 Sharon Stone has warned Hillary Rodham Clinton to stay out of the 2008 US presidential race, saying the New York senator and former first lady is too sexy to win back the keys to the White House.
| Somehow, I've never thought of Madame Clinton as "sexy." Perhaps I've been missing something? |
Stone, 48, who appears naked in a soon-to-be-released sequel to the provocative 1992 sex thriller Basic Instinct, said Senator Clinton had an intimidating sexuality that would cost her votes. "I think Hillary Clinton is fantastic in bed, but I think it is too soon for her to run (for president)," Stone said in the latest edition of Hollywood Life magazine. "A woman should be past her sexuality when she runs. Hillary still has sexual power and I don't think people will accept that. It's too threatening."
"Madame President! Hu Jin Tao has just threatened to invade Japan!"
"Oh, he did, did he? Hand me my negligee!" |
But while Stone wants the 58-year-old Senator Clinton to wait until her sexuality subsides, singer Madonna is urging her to "go for it" in 2008, even though the timing might not be right for Americans to put their trust in a woman president. "I don't think now is necessarily her time, or the Democrats' time, but she should certainly go for it," Madonna reportedly told Out magazine.
| What is this? A Hollywood Battle of Brilliance? Why, the two women's combined IQs must approach dull normal... |
"You've got to start somewhere in terms of a woman leading the US. In Europe and Asia and elsewhere, women have ruled over millions. It's not an abstract concept. But in America, men are still afraid.
| It's not her gender that frightens me... |
"And I don't think women are too comfortable with the idea of a female in charge."
| It must be something that's reserved for politix, then. The commander where I work is, as far as I can tell, as female as they come, an Army lieutenant colonel, ordnance branch. Not only do the women working at the place somehow manage to be comfortable with the idea of a female in charge, but the Marines somehow manage, as well. I'm perfectly comfortable with the idea of Condi as president, but the thought of Madame Clinton gives me the cold shivers. |
But earlier this month Senator Clinton's standing as a wronged wife cut no ice with actor Susan Sarandon, who said voters should not allow her to return to the White House as America's first female president because she did not vote against the war in Iraq. "I find Hillary to be a great disappointment," Sarandon said. "She's lost her progressive following because of her caution and centrist approach. It bothered me when she voted for the war. There were brave people who didn't. She's not worse than other politicians, but I hoped she would be better. What America is looking for is authentic people."
You know, like Hollyweird actors. |