Posted on 02/12/2011 2:41:33 PM PST by Walter Scott Hudson
NRB’s Kathy Shaidle recently reminded us of the folly of too quickly endorsing celebrities who espouse conservative views. It is a sentiment that was likewise expressed by S.E. Cupp this week on her new internet radio show. In short, we are constantly looking for conservative heroes, and thus constantly setting ourselves up for disappointment. Cupp astutely evoked the one-time fervor behind “Scott Brown for President” as an example. Words are cheap. Our judgment should be reserved for actions.
Hollywood curmudgeon Richard Dreyfuss presents a similar disclaimer before waxing political. He shared it in a Poliwood interview with PJTV’s Roger L. Simon at CPAC.
I think that there is, in America, an inexplicably ecstatic view of Hollywood celebrity which is in direct proportion to the contempt we feel for celebrity, so that you can be elected governor, and you can be told to “get the hell out of my hotel.” And that co-exists in our minds.So whenever, as a young celebrity [when] I used to get on talk shows, I would say you should mistrust everything I’m about to say. I have been vetted and praised in a certain art form, and I’ve been given the right to sit here and spout my political beliefs. Just because of that, you should mistrust what I say. But I’m a big believer in Richard, and I think I’m real smart. So I’m going to tell you my political beliefs, because I’ve been asked. But that doesn’t mean you have to believe it. And I’ve said that at every talk show I’ve ever done.
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Richard who? /sarcasm
What is he doing there and why would anyone there give him the time of day.
It’s time we get rid of all the people Republican; etc who are trying to divide us and get busy on who we want; not who they want.
Dick, shut up and...well, just shut up.
C-Pac shills for Islamic Terrorist
What say you now, Grover Norquist?
Read those articles and if you still have any questions about C-PAC, let me know. I can get plenty more of those articles.
Thanks. It’s so sad that they includes our own party who want to destroy the US while we sit here and practically agree with them by saying things like she’s this or he’s that. Why don’t we just ignore these buffoons and decide who we like.
I could say Jaws should have eatn him but the shark probably would have spit him out.
He was in Jaws /Sarc
This buffoon hated Cheney and wanted him in jail. He isn’t a Republican.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1RqkgcqZ0
Didn't he play the shark?
Dreyfuss is one of the better actors of his generation.
“Civility” is the new liberal/communist word for “censorship of American values”.
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