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So, I guess Swift isn’t a feminist since she is endorsing a male candidate over the female. Republicans are the party for women.

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She works in media and entertainment. The entire industry is left. Anyone who isn't and says so, soon finds they have no job and that's fine from the lefts perspective because they endorse intolerance, openly.

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The backlash begins.

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Sounds like a well considered opinion, a socially responsible message, and some good advice.

Score one for Taylor Swift.

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Entertainment Industry is left? Blackballed actors because they were deemed to be left. By a closet Homosexual J Edger Hoover, Tell that to Ronald Regan, an Actor before acting as a President...Oh that's right.

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Good for her that she takes part in the process, not surprised she’s a liberal. The woman has the right to support anyone she likes, I don’t agree with her on any of the issues and probably like most of the Hollywood elite she problems doesn’t know anything, but still good for her, I can respect that.

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cla68 - Feminism is surely more than just voting for a women. Your's is a very superficial (mis) understanding of feminism.

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Can't believe your job or sex dictates the validity of your argument in this day and age hell we have a President with no political back ground, no link to the common people exposing an ideological vent on Twitter.? Giving tax breaks to the mega rich while cletus in his alcohol stupor, gun crazed frenzy is on board. I might try" seig hail" myself in the mirror too. Yet a smart woman who has earned her money is suddenly decried by supporters of a sex crazed man as being liberal...so now liberal is common sense? Go for it cletus.

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The entire industry is left.

Trump has a reality show. But I'm sure lots of Hollywood people would support a normal Republican like John McCain.

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Cricky, Oh thats right, Reagan was a democrat before he realized his mistake. Its a matter of record.

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Im not so sure shes participating inour democracy - more like climbing on the champagne socialist celebrity bandwagon.

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Why is she against women? Voting for the oppressive patriarchy.

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Reagan was a democrat

He passed strict gun control as a Cal. gov. Also, he inked 3M amnesty for green cards. He also did things to move government healthcare forward. Yes, Reagan was a true democrat.

climbing on the champagne socialist celebrity bandwagon.

Trump wants to give farmers billions more in tax money. Also, US debt is making record climbs under Trump's watch.

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Im not so sure shes participating inour democracy - more like climbing on the champagne socialist celebrity bandwagon.

Possibly. Having said that the vast majority of her fans are probably young girls from well/reasonably educated, white upper/middle class Christian American families who've been voting republican for years (ever?).

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Let's get back to Taylor's comments. The fact that she's young and has enough talent to make money at what she does is irrelevant to what she said, all of which makes sense. If you commenters have half a mind, that is. Picking on her celebrity is very low-brow, and just as ugly as the radicals on both sides of the Republican-Democrat divide.

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Good for her that she takes part in the process, not surprised she’s a liberal. The woman has the right to support anyone she likes, I don’t agree with her on any of the issues and probably like most of the Hollywood elite she problems doesn’t know anything, but still good for her, I can respect that.

Good for her, she probably doesn't know anything, I can respect that.

Ummmm . . . No. You cannot disparage someone in between compliments and think your compliments ring true. That is an astounding level of intellectual dishonesty.

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She's been brainwashed. Spending too much time on the coasts. All her friends will register to vote, then only 20% will show up because they have something else to do that day and didn't plan ahead to vote absentee.

Perhaps she will help my family pay for ObamaCare (was $2K/yr, not almost $8K/yr). Thanks Democrats and I haven't seen the increases for 2019 yet.

Most states require people to register to vote at least 30 days BEFORE election day, so if they aren't already registered, they've missed this election cycle. Election day is Nov 6. Today is Oct 8. But they will be ready for the next election in 2020, assuming they don't move and forget to re-register.

Oddly, the easiest time for me to vote was when I lived in the dorms at school. We had our own precinct so voting didn't even require going outdoors, but that isn't the case for most students, if they live off-campus.

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My comments are worth fecies because I have not worked hard enough? If I was beholder of billions of dollars from birth then I could be a President. Should I actually work to get money's my voice is negatated because I'm a woman and in the entertainment industry, like say a game show "your fired" but I'm a woman so no chance to be taken seriously. If your a sexual predator with unlimited funds hell you could be president.

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Cricky: " If your a sexual predator with unlimited funds hell you could be president."

Exactly! But be wary, according to some posters above women like her "don't know anything".

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"As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me," Swift said."

Oh my...

Marsha Blackburn surges to 8-point lead over Phil Bredesen in new CBS poll

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/tn-elections/2018/10/07/marsha-blackburn-holds-8-point-lead-over-phil-bredesen-new-cbs-poll-tennessee-us-senate-race/1562109002/

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She's been brainwashed.

The same can be said about Trump followers since they think he's a better businessman than Bill Gates

Perhaps she will help my family pay for ObamaCare

Then what's TrumpCare?

Thanks Democrats and I haven't seen the increases for 2019 yet.

Trump is on watch now and the increases will happen on his watch. Also, Obamacare was invented by the Republicans (since Nixon). Japan has government healthcare, BTW.

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More likely she was told by the liberal politburo in Hollywood, start endorsing the Marxist democrats or find yourself with no work. For democrats you are either Marxist or you sre not, there is no such thing as not being part of it.

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She works in media and entertainment. The entire industry is left. Anyone who isn't and says so, soon finds they have no job and that's fine from the lefts perspective because they endorse intolerance, openly.

Apart from Bruce Willis, Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Kurt Russell, Rowan Atkinson, Kate Bush, Gary Barlow, Simon Cowell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vince Vaughan, Kelsey Grammer, Adam Sandler, Robert Duvall and many others who still earn a living and big audiences.

Oh, and of course - Donald Trump who spent years in media and entertainment.

Respect to Taylor!

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More likely she was told by the liberal politburo in Hollywood, start endorsing the Marxist democrats or find yourself with no work. For democrats you are either Marxist or you sre not, there is no such thing as not being part of it.

I don't believe Karl and Friedrich had the likes of Taylor in mind when researching their writings. I'm sure there's a good alternative history/sci-fi/mashup movie in there, somewhere.

Great post, btw. Truly Sweeter Than Fiction. Wish I could Shake It Off...

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Tennessee is Swift's home state and paid her dues there playing in Nashville bars before making it big

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I don't think Ms. Swift is being forced to say anything by anyone. But everyone can find a reason to vote FOR/AGAINST a different opponent in any election. She and her brand are powerful enough to be able to do whatever she feels is right.

Not sure what President Trump or Bill Gates have to do with this at all. Neither are running for office this year. Mr. Gates is smart enough NOT to want to be President or in Congress.

My district has 1 senator up for election. The incumbent won a special election last year that saw over $50M spent by both parties, almost all of funded by NE and western PAKs. The main reason I voted FOR her was to have ObamaCare repealed so my family could purchase affordable health care. She failed. Her opponent isn't standing for this election, which doesn't make sense to me. Why would the dems put up someone new? He was "the guy" last year.

Fortunately, the economy is doing fine. Right now, the stock pullbacks are an annual, October, thing which is fairly predictable.

At least we aren't hearing about building some dumb wall this week. A wall where cities sit on the border makes sense. An electronic "wall" for the other border areas makes more sense.

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She's been brainwashed. Spending too much time on the coasts.

We can make this claim about everyone. What is called education in one place/context is called brainwashing in other places/contexts.

My district has 1 senator up for election. The incumbent won a special election last year that saw over $50M spent by both parties, almost all of funded by NE and western PAKs

Given you indicated the "PAKs" are from the west and NE, I'm guessing "PAK" is some derogatory term for PACs. Care to explain?

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Suspiciously absent from the article is the fact that the democrat Senator that Swift endorsed broke from the party and voted to confirm Kavanaugh.

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Kabukideath, Exactly!

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Suspiciously absent from the article is the fact that the democrat Senator that Swift endorsed broke from the party and voted to confirm Kavanaugh.

This is demonstrably false. Swift is endorsing the democrat this is running against the incumbent republican. Cursory research goes a long when in preventing the publication of falsehoods.

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Both Republican Senators voted for BK https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/10/06/kavanaugh-vote-lamar-alexander-bob-corker-explain-votes/1539335002/

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Good for her that she takes part in the process, not surprised she’s a liberal

What is liberal about the left these days?

They don't believe in the fundamental tenets of classical liberalism. That is obvious by there very actions.

If you don't believe in free speech you cannot possibly call yourself liberal, its as simple as that for a start.

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An intelligent, independent, thinking woman!!

Thats one scary creature for the right wing haters

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She had been getting flack for being rich and white. This is a career move.

Still, a wonderful role model for young girls - another 'liberal' female prancing around onstage in her underwear to sell her 'product'.

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nishikatOct. 8 05:32 pm JST

The entire industry is left.

Trump has a reality show. But I'm sure lots of Hollywood people would support a normal Republican like John McCain

John McCain is deceased

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This is demonstrably false. Swift is endorsing the democrat this is running against the incumbent republican. Cursory research goes a long when in preventing the publication of falsehoods.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/08/taylor-swifts-complicated-political-awakening-embracing-pro-kavanugh-democrat-while-denouncing-trump-ally/

"Taylor Swift’s complicated political awakening: Embracing pro-Kavanaugh Democrat while denouncing Trump ally"

"And perhaps most challenging though less noticed: Her Democratic choice for U.S. Senate, Phil Bredesen, said last week he would have voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, despite his being accused of sexual assault."

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The main reason I voted FOR her was to have ObamaCare repealed so my family could purchase affordable health care. 

Those cheap polices were garbage policies that didn't work anyway. Obama wanted the public option (public care works for old people pretty well) but it was shot down by the right. What is Trump's solution? He promised much cheaper and better healthcare for all. Healthcare is going up under Trump. Opposite of what he promised. If I were to visit the use and get charged 30,000 dollars for a broken pinkie I'm not going to pay for that. But whatever you do don't give the hospital your social security number. That is how to get cheaper healthcare in the USA. You screw the system before it screws you.

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Because Swift grew up and paid her dues in Tennessee, she has earned the prerogative to advocate whomever she supports in that state, even if it's a case of the lesser of 2 evils for her

That's more merit than celebrities or other people here who didn't have significant experience living in Tennessee

What is Trump's solution? He promised much cheaper and better healthcare for all. Healthcare is going up under Trump. Opposite of what he promised.

Because Trump couldn't completely repeal and replace Obamacare, he gutted the parts that require everyone to get it which help spread the costs - thereby increasing the costs exponentially and making it impractical for more people by default

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Still, a wonderful role model for young girls - another 'liberal' female prancing around onstage in her underwear to sell her 'product'.

I wonder if people woul be happier if Taylor donned a burqa or a nun's habit instead?

Naaaah, they'd still be complaining about what women wear.

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112 million followers, how sad!

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