Do feminist values include supporting men who are prey on interns that are not much older than their daughters? You're right Natalie--that wasn't her choice--her choice was to support him for it. I guess it's okay to support these ideals for the greater good of feminism so that you can ultimately vote for a woman and commit a "feminist" act. I guess you need to attend Harvard or Wellesley to understand feminism (Phew! I am glad the "brainy" Natalie Portman cleared it up for me.) You people are right, she's "like" soooo smart...

This same actress said that she " understood what it felt like to be black." Apparently, this deep empathy doesn't move her to vote for a black man, even though she "likes" him, but some "underprivileged" school girls in L.A. (what the "underprivileged" part has to do with anything, I have no idea, but we are following Portmanian logic here) who is excited that a woman might be president make her want to vote for a woman. Are the underprivileged school girls even of voting age? Does the fact that they're female override the fact that their underprivileged (because following that logic they should be excited to vote for an underprivileged candidate)?

Does this make sense to you people? Do you really think this person is smart? Apparently Harvard doesn't teach critical thinking skills...or public speaking skills...or common sense. I am glad I went to a state school...

Dearest Natalie,
Hillary offended many women by her own sexist actions. When Bill had affairs or was accused of sexual harrassment, Hillary would characterize the women as stalkers, mentally unbalanced or liars. Hillary sought to destroy the reputation of any woman who dared come forward with complaints of Bill's inappropriate behaviour. Very honorable women were humiliated and degraded by both Bill and Hillay. She likely stayed with him because he was a popular politician and she needed him to campaign for her. Looking back it really seemed as if Hillary created most of the anger and infighting that began the terrible division that remain in Washington today.

People don't like her becuse her husband cheated on her? That's a new one. Hill-Billy

She sucked in Star Wars, she looked like she didn't even want to be there.

Typical sexists, immature, rambling responses to thoughtful comments. Ignore them. You are echoing what all who meet HRC seem to say: that she is SMART, affable, caring ... I think what her campaign is making abundantly clear is that Women who want to exercise their power in this world are still very frightening to many people. I'm glad you like her ... me too!

Ms. Portman, you should educate yourself with the history of Hillary Clinton and examine how she has behaved before you were born. I am sure you might have difficulty in believing that Hillary was an ardent marxist and worked hard to support Black Panther members who murdered one of their own, and that she worked side by side Jessica Mitford and her husband both card carrying communists, as well as some books describe her Sr. thesis along the lines of that the true nature of mankind is that they are not good enough to do the right thing, so people, like Hillary, know better, must achieve power to protect us from ourselves, and only she is qualified to do so. A little reading would enlighten.

This coming from the chick who jumped on the Heath Ledger bandwagon and helped squash his drug tape from the public light, yet doesn't lift a finger to denounce the paparazzi's treatment of Britney? And I can't stand Britney, but the double standards are apparent. Miss Portman you just lost another paying customer. And it adds up....

"I also like Obama. I even like McCain. I disagree with his war stance--which is a really big deal--but I think he's a very moral person."

Yeah, hire me as your foreign policy guru, please, because you definitely need one: here's the truth:

Of the three people running to be president, only Barack was against it from the beginning. The other two are very similar in that one is a moderate, and the other is a moderate/hawk. *Both* refuse to admit that the Iraq war they enabled -- *and which has resulted in 1,000,000 DEAD (it's actually more than that) -- was a mistake. It's comfortable here in the United States. It's nice to be comfortable. But we're living in a comfortable dream, while ignoring the brutal reality of what our (yours and my) tax dollars have wrought --> nothing short of a mini-genocide.

If the equivalent number died here, it would be in the neighborhood of 11,000,000 people. DEAD. People are outraged at everything but this number. It's depressing.

There is only one choice this election, and that's the only person who had the wisdom to see the folly of this war against humanity from the start. John McCain is moral? Hillary rawks? Neither of them ever mention the numbers of dead; the mass murder that they helped create. I don't think they're moral or accountable (and in that sense, not unlike the current president). And the families of the million dead? They probably don't think so either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORB_survey_of_casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

All Portman did was lose a lot of would-be movie goers, and she doesn't sound to bright in these quotes... You can't defend the dirty campaign Hillary is running, and what's unfortunate is that her tactics, and her always playing the victim are setting women back. Even if Hillary steals the nomination she'll lose to Mccain (her tired and old politics is turning off lots of Dems, like myself, who will never support her now) and that will make it radioactive for the next woman that comes along who wants to be president.

Natalie, the logic is a bit off: Just because people don't like Hillary doesn't mean that they're sexist or misogynistic. A lot of people don't like her because of her behavior; because of her tactics; because she uses Rovian tactics to attack Barack Obama, and that's the politics of assassination that is often associated with the Bush administration. Some people are sexist, but a LOT of us are pro-woman, but like Barack better. Read this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-cooper/clinton-genocide-and-a-c_b_90436.html

My, my, my. Movie stars defending politicians, and people actually paying attention to it like it has significance.

I've got some bad news for the phalanx of posters here. For the Democrats to win the presidency this November, the unity ticket of Clinton and Obama (listed here as such simply for alphabetical purposes) must be enacted. All they have to quibble about today is who gets to be at the top.

I know, I know, one is a living saint on Earth and the other is a demon from hell. 'Tis a pity that Jesus returned must ally with the devil incarnate to win, but that's politics in America. The sooner you all get over your revulsion for the "other", the less damage you'll cause the Democratic Party.

Or would you rather have President McCain than for C., or is it O.?, to be anywhere near the White House?

Well if Natalie Portman says it, it must be true. She was Senator from Naboo for piss sake. LOL.

As a woman, you must be very proud of a female candidate who so believes in winning ugly. She takes the low road and you become her apologist. Miss Portman, not only have you failed in convincing me to vote for her, you've lost one more paying ticket to your movies.

she sounds like a 12 year old