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Dennis Hopper Dissed at Presidential Party
Fox ^ | 1/21

Posted on 01/21/2005 5:19:46 PM PST by ambrose

Dennis Hopper should be hopping mad, some Hollywood actors said this week.

Hopper, who organized The Creative Coalition's Ball after the Ball Thursday night as part of the activities surrounding President Bush's inauguration, apparently got a surprise phone call from the Presidential Inaugural Committee Wednesday night - telling him not to come to his own party.

"I feel terrible that the White House inaugural committee that invited Dennis decided to disinvite him," "Sopranos" actor Joe Pantoliano told reporters at the event, where the entertainment - aside from mingling with some of Tinseltown's stars - was singer Macy Gray.

Hopper reportedly was not given an explanation for the insult. A call to the PIC had not been returned by press time.

Thursday's ball at the Reagan Building in Washington featured names such as Pantoliano - the group's co-director - along with actor and director Tony Goldwyn, Mario Van Peebles, Joe Piscopo, Matthew Modine and other actors. Various politicos like Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., also attended.

But many were sorry about the absence of Hopper, who was the organizer and chair of the event and who personally wrote letters to and called the evening's headliners to invite them.

"I was very disappointed. I was told he was all of a sudden disinvited by the Inaugural Committee ... but he's with us in spirit," Goldwyn, who played the dark character Carl Bruner in the 1990 smash-hit "Ghost," and more recently co-starred in "The Last Samurai," told reporters on the red carpet Thursday.

Hopper, a Hollywood icon and long-time actor, director and producer who has starred in films such as "Speed," "Easy Rider" and "Apocalypse Now," is a hard-core supporter of Bush, although his wife did partake in fund-raising activities for Sen. John Kerry, Bush's Democratic challenger in the 2004 presidential election.

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KEYWORDS: creativecoalition; dennishopper; hollywoodright; joepiscopo; mariovanpeebles; matthewmodine; snub; w2
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To: Trippin

Have you gone there? They have quite a nice database. Some people might (in fact, they do) say the same thing about FR. I'm sorry, but I never would consider Hopper a Republican. At this point, until someone can show that it is wrong, I still think Hopper is a Dem. I just can't figure out what value there is in lying about Hopper's contributions. Gotta run now...but will pick up the trail tomorrow:)


161 posted on 01/21/2005 7:18:07 PM PST by cwb
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To: LisaMalia
I wouldn't bother to waste time on Lurch. That's over. He isn't a leader of anything anymore. I posted something interesting to you on another thread just by being present- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1325833/posts?page=81#81

Tell me your impressions there:)

162 posted on 01/21/2005 7:19:50 PM PST by BobS
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To: Michael.SF.
If Macy Gray was the entertainer, then this was not a Republican friendly event.

Pretty much the same thought I had when I saw that Arlen Specter was there.

163 posted on 01/21/2005 7:19:53 PM PST by Wissa
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To: Finny
I forget any details about the movie except it was absolutely TERRIFYING to see Griffith as a bad guy -- he was great!

The one where he plays a big game hunter and "hires" a guy to be hunted, without the guy knowing what he's in store for?........Seeing Andy "the sheriff" Taylor doing that blew my mind.

FMCDH(BITS)

164 posted on 01/21/2005 7:23:22 PM PST by nothingnew (Kerry is gone...perhaps to Lake Woebegone)
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To: ambrose

he is in the new Romero zombie film "Land of the Dead" due next october. I would have invited him for that alone.


165 posted on 01/21/2005 7:23:46 PM PST by isom35
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To: cwb
From FECInfo.com - the contributions of Dennis Hopper's wife -

HOPPER, VICTORIA
7/15/2004 $1,000.00
VENICE, CA 90291
FILM-MAKER -[Contribution]
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING TOM DASCHLE INC

Hopper, Victoria D
6/30/2003 $1,000.00
Venice, CA 90291
Self employed/Film Business -[Contribution]
EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENT

Hopper, Victoria D
12/23/2003 $1,000.00
Venice, CA 90291
Self employed/Film Business -[Contribution]
EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENT

Hopper, Victoria D.
2/25/2004 $250.00
Venice, CA 90291
Self-employed/Film Business -[Contribution]
VICTORY CAMPAIGN 2004

Hopper, Victoria Duffy
3/6/2003 $2,000.00
Venice, CA 90291
N/A/Homemaker -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Hopper, Victoria Duffy
5/18/2004 $2,000.00
Venice, CA 90291
Self-Employed/Film -[Contribution]
ONE AMERICA COMMITTEE

HOPPER, VICTORIA DUFFY
8/17/2004 $250.00
VENICE, CA 90291
FILM BUSINESS -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXER
It looks like someone on the Kerry campaign incorrectly assumed that Victoria's contributions also represented support from Dennis.
166 posted on 01/21/2005 7:26:16 PM PST by HAL9000 (Spreading terrorist beheading propaganda videos is an Act of Treason!)
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To: nothingnew

I saw that one, but I barely remember it. It was made in the '70s and co-starred James Best (Roscoe P. Coltrane on the Dukes of Hazzard) and Sam Bottoms. Bottoms was the guy Griffith was hunting through the desert, IIRC.


167 posted on 01/21/2005 7:27:23 PM PST by silent_jonny (LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF ALL THOSE THAT THREATEN IT)
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To: Wissa

LOL. Good one!


168 posted on 01/21/2005 7:28:44 PM PST by Michael.SF. ("My only regret in life is neither of my kids is gay." Sharon Osborn)
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To: ambrose
I for one don't lose any sleep because some Hollywood nit-wit got dissed.

He supports the troops but not the President. There is a difference.

169 posted on 01/21/2005 7:32:47 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (PEST/Suicide Hotline 1-800-BUSH-WON)
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To: ambrose

Hopper deserves a personal audience with the pres


170 posted on 01/21/2005 7:36:23 PM PST by woofie (Proudly posting inane comments since 1998)
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To: skeeter
You are so WRONG. Bush doesn't need anyone from Hokeywood. There are only a handful of Bush supporters there and we all know who they are. The rest can go to hell in the Michael Moore Whoopie bus. If no one from there supports G.W. it will not effect his next four years one iota.
171 posted on 01/21/2005 7:36:27 PM PST by fish hawk
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To: BigSkyFreeper
He supports the troops but not the President. There is a difference.

According to the articles I'm finding on Google, it appears that Hopper voted for Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush (twice).

He seems to be a supporter of the President. Does he have to divorce his Democrat wife in order to prove it?

172 posted on 01/21/2005 7:40:26 PM PST by HAL9000 (Spreading terrorist beheading propaganda videos is an Act of Treason!)
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To: silent_jonny

I seem to recall hearing Joey Pants on some TV show before the election and he was NOT on W's side at that time. I was surprised to see him at one of the Balls.


173 posted on 01/21/2005 7:40:46 PM PST by 4integrity (AJ)
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To: Graybeard58

No, and he's no friend of W, either. Let's not get this myth started, he's a Friend of Bill, attends the Demo conventions, and fundraises for the Dems like the rest of em. They had a Ball last night because, surprise, they WANT something from govt...whodathunkit.


174 posted on 01/21/2005 7:40:48 PM PST by Citizen of the Savage Nation
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To: proust
And the WH doesn't NEED has been celebrities, the last election proved that.

We can kiss California, New York, Illinois goodbye for generations with this attitude. Soon states with booming population growth like Virgina, Florida, Colorado and even Georgia will be gone. We don't NEED celebrities, but we as a party can't continue to be so uptight and we can't let the theocons chase everyone away.

People in America are staying single later and later in life. This crowd, the "South Park Republicans", doesn't care for the uptight nature of the theocons - in fact, it scares them away.

175 posted on 01/21/2005 7:44:18 PM PST by JeffAtlanta
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To: wardaddy
Doesn't that make me unwanted?

Yep. If you're not a theocon you're part of the moral decay of this nation.

176 posted on 01/21/2005 7:47:30 PM PST by JeffAtlanta
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To: Happygal

Who are Farah and Dobson?

Joseph Farah ( owns and writes for WorldNetDaily.com) and Dr. James Dobson, Christian leader.

Not sure why they are being accused in this, and no one seems to have any evidence of a connection, or if they do it hasn't been presented to me, despite requests.

There is a lynch mob forming anyway, it seems.

Me? Just a curious bystander interested in "just the facts, ma'am."

:-)


177 posted on 01/21/2005 7:48:54 PM PST by SerpentDove
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To: HAL9000

He supports anyone who will further his causes, doesn't matter if the President is a Dem or Rep.


178 posted on 01/21/2005 7:48:57 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (PEST/Suicide Hotline 1-800-BUSH-WON)
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To: ambrose
This is a joke to get the Christian Bashers out in force right Ambrose?

This little bash was an unofficial ball and the PIC has no control over it.

It would be akin to the PIC calling jwalsh07 and telling me not to attned the FR ball. I tell them to kiss my ass and done.

179 posted on 01/21/2005 7:51:43 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: Happygal

Wow, by Irish, you mean IRISH.

I'm part Irish too. But I've never been there. Cool!

Say hello to the Lucky Charms guy for me (just kidding!)

:-))))


180 posted on 01/21/2005 7:52:21 PM PST by SerpentDove
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