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TwitterWill Angelina Jolie vote for John McCain, Barack Obama. You may be surprised
Hollywood heavyweights such as Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson and Oprah Winfrey are siding with Sen. Barack Obama.
Sen. John McCain has his fair share of aged male celebrities, such as Jon Voight, Rip Torn, Dick Van Patten and Sly Stallone.
But the political world nervously waits while Angelina Jolie decides who'll get her vote.
Both McCain and Obama's campaigns have reached out to her. But her political advisor Trevor Neilson has told Variety (read the story here) that the registered Independent is waiting to make up her mind.
"I am waiting to see the commitments they will make on issues like international justice, refugees and how to address the needs of children in crisis around the world," Jolie wrote in the statement.
Unlike celeb endorsements from, say Paris Hilton or Heidi Montag, (sorry, girls) Jolie's work as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees makes her particularly valuable.
But who will she pick?
In her op-ed in the Washington Post (read the story here) earlier this year titled "Staying to Help in Iraq," Jolie argued that the U.S. should step up financial and material assistance to Iraq, not withdraw from the region.
"My visit left me even more deeply convinced that we not only have a moral obligation to help displaced Iraqi families, but also a serious, long-term, national security interest in ending this crisis.
"Today's humanitarian crisis in Iraq -- and the potential consequences for our national security -- are great. Can the United States afford to gamble that 4 million or more poor and displaced people, in the heart of Middle East, won't explode in violent desperation, sending the whole region into further disorder?"
So the first candidate with what she calls a "comprehensive refugee plan with a specific timeline and budget as part of their Iraq strategy," will be the one to earn Jolie's vote.
What do you think? Will Jolie vote Obama or McCain?
Photos: Angelina Jolie after speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations' Iraq, Education and Children of Conflict" Forum
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Angelina Jolie... staying the course? Of course!
Well, I certainly can't make up my mind until we hear from Ms. Jolie.
Repeat after me: Food, water, job training, and guns!
I really don't think either candidate is going to provide anything that will satisfy her. Still, it's nice to see a celebrity basing an opinion on some actual experience.
who cares what she thinks? she's not al gore or michael bloomberg.
Who cares what Al Gore or Michael Bloomberg think? At least we know Angelina Jolie thinks about things and actually does things to help other people, instead of causing more damage to her cause than benefit.
she's just a celebrity. she has no experience. that's the point.
i don't even think she went to college.
I read that Jolie keeps a gun in the home. Obama is extremely anti-gun. Go with McCain.
It's easy and fun to slam celebs who are out of their depth. But AJ is probably the wrong one to pick on.
How many other celeb's are actually involved in _doing_ something at anything like the level of commitment she has shown as UNHCR's Goodwill ambassador since August of 2001? Google around a bit and you'll find she's been much more than a pretty face for them. Or see her op-ed piece for the Washington Post "Staying to help in Iraq" (2/28/08).
Indeed, she's one of the few celeb's who's advice probably _is_ worth taking seriously.... because of the experience she's gained in her "other job."
What she thinks does matter! Do you know how huge her fanbase and her following is? She is massive, no one will take what Halle or Scarlett or Paris thinks seriously, if you like her thats it. But Angie has the power to influence, look at how she got Hollywood and America care about refugee and children of Third World Nation
Ms. Jolie is wise to take her time and let her concerns be known and not endorse anyone at all because she's hugely admired as a woman of rare beauty, talent and commitment, despite her pattern of involvements with men who weren't uninvolved when she happened to them. If the campaigns are ' reaching out' to her for support, it is her time to say what she wants. And what she wants can make the world a better place to be.