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Scientology Drove Actress Kirstie Alley to Vote for Bush
MRC ^ | Tuesday May 27, 2003 | BrentBaker

Posted on 05/27/2003 9:58:22 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay

Belonging to the Church of Scientology, which opposes the use of pharmaceuticals for psychiatric problems, drove actress Kirstie Alley, "Rebecca" on Cheers, to vote for George W. Bush for President in 2000 even though she preferred Al Gore on most issues. In an interview with Washington Post "Reliable Source" gossip columnist Lloyd Grove, Alley revealed she voted for Bush because, "although I love Al Gore and I like many of his ideas, I just had a problem with his wife," Tipper, who supports using drugs to correct mental problems.

An excerpt from Grove's piece in the Sunday, May 25 Post:

Before we get to Kirstie Alley's issue -- enacting a federal law to prohibit schools from pushing parents to medicate "problem" children -- let's get to Kirstie Alley's love life.

"When I come to Washington in June" -- to lobby for Senate passage of the Child Medication Safety Act, which passed the House overwhelmingly last week -- "I might just look for a husband," the 52-year-old mother of two told us from Los Angeles. "I would like to be married again. I can't have a conservative, and he can't be on psychotropic drugs....He would be my third. I love marriage. I love monogamy."

Other specifications?

"I want him to be from 40 to 50 years old," said Alley, who starred in the hit sitcom "Cheers" and now is seen everywhere umpteen times a day in a series of amusing Pier 1 Imports commercials....

Okay, let's get to Alley's issue. She's touting it under the auspices of the Scientology-supported Citizens Commission on Human Rights. A longtime member of the Church of Scientology, which is unalterably opposed to psychiatric medications of any kind, Alley has been speaking out against mental health professionals who think psychiatric drugs can sometimes help people.

"I'm an absolutist," Alley said. "I'm very adamant against drugs. When teachers and school administrators talk about problems with attention span and left brain, right brain, I say '[Bleep] the left brain, [bleep] the right brain!' We're talking about a whole human being, not one side of the brain or another side!"

Alley's convictions are so strong, she said, that in the last presidential election she voted for George W. Bush instead of her preferred candidate, Al Gore. "My personal reason was that, although I love Al Gore and I like many of his ideas, I just had a problem with his wife," Tipper, a mental health advocate who, during the campaign, candidly discussed her own bouts of depression and how she was aided by therapy and drugs. "I know I'm going to get myself in trouble," Alley confided. "Look, I have a loud mouth."

END of Excerpt

Another constituency for Karl Rove to court, Scientologists.

-- Brent Baker


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alley; braindead; childmedication; ditz; kirstiealley; safetyact; scientology; twit
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When Bush sits down with congressional leaders..

Bush: "You all know the Boy Genius," .. (Bush's other nickname for Karl Rove is less flattering: 'Turd Blossom'.)

1 posted on 05/27/2003 9:58:23 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay
It's nice that she voted for him, but boy...there's a lot of air between those ears.
2 posted on 05/27/2003 10:01:32 AM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: fight_truth_decay
Church of Scientology, which is unalterably opposed to psychiatric medications of any kind,

First I've heard of this. Does that include L-Dopa therapy for Parkinson's patients and other proven applications? I must say, I believe we are an overmedicated society, but there are very helpful and legitimate drugs out there. Just because they are "psychiatric" doesn't mean they're bad.

And here I always thought the Scientologists were just tripping...

3 posted on 05/27/2003 10:03:15 AM PDT by Mr. Bird
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To: truthkeeper
Air is smarter than that.
4 posted on 05/27/2003 10:04:39 AM PDT by discostu (A cow don't make ham)
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To: fight_truth_decay
"I would like to be married again. I can't have a conservative, and he can't be on psychotropic drugs....He would be my third. I love marriage. I love monogamy."

She won't find him in DC. Most 40-50 year-old, non-conservative, non-drug using, single men in DC aren't exactly the marryin' kind...if you get my drift...

5 posted on 05/27/2003 10:06:24 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (http://wardsmythe.crimsonblog.com)
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To: fight_truth_decay
You can't make stuff like this up.
6 posted on 05/27/2003 10:06:34 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (WWJCD? What would Jeff Cooper do?)
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To: fight_truth_decay
If I become a Scientologist, will I gain the same powers of deduction and reasoning as Kirstie?
7 posted on 05/27/2003 10:07:50 AM PDT by Search4Truth (When a man lies, he murders part of the world.)
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To: fight_truth_decay
I am suprised that, with her figure, she isn't more into save the whales or greenpeace. Too many lunches with Sally Struthers.
8 posted on 05/27/2003 10:08:53 AM PDT by Blue Screen of Death
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To: discostu
Yes air has a purpose and direction.
9 posted on 05/27/2003 10:09:21 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If you're looking for a friend, get a dog.)
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To: fight_truth_decay
Geez all these people do is talk. They can take a perfectly legit idea and say absolutely nothing and even have others say more of nothing also.
10 posted on 05/27/2003 10:10:23 AM PDT by freekitty (W)
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To: fight_truth_decay
I'd sooner marry a junkie than a Scientologist.
11 posted on 05/27/2003 10:11:33 AM PDT by -YYZ- (This message has been brought to you by the voice of reason, which nobody wants to hear)
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To: fight_truth_decay
Scientology: How to make your cult look legitimate... or how to create a religion on a $1 bet.
12 posted on 05/27/2003 10:11:41 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: fight_truth_decay
Anyone remember when Kirstie Alley used to be hot?
13 posted on 05/27/2003 10:12:19 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: fight_truth_decay
Kirstie Alley is not a poster child for Womens' Suffrage.
14 posted on 05/27/2003 10:19:27 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: HamiltonJay

Not bad for a 50-year-old.

15 posted on 05/27/2003 10:22:52 AM PDT by BlkConserv
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To: discostu
She's dumber than a box of rocks! Take your meds Kirstie,everything will be all right.
16 posted on 05/27/2003 10:24:46 AM PDT by ohiobushman (HEY CLINTON'S,DON'T GO AWAY MAD,JUST F'N GO AWAY!!)
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To: Mr. Bird
Narconon is an international drug rehabilitation organisation founded in 1966, by L. Ron Hubbard,.."It combines what might be termed his moral philosophy with his theories on the nature of drug addiction and his solutions to the problem, providing a mixture of educational and therapeutic activities."

Scientology's drug rehab scam on Scientology critic link.

..and "What is Narconon?"Critic Link

Narconon website:http://www.narconon.org/

17 posted on 05/27/2003 10:25:10 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: HamiltonJay
Anyone remember when Kirstie Alley used to be hot?

As hot as she ever got?

18 posted on 05/27/2003 10:25:52 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (This tag line may be closer than it appears.)
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To: fight_truth_decay
the Church of Scientology, which opposes the use of pharmaceuticals for psychiatric problems...actress Kirstie Alley, "Rebecca" on Cheers

DUH ALERT!

I've seen people get involuntarily committed for behaving less bizarrely than she does in most of her "Pier 1" commercials.

19 posted on 05/27/2003 10:26:01 AM PDT by George Smiley (Is it still a right if you have to get the government's permission before you can exercise it?)
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To: ohiobushman
What's funny is that for the last 10 years or so she's looked like she's in mid-bender, but is apparently against psychological medication.
20 posted on 05/27/2003 10:26:21 AM PDT by discostu (A cow don't make ham)
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