Actor Ron Silver dies in NYC at age 62 of cancer

Yahoo News ^ | 3-15-09 | ID GERMAIN

[Kimmers]

Good actor.....he will be missed

[MeekOneGOP]

RIP, Ron ...

[redstateconfidential]

Ostracized in Hollywood, impugned in his obituaries,What can you say(?),liberals are

[WOBBLY BOB]

probably jealous of his success.

[Tamar1973]

RIP, what a sad goodbye.

[LucyJo]

"My only guess is why his brother would comment like that would be to try and lessen leftist spewing on his memory. Won't work."

That's a possibility. It is a quote taken out of the context of an interview with the brother, Mitchell. But, to me, reading the quote sounds more like he is trying to distance himself and the family from Ron's political beliefs. And, he is using the means of the publicity from his brother's death to inform his fellow leftists that he and the family weren't influenced, but were 'confounded' by Ron's political beliefs. Then he adds that Ron told him that he had voted for Obama:

“Ron’s politics, as far as I know, were not shared by anyone he knew, except for the people he knew because of his politics,” Mitchell Silver said. He paused and added: “He told me that he did vote for Barack Obama in the end”

Guess I've become cynical about leftists, and never more so than now. I thought it was more about the image brother Mitchell wanted to present of himself and the family, than protecting Ron's memory. Since Ron spoke quite boldly and eloquently for himself while he was alive, it's interesting that he didn't voice his support of Obama publicly.