Why do we let celebrities tell us who to vote for?

I wish I could find a clip of Truman Capote's appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson when he pronounced that all actors are stupid. When Johnny offered him a chance to retract the statement, Truman went on to add that the better actors are even more stupid. He returned to the Tonight Show to defend his position against George C. Scott (an excellent actor) and demonstrated the truth of his claim with Mr Scott's help. Keep in mind that the only actual requirement of celebrity is to be known. Once the cameras are pointed in their direction they read scripts (some smart person's ideas and words). Any thoughts of their own only get in the way. Bottom line is that I don't let celebrities tell me who to vote for. But I understand why the masses listen. A celebrity is like a cow with a bell hanging from its neck. The other cattle simply follow the sound of the bell. The cow with the bell isn't any smarter than any other coe. In fact, it was dumb enough to allow some smart guy to hang a bell on it...

I don't. I think that it's a generalization to assume that anyone does. I think what annoys me about the entire thing is that celebrities ASSUME that anyone listens to them at all. The ego is an amazing thing.

I Don't!