I wonder if Steve McQueen would be a leftist nut if he were around today. Any guesses?
Steve McQueen later developed a love for airplanes and pilots tend to be a conservative bunch. He liked guns, cars, motorcycles, planes, and when he was sick he went to Mexico for Laetrile which the conservative Birchers supported (re: pharmacy free-choice issue rather than FDA deciding). He sounds like he would have grown more conservative had he not been taken too soon.
Absolutely not. McQueen was one of my childhood heroes, and as such, I've read quite a bit about him. He frequently expressed what would be described by today's standards as a conservative philosophy. He was a former Marine, and support the war efforts during Vietnam - a position that wasn't very well regarded in '60s Hollywood.
Finally, before his death (and ironically just a few months before his diagnoses of fatal cancer), he became a born-again Christian, and really embraced his faith in the twilight of his life.
No way! From the description of his demeanor near the time of his death I would say he was a Christian - I don't see how it would be possible to be both a true leftist nut and a Christian.
Don’t know. But he hung out with my family. Even left his hangar at Santa Paula Airport and many of his cars and item to my family.
And ... they are all Conservatives. Farmers to be exact, as was my dad.
We already had a thread about that, I believe.
If you read one of the last photos there, it says that Steve McQueen wanted to get out of Hollywood...
This will give an interesting, quick bio of Steve McQueen from the conservatives perspective. A few photos of him and his airport, shack living later days also.
http://backdoorview.blogspot.com/search?q=steve+mcqueen
Heck No!