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

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

[PapaBear3625]

I read this awhile ago but am still confused. What does going to jail have to do with abandoning liberalism?

You know all the people that Liberals are supposed to admire and have sympathy for? Sharing a cell block with them is guaranteed to kill any positive feelings a liberal might have for them

[Impy]

Angie Harmon is a known Republican. I think she was at the convention in 04.

[EDINVA]

that’s the end of HIS career in Hollywood

[webschooner]

Hollyweird Libs are so far Left off the charts, they think Johnnie McWhacked is a far right wing conservative.

I guess their little drug-addled minds would be really blown if we informed them that G W Bush is not a conservative either.

[Malone LaVeigh]

“I have a really interesting political point of view, and it’s not always something I say too loud at dinner tables here, but you can’t go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary and really understand it and come out a liberal".

Send more liberals to the Pen.

[bcsco]

Angie Harmon has been known as having a Republican bent for some time.

[babble-on]

Heidi Montag is a very attractive airhead, but not necessarily a great advertisement for our side’s intellectual achievements.

[allmendream]

As well as letting one know, first hand, that they are not the poor oppressed minorities preyed upon by an unscrupulous government; they are criminals and belong in jail.

Amazing that such a simple realization could turn one Conservative, but it shows just how out of touch from reality liberalism is.

[Charles Martel]

What does going to jail have to do with abandoning liberalism? I thought it was a rite of passage.

We've all heard the "a Conservative is a Liberal who has been mugged" witticism. Downey is referring to a similar eye-opening experience. He wasn't the victim of an individual criminal, though, but of the pervasive Hollywood culture. His "mugging" was self-inflicted.

Note that even Paris Hilton seems to have cleaned up her act somewhat - and she spent mere hours in the Greybar Hotel. I suspect, though, that Downey's attitude adjustment will last a bit longer than Miz Hilton's.

As for the "rite of passage" thing, I think that applies mostly certain minority groups. The Lohan/Hilton/Spears crowd seems to have embraced legal problems and possible incarceration as tools to stay in the media spotlight. White guys in their thirties... not so much.

[taildragger]

Does anyone know if the rumor was true that Morgan Freeman was a Conservative?

He flies a Cessna 414 and a Citation.

More pilots than not are Conservative.

[drc43]

EVERYONE here should listen to your link.

This is excellent.

[theDentist]

Rules....

Angie rules!

[FrogMom]

I had watched this before somewhere, thanks for reminding me! The linked version cut off about halfway through for me, so I went in search of the original. You can find the text here:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Thought/hl1020.cfm

What an epiphany his (Evan Sayet’s) talk was! It distills their thinking beautifully and answers the question, “CAN they all be THAT stupid??”.

[laotzu]

marked

[dfwgator]

Amazing how lucid one becomes after the drugs wear off.

[dfwgator]

The late Charlton Heston once said that there were more closet conservatives in Hollywood, than there were closet homosexuals.

[Graybeard58]

Here's another convert. Long but worth it.

It is long, I watched the whole thing, well worth it, thanks for the link.

[theDentist]

that’s the end of HIS career in Hollywood

Not necessarily. If "Iron Man" becomes a big hit, and he has first refusal for sequels, he can be there for a while. Ultimately, they will ignore politics if the star brings in serious $$.

[Darren McCarty]

Does anyone know if the rumor was true that Morgan Freeman was a Conservative?

Freeman's a democrat. He's just a very good actor playing conservative characters and doesn't seem to be a moonbat about it. More Tom Hanks than David Geffen.

[Tanniker Smith]

Actually, that bodes well for the "Iron Man" movie. I would hate to think that we'd have a flaming Hollywood liberal playing a rich, white corporate CEO.

;-)