George Clooney said that he will not be going on the campaign trail with Barack Obama. He states his reason that this is a ‘slippery’ slope. For that reason, Clooney is hesitant about hitting the Obama campaign trail.
“I feel that at times you can harm the person that you are trying to help,” Clooney explained to CNN. He added: “I don’t want to damage anybody.”
Several months ago, Oprah Winfrey was criticized by a few of her fans for breaking the track record of keeping from politics. So far, Oprah has spent a weekend campaigning with Obama in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
The use of star power was vital to bringing attention to problems on an international level. Clooney used his influence to focus on Darfur, Sudan. He was recently named the peace messenger for the United Nations. Clooney explains that candidates will always go to Hollywood because the money and the publicity available.
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