 10:24pm CST
Many celebrities now are going into politics. They have a good chance of being elected into power because primarily, they have an edge in terms of popularity. They don't need to spend more time and money that other politicians do because they already have formed a public image. Their focus would then be creating credibility and competence on the job their running for. In our country, I have no objections on this issue. As a citizen, we all have the right. I've seen movie stars who run for office who have become successful in the field of politics. No one's perfect, though, and they do make mistakes. Don't we all? As a voter, we have to be responsible to know if the one we're voting has the capacity to his job and not merely popular.
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6 responses
@tanujarneja (2829)
• India
4 Dec 06
to be a politician u hv to be a gud actor.. who is always into a drama....... who else than a actor by profession can be a better actor.... so futures of actors into politics is vry bright i guess
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@toonatoons (3737)
• Philippines
4 Dec 06
i don't mean to be judgmental and i don't mean to generalize, because there are actually celebrities who have strong leadership qualities and enough knowledge to run a government, but many of them are doing so because they are also being used by the traditional politicians. it's disgusting, really. however, in the past elections, there are many celebrities who did not win in the elections. i think this tells us that we are no fools....
@Jetdanet (1025)
• Portugal
4 Dec 06
Why not? We can allways see that only few politians are experts of their job, it seems they only need person with patience and good lies. Celebrities have that too.
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@blueman (16509)
• India
5 Dec 06
there may be actors who are good only for acting but there may be some who are good in decision making and also possess good education. and i think some politicians had turned to be exceptionally good politicians.
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• New Zealand
5 Dec 06
Some celebrities goes into politics because of their fame. They are already famous and well known. But at the same time their are celebrities who are really good politicians when they become one.
• Romania
4 Dec 06
every single person is good at some thing,if u are good being an actor,be an actor,if u are good being a politician,be a politician,if u are good at both,choose one
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