Norman Lear is a lefty? Say it’s not so.
Trump is America’s middle finger in the sense that he stands for Americans and we say F the Establishment.
Political and cultural activities
In addition to his success as a TV producer and businessman, Lear is an outspoken supporter of First Amendment and liberal causes. The only time that he did not support the Democratic candidate for President was in 1980.[23] He supported John Anderson because he considered the Carter administration to be “a complete disaster.”[23]
In 1981, Lear founded People For the American Way (PFAW), a progressive advocacy organization. PFAW ran several advertising campaigns opposing the interjection of religion in politics.[24] Lear has long been a vocal critic of the ideas held by the Religious Right and has advocated for the advancement of secularism...
Declare Yourself
In 2004, Lear established Declare Yourself, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign created to empower and encourage eligible 18- to 29-year-olds in America to register and vote. Since then, it has registered almost 4 million young people and contributed significantly to the unprecedented turnout of young voters...
2015 Iran nuclear deal
Lear was one of 98 “prominent members of Los Angeles’ Jewish community” that signed an open letter supporting the proposed nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers led by the United States. The letter called for the resolution of the bill, warning that the killing of the agreement by Congress would be a “tragic mistake”.
Lear is a living testament to “only the good die young”
The takeaway from the article — Lear hates the Tea Party and thinks that its much, much worse than Archie Bunker. He also has a huge ego and thinks that he’s still relevant today.
If Lear’s Latino family series goes forward, he won’t be able to resist adding a Trump-like antagonist character as an annoying neighbor or employer. No creative writer could ignore it. Art will imitate life.
This will happen whether Trump keeps on winning or bombs out in the primaries. Donald’s footprint on this election cycle has already been made in many ways.
and now that tomorrow has arrived, Archie was right to be afraid
I didn’t like One Day At A Time or The Jeffersons (blatant social engineering was sooo obvious- even to a 20 yr old dingbat), but I LOVED Archie Bunker. He had an identical personality to the man my mom dated for 8 years, but he was a blast.
‘I bet with a hat like Lear’s you get a bowl of soup.’
America’s trigger finger.
Norman lear has injected socialist propaganda into the American livingroom in every program he produced.
I miss Archie and Edith and ‘Meathead’ and when baby girl cried, OMGosh that was so funny....
Loved the show...
Norman Lear, Jane Fonda, Michael Moore, Joy Behar etc. are the people who HATE TRUMP the most...
Isn’t that proof positive Trump’s the one to save the country?
He’s the one.
Oh, well, then that settles it. If a big Hollywood leftist says we have to turn our backs on Trump, then we must do so.
And here’s a big middle finger to Norman Lear.
Good grief.
“America’s Middle Finger” indeed. And I thought Norman Lear was a totally brainless liberal dummy!
I guess he really IS paying attention!
Lear turns 94 today.