LOS ANGELES – Gene Simmons has never been one to shy away from voicing his political opinions and the KISS frontman tells Pop Tarts he is anticipating some serious power shifts to take place as a result of the midterm elections in November.

"There is going to be major change. The American public is very, very angry. I believed in this administration, and I voted for President Obama, I also voted for President Clinton, and I also voted for President Bush,” Simmons said this week at the launch of Activision’s “Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock” in Los Angeles. “I will vote my conscience, and I'll be damned if anybody is going to point a finger at me and say ‘vote along party lines.’ America is like me – sometimes they vote this way, sometimes they vote that way."

But when it comes to certain issues, Simmons isn’t afraid to admit his allegiances aren’t exactly in keeping with Hollywood’s stereotypes.

“I am fiscally and in terms of foreign policy, very conservative. Like everybody, we want to pay less taxes not more,” he continued.

And on that note, Simmons is taking the Tea Party movement very seriously.

“You have to take any movement that expresses the will of the public seriously. You can't point to any direction and say ‘this is nonsense’ because the people who are involved in any movement, are doing it because they believe,” he explained. “Who am I to say that what they're doing is right or wrong? At the end of the day, no matter what anyone believes in, no matter what side of the aisle you’re on, you have the opportunity to vote, and express your feelings.”

So what’s Simmons’ message to those in power? Zip the lip and just do the work.

“I resent the fact that the Democrats are making fun of the Tea Party, and likewise, I don't like the Republicans making fun of Democrats. Basically, shut up; don't tell me what's wrong with the other party. Tell me what you're going to do for me, then I'll let you know who I'm going to vote for,” he told us. “This is why America is like me – sometimes Republicans get in, sometimes Democrats get in. As soon as one messes up, we throw them out. Watch what's going to happen this election."

And in a different form of competition, Simmons admitted that he has been approached about being a contestant for an upcoming season of the ABC hit “Dancing With the Stars”, and that he is entertaining the possibility.

Stay tuned.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/09/30/exclusive-gene-simmons-predicts-major-change-midterm-elections/?test=faces

Gene is right on the money and boy oh boy is he angry at Obama. I read an article the other day where he said he regrets supporting Obama in 2008.

Seem's like Hollywood is waking up and jumping off the Obama train.

2012 here we come!

Gene Simmons??...well, he is speaking his mind, and I agree with him on this.

He is right on the money on this.

everyone's got opinions,,,here is Colin Powells

WASHINGTON -- Retired Gen. Colin Powell, a moderate Republican who endorsed Barack Obama in 2008, says the president's critics should be going after him on policy, not "nonsense."

"Fringe" elements on the right are taking a low road when they label Obama a foreign-born Muslim and peddle other theories about non-American influences on the president's character, Powell said Sunday. Obama was born in the U.S. and is Christian.

The former secretary of state said he still sees Obama as a transformational figure, if one who has lost some of his ability to connect with people.

Powell welcomed Obama's policies in health care and education while saying the president may have taken on too many problems at once and not done enough to control the deficit.

"There are so many rocks in our knapsack now that we're having trouble carrying it," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press."


Powell said the tea party may not become an enduring force unless it moves beyond slogans and promotes an agenda that people "can see, touch and actually believe in." It's not enough, he said, to call for goals that most Americans support, such as controlled federal spending and adherence to the Constitution.

And in challenging Obama, Powell said, "Let's not go down low. ... Let's attack him on policy, not nonsense."

Powell says he's not giving up on the GOP, despite its rightward drift, and says it might actually help Obama if Republicans win the House in November and gain responsibility for driving policy, not just opposing Democrats at every turn.



Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/09/19/2084412/colin-powell-decries-nonsense.html#ixzz115KEPZ00

powell needs to shut up... he coulda ran for prez, but he didn't have the balls... i woulda voted for him..

he has a family,, and once the initial nuances wore off, the 'powers that be' would be trying to discredit and shred him the same way they did to Clinton and are trying to do with OBama

after his service to this country,, it wouldnt have been worth it to me either if I were him

Powell would have been a much better prez than Oblowme can ever be. And its true, he does have a great military background...something Oblowme does not, thus, Oblowme cannot think in strategic terms like that of a military person can.

However, Powell is a sellout to his own beliefs and values, he took the race card and ran with it, now he's making excuses for Oblowme and his dismal career as president.

yeah because Bush's military career was so stellar. if that were the only criteria by which one should be elected we could have saved us all a lot of trouble 12 years ago.

and how is one a sellout if he is adhering to his own beliefs and values? wouldn't that be the exact opposite?

Parties in power often lose seats during midterm elections because of voter discontent with one or more laws they enacted.

President Bill Clinton's Democrats lost big during his first mid-term elections in 1994, handing over the House to Republicans for the first time in 40 years.

During President George Bush's first mid-term election his party won eight new seats--it was one of the few mid-term elections that the party in the White House gained seats (the other such mid-term elections were in 1902, 1934 and 1998).



read more at:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/july-dec10/midterms_09-14.html

He also knowingly hires illegals, which is a crime itself.

President Bush is a decorated combat pilot.

Republican't didn't lost coontrol the first election after President Bush took office and President Bush wasn't this hated less then two years into office.

president bush had the drums of war uniting people behind him,,,

really? what combat did he see?

Yeah, he had an all Democrap House & Senate that voted for the war twice!!

have they proven that claim anywhere? and is it any more 'illegal' than adultery (a pretty common practice amongst politicians in both parties)

Ummmm actually yea they have. He talked openly with the press about it a couple weeks ago.

Not to mention war funding bills that are being supported and voted for to this very day.

Yep, the left is just as guilty as the right.

now you are listening to the guy from KISS??

..movie stars elected as govenors and president

..entertainment critics and comedians taken as serious journalists

Good LORD ...sounds more like a vaudiville show rather than a Nation..