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"Mr. President, Lindsay Lohan would like a word.\r\nOn September 6 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Barack Obama appeared on stage at the Democratic National Convention, where he accepted the party&amp;apos;s bid to run for a second term in office. During his impassioned speech, the 51-year-old politician reiterated that during his tenure in the White House, &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve cut taxes for those who need it: middle-class families, small businesses.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe quote was later shared via Obama&amp;apos;s Twitter account, which prompted Lohan, 26, to ask for his assistance in receiving a tax break. &amp;quot;We also need to cut them for those that are listed on Forbes as &amp;apos;millionaires&amp;apos; if they are not,&amp;quot; the Liz and &amp;amp; Dick star wrote in a tweet directed at Obama. &amp;quot;You must consider that as well.&amp;quot;\r\nLohan does, however, agree with Obama on other issues; she retweeted several quotes from his speech, including: &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t believe that firing teachers or kicking students off financial aid will grow the economy&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;If you reject the notion that our government is forever beholden to the highest bidder, you need to stand up in this election.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nUnlike Lohan, Eva Longoria feels that wealthier Americans -- herself included -- should not receive tax cuts. Speaking at the Democratic National Convention earlier that night, the 37-year-old actress told audience members that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, 65, &amp;quot;would raise taxes on middle-class families to cut his own -- and mine. And that&amp;apos;s not who we are as a nation, and let me tell you why: because the Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy&amp;apos;s flipping burgers -- she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nScarlett Johansson and Kerry Washington also addressed the nation during the Democratic National Convention before Obama took the stage.\r\n&amp;quot;In 2008, less than half of all eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 24 voted,&amp;quot; Johansson said at the podium. &amp;quot;Young America, why are we only speaking with half our voice when so many issues at stake here directly affect us? You know who I&amp;apos;m voting for. I&amp;apos;m not going to tell you who to vote for. I&amp;apos;m here to ask you to commit to vote.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Over the last two days, we&amp;apos;ve been reminded of something that perhaps we forgot: what has been accomplished, and what is at stake,&amp;quot; the We Bought a Zoo actress, 27, added. &amp;quot;And that&amp;apos;s why I&amp;apos;m here today -- to use whatever attention I&amp;apos;m fortunate enough to receive to shed the spotlight on what&amp;apos;s at stake for all of us.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWashington, 35, address issues facing American women. &amp;quot;Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care,&amp;quot; the Scandal star said. &amp;quot;We the people can&amp;apos;t let that happen.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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