[mhking]

I still don't kow whether this is "true" or not, but a couple of things come out: 1 - this is a decent "up yours" note if anything, and 2 - if it IS actually Ms. Garafalo, then it's good to see someone come over to the side of light from "the dark side."

Even I was on the "dark side" at one point...

[Lord_Baltar]

I just looked at the site, and maybe I missed something, but I've yet to find where Ms. Garafalo identifies herself on here. Any assistance in finding that would be helpful here.

[doug from upland]

SOMEONE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN THIS:

Janeane Garofalo: Flag-Burning Chokes Me With Pride

Hollywood Investigator | July 30, 2002 | Marcus Rubyman

Posted on 07/30/2002 2:15 AM Pacific by Commie Basher

Funnygal Janeane Garofalo is "insulted" by Old Glory -- and "chokes with pride" when naked gays burn it! That was her shocking admission to L.A.'s hip & trendy Buzz magazine (which folded in 1998).

In a profile entitled "Don't Tread On Janeane," written by Trish Deitch Rohrer, Garofalo fumes: "Our country is founded on a sham: our forefathers were slave-owning rich white guys who wanted it their way. So when I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.' That you can have a gay parade on Christopher Street in New York, with naked men and women on a float cheering, 'We're here, we're queer!' -- that's what makes my heart swell. Not the flag, but a gay naked man or woman burning the flag. I get choked up with pride."

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

From a fellow former Democrat:

A most refreshing read!

[cricket]

Well, this is more than surprising from Janeane. If true, then kudos to her for being an honest 'thinking', rational, freedom-loving Republican. . .

. . .wonderful to see people 'waking-up'. . .

[weegee]

I don't buy it but let me add that it may be worth the trip to the blogger's site to read other posters' tales of political conversion.

If Ms. Garafalo did change her party affiliation, then I'd gather that she's RINO and doing it to protest actions of the Rat party (but one of the reference articles in this thread has her identifying herself as being a fan of Bill Clinton even now (post 9/11) so I'd advise a hefty dose of salt).

Janeane Garafalo moved to Houston during her standup career to be a part of the "Texas Outlaw Comics" (the comedy club is a dry cleaners today. The comedians from that staff included Sam Kineson and Bill Hicks.

I'd place her among other 30-something post-modern cynics. She's too much of an avowed lib and feminist to be switching to conservatism. She may resent the Rat party and want to stick it to them on principle (at the same time, having the opportunity to vote in Republican primaries and dilute the conservative voting block) I think that she'd still be more likely to vote for the Green, Libertarian, or even Socialist candidate over the Republican candidate.

Perhaps at least some of the bloggers' tales of becoming Republican are true. As for me I am skeptical of this claim and find it fishy coming days after Barbra(sic) Streisand got shown up for falling for an internet hoax.

[MEGoody]

This sounds like the story of my own journey from registered Democrat to registered Republican.

[NCLou]

Please stop discussing whether this is really her or not. It is not. Somebody just posted that as a joke. Unfortunately, it was not funny enough to be obvious to some.

Please see this link, and I think you will understand that the person who said it was Garafolo was trying to be funny.

http://sneakingsuspicions.com/a092910052002.htm#100302

[x]

I can't imagine Garofalo (or anyone else) would 1) send away for a transcript of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" and 2) read thirty or so weblogs every day or every week. As a celebrity -- or ex-celebrity -- Janeane lives in a rarified celebrity universe, and I can't imagine anyone in that world doing such things.

"Shiloh Bucher" certainly sounds like a pseudonym, but a lot of people -- children of hippie parents -- have such names. Maybe they are pseudopeople or just plain pseuds. Anyway, Shiloh deserves some credit for registering Republican, something Janeane probably wouldn't do.

[PatriotGames]

The UT email address listed on her site also implies that she is Hispanic. Garofalo is Italian.

[JulieRNR21]

Hard to believe she wrote this because she was listed on the Committee for BS's recent fundraiser.

But perhaps the recent 'bait & switch' NJ tactic was too much for her to bear?

[weikel]

I doubt its true Janeane Garafalo always struck me as a feminist.

[Arkinsaw]

I liked her in the movie "Matchmaker" which is one of the few "chick flicks" I can stand.

But if this is really Janeane Garofalo saying this then Saddam Hussein might turn himself around and become a spokesman for Amnesty International one of these days.

[nutmeg]

Excellent post by Janeane Garafolo... or whoever. I HOPE she wrote this and did "come to the light". Perhaps we can get to the bottom of whether or not it is Garafolo. Bill O'Reilly interviewed her recently when he took his show out to Hollywood (good interview). This post by "Shiloh Bucher" should get to O'Reilly, then he can confront her on it, if it's true. Would make for an interesting segment on his show!

[Recovering_Democrat]

How do we know this is Garafalo?? Really??

[VaBthang4]

Can I ask? How come you think this is Garafalo? I had never heard of this before.

Domain Name.......... shilohbucher.com
Creation Date........ 2002-01-18
Registration Date.... 2002-01-18
Expiry Date.......... 2003-01-18
Organisation Name.... Shiloh Bucher
Organisation Address. 2600 Lake Austin Blvd #11308
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Austin
Organisation Address. 78703
Organisation Address. TX
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... Shiloh Bucher
Admin Address........ 2600 Lake Austin Blvd #11308
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ Austin
Admin Address........ 78703
Admin Address........ TX
Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
Admin Email.......... shiloh@mail.utexas.edu
Admin Phone.......... 512-472-2703
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ YahooDomains Techcontact
Tech Address......... 701 First Ave.
Tech Address.........
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Tech Address......... 94089
Tech Address......... CA
Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
Tech Email........... domain.tech@YAHOO-INC.COM
Tech Phone........... +161.98813096
Tech Fax.............
Name Server.......... ns.hmdns.net
Name Server.......... ns2.hmdns.net

[Musket]

I don't care if this is Miss Garofalo or not. The link you posted proves that people are changing--and that is good! Thanks for the post.: )

[Charles Henrickson]

I am Janeane Garofolo.

[mhking]

So sue me.

http://www.shilohbucher.com/blog/archives/000382.html#000382

Reports of my being Janeane Garofolo are greatly exaggerated! She does, however, bear a striking resemblance to me.

UPDATE: OK, one more thing and then I really have to get back to studying for the LSAT, which I am taking Saturday. This whole business got a little out of hand today when someone posted Fritz's joke to FreeRepublic and everyone was astounded that Janeane Garofolo A. has been blogging for a year under a "secret identity" and B. is now declaring herself to be a Republican. Anyway, here's my favorite post of the debate over whether I'm really me or Janeane Garofolo in disguise. My mother got a big kick out of this one:

To: mhking

I can't imagine Garofalo (or anyone else) would 1) send away for a transcript of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" and 2) read thirty or so weblogs every day or every week. As a celebrity -- or ex-celebrity -- Janeane lives in a rarified celebrity universe, and I can't imagine anyone in that world doing such things.

"Shiloh Bucher" certainly sounds like a pseudonym, but a lot of people -- children of hippie parents -- have such names. Maybe they are pseudopeople or just plain pseuds. Anyway, Shiloh deserves some credit for registering Republican, something Janeane probably wouldn't do.

It's not like it's the first time my chain's been yanked, and I'm sure it won't be the last...