The left continually tries to paint him as a "mere" actor (while elevating sheen, sarandon, ad nauseum) and "stoopid".
He's not at all stupid. Business-wise, he is awesome. Anyone can get rich in America. They just refuse to become educated and discplined sufficient to do it.
He's done well considering his education and background, not bad for a guy that laid bricks amongst other things when he came to SoCal.
I haven't read the thread to see what some folks feel about his investments in starbucks and walmart, microsft and such. I wish I had, most of my investment is real estate.
Now if we could just get him to drop his socialist leanings and propensity to be so wrapped around enviro issues, he could possibly be rehabilitated, but.. Im not so certain he has yet to see how he is being used by many for agendas that are far from conservative.