Wednesday, August 11, 2004

What world do we want for our kids?

Meryl Streep said something interesting on the radio this morning. She was talking with Steve Inskeep, one of the new Morning Edition hosts. (Bob Edwards, we miss you!) He was asking her about her role in the movie remake, The Manchurian Candidate...but slyly moved on to her personal life. It seems Meryl had a snippet of speech that got picked up from a recent political rally.

The question was roughly about how fair it was to use her star status to unduly influence voters. Her reply was terrifically un-Hollywood. She said without skipping a beat, "I just envision the world I want for my kids. And that's who I vote for. So when people ask me who I'm supporting, I tell them."

Listen to the full story here.

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