Cetainly a liberal, she donated to George Clooney's dad. I actually didn't find that statement that bad, especially when you look at some of the garbage over at Slate.
http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=gilbert&txtState=CA&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&txt2000=Y&txt1998=&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N&Order=N&Cycles=3&Cycle1=2004&Cycle2=2002&Cycle3=2000&Page=5
Yeah, I agree. There was nothing wrong with her statement. I can understand the rage some people here feel, that if anyone were willing to associate themselves with the word "liberal" then they must be insane. All I can say is, remember Zell Miller.
Now I'm not saying she's as good as Miller, for one I doubt she supported this war and she is probably -not- going to vote for Bush, but she is not the kind that dehumanizes conservatives either. She acknowledges that Hollywood is downright liberal -and- that conservatives do face discrimination there - she even insisted upon it when a fellow Hollywood communist was challenging her on it. She strikes me as a liberal who would actually listen to an argument from a conservative, she -is- capable of conceding points that do not favor her overall line, and she may still disagree with you at the end but you won't wind up -disgusted- as you would with so many out of Hollywood.
I know a few liberals like that. If most liberals were like that I could still have some -respect- for the Democrat party, even as I totally disagreed with them. But there are far too few unfortunately, and the Democrat Party on a general basis has lost my respect completely.
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