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Lou Grant Disses Mary Richards! (Ed Asner down on Mary Tyler Moore for liking Sarah Palin)
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune ^ | Friday, September 9, 2011 | Neal Justin

Posted on 09/09/2011 11:50:36 AM PDT by kristinn

The great thing about being a living legend is that you can pretty much speak your mind without major repercussions. I was reminded of that Thursday night when I found myself chatting with Ed Asner at a party celebrating the upcoming season at the Fitzgerald Theater. Asner's in town for his one-man performance as Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

By way of saying hello, I asked him what he thought of the announcement earlier in the day that Mary Tyler Moore would be getting a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild.

Asner, 81, hadn't heard the news and, based on his reaction, he didn't really seem to care.

"She's changed," said Asner, who was once president of SAG and received its lifetime achievement award in 2001. "She's a Republican." Asner was now in his "I hate spunk" mode. "Last time I saw her, she said Sarah Palin was a great lady."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: asner; edasner; edassinine; marytylermoore; mtm; palin; pds; sarahpalin
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To: C. Edmund Wright

So true.


41 posted on 09/09/2011 12:08:19 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: WayneS
Ed Asner is still alive?

Yeah, it was his career that died.

42 posted on 09/09/2011 12:08:22 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: kristinn

True lib. He can know and be a friend to someone for decades. But offer ONE opinion to the contrary... instant enemy.

Shallow jerk.


43 posted on 09/09/2011 12:08:35 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: Argus

Kudos to MTM. It takes guts in Hollywood to challenge conventional liberal “wisdom”. God bless her. It’s just like a Marxist to turn on a “friend” for a political disagreement.


44 posted on 09/09/2011 12:09:20 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("And your oarsman stands with his knife in hand, and his eyes spell 'Mutiny'" Al Stewart)
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To: WayneS
GMTA!

Apparently he is still alive. It just doesn't matter....

45 posted on 09/09/2011 12:09:20 PM PDT by hummingbird (Obama...I've got your economy plans right here. Dolt.)
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To: kristinn

He’s still able to talk?


46 posted on 09/09/2011 12:11:14 PM PDT by TheGeezer
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To: AFreeBird

Well, I guess Mary has the right to say and think what she wants without worrying about it either

The right to say and think what you want only belongs to the leftist/lock-step communists - anyone else trying that is a racist/SOB teabagger. Communists sicken me.


47 posted on 09/09/2011 12:11:29 PM PDT by Bitsy (!)
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To: kristinn
Shut up and act, Ed. I liked you in "Up"


48 posted on 09/09/2011 12:11:29 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: Peter W. Kessler
Ed Asner is a hater on many fronts. Hateful old codger.
49 posted on 09/09/2011 12:11:35 PM PDT by hummingbird (Obama...I've got your economy plans right here. Dolt.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The biggest shock is that MTM is a republican. Asner says “she’s changed”, so I’m guessing Mary was a liberal at one time. With age usually comes wisdom. Doesn’t seem to apply to Asner, who gets stupider with age. Nothing like an OLD liberal. I figured out what liberalism really was when I was in my 20’s and look back in shame that I was once so foolish as to believe in it.


50 posted on 09/09/2011 12:14:41 PM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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To: kristinn
Ed Asner is an unapologetic commie. He should have been jailed for treason a long time ago. Remember, the aid and comfort provided to the communists in Nicaragua.

I always liked Mary Tyler Moore. She always seemed like a nice lady. Now, I know that she's smart too.
51 posted on 09/09/2011 12:15:27 PM PDT by 3Fingas ( Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: lonevoice
I always liked that picture....it speaks to me as joy.
52 posted on 09/09/2011 12:16:24 PM PDT by hummingbird (Obama...I've got your economy plans right here. Dolt.)
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To: upsdriver

Agreed on both :)


53 posted on 09/09/2011 12:18:32 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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To: kristinn

I never knew this. I remember Betty Ford made a guest cameo on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” back when she was 1st Lady. Lou Grant said he was hanging out with Fords in the same episode. Of course, the Fords were more of the establishment, liberal country club style Republicans but I figure he still would’ve been anathema to the likes of Asner for pardoning Nixon.


54 posted on 09/09/2011 12:22:52 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: kristinn

MTM is a Republican who likes Palin? Wow, I had no idea.


55 posted on 09/09/2011 12:24:04 PM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: AFreeBird

Remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpE7ZiBCyd8


56 posted on 09/09/2011 12:25:43 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Those who trade land for peace will end up with neither one.)
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To: kristinn
Glad Mary is changing. She was not always so...she was a Dem supporter and was even into PETA and such things.

I loved her shows. She was FUNNY! Those girls from Sex and the City should WISH they were like her.

57 posted on 09/09/2011 12:26:18 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: kristinn
I always thought that Laura Petrie was MTM's best role.


Unfortunately Dick Van Dyke is an Obama-loving lib, though not as much of a whack job as Asner. I saw him much with that Doogie Howser actor in the uber-PC earth day special. He must love propaganda to participate in such a piece of manure.
58 posted on 09/09/2011 12:26:24 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (It's fun to play with your vision, but don't ever play with your eyes.-1970's PSA)
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To: kristinn
Wow -- I just finished reading the comments at the site. Not familiar with the Minneapolis Star Tribune, at first I thought it must be a right-leaning news source.

Liberals and liberalism are a lot more reviled than the MSM and pop culture make it appear.

59 posted on 09/09/2011 12:26:48 PM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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To: kristinn
Actually, I think MTM qualifies MUCH more as a "living legend" than Asner, and I'd say that even if she was just as much a screaming lib as Asner.
60 posted on 09/09/2011 12:28:27 PM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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