Kid Rock = Not A Political Scientist

With the upcoming presidential election, you can count on a lot of celebrity endorsements of candidates. There are your regulars, like Eddie Vedder and Michael Stipe, who insist on plugging their candidates whether or not anyone is listening; but it seems like a lot more musicians are coming forward to promote Barack Obama. Hell, even Broken Social Scene told voters to "put down the bong and vote for Obama."

Well, there's one musician in particular who you won't see any endorsements from: Kid Rock. In an interview with Country Music Television, he explained "I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics." Rock, who currently has a huge hit without selling his music on iTunes, also clarified that he is not, in fact, a political scientist.

More From Madonna...

You know, if you would have asked me who I thought Madonna was going to vote for, I probably could have guessed right. But for those of us who aren't so good at inferring these things, she's using her tour to express said views. During one segment of her "Sticky and Sweet" show, which kicked off last week, (see earlier post) she showed both candidates on the monitors along with some other well-known public figures.

After showing what news networks are calling "images of destruction [and] global warming", the audience saw Adolf Hitler and Zimbabwean president (and major league asshole) Robert Mugabe followed by none other than Arizona Senator and Presidential candidate John McCain.

Then later in the show, Barack Obama's image was presented after John Lennon, Al Gore, and Gandhi.

So while some acts will bring along booths where concertgoers can register to vote, Madonna just compares them to dictators or martyrs. Glad to see she's doing her part...