Iron Man Robert Downey, Jr.: Not a Liberal Anymore

KyleSmithOnline.com ^ | April 27, 2008 | Kyle Smith

[Impy]

Downey joins David Mamet as a recent convert from Marxism.

[lowbridge]

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[aft_lizard]

I am sure some of the decisions(ie hard drug use, alcoholism) he has made in his life has caused him to take a hard look at where he was coming from. I say good for him.

[originalbuckeye]

Downey has been a train wreck for years. Let’s hope he now sees the light and can do some good with that new knowledge.

[raybbr]

Here's another convert. Long but worth it.

[Miss Didi]

Andrew Breitbart just told the Friends on Fox that a bunch of Hollywood stars are coming out of the conservative closet this summer and will show their support for McCain...he named two, Angie Harmon and some girl on The Hills. He also mentioned Robert Downey, Jr.

[nwrep]

Please give me some reference on David Mamet’s conversion. Thanks.

[LS]

Just finished a good book called “Red Star Over Hollywood,” which traces the communist infiltration of Hollywood. Unfortunately, it kind of stops at the 50s and doesn’t really explain WHY these people were reds.

[Maceman]

This is a pretty big catch for our side: consider that Downey’s father, who made the radical underground film “Putney Swope,”

Barak Obama is the new Putney Swope.

[silent_jonny]

Ping!

[TheWasteLand]

David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal'

[bluerose]

The guy who runs Breitbart (sp) was just on Fox & Friends speaking of this. The teaser was how many Hollywood celebs are really conservative. Steve asked him to mention them. He said he couldn’t out them all but mentioned Angie Harmon, which I already knew about, the young actress from The Hills Heidi something and Robert Downey Jr.

He said Move On and the Huffington Post are one reason for their outing and the fact that Mccain is not really a conservative. Duh. In other words, they wouldn’t be coming out for Bush or Romney.

[Mercat]

HP at work

[synbad600]

I read this awhile ago but am still confused. What does going to jail have to do with abandoning liberalism? I thought it was a right of passage.

[synbad600]

Rite of passage. Oops.

[sweet_diane]

"I am sure some of the decisions(ie hard drug use, alcoholism) he has made in his life has caused him to take a hard look at where he was coming from. I say good for him."

After witnessing my Husband and others obtain sobriety, I am not surprised about Robert Downey,Jr. When Downey was speaking of addiction he said something to the effect that it was "Like having the barrel of a gun in your mouth, and liking the taste of gunmetal." My Husband agreed. When someone comes to such a realization, it changes them.

[TheWasteLand]

Now that Downey has blasphemed against Hollywood orthodoxy, how long will it take for producers to start claiming he’s not a very good actor?

[Red Badger]

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0811,why-i-am-no-longer-a-brain-dead-liberal,374064,1.html

[Madeleine Ward]

I think Downey’s quote is implying that he was leading an elitist, wealthy, self-indulgent lifestyle with ZERO personal accountability. (And he probably got to this point because of his upbringing.)

His drug addiction and his legal problems changed all that.

[Mr. K]

"Andrew Breitbart just told the Friends on Fox that a bunch of Hollywood stars are coming out of the conservative closet this summer and will show their support for McCain"

There is just SO MUCH wrong with that statement... Starting with: McLame is not a conservative. It's not much of a leap for them to go from uber-liberals to promiting a fake conservative- either way they get a democrap elected