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Warren Beatty: ‘Far Right’ Kept Him From Running
Newsmax.com ^
| 8/13/06
| James Hirsen
Posted on 08/20/2006 8:48:02 PM PDT by peggybac
It’s funny how celebrities who run for political office frequently elect to have an “R” as opposed to a “D” next to their name; i.e., Ronald Reagan, Sonny Bono, Fred Thompson and Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others.
Maybe it’s because celebrity conservatives aren’t in the habit of making lame excuses.
Actor, activist and much ballyhooed potential political candidate Warren Beatty is offering an explanation as to why he’s been a loud talker, but not much of a walker, when it comes to running for office.
Beatty is quoted in Amy Wilentz’s book, “I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen,” as saying, “People hate celebrities . . . There has been a demonization of celebrities on the part of the far right.”
According to Beatty, the “far Right” is quite potent even when it comes to a certain hallowed New Jerseyite.
“Look,” Beatty said, “Bruce Springsteen went out for [John] Kerry in Ohio, and they even made him look bad - and Springsteen is a saint.”
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: beatty; bulworth; hollywoodleft; springsteen; vrwc
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posted on
08/20/2006 8:48:03 PM PDT
by
peggybac
To: peggybac
What could they have done, held a gun to his head and made him make Ishtar II?
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posted on
08/20/2006 8:50:22 PM PDT
by
ClaudiusI
To: peggybac
and Springsteen is a saintCan you get any further out of touch with reality??????
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posted on
08/20/2006 8:50:45 PM PDT
by
ConservaTexan
(February 6, 1911)
To: ConservaTexan
and Springsteen is a saint
Can you get any further out of touch with reality??????
LOL
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posted on
08/20/2006 8:56:32 PM PDT
by
peggybac
(Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
To: peggybac
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posted on
08/20/2006 8:56:43 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: peggybac
With these liberals it's always someone else's fault. Childishness or delusions of grandeur, who can say? But, lordy, what a choice.
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posted on
08/20/2006 8:59:29 PM PDT
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: peggybac
“Look,” Beatty said, “Bruce Springsteen went out for [John] Kerry in Ohio, and they even made him look bad - and Springsteen is a saint.” No "they" didn't make him look bad. Most fans of popular music just want musicians to shut up and play/sing, not lecture ignorantly about about politics. Oh and btw Warren, most fans of film want actors to just shut up and act.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:00:22 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: peggybac
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:01:58 PM PDT
by
Begin
(Mister, we could use a man like Ronald Reagan again.)
To: peggybac
I guess with that belief system the Virgin Mary would be, well, Madonna!
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:03:17 PM PDT
by
ConservaTexan
(February 6, 1911)
To: peggybac
I have been looking for a hard right so I could join it..
Can't find one..
Warren Beatty, please answer the white phone in the lobby..
Warren Beatty, please answer the white phone in the lobby..
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:04:48 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole.)
To: ClaudiusI
ClaudiusI, that is a purely sadistic thought.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:06:25 PM PDT
by
jblair
(Son of a Wild Weasel)
To: peggybac
My guess is that Warren hired some good political consultant, who quizzed Warren for about ten minutes, and then told him, "I hope that you're at least smart enough to know you're not prepared, and will just embarrass yourself." That's probably when Warren decided he couldn't run because "the Republicans were out to get him."
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:06:34 PM PDT
by
RBMN
To: peggybac
All his billions WILT before the power of the pajamadeen! Blogga Akbar!
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:08:22 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Islam delenda est)
To: peggybac
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:08:43 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: peggybac
Separated at birth?
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: peggybac
Bruce Springstein is incoherent.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:15:41 PM PDT
by
A Balrog of Morgoth
(With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)
To: RBMN
If Warren is really pro-life, and stands strong and gets vocal, he'd get a lot of votes...
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:16:04 PM PDT
by
185JHP
( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")
To: peggybac
Warren Beatty: ‘Far Right’ Kept Him From RunningWell, alrighty then. Let's give credit to those who deserve it. Well done, 'Far Right'!!
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:18:45 PM PDT
by
Chena
("I'm not young enough to know everything." (Oscar Wilde))
To: peggybac
Yeah, another great FREEPER accomplishment....
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:19:07 PM PDT
by
ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
(To those who believe the world was safer with Saddam, get treatment for that!)
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