The stars come out; who?

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Spoiler alert: It didn’t work

Fox News is out with an opinion piece questioning the wisdom of Biden’s dependence on aging Hollywood celebrities’ to fund and promote his campaign ( “Celebs shower Biden with campaign cash, but could undercut 'Scranton Joe' image”). I make no pretense of being current with modern culture — in fact, I’m clueless — but I look at the “celebrities” endorsing the man and recognize fewer than half their names. In that respect, I’m probably closer to an unemployed steelworker in Pittsburgh than are the Democrat campaign managers who are running Ol’ Dendables’ reelection bid, in that neither that steelworker nor I is going to look up from the morning media blast and say to himself, “Oh, I see that Lin-Manuel Miranda and Shonda Rhimes are endorsing Biden; I guess I’ll vote for him, too.”

Biden’s website declares that “2024 will be a choice between two very different economic visions for America: Donald Trump, who sees the world from his country club at Mar-a-Lago, and President Biden, who sees the world from kitchen tables in Scranton.”

Here’s who Biden promises will be joining ordinary Americans at their kitchen tables:

  • Sara Bareilles, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt

  • Jimmy Kimmel,George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Barbra Streisand, Jack Black, Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn and Mindy Kaling

  • James Taylor, Steven Spielberg, Shonda Rhimes, Lenny Kravitz, Wendell Pierce; and

  • Political hacks Gavin Newsom, Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff.

  • Andre Braugher, Ryan O’Neal, Norman Lear, Matthew Perry, Raquel Welch, Suzanne Somers, Cindy Williams, David Crosby, Jeff Beck, Sinead O’Connor, Pee-Wee Herman, Jimmy Buffett, Lisa Marie Presley

Pretty unimpressive, except for that last group; if they show up, I might be persuaded.

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