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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 01:52:56 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   What do folks think of celebrity candidates? https://www.comicsands.com/dwayne-rock-johnson-approached-president-2666228869.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

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     birdpoof (birdpoof@universeodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 01:56:38 JST birdpoof

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     @georgetakei

     NO.

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     Nazani (nazani@universeodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 02:04:30 JST Nazani

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     @georgetakei It depends. There are probably celebs who are educated & spend a lot of their free time engaged with law &/or science. Too bad Ed Begley Jr. developed Parkinson's.

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 02:26:56 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • Ursula Katherine Spiller

     @UrsulaKatS This is a fair ask!

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     Ursula Katherine Spiller (ursulakats@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 02:26:57 JST Ursula Katherine Spiller

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     @georgetakei
     I don't think anyone should run for president from scratch. Try a regional office first, whoever you are, and prove that you are serious.

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 02:27:16 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • SummerDay

     @SummerDay I'll take the compliment. 🙂

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     SummerDay (summerday@masto.nu)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 02:27:19 JST SummerDay

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     @georgetakei

     The vast majority of celebrities are best on the tv screen where they belong. You appear to be the rare exception, Mr. Takei.

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     ...by default. (partisan_by_default@universeodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 02:30:31 JST ...by default.

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     @georgetakei IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I THINK.

     (ahem)

     Not seriously, though I would watch the hell out of that campaign...

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     Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 06:12:52 JST Sean Bala

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     @georgetakei

     It depends. Some of the most intelligent and insightful people I've worked with were actors and directors who had empathy and deep insights into the human condition.

     Also, I do think that in the US, there is something inspiring about the fact that anyone in theory could be elected to office, especially President.

     Being a celebrity does not make you a leader. But neither should it exclude you either.

     Trump's problem is not that he's a celebrity. It is that he is a bad person.