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Article: Stagecraft and Statecraft: The real question is not whether celebrities should have political clout, but how they use it.(Nation)(Brief Article)
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- October 11, 1999
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Jesse Ventura fancies himself a kingmaker, but he may get outclassed by another celebrity with a shaved head. Last spring Bill Bradley received a campaign contribution from a man described on Federal Election Commission records as "Michael Jordan, retired," and the betting is that former Bulls coach Phil Jackson, one of Bradley's closest friends, will prevail upon Jordan to come off the bench at a key moment and campaign with Bradley. For Democrats, the big voting blocs in Southern states on March 14 are African-American. Al Gore still has the advantage here because most black voters are emphatically unfatigued by Bill Clinton; they love him. Clinton will no doubt ...
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