Posted on 06/05/2004 4:57:45 PM PDT by hbhuis
Next, they will trot out Martin Sheen to give us his "presidential" opinion of Reagan.
I am equally uninterested in what Martin Sheen thinks of Robert E. Lee, or what John Wayne may have thought of Genghis Khan. Guys, please repeat after me: actors are not the people they play. Is this difficult?
Perhaps CBS sees the death of this great man as an opportunity to recycle their tastelees movie, and is spotlighting Brolin as part of the hype?
I would not be surprised in the least if those A**HOLES at CBS would have John Hinkley Jr. on 60 minutes to give his thoughts on Ronald Reagan.
There simply isn't a way I could agree more with you. I was thinking recently about some of the terrific people who came out of Hollywood's golden era and served this country so ably during WWII. Contrast today's pathetic, drug-besotted, hedonistic actors with the likes of Leslie Howard (Ashley Wilkes in Gone With The Wind), who joined the British armed forces and lost his life during the war. Huge stars like Jimmy Stewart and Clark Gable, who gave up lucrative careers to become combat pilots. John Wayne, who was rejected by the military due to an old football injury, so he used his star power to support the war on film. Bob Hope, who brought a bit of home to thousands upon thousands of our men overseas.
Today's overpaid, overblown Hollywood has never honored the achievements of the greatest former member of their industry: President Reagan. That says it all about today's Hollywood as far as I'm concerned.
He's one of the last people I'd want to hear talking about Reagan. The other one is his harpy wife.
Fine. Let the procession of the midgets begin.
You beat me on that one. Lets get all the actors that played a president to comment.
Hmmm..60 Minutes...owned by Viacom....who owns SHOWTIME...who will exploit the death by showing this ridiculous movie again. Anyone surprised?
"We all know Reagan's legacy, from the Iran-Contra affair to the funding of the Nicaraguan military in which over 200,000 people died. The groundwork for the move steadily to the right happened with the Reagan administration. People want to elevate him to some mythic level; they have their own reason for doing that." -- actor Danny Glover, at an anti-war rally in Los Angeles.
How awful.
I agree .. let them begin their little Reagan-bashing parade .. there will be an even BIGGER landslide in November. LOL!!
my sentiments exactly.....
Brolin will be in the Katie Show as well,,,dressed as DR. Kiley and analyzing the wounds that Pres. Reagan got in the attempted assasination.
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