Posted on 03/04/2003 12:57:05 AM PST by Cinnamon Girl
It seems like everyone has been making lists lately of all the big mouths in Hollywood who like to spew their hate speech against President Bush and share their ignorance about foreign affairs. There's even a website dedicated to the subject: www.hollywoodhalfwits.com.
But is there a Festivus for the rest of us? Little by little, conservatives, or at least supporters of President Bush, are making themselves known, sometimes against their own better judgment.
Here's a list, with quotes:
1. Shlomo Goldberg. Who is Shlomo Goldberg? Try actor Steve Bond, who played "Jimmy Lee Holt" on General Hospital. He called into the Larry Elder show on Monday to come out as a conservative, who, to top it off, was born in Israel. Steve spoke eloquently about the liberals' foolish faith in the U.N. inspectors. Someone give this guy a good role!
2. James Woods: "I like the Rumsfeld approach to things, you know. If they're not right, shoot em. Im not about appeasing any of these crappy little Arab states that want to hold us hostage with oil, you know, and decide theyre going to use terrorism or state support it." (from the Conway & Steckler show)
3. James Earl Jones: Said he doesn't oppose U.S. military action in Iraq, provided the country gets involved as soon as necessary and stays to finish the job. (from Fox News)
Kelsey Grammer: ``The thing I most respond to in the political arena is people that actually don't play politics, and I think President Bush comes from a place that is sincere.'' (from AP via NYT)
Heather Locklear: "He's a scumbag," said the vixen of "Spin City" and formerly of "Melrose Place." But Locklear was quick to clarify: She was talking about President Josiah Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen. (from the Weekly Standard)
(the following is according the the Philadelphia Enquirer:)
Babylon Five's Tracy Scoggins
Senator-turned-Law-&-Order-star Fred Thompson: "Thank goodness we have a President with the courage to protect our country."
Libertarians: Drew Carey, Lisa Kennedy, Kurt Russell, Penn and Teller, Tommy Chong, Russell Means
John Malkovich: caused an outcry last summer when he told a group of Cambridge students he'd like to shoot a certain anti-Israel, anti-American member of Parliament.
Conservative Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton is honorary chairperson of Feminists for Life.
Emma Caulfield, who plays Anya on Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Identifies herself as a Republican, and has said she would take a break from acting to actively campaign for Elizabeth Dole, in the event that Ms. Dole runs for president again in a future election." (from Internet Movie Database)
Ron Silver: "I kind of like Rumsfeld's 'old Europe versus the new Europe,' and we saw it in the last two weeks, with France and Germany, who were not with us on June 6, 1944, I don't know why we expect them to be with us today."
R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine who played the scary drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket: "Once again, Barbra Streisand has opened her alligator-sized mouth wide before her hummingbird brain has had a chance to catch up. Ms. Streisand does not speak for me or many other folks in this business."
Bruce Willis, White House spokesman for children in foster care: Willis purchased 12,000 boxes of girl Scout cookies from his 8-year-old daughter Tallulah Belle to support military personnel serving in the Middle East. His cookies were given to Marines and Sailors onboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy, and Army and Air Force personnel in Afghanistan.
Arnold Schwarzenegger: may run as a Republican for governor of California.
Dennis Miller on Hardball: Matthews: Did you vote for him? Miller: Yes I did. Matthews: First time you voted Republican? I feel like Im Brian Lamb here. Miller: Well, you know, a gentleman doesnt kiss and tell. Ill tell you about Bush, but I, you know I- Matthews: Are you a lifelong Republican or a lifelong Democrat? Miller: I was a lifelong Democrat for a long time. Matthews: Did you switch for Bush? Miller: Well I switched for other reasons. I began to find the dialogue on the left side of it to be getting a little strident."
Norm McDonald: where is he?
Charlton Heston on Today Show: Lauer demanded: "Have you ever gotten up one morning, read the newspaper or seen the news about a particularly horrific crime or event that involved a shooting and thought even for a second, I may be on the wrong side of this issue?"
Heston: "No I never felt that."
Thanks, I didn't know he'd said that. Great to hear about another conservative in a position of prominence.
To paraphrase Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby, Libertarians are a bunch of fickle musheads, and I'd just as soon they got their own website as continue to hang out here. Pro-Abortion? Don't want you. Pro Legalized drugs? Don't need you. Anti foreign policy? Can't use you.
I'm not going down this road again on this forum; suffice to say we'll agree to disagree.
Fine. Enjoy your wasted vote. Just remember that this is a conservative website. Libertarians clash with conservatives on several key issues. This is a thread on celebrities who support our Rebulican President's decision to go to war. Libertarians are against most military activity, and not necessarily in support of GW Bush in general. Who is or who is not a Libertarian is completely irrelevant.
Fine. Enjoy your wasted vote. Just remember that this is a conservative website. Libertarians clash with conservatives on several key issues. This is a thread on celebrities who support our Rebulican President's decision to go to war. Libertarians are against most military activity, and not necessarily in support of GW Bush in general. Who is or who is not a Libertarian is completely irrelevant.
This is the kind of narrow minded, eat their own thinking that keeps Democrats in power. The fact is that most Libertarians are sympathetic to the GOP. They support Republicans over Democrats in many elections because they know the difference between civilized disagreement and Marxist fratricide. You shouldn't be wasting your energy attacking people who are your allies more often than not.
You're also assuming that I vote Libertarian; I don't. I vote for the GOP because I know that is smarter to work from within the party than from the outside. They are many Libertarians including Larry Elder who support taking out Saddam. The Ayn Rand Institute wants to go even further and reclaim the oil fields Arab nations stole from us. Hardly a blame America policy.
Dolly has definately gotten involved in left wing issues...in bed with the queer nation. I could be wrong with Tanya, but I recall her speaking out for Clinton.
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AH, JR. We ( me,hubby and kids) got our picture taken with him a few years ago at a Coyotes/fans family day a few years ago. A really nice guy. It's not been the same since he left PHX. He was (still is) our favorite hockey player.
I still remember one of Charles Barkley's lines around the time he was with the Suns. He told his grandma he was a republican and she said, "Charles, only rich people are republicans", and he replied, "Grandma, I"M RICH!".
Many years ago, I watched him on the Tonight Show. He was talking about his life "pre-Hollywood."
Said he was going to go to medical school to become a doctor. Jay asked him about something he heard about his IQ being "off the chart!" Woods said, "Yeah, I think I tested at 180!"
He was talking politics then (10 years ago) and he sounded definately Libertarian/Conservative!
Seems like a nice guy!
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