Posted on 04/21/2016 8:11:56 PM PDT by sparklite2
The Friends of Abe has acted as a clandestine club for Hollywood conservatives for more than a decade, hosting secret events where they could vent rightwing views and hear speeches from visiting Tea Party luminaries.
But on Thursday the organisation – which counts Jon Voight, Jerry Bruckheimer and Kelsey Grammer among its 1,500 members – made an abrupt announcement: it was dissolving.
“Today, because we have been successful in creating a community that extends far beyond our events, people just don’t feel as much of a need to show up for every speaker or bar night, and fewer people pay the dues that help us maintain that large infrastructure.”
The announcement caught members by surprise and fueled speculation that infighting over Donald Trump’s candidacy, among other factors, had drained commitment. Others said the group had been losing steam for years.
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The article mentions Lionel Chetwynd who made “The Hanoi Hilton.” That fine movie went straight to video because of our cultural communist society.
Tyranny sucks.
Yep, it does.
The battle is larger than I thought.
It’s hard to pay dues when you’re blacklisted from working.
Simple. Why should there be an official roster that can be scrutinized by the “powers that be’ and list everyone’s name, that will eventually be leaked to the enemy aka liberals in Hollywood? And no, it had nothing to do with trump.
I guess the next question is, how did you know max? I just “know”.
That makes sense too.
Logical and rational. Thanks for the explanation.
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