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Mike CrowlActress / Musician Danielle Egnew Endorses Hillary Clinton
February 8th 2008 23:53
Los Angeles, CA (OPENPRESS) February 8, 2008 -- At a private event in Sherman Oaks, CA, Musician and Actress Danielle Egnew announced that she is endorsing Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Presidential race, a proclamation that came as a surprise to some of her piers in the entertainment community.
Egnew, who has supported and worked on fringe liberal initiative campaigns in Virginia, California, and Washington State ranging from same-sex marriage, upholding living wills, and universal health care, is a passionate Hillary Clinton supporter. “I’ve followed this campaign for months, long before it ever hit TV, and overwhelmingly, after scrutinizing the facts past the normal campaign-hype, I fully support Hillary Clinton.”
In a speech endorsing Clinton, Egnew cautioned voters to look beyond what she termed “the election floorshow on TV.”
“This is not voting for the finals on American Idol,” Egnew stressed. “America’s criteria for the office of the President should be a little higher than who can put on the flashiest two-minute performance on camera. You’re not going to get a brand new cast of candidates to choose from next season. You’re voting for the office of the President of the United States. That is very real, and very permanent. While we’re all immersed in this ‘in-the-moment’ Idol voting culture that Reality TV has created, we, as a unified and intelligent Nation, need to remember that even though you can create an Idol in one season, you can’t create a President.”
Egnew continued on to highlight the key issue of change. “People want to vote for change, but what is ‘change’ unless it is executed? It’s just another buzzword. Change only occurs when the right person is in place with the best plan for immediate action. Hillary Clinton is that right person. I love ideals, but I love an actual plan even better.”
“Besides,” Egnew added, “Hillary was standing up for LGBT rights and women’s rights in the post-Bush early 90’s, before it was the hip thing to do. She stuck her neck out for change before it was a buzzword. Now I’m sticking my neck out for her.”
Clinton continues to lead in key states, winning California on Super Tuesday by ten points. But within Hollywood, Clinton appears to take a slight second place in the media, with more celebrities vocalizing support of Barack Obama.
In a light moment, Egnew addressed the current media trend of tracking celebrity candidate endorsements. “Hillary’s actually been a favorite here in Hollywood for a long time, and that’s just not as exciting to the pundits as Obama’s Oprah moment. Besides, most of America thinks that we celebrities are complete morons anyway -- so why do you think we’ve been quiet about supporting Hillary? We don’t want to damage her ‘sensible appeal’!”
Danielle Egnew is a multi-award winning musician, actress, radio host, and producer, whose diverse artistic and social contributions in both the mainstream and LGBT community have been the subject of magazine cover stories, books, and talk show segments.
Egnew, who has supported and worked on fringe liberal initiative campaigns in Virginia, California, and Washington State ranging from same-sex marriage, upholding living wills, and universal health care, is a passionate Hillary Clinton supporter. “I’ve followed this campaign for months, long before it ever hit TV, and overwhelmingly, after scrutinizing the facts past the normal campaign-hype, I fully support Hillary Clinton.”
In a speech endorsing Clinton, Egnew cautioned voters to look beyond what she termed “the election floorshow on TV.”
“This is not voting for the finals on American Idol,” Egnew stressed. “America’s criteria for the office of the President should be a little higher than who can put on the flashiest two-minute performance on camera. You’re not going to get a brand new cast of candidates to choose from next season. You’re voting for the office of the President of the United States. That is very real, and very permanent. While we’re all immersed in this ‘in-the-moment’ Idol voting culture that Reality TV has created, we, as a unified and intelligent Nation, need to remember that even though you can create an Idol in one season, you can’t create a President.”
Egnew continued on to highlight the key issue of change. “People want to vote for change, but what is ‘change’ unless it is executed? It’s just another buzzword. Change only occurs when the right person is in place with the best plan for immediate action. Hillary Clinton is that right person. I love ideals, but I love an actual plan even better.”
“Besides,” Egnew added, “Hillary was standing up for LGBT rights and women’s rights in the post-Bush early 90’s, before it was the hip thing to do. She stuck her neck out for change before it was a buzzword. Now I’m sticking my neck out for her.”
Clinton continues to lead in key states, winning California on Super Tuesday by ten points. But within Hollywood, Clinton appears to take a slight second place in the media, with more celebrities vocalizing support of Barack Obama.
In a light moment, Egnew addressed the current media trend of tracking celebrity candidate endorsements. “Hillary’s actually been a favorite here in Hollywood for a long time, and that’s just not as exciting to the pundits as Obama’s Oprah moment. Besides, most of America thinks that we celebrities are complete morons anyway -- so why do you think we’ve been quiet about supporting Hillary? We don’t want to damage her ‘sensible appeal’!”
Danielle Egnew is a multi-award winning musician, actress, radio host, and producer, whose diverse artistic and social contributions in both the mainstream and LGBT community have been the subject of magazine cover stories, books, and talk show segments.
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