[fight_truth_decay]

I needed to give as much attention to Silver as I did Gere in preceding story.

[jwalsh07]

I saw this interview. I knew Silver was a bit of a libertarian but in this interview his view aped mine.

He's a smart guy and eloquent, unlike me.

[Inkie]

I would bet that more Hollywood people than you'd think agree with Silver. The list is growing. And those idiots out front like Clooney and Hoffman will soon look very stupid.

[skeeter]

Isn't this the Ron Silver of "Those are OUR planes now" infamy?

[Hank Rearden]

Re: the headline, how does one apply to get a job as a "But Actor"? And what needs to be included in the resume?

[RepoGirl]

This was a heart-warming read this morning. Ron Silver's a really good actor, and it's nice to see he's pretty bright too. Not your average knee-jerk hollywood dummy.

[T Lady]

Support Ron Silver Bump!!!!

-Regards, T.

[cake_crumb]

I love it: "I'm not a leftist. I just play one on TV"

Actually, I've never seen "West Wing" because I don't watch the networks. His views are a breath of fresh air in the otherwise vile stench of Hollywood class elitism. I wish more alleged 'artist' types in Hollywood would break the mold of conformist anti-Americanism, think for themselves and come to their own conclusions like Silver.

...I bet "West Wing" is about to have a ratings increase...

[Destructor]

Ron Silver is destined to join Tom Selleck in obscurity. The Hollywood Liberals don't tolerate those that don't agree with them.

[AbsoluteJustice]

Great article here and agree with this guy. Question for all....What do you think is worse? Someone who is led by a conviction such as Martin Sheen? (misguided as it may be) or do you think someone (most Americans) who do not follow what is going on around them and lead a ho hum life completely oblivious to anything political and then go out and vote. I tend to back Shenn in his desire for politics in this instance. Even though I think the man is a whacko and completely ignorant I still believe that he is no less worse than those that do not care.
What do you all say??

[rogers21774]

Announcement to all West Wing fans! Look for Ron Silver's character to be written out of the show soon. I'm betting his character will have a heart attack as a result of diet high in red meat and fast food. Or maybe he'll die in an automobile accident when his hybrid electic automobile is crushed under the wheels of an evil Hummer 2, driven of course by a conservative, gun carrying NRA member.

Just a theory.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Silver used to be a die-hard Clintonista - I guess maybe he's grown up.

[JoeSixPack1]

Did a lite search on Silver and came up with this, don't start hoisting Silver up on a podium yet, This is from Thursday February 11, 1999.

http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/1999/cyb19990211.asp#5

Excerpt:

5. Actor Ron Silver has nothing but contempt for Republicans, especially after they went after his President. All this week ABC’s Politically Incorrect is being taped at the Warner Theater in Washington, DC. On Monday’s show, MRC analyst Jessica Anderson documented, Silver, who is now co-star of the NBC sit-com Veronica’s Closet, scoffed at how Republicans control "the people's House" when "they don't like the people." Later he charged that the 13 House managers "are every bit as flawed as our President, but they were lucky and, thank God, they didn't have Starr with $40 million going after them for seven years."

Thursday’s guest list included Sam Donaldson and the stridently leftist Richard Belzer, star of NBC’s Homicide. Politically Incorrect airs daily after Nightline and Washington area viewers should be aware that WJLA this week is not delaying the airing for 30 minutes as it usually does to accommodate Extra! This week Politically Incorrect is running at 12:07am.

On the February 8 Politically Incorrect Silver appeared with fellow liberal Ann Richards and opposite Republican Congressman Matt Salmon and Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak who more than held his own. Here are a couple of Silver’s diatribes, the first of which will be posted Thursday morning on the MRC home page after Kristina Sewell cues it up:

-- Silver: "I think it's really an important question to figure out what the Republican Party is gonna do after this. I mean, they've shut down the government, and they are very proud of it, and then they didn't want to be blamed for it. Then in '94, they came in, the revolution, right, the class of '94 came in and they said, ‘We're grassroots, and the people,’ and here we are in '99 and they're saying, ‘The thing wrong with the country is the people because they don't get it and they're not outraged enough.’"
Sajak: "No."
Silver over cheers and applause from audience: "And wait, wait, Pat, let me just finish this. Now what has the Republican Party done when they had the House, the people's House? But they don't like the people. But what have they done? [Laughter from audience] What have they done? They renamed National Airport. They tried to shut down the government. [Cheers and applause] And they're trying to get into your bedroom to find out what you're doing. What kind of party is that?"

-- Silver: "Pat, Congressman [Matt Salmon], is there no sense of shame on your part or the party about the clear, cheap hypocrisy on the part of many of the House managers and the party? You're talking about Henry Hyde, Helen Chenoweth, Bob Livingston, Bob Barr....Isn't there any, wait, is there, is there no sense on your part that the Founding Fathers, your 13 House managers, are every bit as flawed as our President, but they were lucky and, thank God they didn't have Starr with $40 million going after them for seven years."

-- Silver: "Matt [Salmon], don't you think the party has a problem? You're clearly hostages to the right-wing fringe of your party."


No more than Hollywood is hostage to the left-wing fringe. -- Brent Baker


And there is plenty more on the above link.

[blake6900]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the same Ron Silver that defended Kirintong during his "Monica" debacle? Seems to me he chanted the same "It's his personal life" mantra that the Democrats were so fond of...

[BibChr]

"No, I don't think George Bush could have done anything. I think he's doing exactly the right thing"

Well, paint me green and call me a pickle.

Dan

[Interious]

He had clearly been a vociferous liberal.

There obviously has been a conversion.

[Freedom2specul8]

", made clear he does not agree with the politics of the show's "President Bartlet," Martin Sheen"

He's awful brave...sheen is a bully.

[Hildy]

NO WAY...NO WAY...Ron Silver was as LIBERAL as Liberal as they get. I don't believe this, this has to be the ONION.

[rintense]

I'd love to see Silver and James Woods take on some of the typical Hollywood bozos like Babs, Sheen, and Gere.

[habs4ever]

I can remember Silver going great guns for the Clinton's healthcare plans and tax increases back in 1993, doing his best knee-jerk liberal spin on CNBC, for quite a stretch.Did he wise up, or was that just an act to remain viable in Hollywood? I can never quite tell if an actor spouts his politics out of cunning or conviction.

The other plausible explanation is that 9/11 clarified the world for many in Hollywood that no other event could.

[Paradox]

But it's something going on that is so interesting, because their criticisms are logically incoherent, and they're very self- defeating, and I think it provides some sort of psychological comfort for them. But they hold inconsistent views that we're utterly materialistic, and then we're insufferably religious. We're boring conformists, and then we're reckless individualists. We're racists, but then we're too politically correct. It goes on and on and on."

What an excellent analysis. I wonder if he came up with this? Either way, he seems to be a smart guy. The rest of the left has nothing but the same old demonization material, suspicious motives, yadda yadda. They can't come up and debate with reason, so they have to go with their current methods, hate and fear mongering.