Posted on 10/25/2008 7:42:35 AM PDT by ETL
I knew 'Opie" was a naive little kid, but I thought Andy was the wise one! Say it ain't so, Andy??
From the Yahoo! Newsroom, October 23, 2008
Celebs go to great lengths for Obama
excerpt:
Luckily for Obama, some celebrities are taking extreme measures to show their support for him. It's no surprise to see celebrities lining up for the Democratic ticket, but these stars are going above and beyond the normal call of duty.
First up, we have director Ron Howard resurrecting not one, but two, classic roles that he admits he'd rather leave behind: Opie Taylor from "The Andy Griffith Show," and Richie Cunningham from "Happy Days".
"I've never done this before and I hope to never have to do it again," Howard admits, "but I guess you could say I'm feeling pretty desperate these days."
Howard brings his old TV pals Andy Griffith (Sheriff Andy Taylor) and Henry Winkler (the Fonz) along for the ride.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl108
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From Wikipedia:
"In politics, Griffith has favored Democrats and recorded television commercials endorsing North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley[9][10][11] and candidate for Governor Bev Perdue.
In October 2008, Griffith appeared in a video on funnyordie.com with Ron Howard reprising their roles as Andy and Opie Taylor to encourage people to vote and endorsing Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The video titled "Ron Howard’s Call to Action"[12] also features Henry Winkler.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Griffith#Personal_life
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YouTube video clip of new pro-Obama, pro "Change" TV commercial, starring 'Andy and Opie Taylor' (Andy Griffith, Ron Howard)
Warning: to those many loyal fans of this best-of-the-best sitcom classic, this might sicken you a bit. It certainly did me. I love(d) this show! It still airs regularly on TV Land.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=m5wL8HEmOWE
I wonder if Hugh Hewitt has had Clint Howard on. I believe Clint is a conservative.
Instead of questioning my own perceptions and opinions of Barack Obama, I question the intelligence of those who support him. So when and Andy Griffith throws his support behind Obama I don’t say to myself, “Gee am I missing something Opie’s dad isn’t?” I actually say, “Gee I always had the perception that Opie’s dad was kinda smart. Boy was I wrong.”
No shocker
He’s a lib ever since he endorsed Jim Hunt in 1984 against Jesse Helms.
Andy Griffith opposed Jesse Helms as well, as I recall...
In keeping with democrat tradition, I heard that Don Knotts will vote for Obama as well.
Clinton's legal defense fund takes in $2.2 million
Thanks to 17,000 contributions _ including $10,000 apiece from director Ron Howard, actor Tom Hanks and television producer Norman Lear _ President Clinton's new legal defense fund took in $2.2 million during its first six months, trustees said Friday.
Guess Howard has yet to grow a brain.
He certainly was in his role as Andy Taylor. The show was one of the all-time best on family-values and morality. He must have been one heck of an actor. What a disappointment.
Wonder who Matt Dillon's for??
The speech Richie gives to Fonzie for Obama in the skit is very similar to the one Richie gave on behalf of Adlai Stevenson in an early episode of Happy Days. Let’s hope the result is the same.
The irony, of course, is that Obama thinks the people of Mayberry would be bitter and clinging to guns and religion.
Typical Hollywood BRAINLESS LIBERALS...
Just goes to show you most of the Hollywood types are not too smart.
I thought Andy Griffith was dead.
[not that it would stop him from voting Dem, mind you]
I think Hollywood taps a whole in their heads, causing their brains to leak out. Very few avoid the tap!!
Andy Griffith supports killing babies.
Hard to imagine, but true.
Ron Howard and Andy are Hollywood Whores.
but I believe that Don Knotts was a Republican.
Ron Howard and Andy need to suck up to Hollywood for their
income.
Commie rats come in all shapes and sizes....
They both support gun control.
it is the poster boy for senile old men.
I see a number of old men who are wwii vets who are voting obama because they don’t realize he is the same socialist as the primary.
it is all about party for them.
When Hollywood pretends it has family values, it is doing just that: pretending.
The show was nothing without Don Knotts.
I guess he was faking the values he was advancing on the Andy Griffith Show...
These good people simply don't know or believe all that is known about Obama. They think we are making it up.
Is he trying to become a new Alzheimer’s role model?
So sad that Matlock hasn’t got a clue.
Don Knotts is the one who died (in 2006)...not that that means he can’t vote for Obama this year.
Not unexpected.
If CA has early voting, he likely already has...20 or 30 times.....:)
Yes, he is a big lib. Its sad but true.
Now we’ve heard from the MAYBERRY MORONS.
Glad they’re totally irrelevant today.
The irony I see is Andy and Oppie are talking about how funny it is that people are afraid of change, and they look and sound exactly like they did 40 years ago.
It is amazing, Howard’s face never grew up.
Barney’s gonna have to turn in his bullet.
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Statement from Communist Party USA (CPUSA):
"The Communist Party USA views the 2008 elections as a tremendous opportunity to defeat the policies of the right-wing Republicans and to move our country in a new progressive direction.
The record turnout in the Democratic Presidential primary races shows that millions of voters, including millions of new voters, are using this election to bring about real change. We wholeheartedly agree with them."
http://cpusa.org/article/articleview/907/1/4/
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Saul Alinsky on "Change"...
From Rules for Radicals, Alinsky outlines his strategy in organizing, writing:
"There's another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevsky said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future. This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution."[2]
[2] Saul Alinsky, The Latter Rain
http://latter-rain.com/ltrain/alinski.htm
Hey, Dopie Opie, you're going to find out what desperate REALLY means if Obummer wins and your audience out there in the darkness has no more discretionary funds left to go see the crap and propaganda you and your fellow travelers in Hollyweird produce.
Get Streisand to save a place for you on the Sunset Boulevard breadline.
Leni
But regardless of their politics, the show will always be exceptionally relevant in American culture. One of the best ever on family values and wholesome life styles.
Oh YES HE CAN!!
Right Brother explains that:
" In keeping with democrat tradition, I heard that Don Knotts will vote for Obama as well."
Sounds like Opie has fallen under the spell of Obama-Alinsky.
"Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future. This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution."
-Saul Alinsky, The Latter Rain
http://latter-rain.com/ltrain/alinski.htm
Now ...I guess one of my favorite show was DEMOCRATIC -— but how are the Cleavers, the Douglas, the Andersons and the Bradys voting??
I wonder who Otis is supporting.
Don Knotts, someone wrote here earlier, was a republican. Anyone have a link which confirms this? I couldn’t find anything.
“When Hollywood pretends it has family values, it is doing just that: pretending.”
FWIW, someone I knew who had worked in Hollywood said that Andy Griffith had the foulest mouth of any man he’d met there. (Suzanne Pleshette took the “prize” on the women’s side.) Just something I’d heard — whether true or not, I don’t know.
RR said something to the effect that Hollywood doesn’t change people, it just allow loonyness space to be.
I have hunted and hunted for the exact quote, I first read it is someone Bathroom Reader.
I'm voting for Miss Sarah 'cause I'm going to marry her!
In the old days TV and Movie stars never would mix politics with their characters because they wanted everybody to enjoy them.
Now they want to piss off half their audience just to feel important.
By the way I suspect Earnest T. Bass is supporting the Libertarian Party candidate.
The CPUSA is ENDORSING Obama...psst, to all of the Anti-McCain FReepers here — doesn’t that tell you something???
And, of course, this Obamessiah fella’ is SOLIDLY TRADITIONAL VALUES.
Pro-abortion, anti-2nd Amendment, anti-defense (in fact, some are speculating that Biden’s recent remarks are laying the groundwork for a UNILATERAL DISARMEMENT by the U.S.), a product of the thoroughly corrupt Chicago political machine, and on and on...
Gee, I’m beginning to see why these largely irrelevant HollyWeird types are lining up for him.
Andy I can understand but Howard is to young to be afflicted with dementia.
The Return of Barney Fife
"Don Knotts makes a return visit to The Andy Griffith Show in the role of ex-deputy Barney Fife. The occasion is the Mayberry High School reunion, where Barney hopes to rekindle his romance with Thelma Lou. But there are more than a few surprises in store for ol' Barn' as the evening draws to a conclusion. This episode earned Don Knotts another Emmy Award, and deservedly so. First telecast on January 10, 1966, 'The Return of Barney Fife' was written by Bill Idelson and Sam Bobrick"
-Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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LOL! I actually didn’t care much for the episodes with him (Ernest T) in it, or, for that matter, the ones with the hillbilly family, the Darlings.
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