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Liberal Activist Ed Asner Explains Hollywood Silence On Obama,Syria:They Don't Want to Feel Anti-Blk
Hollywood Reporter article on Fox News ^ | September 6, 2013 | Paul Bond Hollywood Reporter

Posted on 09/07/2013 12:18:07 PM PDT by lbryce

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Liberal Activist Ed Asner Explains Hollywood Silence On Obama, Syria: They 'Don't Want to Feel Anti-Black

(Hollywood Reporter)

In 2003, ahead of a U.S. attack on Iraq, a robust anti-war movement in Hollywood included a TV commercial starring Martin Sheen and Sean Penn visiting Baghdad. There were online petitions signed by Ed Asner; letters to President George W. Bush pleading for peace were signed by Matt Damon, Tim Robbins, Barbra Streisand and Alec Baldwin; former M*A*S*H star Mike Farrell fronted multiple press conferences where celebrities denounced war. In interviews, Janeane Garofalo stopped identifying herself as an actor -- she preferred to be called a member of the U.S. anti-war movement.

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Obviously, he's speaking about his own view, as well. Hollywood's problems go much deeper than that.
1 posted on 09/07/2013 12:18:07 PM PDT by lbryce
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He’s not a lib, he’s a full on commie. Looking forward to his demise.


2 posted on 09/07/2013 12:22:08 PM PDT by sgtyork (The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
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Cowards and hypocrites all. At least if they had the courage of their convictions, we could better understand and abide them. But no, to them, war is a continuation of political ideology.

For that, I spit in their face.


3 posted on 09/07/2013 12:22:37 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: lbryce

They sure do know how to trash white folks esp. white presidents they don’t like. That’s okay - it’s in the name of art.


4 posted on 09/07/2013 12:23:17 PM PDT by SkyDancer (A white woman would be accused of racism if she gave birth to a white baby.)
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These people are the worst kind of cowards.

Never before was this quote so appropriate: "Samuel Adams: "“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”

5 posted on 09/07/2013 12:24:00 PM PDT by raybbr (I weep over my sons' future in this Godforsaken country.)
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To: lbryce

Figures ...


6 posted on 09/07/2013 12:24:07 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: lbryce

Hollyweirdos have got to be the stupidest people on the planet.


7 posted on 09/07/2013 12:27:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Like most Progressive commies Asner’s priorities put the agenda first and principles are so far down the list they barely make the back cover of his book.


8 posted on 09/07/2013 12:30:05 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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Almost 40 years ago, I was flying back from Hawaii with my family. It was on Christmas day, and there were only 5 passengers, my family, and Ed. He came back to talk, probably wanting to bask in adulation. My Dad completely ignored him, even though Dad was a huge fan of the show. YEAH DAD! I excused myself, and went to party with the stewardesses. Much fun. Poor Ed!


9 posted on 09/07/2013 12:32:11 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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Liberal activist is putting it kindly. He’s a Communist. Same as Sean Penn.


10 posted on 09/07/2013 12:39:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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He’s not a lib, he’s a full on commie. Looking forward to his demise.

as is the _resident....

11 posted on 09/07/2013 12:46:02 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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When an ultra-liberal douche like Asner starts to get it then you know the curtain is starting to close on this side show of a presidency.


12 posted on 09/07/2013 12:52:34 PM PDT by Bullish (Psalm 46)
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Like most Progressive commies Asner’s priorities put the agenda first and principles are so far down the list they barely make the back cover of his book.


You nailed it very well. The Progressives that I know are very nasty people. One thinks Obama should simply dictate everything. They are very Nazi like.


13 posted on 09/07/2013 12:52:45 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: lbryce

IOW, they’re typical leftist racist hypocrites.


14 posted on 09/07/2013 12:54:43 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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“Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again – and CHANGE. DON’T FORGET CHANGE!”

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Obama is now and always has been a clueless Chauncy Gardener!!


15 posted on 09/07/2013 12:55:03 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”- Voltaire)
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To: lbryce

Kind of demonstrates the Hollywood libs ARE racist, doesn’t it?


16 posted on 09/07/2013 1:03:18 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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I remember listening to an interview with Asner shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, in which he argued that the ONLY thing wrong with communism is that it’s never been ‘done right.’ Once someone ‘does it right’ the whole world will want communism.


17 posted on 09/07/2013 1:09:50 PM PDT by EDINVA
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Cowards and hypocrites all. At least if they had the courage of their convictions, we could better understand and abide them. But no, to them, war is a continuation of political ideology.

For that, I spit in their face.

Well said. And I would add "They are racists...they refuse to treat a minority as an equal".

18 posted on 09/07/2013 1:13:51 PM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: lbryce

Asher would tweak Obama if given the chance!


19 posted on 09/07/2013 1:16:52 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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“I remember listening to an interview with Asner shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, in which he argued that the ONLY thing wrong with communism is that it’s never been ‘done right.’ Once someone ‘does it right’ the whole world will want communism.”

That’s a laugh!


20 posted on 09/07/2013 1:26:35 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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