Dat ol' Clint Eezwood's a MO-ron, I tell ya! You drag a hunred dollar bill tru a traylapark an ol' Durty Harry will be reachin' out from 'tween the dubbawides...
An article written by Ruben Navarrette Jr., about Ruben Navarrette Jr..
Good movies are supposed to make us think.
I haven't seen Clint's new film because I
wait for dvd releases. Theaters are dens
of disease...lol.
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Wrong.
That definitely made my day too. As more of a Libertarian than conservative I get unnerved by hearing things I hear on talk radio sometimes. And I've been a listener to talk radio since I was 14 or 15 (now 28). On policies like free markets and market based capitalism I'm to the right of most of our elected Republicans even. But on certain social issues I tend to hold different opinions. I won't go into which one's and why...I guess I could but for the purposes of this post I won't.
My heroes are Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan but when I hear some things that you inevitably hear on talk radio or talk shows, from time to time, I might as well be to the left of FDR, LBJ, Teddy Kennedy, Clinton and most of old Europe combined.
Not everyone who believes differently from me is a moron and an idiot. Some are just ignorant about the facts.
Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but unfortunately, not everyone think they need to be civil about other's.
It IS all or nothing now, from both sides often. We are all complex and we cannot agree on everything simply because we're registered as a Republian, or any other party. I think we should respect the differences. But it's those "disagreements" that will silence many of us in a forum situation or life itself. Prior to Clinton both parties did seem broader and more open to differences and discussion.
It is easy to understand why.
The present day political process is ultimately about money and power.
Due to the disparagment and dismissal of our Constitution's by politicians, judges, and too many citizens, we are beginning to live in a democracy, authoritarian in it's tyrannical decisions.
Also, these same anti-liberty decisions are followed up with the disbursement of millions of dollars to the group that has the majority votes, whether democrat or republican.
Thats right. then you started to work with people who openly hate Conservative, and no one watched Mystic River because we couldn't separate the actor from the hate. Now Clint is still trying to hide the underlying "Mercy killing" in his movie wondering what the controversy is. Must be senility!
Maybe he should have stuck to spaghetti westerns.
Too bad he doesn't see Hollywad for what it has become and how it has been as responsible as any party or individual for making thinks so heated.
Enjoy the Oscars, Clint,, I won't be tuning in myself. I tuned out Hollyweed and its activist agenda, a long time ago.
played hard-nosed...
He's spent too much time in the MAKE BELIEVE world so it's no wonder that when he steps in and then brings his dirty shoe into OUR HOUSE he wonders whats all the fuss about.
Dat ol' Clint Eezwood's a MO-ron, I tell ya! You drag a hunred dollar bill tru a traylapark an ol' Durty Harry will be reachin' out from 'tween the dubbawides...
Clint is correct. But times change. And now the nation is much more conservative so that, what seemed a rational way of proceeding through life 30 years ago or so, is now viewed as an unsatisfactory path to follow.
Abortion, I think, is an excellent example of that ethos change. It wasn't that long ago, in America, that "a woman's right to choose"(what a euphemism!) seemed quite practicable and sensible to many, many Americans. Now, as I understand it, most Americans oppose abortion(as I do).
Before the US Civil War, most Americans thought slavery was, well, acceptable. Now, slavery is an abomination - as it should be.
I am surprised that someone such a Mr. Eastwood - a man I have always thought was very bright and articulate - has difficulty perceiving this rather obvious cultural and political shift in America.
I can see where Clint comes from on this.
Yeah, it made my day, too.
Well, anyone who supports an ever-expanding, socialist Federal Leviathan IS a moron and an idiot...MUD
This is Bill Clintons REAL legacy.
Schwartznegger has said they are going to where the evil is and they will fight the fight and this is the correct view to take.
Some people are willing to listen and these are the ones one can engage in conversation. Many are not.
Eastwood is a VERY VERY liberal Republican. Sometimes they are worse than liberals.
However, he's a multi-millionaire resident of a gorgeous and remote California coastal town where he used to be tallest hog at the trough.
There's nothing wrong with that of course, but it goes a long way to explain how Eastwood has the luxury of an 'Hey, what's all the fussing about?' attitude.
The problem with Clint's take on it is that if American politics didn't have such a wide rift in it, America would basically become like Canada - a very scary premise. The left has gone whacko, as simple as that. Wait a minute, I meant to say the left has gotten even more whacko.