Barr Attacks Brangelina, Voight

Wow.

Roseanne Barr slammed Brangelina on her blog Friday on her way to smacking down Ange's father, Jon Voight

Apparently, Voight, a none-too-bright-but-doesn't-know-it celebrity of a commonly known type, wrote an op-ed published in the Washington Times (the what? exactly) last month suggesting, among other things, that Obama's agenda is fueled by Marxism. His writing is atrocious, too. Observe:

Gen. Wesley Clark, who himself has shame upon him, having been                 relieved of his command, has done their bidding and become a lying fool     in his need to demean a fellow soldier and a true hero.

This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and     strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we         will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our      country will be weakened in every way.

Then, last week, Jolie opened her big mouth to say that she hadn't decided whom to endorse yet:

I am waiting to see the commitments they will make on issues like                 international justice, refugees and how to address the needs of children      in crisis around the world.

Gack. Okay, then Roseanne responded by hitting Voight where she presumes it hurts ... and probably also where she knew it would get her more press:

jon voight ... is a frightened little girl in a pink ballet tutu, who acts like     Obama just wandered in from the rain forest with a bone thru his nose         and a  communist pamphlet in his loincloth. The neocons who own jon         voight and make him dance on the chabad telethons are the worst most        elitist people on earth.

She then goes on to insult the fruit of Voight's loins:

jon voight your evil spawn angelina jolie and her vacuous hubby brad        pitt make about forty million dollars a year in violent psychopathic          movies and give away three of it to starving children trying to look as if     they give a crap about humanity as they spit out more dunces that will         consume more than their fair share and wreck the earth even more. (just       sayin').

It goes on, but you'll probably have more fun reading it yourself. Have at it!

I'm ambivalent about this because, while celebrities are citizens too, and have every right to moan on about their political opinions in public, when they do start to speak, they suck so much air out of the room. And do we really want people whose fame is based on their ability to fake emotions and look as if they're shooting a hundred people to death in five minutes to be getting this much airtime for their opinions?

On the other other hand, I love that our celebrities are having, in public, the same kinds of fights that are happening in workplaces, bars, and homes all over America. Why not?

What do you think?