Kelly Clarkson Endorses Ron Paul

Celebrity News December 29, 2011 AT 12:00PM
Kelly Clarkson Endorses Ron Paul Credit: Kevin Winter/NBCUniversal/Getty Images (2)

Kelly Clarkson is getting political.

The American Idol champ voiced her support for Republican Ron Paul Wednesday via Twitter, and says that should the Texas politician snag a 2012 presidential bid, he's got her vote.

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"I love Ron Paul. I liked him a lot during the last Republican nomination and no one gave him a chance," Clarkson, 29, who considers herself to be a Republican but supported the Democrats in the last election, Tweeted Wednesday. "If he wins the nomination for the Republican party in 2012 he's got my vote. Too bad he probably won't."

When Clarkson's Twitter followers accused the politician, 76, of racism and homophobia, the singer was forced to clarify her endorsement.

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"I love all people and could care less if you like men or women," she replied to one Twitter follower after fans cited articles published in a Paul newsletter from the late 1970s until 1990. "I have never heard that Ron Paul is a racist or homophobe?" (Paul has denied he wrote the commentary and said he does not agree with the statements.)

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"I am really sorry if I have offended anyone. Obviously that was not my intent. I do not support racism. I support gay rights, straight rights, women's rights, men's rights, white/black/purple/orange rights," an under-fire Clarkson continued. "I like Ron Paul because he believes in less government and letting the people (all of us) make the decisions and mold our country. That is all. Out of all of the Republican nominees, he's my favorite."

Iowa voters will begin the process to select 2012's Republican presidential nominee next week.

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  • January 20, 2012 - 12:00am Hayden M Williams

    @Ann Okafor. You say that she is so dumb. But you actually have to ask who the "purple/orange" people are? Please, i hope you were kidding.. Let me dumb it down to a level you could possibly understand. Kelly Clarkson was saying that she supported every ones rights, and she doesnt care what color you skin is i.e "purple/orange".. Obviously her humorous statement was to much for your simple mind to comprehend. And as for your remarks about Ron Paul, this just proves your ignorance and lack of knowledge. Do your research into politics before you decide to make such an ignorant statement

  • December 30, 2011 - 11:34pm Raymond Luna

    @Ann Okafor You state that "she's so dumb". I advise to check your grammar and punctuation before you post a statement like that. Also, Mrs. Clarkson used a little humor/sarcasm i.e. "purple/orange" people to ease some unwarranted anger. Surprisingly (maybe to you) that your freedom of speech also applies to her. Im still undecided on my vote but will do earnest research on the candidates. Either way, I respect others opinions.

  • December 30, 2011 - 10:07pm Michael Suede

    Ron Paul delivered poor black babies for free when no other doctor would: http://youtu.be/8Rv0Z5SNrF4 And he got the endorsement of gay marriage founder Andrew Sullivan. And he endorsed an openly gay candidate Rick Sincere in 1993.

  • December 30, 2011 - 11:34am Ann Okafor

    OMG, she's so dumb? "I support gay rights, straight rights, women's rights, men's rights, white/black/purple/orange rights"---What a very ignorant white thing to say. Who are these purple/orange people?? Straight and men's rights? LOL. OMG, when will someone think about the straight white men?? Oh well, Ron will NEVER get the nomination,so nothing to worry about.

  • December 30, 2011 - 10:32am Elda Reyes

    He tells it like it is! Go Ron Paul!

  • December 30, 2011 - 5:41am Peter Koperasi

    Quick Poll: Ron Paul or Barack Obama in 2012 to answer the poll just follow the link: http://graph.me/p51080368/q

  • December 30, 2011 - 1:35am Brandon Beeson

    @ Carl D Hill. Way to bash the Republicans. Apparently you disagree with a Republican named Abraham Lincoln who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and went to war to free black slaves. So who is the racist now? Apparently you are. I guess this makes you a bigot. We are so quick to forget history, it is no wonder that we are in the precarious position we are in now as a nation.

  • December 30, 2011 - 1:09am Brandon Beeson

    Thank you Kelly for standing up for your principles, not what the so called majority says you should do. Be strong because you are not alone, many of us are just waiting for our voices to be heard over the ruckus that is being presented by both parties and the media in telling us what we should believe and vote for. Do not give in to their propaganda, we the American majority agree and are with you!

  • December 30, 2011 - 12:49am David Copeland Brooks

    Unfortunately Ms. Clarkson damned Ron Paul with faint praise. Look, if America doesn't vote for Ron Paul, and if those of us who understand that he is the ONLY candidate for pro-abortion on either side of the fence, and basically the only one who doesn't want us to be declaring war forever, don;t stand up an dshare with the world who he is and what he stands for, we only have ourselves to blame. This is where middle America can take a stand and vote for, granted, the quintessential darkhorse candidate. But America itself, to England, was the dark horse, the slipshod rebels, to be put in our place, and look how far we have come, just what we have done in the world, representing true freedom the likes of whch was never truly known before us. Please, Kelly, don't take a lukewarm stand for Ron Paul. As a fellow musician, like your music, girl -- YOU GOTTA GIVE HIM ALL YOU GOT! Peace out.

  • December 30, 2011 - 12:31am Chris Jones

    I sure do hope Kelly will be able to get by without the financial support of some of these people lol. Luckily, she can make up those sales with those of us who share Ron Paul's goals of ending eternal "preemptive" wars and drone campaigns around the globe, and the stranglehold of America by bank fraud. And the same goes for Michelle Branch.

  • December 29, 2011 - 10:26pm Jillian Griggs

    Joanne C, I'm guessing if your sister, brother, best friend or mother voted for Ron Paul that you would no longer support them either or is it the fact that Kelly has MONEY and an opinion that pisses you off so much? Just wanted to clarify...

  • December 29, 2011 - 9:53pm Victoria Ross Ledesma

    This is America and everyone has a right to their opinion...I happen to agree with her opinion. Ron Paul 2012!!

  • December 29, 2011 - 9:49pm Kata Kimbe

    @Rose Sure, celebrities are so clueless... Is that why we ended up with the guy who is in office now? You seem to want it both ways when it fits your way of thinking. It's all about America and Freedom to be who you are...

  • December 29, 2011 - 9:46pm Kata Kimbe

    I always think singers and actors and other famous people should stay out of the political arena because they will lose support from those who don't agree. After all, Oprah lost many viewers with pushing Obama in our faces. There are so many celebrities spewing rhetoric and it would be best for all if they just kept it to themselves. Just watch now... those so called tolerant people will no longer support Kelly because she thinks differently.

  • December 29, 2011 - 8:27pm Chris Diamond

    I appreciate celebrities with the courage to tell the mainstream what they really think, even when the gatekeepers of opinion tell us we shouldn't.

  • December 29, 2011 - 7:32pm Joanne Cioccolata

    It is her choice to support this clown and it is my choice to no longer support her. We live in a FREE country so we are FREE to make OUR decisions based on whatever we want.

  • December 29, 2011 - 7:13pm Donnie McBee

    Imagine a candidate who, more than 15 years ago, fundraised and attempted to garner financial and political support from a group of people based on a letter taking a political position offensive to many U.S. voters. That letter was sent from "Friends of" the candidate, contained the candidate's name and signature, and misstated a position that offends many U.S. voters today, 15 years later. Over a decade later, that formerly obscure candidate starts to matter in politics. And in an attempt to deflect attention from that letter, the candidate's communications director suggests that the document from the 1990s was a fake, "filled out by someone else," not the candidate. Ron Paul? Hardly. The candidate from 15 years ago is now President Barack Obama.

  • December 29, 2011 - 7:03pm Michael Suede

    Ron Paul delivered poor black babies for free when no other doctors would: http://youtu.be/8Rv0Z5SNrF4

  • December 29, 2011 - 5:37pm Norman Dean Garza

    It is her choice not mine or anyone else's but man her support for Paul certainly seems to contradict the thing that she says she stands for in many ways. I think she has lost a sizable portion of her audience but she probably has gained a few on the right. For what it was thought that she stands for people her audience stood surprised and I was too.

  • December 29, 2011 - 5:21pm Chris Jones

    Welcome Kelly, to an increasing number of people who have decided to stop believing the lies on their tv and find out what's really going on. : )

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