Hollywood Stars Featured in Pro and Con War Advertisements

Martin Sheen made a commercial for moveon.org stating his stance on the war: Against. Now we have former U.S. Senator, Fred Thompson (the one you have seen in a lot of movies), stating his stance on the war: For. I suppose using Hollywood stars raises the awareness level and perhaps stimulates some conversation among us "regular" people but it just seems strange that every major issue these days gets reduced to Hollywood puffery.
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