text: This is a nonsensical column. Anyone can run in a democracy. Celebrities are like royalty in our society and as such one wonders why they'd want to enter politics. Ronald Reagan, Sonny Bono, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Franken, Fred Thompson and Clint Eastwood have all held public office. Jesse Ventura was a one-term governor of Minnesota. 
  
  Some celebrities have been good politicians. Others have been failures. Fame can only take one so far before one has to deliver. And the media takes a keener interest in politics than it does music or pro-wrestling. Trump is a freak or a sport. I'm inclined to believe the Russian collusion story simply because it's hard to believe Americans would vote for such a fraud.
  
  As for Kid Rock. He hasn't declared his candidacy yet. He'd need to win a primary. And the incumbent won by 59% last time. So I suspect this is all a PR stunt. Indeed, I think Trump's campaign was just a PR stunt that went wrong. Sad!