Ricky Gervais sounds off about the election

[galaxy21]

Ricky Gervais may be in the running to host the Oscars next February, but it doesn't seem to have made him any more reverent towards the power of Hollywood celebrity.

Speaking to the Guardian, Gervais rubbished the trend of film stars endorsing political figures in the run-up to the US elections. "It's done no favours," he said, "all these celebrities trying to get in on the act. It's embarrassing. I used to see things in the NME about who was voting for who: Billie Piper says Labour. But if you're going to be swayed by how Billie votes then you shouldn't be allowed to vote."

Gervais, who'll be in America at the time of the vote on November 4th, went on to ridicule Republican attacks on Barack Obama. "Their big thing against Obama is a Harvard intellectual. Well, yeah, I want an elitist in charge of the most powerful county in the world. 'He's all posh and educated! Boo! We just drink beer! We hunt raccoons!' I love that that's a diss – you're such a smart boy, in charge of the country."

Yet while Gervais hasn't gone so far as to stump for Obama, he reserves a particular dislike for the Republican running mate, Sarah Palin. The actor remains unimpressed by the folksy governor of Alaska, a hardened pro-lifer and mother-of-five. "Nothing she could say could make me like her less. It's a bit like going: And you know Hitler. You know he was rude to waiters?"


http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/oct/17/ricky-gervais-sarah-palin-us-election-barack-obama

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. I love Ricky. Thanks for posting this. I think Sarah Palin may wind up

being as unpopular as Dick Cheney, if that's possible.