Self-proclaimed "Machiavellian"

From Eric Dondero:

Known for her extreme libertine views on social matters, Lady Gaga has now come out of the closet as a military hawk.

From Forbes this morning:

Lady Gaga, the music industry phenomenon, is surprisingly hawkish in her views on foreign policy. In an exclusive interview, at a café around the corner from her parents’ Upper West Side apartment, she laments what she terms “the pathetic U.S. policy on Iran.”

“They support terrorist groups, ferment trouble in Iraq, and are building a nuclear bomb. And what do we do? Nothing. Not that we do anything about North Korea either. Why are we so spineless?”

She goes on to add:

Influential liberals like Alec Baldwin may want you to think that celebrities are liberals, but I get a big crowd at my monthly [Prussian War General] Carl von Clausewitz reading group.”

And stunningly she takes a jab at the Queen of Celebrity Liberals:

Interviewer:“Oprah? But she’s a well-known supporter of President Obama.”

Gaga's response: “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,” Gaga replies, “Have you not read Machiavelli?”

Though, admittedly little if anything is known about her economic views, allowing herself to be interviewed by the economic libertarian publication Forbes sends a good signal.

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