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Fonzie's Days Would Be Happier If He Could 'Mute Ann Coulter'
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| 6/22/2006
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Posted on 06/22/2006 10:22:40 AM PDT by Mike Bates
Henry Winkler won fame on the old "Happy Days" comedy. He played Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, also know as Fonzie or the Fonz.
In real life, Winkler certainly isn't the tough guy he portrayed. He is an ardent liberal who over the years has made campaign contributions to Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, John Kerry and many of the usual suspects.
Wednesday night on CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck show he made an appearance to plug his new movie. He was asked by the host: "So now if you saw -- I mean, if you had, you know, a remote control, like they have in 'Universal Control,' or as you like to call it, 'Click,' what part of your life would you skip past?"
Winkler chose to answer not that question, but one he would have preferred: "You know what? The first thing I would do would -- I would end the war in Iraq. I`d just kind of click it." He then went on, "And the second thing I would do, I would mute Ann Coulter."
Host Glenn Beck told Winkler that he didn't really care about his or other actors' political views, he just wants to like them for the characters they portray. He asked if that made sense, and Winkler's reply was: "Absolutely. I`m not thinking anymore. I`m just going to answer your questions."
"No, no, no, I don`t mean it that -- oh, now it`s turned ugly, hasn`t it?," asked Beck. It had, mainly because the former Fonz just had to expose his politics. That may enhance his reputation among Hollywood Lefties, but viewers unfamiliar with Henry Winkler's politics may have been surprised to learn that Fonzie wants to shut up those with different opinions.
Some Happy Days.
TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 1stilljumpingsharks; activistactors; click; culturewar; despot; fonzie; glennbeck; henrywinkler; hollyweird; jumpedtheshark; sharkjumper; shutupandsing; silencingopposition; sitonit
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To: Mike Bates
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:24:30 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
To: Mike Bates
Do what I do- walk out of any movie as soon as you spot the Republican bashing (it is in almost every one) and ask for your money back.
Tell them you did not pay to be insulted- stand your ground- they will comply.
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:26:14 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
To: Mike Bates
He is an ardent liberal who over the years has made campaign contributions to Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, John Kerry and many of the usual suspects.Pathetic! He has jumped the shark in his politics too!
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:26:56 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: atomicpossum
In real life, he's Potsie.
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:27:35 AM PDT
by
rintense
To: Mike Bates
"If I had the ultimate power I'd shut you up." Some American.
There are some people saying some rotten things in this country. Ann Coulter is not in the top 10.
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:27:43 AM PDT
by
weegee
(happy holidays and seasons greetings...)
To: Rummyfan
"Make room! Make room! I've got a shark to jump!"
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:28:51 AM PDT
by
weegee
(happy holidays and seasons greetings...)
To: Mike Bates
that Fonzie wants to shut up those with different opinions.This is a stretch. The fact that I want to MUTE some Hollyweird Leftist doesn't mean I want to censor them, it means I don't want to have to listen to them.
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:31:13 AM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(Freerepublic - The website where "Freepers" is not in the spell checker dictionary...)
To: weegee
It's amazing how Kerry manages to look like a dork in every single picture doing whatever activity.
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:32:37 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: Mike Bates
Winkler chose to answer not that question, but one he would have preferred: "You know what? The first thing I would do would -- I would end the war in Iraq. I`d just kind of click it." He then went on, "And the second thing I would do, I would mute Ann Coulter." Why do liberals have such a hard time answering questions they are asked??
And why do they have to keep telling us that think Bush Sucks ... we know already .. they haven't stopped whining since 2000
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:33:01 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePb6H-j51xE&search=Democrats)
To: Mike Bates
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:38:52 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: Rummyfan
Yeah, I know. I always put on a tie before I get on my Harley, but, hell, that probably isn't even his, is it?
To: Mo1
"The first thing I would do would -- I would end the war in Iraq. I`d just kind of click it."
The remote control doesn't "solve" such problems. Hitting Fast Forward just "skips" all the things that happen in-between. From the commercial, the main guy misses seeing his daughter grow up.
The "war in Iraq" (what he really means is US presence in Iraq) could be over but there are several ways that could happen, stay the course and eventually "leave" (as with Germany and Japan), or cut and run (which could have several outcomes, a civil war or peace).
We ALL want the war/presence to end. Some just want it more immediate than the others.
I cried on 9-11-2001. I knew that day that we would be drawn into a longterm global war. The Cold War was fought around the globe (and virtual annihilation almost happened several times). I want us to win the war, not just acheive peace in our lifetime. The next generation may not see peace if evil is allowed to thrive.
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:44:45 AM PDT
by
weegee
(happy holidays and seasons greetings...)
To: finnman69
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:48:49 AM PDT
by
weegee
(happy holidays and seasons greetings...)
To: Mike Bates
What We Are About To Do Here Is What The Good Lord Would Call A Cleansing of the Wicked. I Call It A Good Old Fashioned Texas Ass Kicking.
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:54:05 AM PDT
by
speed_addiction
(And the Lord said, "Who shall I send? Who will stand for us?" Said I, "Here I am...Send me.")
To: weegee
It is odd that Murtha wants to Redeploy, to Okinawa, a left over from the 1945 invasion of Japanese territories. Guantanimo is a left over of the 1898 invasion of Korea.
I figure we should resolve the 1898 war first, then pull out of Japan and Germany, then South Korea. After that we can worry about pulling out of Iraq.
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:54:35 AM PDT
by
donmeaker
(Burn the UN flag publicly.)
To: donmeaker
We don't know if North Korea can hit the Continental US with a missile but is there any doubt they could hit Okinawa?
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posted on
06/22/2006 10:57:45 AM PDT
by
weegee
(happy holidays and seasons greetings...)
To: Onelifetogive
True. We do go a bit overboard with the "free speech" accusations - which the liberals started by shouting same every time a Joe Schmoe says he won't buy XYZ book.
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posted on
06/22/2006 11:00:29 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: donmeaker
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posted on
06/22/2006 11:02:54 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: Mr. K
I'd do that, but haven't been to a movie in months. I think it was about the time "Brokeback Mountain" was being touted. . .
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posted on
06/22/2006 11:13:50 AM PDT
by
Mike Bates
(Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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