re: A-list celebrities are beginning to line up for the inauguration

I agree with your sentiment if not your language.

The the glamorous celebrities need to be seen to remain relevant. They get that by attending such functions or by sitting out in dramatic protest. News media get clicks and sell ads if the can report on the glamorous people. Politicians can garner fake adulation by associating with the glamorous.

All the while, the average citizens are bedazzled by the spectacle, all the while missing the substance and likely getting snookered. It's probably the biggest chapter in Obama's playbook, but he's not alone. They all do it to some extent.

I really could not care less whether A-listers attend the inauguration, or like or dislike the President, except for the fact that I know it matters to a lot of low information citizens.

It would actually be a very good thing if A-listers boycotted the inauguration and other such events. It would start a process in the minds of people to separate the glamorous people from the important decisions of politics.

I like the idea of showing regular Americans (non-famous people) watching and commenting on the affairs of the government that the helped to empower.

Absolutely agree.