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Aging Grammy award-winning singer and Academy award-winning actress Cher recently told CNSNews.com that “living under Republican rule almost ‘killed’ her, and she does not understand why anyone would want to be a Republican.”[sic] The multi millionaire, much married, and largely irrelevant, vacuous singer/actress, who offered this unoriginal cheap shot against Bush and his party—so vogue among Hollywood celebs—has not done so badly under Republican and Democrat administrations over the last five decades; therefore no one was certain why she offered this commentary.

When asked by Stoos Views during a telephone interview why she supported Obama in the last election, Cher replied: “He is black, hip and—like me—sexy. Therefore, he will solve all of our problems.” The oft-remolded diva’s comments prompted Stoos Views, to conduct a national poll of the electorate this week to get the public’s take on the issue of “who would want to be a Republican” and related issues.

When a representative sampling of adults across the country was asked the question: “Would you want to be a Republican?” 51% percent said “no,” while 49% said “yes.” When asked in the same poll “Whether they cared at all what Cher thought about politics or anything else for that matter,” the results were as follows: 95% said, “no,” 4% responded, “is she still singing?” and 1% said, “yes.”  Finally, the same poll revealed that, when asked: “Who would want to act like a teen ager, dress like a Gothic hooker, and sing half naked on stage at the age of 62,” a full 100% of those polled indicated they would not.


Copyright © 2009 William Kevin Stoos

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William Kevin Stoos (aka Hugh Betcha) is a writer, book reviewer, and attorney, whose feature and cover articles have appeared in the Liguorian, Carmelite Digest, Catholic Digest, Catholic Medical Association Ethics Journal, Nature Conservancy Magazine, Liberty Magazine, Social Justice Review, Wall Street Journal Online and other secular and religious publications.  He is a regular contributing author for The Bread of Life Magazine in Canada. His review of Shadow World, by COL. Robert Chandler, propelled that book to best seller status. His book, The Woodcarver (And Other Stories of Faith and Inspiration) © 2009, William Kevin Stoos (Strategic Publishing Company)—a collection of feature and cover stories on matters of faith—was released in July of 2009. It can be purchased though many internet booksellers including Amazon, Tower, Barnes and Noble and others. Royalties from his writings go to support the Carmelites. He resides in Wynstone, South Dakota.

“His newest book, The Wind and the Spirit (Stories of Faith and Inspiration)” © 2011, is scheduled for release in the summer of 2011. All the author’s royalties go to support the Carmelite sisters.”