Posted on 01/28/2012 12:44:19 PM PST by NormsRevenge
PENSACOLA, Fla.—The run-up to Florida's Republican presidential primary has already been weird, thanks in part to an extended debate over whether there should be a colony on the Moon. And on Saturday, it got a little weirder.
Stumping at a seafood restaurant here along the Gulf coast, Mitt Romney picked up the endorsement of actor Jon Voight, the star of "Midnight Cowboy" who is perhaps best known these days as the father of actress Angelina Jolie. The actor has long been active in Republican politics, stumping for Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign in 2008 and traveling with Mike Huckabee to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year.
Voight told the crowd he was backing Romney because he was "strong" and "honest." He declared President Obama had "decided to follow his father's footsteps and take us to socialism."
The actor said Newt Gingrich "fell short" of being able to take on Obama. "We cannot afford another four years of rhetoric," Voight said.
While Jolie's name wasn't mentioned on the stump, Romney did manage to sneak in a reference to the actress's wild child reputation.
Explaining to the audience that he wasn't sure how to "chit chat with a famous actor" when he phoned Voight to ask for his support, Romney said he decided to talk about his kids.
"I started talking about my five boys," the candidate explained. "I said, you know, it's easier to raise boys than girls. Well, after a long pause, he says, 'Tell me about it.'"
The line got a huge laugh from the crowd of several hundred people who turned out to see Romney stump with Voight, as well as Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Sen. John McCain, who entertained the crowd with his own stand-up routine while introducing Romney.
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One reason I don’t go to anybody’s movies much anymore.
Good grief!
Celebrity worship. So he called Voigt for the endorsement? Wonder how much he was paid?
BTW - Angelina Jolie is in poor health - according to the tabloids at the grocery store check-out. Any truth there?
So voight has stumped for Huckabee, Giuliani and Romney. sounds like a true conservative. /sssssss
Wasn’t Voight touted as a great Conservative by some Tea party gatherings, and various interviews, and various op eds Voight has written? (I seem to recall Mark Levin speaking with him on his program too...)
I swear to Christ, I am living in some strange world when folks think Mittens is a Conservative!
So...all this time of pretending conservatism, showing up at TPM rallies was a sham...Voight is a RINO....
“honest” barf
It’s so rare to see any kind of conservative in Hollywood I don’t deny Mr. Voight his choice. But I wish he’s learned more from his role in “24” as to the kind of candidate we need.
Jon Void
Jon Voight! You missed on this one, buddy!
Romney is NOT TEA Party.
I don’t think Voight is a RINO. He has stood up when it really cost him which is the true measure of core beliefs. He has picked wrong here but the truth is Romney and Gingrich both stink. Romney is a progressive liberal masquerading as a RINO masquerading as a conservative. Gingrich is a RINO establishment type pretending to be a conservative. Gingrich only looks good by comparison to Romney.
Of the two I prefer Gingrich and think he would be better than Romney. But that is not saying much, if anything.
The John Voight LeBaron is no more. :(
17 was for you.
Yeah, but think of it as if you had a chimpanzee with an IQ of 60. In chimpanzee-land, that's a freaking genius.
You killed it for me for one of the few remaining actors I liked heh. I will admit I’m mildly surprised by this, I did kind of think that Voight was one of the ones who kind of got it.
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