From Politico:
President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy, health care and
foreign policy may draw mixed reviews, but on one issue, the consensus
is clear: He’s ushered in an unparalleled wave of celebrity visits to
Washington, one that has kept a merry band of Washington paparazzi photographers gainfully employed and active.
And it’s those very paparazzi who are downright terrified of what a Mitt Romney presidency would mean to their business.
Photographer Gene Young thinks Romney could force the paparazzi to abandon Washington altogether.
“If he were to win, you might have, say, Kelsey Grammer or Jon
Voight, but that’s not money you can make off the photographers,” said
Young. “You’re not going to have the Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lopez, Will
Smith, the big name A-Listers who come and support Barack Obama. …
You’ll have to travel or maybe you’ll have to find something totally
different to shoot.”
Photographer and autographer collector Mark Wilkins said a Romney
administration would “bring back the same old boring celebrities we saw
back when Bush was around.”
“Trace Adkins, all those country stars that no one really cares
about,” said Wilkins. “I hope Romney doesn’t get elected because it will
slow things down. Right now, there are celebs visiting the White House,
four, five times a week that we don’t even know about until after they
leave. Romney? Who wants to visit Romney?”
Maybe if Obama concentrated on his job instead of entertaining celebrities, maybe he would have done a better job as president.
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