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

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

[Reeses]

Barak Obama is the new Putney Swope.

Great observation! That hits really close to home.

The Putney Swope movie is hilarious, at least that's my impression from way long ago. I could never find anyone that liked it as much as me. Something I didn't know before is the Putney Swope actor couldn't remember his lines so the director Downey dubbed in his own voice for the entire film.

Putney Swope quote: "The changes I'm going to make will be minimal. I'm not gonna rock the boat. Rockin' the boat's a drag. What you do is sink the boat! And there's no sense sinkin' nothin' unless you can salvage with productive alternatives. And brothers, you can't change nothin' with rhetoric and slogans. Because if a man's really got the truth in his pocket, he doesn't talk about it. He hangs it out on a shingle where people can see it. So from now on, the name of this agency is TRUTH and SOUL."

[Hoboken]

I have been a fan of this guy since “Back to School” I met him back in ‘86 while he was shooting “Less Than Zero”. He seemed to me to be a genuine nice guy. It was sad to watch him fall apart through the 90’s. It’s great to see him back and wiser for the wear.

[peeps36]

While in prison Downey got a close look at the scum liberals fawn over. He had to rub elbows with the people his liberal pals want released from prison. His experience behind bars gave him a different perspective from his friends in their glass houses and ivory towers. He knows that prisons are full of people who belong behind bars.

[dfwgator]

I met him back in ‘86 while he was shooting “Less Than Zero”.

He almost suffered the same fate in real life that he did in the movie.

But he is a tremendous talent, and I'm glad to see his star rising again. Hopefully with it, he can avoid the temptations to get back into the downward spiral.

[dfwgator]

While in prison Downey got a close look at the scum liberals fawn over. He had to rub elbows with the people his liberal pals want released from prison. His experience behind bars gave him a different perspective from his friends in their glass houses and ivory towers. He knows that prisons are full of people who belong behind bars.

Richard Pryor had that same epiphany:

"It made my heart ache, you know, to see all these beautiful black men in the joint. The warriors should be out there helping the masses. I felt that way, I was real naive. Six weeks I was up there and I talked to the brothers. I talked to 'em, and ... thank God we got penitentiaries! I asked one, 'Why did you kill everybody in the house?' He says, 'They was home.'

I met one dude, kidnap-murdered four times. And I thought, three times, that was your last, right? I says, 'What happened?' 'I can't get this s--t right! But I’m getting paroled in two years.'"

[Waverunner]

Read the book released for the movie...
( after the waste that was the hulk, I didn’t want to waste any more time in a theatre for a bad rendition.. no pun intended).

Looks like a good update for the story - bad guys are islamofundamentalists - Tony gets help from non fundamentalist local - kinda like the original - except VC updated and replaced with mid asians - And I hope that a drunken drug addict playboy does well as a drunken playboy.

[MplsSteve]

James Woods is another actor who changed his political stripes.

But his change was because he rode on the same flight with some of the 9/11 hijackers a few weeks before 9/11 happened.

The hijackers were doing a dry run and Woods thought they looked and acted suspicious and reported it to a flight attendant. After 9/11. he noted that the people he saw on his flight looked very much like the photos he saw of the 9/11 hijackers.

[Ditter]

that guy is BRILLIANT!

[mysterio]

I don’t really care about the political affiliation of hollywood actors or musicians. If I only liked actors who agreed with me, I probably wouldn’t see many movies.

[sweet_diane]

"But he is a tremendous talent, and I'm glad to see his star rising again. Hopefully with it, he can avoid the temptations to get back into the downward spiral. "

I agree. My hunch is that Robert Downey, Jr's rehab 'took'. I have nothing to back that up other then a hunch or a look in his eyes now.

IMHO, Downey is one of the best in Hollyweird. One of the very few there who actually have a gift for moving people with his acting.

[sweet_diane]

"I don’t really care about the political affiliation of hollywood actors or musicians. If I only liked actors who agreed with me, I probably wouldn’t see many movies."

I know what you mean. For example, Susan Surandon...love her movies! I won't go to a theater to see one, but I'll watch it on tv or maybe DVD (tho I feel like renting her DVDs I'm still giving her my money, which I hate doing). Dixie Chicks got their last penny from me and I won't even listen to them if, by chance, some local DJ loses his mind and plays their music.

[tennteacher]

“Downey joins David Mamet as a recent convert from Marxism.”

And Tom Stoppard.

[windcliff]

ping

[onedoug]

Ironman

[Dr. Eckleburg]

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

Sadly, that is not even remotely true.

[Ditter]

What is the name of guy in the Youtube video that you posted? I have been trying to sign up at Youtube but haven't been able to do so. I'd like to send that video to a few people any suggestions?

[denydenydeny]

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.

It is very difficult to be serious about your recovery and be a liberal at the same time. To be serious about your recovery, you need to be--to use the lefty term--intolerant about certain behaviors and certain personality types. And for liberals, "intolerance" is a mortal sin.

[raybbr]

What is the name of guy in the Youtube video that you posted? I have been trying to sign up at Youtube but haven't been able to do so. I'd like to send that video to a few people any suggestions?

His name is Evan Sayet.

[KC_Conspirator]

Downey has always been a fantastic actor. I always said he is one of those people who was flushing alot of talent down the drain.

[Pylon]