Film Lobbyist Jack Valenti Dies at 85

AP ^ | April 26, 2007

[ConservativeStatement]

RIP. Another member of the JFK-LBJ time passing.

[IndyTiger]

Also in one of the most famous photos of the 20th century (to the left of the guy in the bow tie).

[llevrok]

Would a "R" movie in Valenti's original movie rating code be a "G" today?

RIP, Jack.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Dick Bachert]

Although a Democrat, Valenti was a STRONG advocate of the FairTax.

His influence will be missed.

[Argus]

Valenti was a decent guy. Also btw a war hero in WWII. RIP.

[buccaneer81]

Another member of the JFK-LBJ time passing.

Ahh, yes. "The Best and the Brightest" who thought they knew it all.

They'll be remembered for really screwing this country up. Big time.

[abt87]

And for comparing home video taping to the Boston Strangler:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070115-8616.html

[buccaneer81]

Wow. He was a Luddite, to boot.

[Gay State Conservative]

Another member of the JFK-LBJ time passing. Ahh, yes. "The Best and the Brightest" who thought they knew it all.They'll be remembered for really screwing this country up. Big time.

Although LBJ and Valenti may be guilty as charged I don't think that JFK is.

[TNCMAXQ]

He had quite a career. It was always interesting to hear him speak about the Johnson years. He served back at a time when even many Democrats (but not Ramsey Clark!) loved and supported America. Sadly, it is Johnson’s domestic legacy that continues to hurt society today.

[buccaneer81]

Although LBJ and Valenti may be guilty as charged I don't think that JFK is.

I'll give you that. If only he had known what Ted would become.

[steve86]

Good riddance. Anyone who hailed from the Hollywood culture and didn’t ever reform (unlike Reagan). Who cares if he was some kind of a veteran. Everyone of that age was.

[D-Chivas]

I agree on the good riddance. This idiot degraded the movie industry with the bogus ratings system, wanted to ban the VCR, and basically wanted to restrict the internet with the DMCA.

[SE Mom]

Always a vital and interested man..full of life he seemed.

RIP, Mr.Valenti..

[omnivore]

I have to chime in on the good riddance. Yuk. This guy was one of the worst creeps of the 20th century. The Stalinist idea that some kind of “official rating system,” for any art form, is in any sense morally acceptable, is, well, simply disgusting. It would have been better for America if he had, say, lived in East Germany during the Cold War, where he would have been very happy being a government censor.

[irish guard]

I guess I won’t say good riddance, seems pretty harsh to say to the dead. Instead, I will say I always thought he was a toady to the Hollywood lefty elite, who thought their $hit didn’t stink. He became a flag waver for the nutjobs out there and a gasbag and I will not miss it when the MSM would look to him to comment on what Hollywood thought about some political topic.

[zeugma]

I’m sorry, but as far as I’m concerned, he won’t be missed.

[Revenge of Sith]

> The Stalinist idea that some kind of “official rating system,” for any art form, is in any sense morally acceptable, is, well, simply disgusting.

Would bringing back the Hays code make you happier?

[Borges]

What are you talking about? What did he need to reform from?