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"FacebookPinterestWireImage\n\nFor many candidates, an endorsement from a well-known celebrity can speak a thousand words for voters who are more in tuned with Hollywood than Washington. But there's a reason why tabloids exist: celebrities have a tendency to say dumb, off-the-the brow things and, in politics, that can cost you.\n\nAnd this is a bipartisan phenomenon. On Monday, Madonna came out in flying colors for President Obama's re-election except she might've overstepped her fondness for him a bit: \"For better or for worse, all right, we have a black Muslim in the White House, okay?\" Ugh. And who could forget Clint Eastwood's conversation with a stool in Tampa, one that was watched by an estimated 21.9 million people on national television? We sure didn't.\n\nIn certain cases, however, an endorsement will only catch the attention of a niche audience and have no effect whatsoever on the national psyche at large. And, in a way, that's the best kind of support: nobody notices, nobody gets hurt. So we reached out to a few of the personalities that you kind of know and sort of love whose endorsements will not keep Romney and Obama up at night. This is what we discovered:\n\nGeorge Takei: The former Star Trek star has maintained quite the following with support from his active social media presence, which consists of nerd humor, fan love and, sometimes, the game of politics. In an e-mail message to GQ, the current playwright gave us a straightforward endorsement: \"I am supporting the re-election of President Barack Obama.\" Beam him up, Scotty.\n\nChesley Sullenberger: The pilot that landed the malfunctioning plane on the Hudson River has kept his hero-American status from weighing in on the not-so-heroic world of politics for some time now. And, this election, he will continue his \"loose lips sink ships\" mantra: in a message from his agent, I was informed the aviator chose the non-endorsement route.\n\nDennis Hof: Yep, the man behind HBO's Cathouse series, which focuses on the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel in Nevada. He has always fallen into the libertarian category, which makes sense, considering his 'American pimp' title - small government preserves the right to run a brothel. For this reason, Hof was an avid supporter of Ron Paul in 2008 and 2012. But recently, he's made it more than clear to the San Francisco Chronicle that Romney would be better at running the country because \"Obama doesn't have a clue about business.\" Or about Hof's new Area-51-themed brothel.\n\nJonathan \"The Most Interesting Man in the World\" Goldsmith: If you've ever heard the line 'At museums, he's allowed to touch the art,' you've probably have seen Mr. Goldsmith on television, thus leading you to buy a 12-pack of Dos Equis because he drinks it too. Well, 'The Most Interesting Man in the World' held a $250-a-plate fundraiser for Obama on September 18th in Vermont and called the President a \"man of men.\" Except when Obama drinks beers, he goes with that White House Honey Brown Ale. Also, keep in mind: Romney doesn't normally drink beer (or any alcohol, for that matter).\n\nAlana \"Honey BooBoo\" Thompson: Although the former star of TLC's 'Toddlers and Tiaras' is not even close to being old enough to vote, she holds sway over the reality-TV-watching demographic. We're still unsure if they fall into the 47% of tax-evading Americans. But, when we thought of asking the 7-year-old about the election, Saturday Night Live had already done it for us:\n\n\n\nAs the Death Race heads into its final weeks, be sure to check in here for more endorsements that won't change a damn thing."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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