Celebrity Politician Line?

Going through the readings about celebrities and politicians and looking at the posting of other classmates, I have to agree with the majority.  Honestly, I do not believe that it is the best idea for politicians to reach celebrity status.  Simply because I feel that their attention is split between maintaining their status and their agenda.  Any case, it should not be this way at all.  Idealistically, politicians are representatives of what the people want and need.  While celebrities are representatives of what people find entertaining or fascinating. 

Having a politician reach celebrity status detracts from whether or not the politician does his or her job, but whether the public likes them as a person, or likes what the politician and their team portray them to be. 

One of the first celebrities to go politician is former President Reagan.  Quite frankly, I know most people refer to the Reagan years as the golden years, but I could not name one thing he did or did not do while in office.  But almost everyone liked him and thinks fondly of his reign, unlike President Bush where there are definitely polarizing sides.  

The line between celebrity and politician has become increasingly blurred.  Especially when politicians and celebrities alike attend events or host events where one is in the presence of another.  The other day, President Obama had a dinner in which Jennifer Lopez was a guest of his.  Leading to the idea that they are friends and this association makes the transition of Obama the president to Obama the celebrity easier to grasp.  We are the friends we keep. 

Yet, I feel that celebrities endorsing a cause is not such a bad thing.  Only because if a celebrity is involved, his or her fan base is in tune with which ever cause the celebrity is championing for.  I feel like it gets the public involved with things they might not have ever cared about but do because their favorite celebrity is the face of the cause.  Sure the likelihood that they know anything about their cause could be slim or a publicity stunt, but if it gets the world to start thinking in a global way, I do not see it as such a bad thing.  In this case I feel that the intended effect outweighs what the cause may be.