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But Actor Ron Silver Stands Up for American Values & Bush
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| 11:35am EST, Tuesday February 11, 2003
| Brent Baker
Posted on 02/11/2003 9:33:21 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: 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."My mother just said the same thing when I told her about Silver...she said they were probably 'afraid to come out of the closet'.
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:50:27 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Without dictators, what reason would we have to keep the UN?)
To: cake_crumb
Charlton Heston put it best, "there are more closet Conservatives in Hollywood than closet homosexuals."
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:51:43 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Destructor
I'D like to join Tom Selleck, whether he's in obscurity or not. He's my hero. Best looking legs in town and a great smile with dimples. Ah, one can look...
To: fight_truth_decay
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.
To: fight_truth_decay
Silver used to be a die-hard Clintonista - I guess maybe he's grown up.
To: fight_truth_decay
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 ABCs Politically Incorrect is being taped at the Warner Theater in Washington, DC. On Mondays show, MRC analyst Jessica Anderson documented, Silver, who is now co-star of the NBC sit-com Veronicas 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."
Thursdays guest list included Sam Donaldson and the stridently leftist Richard Belzer, star of NBCs 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 Silvers 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.
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:58:37 AM PST
by
JoeSixPack1
(Who's on First?)
To: 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? The resume isn't the real concern. It's the interview!
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posted on
02/11/2003 9:59:02 AM PST
by
Coop
To: fight_truth_decay
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...
To: blake6900
You are 100% correct.
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posted on
02/11/2003 10:02:09 AM PST
by
JoeSixPack1
(Who's on First?)
To: AbsoluteJustice
Sheen has a right to his views. Silver has an equal right to HIS views. Each of us has a right to support those who agree with our viewpoint. Or not to support. Such is the nature of a free America. The question is therefore moot.
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posted on
02/11/2003 10:04:55 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Without dictators, what reason would we have to keep the UN?)
To: JoeSixPack1
Seems to me the guy had a change of heart. Even Ronald Reagan was a Democrat at one time. It's more likely that he has always been a Republican, but was too scared of the DNC Hollywood Mafia to speak out now.
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posted on
02/11/2003 10:05:06 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: AbsoluteJustice
I think there's a middle-ground. There are bound to be loyal followers of political causes that express their convictions only in the voting booth. I wish more celebrities would do this, but then again we wouldn't have as much fun with them.
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posted on
02/11/2003 10:08:35 AM PST
by
Textide
To: Destructor
Silver, who plays liberal campaign strategist "Bruno Gianelli" on NBC's The West Wing I'm betting that next season, if not sooner, his contract will "somehow" be dropped and he won't be on the show.
Most likely killed off my a right wing, gun loving, white male.
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posted on
02/11/2003 10:09:04 AM PST
by
Johnny Gage
(God Bless our Military, God Bless President George W. Bush and God Bless America!)
To: dirtboy; RightOnline; Cyber Liberty; dead
"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
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posted on
02/11/2003 10:11:41 AM PST
by
BibChr
To: fight_truth_decay
He had clearly been a vociferous liberal.
There obviously has been a conversion.
To: jwalsh07
Isn't he the one who said "Those are our planes now!!" At Clinton's first inauguration?
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posted on
02/11/2003 10:20:07 AM PST
by
ambrose
To: Johnny Gage
"I'm betting that next season, if not sooner, his contract will "somehow" be dropped and he won't be on the show. Most likely killed off my a right wing, gun loving, white male."
I'd be willing to call that a sure thing!
To: Textide
LOL so true so true!!!!
To: 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.Close. But I peeked at the script. Silver's character is driving a SUV when the vehicle goes crazy and runs over many people all by itself. The SUV finally crashes into a MacDonalds where big macs surround Silver and force their way down his throat. Then a sudden blast of global warming, the secret sauce superheats which causes silver's to finger to twitch (opps, forgot to mention that his finger is stuck in the trigger guard of a large caliber pistol that was made by a special interest backed company that seeks to over through the barlett administration) and sets off the 120 gallons of spilled gas from the tank of the SUV). It is later found Silver was wearing fur underpants that kept him from getting out of the SUV and a doctor pronounces that he would be alive if he did not wear fur, eat meat, sit in a SUV, or carry a firearm.
Martin Sheen's character will just shake his head, sigh, and then sign a presidential directive banning everything but watching TV.
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posted on
02/11/2003 10:28:41 AM PST
by
pikachu
(The REAL script)
To: Destructor
Ron Silver is destined to join Tom Selleck in obscurity. The Hollywood Liberals don't tolerate those that don't agree with them. Tom Selleck may be obscure to Hollywood elites these days, but he recently co-produced and starred in the highest rated movie in the history of cable TV (ironically on Ted Turner's TNT network).
He's making movies his way that reflect his values and love of our western heritage and I'm very glad for the opportunity to enjoy his work again. His most recent film Monte Walsh was excellent and I highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in history or just great story telling.
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posted on
02/11/2003 10:36:20 AM PST
by
seanc623
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