Voight ignites a blog storm in Hollywood (big lib backlash)

Politico ^ | 8-6-08 | Jeffrey Ressner

[STARWISE]

Jon Voight intended to turn heads with the “very strong points” in his Washington Times op-ed last week (titled: Voight: My Concerns For America ~ Obama sowing socialist seeds in young people). But he probably didn’t expect so many of them to reside in Hollywood.

In a sign of the growing interest in politics this election year, bloggers who normally focus on the entertainment industry are expanding their presence in one of the Internet’s other spheres of influence.

Voight’s piece slammed Democratic candidate Barack Obama, praised GOP contender John McCain, and even repudiated his own Vietnam War protests as the naïve flailings of a deluded youth. It was a stunning bit of self-revelatory memoir from the now-conservative “Coming Home” star.

The political blogsosphere, of course, went ballistic. Then Jeffrey Wells, who runs the movie and pop culture site Hollywood-Elsewhere.com, took Voight to task for his right turn, and wrote that if he were a studio executive he might think twice before hiring Voight for any future film work. “[Voight is] obviously entitled to say and write whatever he wants,” wrote Wells. “But it's only natural that industry-based Obama supporters will henceforth regard him askance.

Honestly? If I were a producer and I had to make a casting decision about hiring Voight or some older actor who hadn't pissed me off with an idiotic Washington Times op-ed piece, I might very well say to myself, ‘Voight? Let him eat cake.'"

[huldah1776]

So is Stallone.

[penelopesire]

Thanks for the ping. Isn’t it interesting that Hollywood loves to repeat the lie that they were ‘blacklisted’ during the cold war for being communists....but now they ‘blacklist’ people who are conservatives or republicans with MARXIST ease!!

[lowbridge]

bump

[the invisib1e hand]

“It’s OK to be hated as long as you’re hated by the right people.” ~ Ari Fleisher, answering some snivelling White House reporter.

[the invisib1e hand]

Somewhat tangentially, I will plug Paul McCartney, David Bowie, The Who, The Stones, Eric Clapton, and all the other players who turned out in support of NYC and America at the Concert for New York in Oct, 2001 -- where Hillary Rodham Clinton was booed.

They may not call themselves conservatives (or they may), but they supported America, which is a stand-up thing to do and something some nominal conservatives and all leftists fail to do.

[STARWISE]

The resemblance between Jon Voight and his granddaughter, Shiloh, is amazing.

and Shiloh

Hope he gets to be included in their lives soon.

[longtermmemmory]

Voit has become super bankable now.

His mere appearance will be excellent fodder for box office cash.

[longtermmemmory]

McCarthy was correct.

Ronald Regan was correct

John Wayne was correct

all of them knew the left seeks to get their evil mits on popular culture.

[PsyOp]

btt

[Linden1209]

Don’t you just love the elitist grades Hollywood has for people? Hollywood is like India with its caste system. And they are for human rights? How about we make our own list for them (not alpha, as thought up):
Very employable:
S = Stalinist
M = Moron
W1= Demands sex for roles (m/f)
W2= Gives sex for roles (m/f)
D = Doper
C1= Makes movies that give bad examples for American families/children.
C2= Acts in movies that give bad examples for American families/children.
P = Parakeet person - give him/her mirror. It will keep him/her busy all day, every day.
Not employable:
N = Normal, intelligent pro-American

[Linden1209]

Ronald Regan was correct

John Wayne was correct

all of them knew the left seeks to get their evil mits on popular culture.
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As directed by Joseph Stalin.

P.S. You left out J.Edgar Hoover, a great man.

[Linden1209]

Pls note: Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D) 5th District's brother is Ari Emanuel (from Wikipedia):
Ariel “Ari” Emanuel is a prominent talent agent and founder of the Endeavor Agency in Beverly Hills, California. He represents Larry David, Michael Moore, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Mark Wahlberg, among others.
This person is the one who said he would see to it Mel Gibson never worked again in Hollywood. He is one of the several who are extreme leftist gatekeepers.

[Linden1209]

First saw Jon Voight on “Gunsmoke”.

[MileHi]

Then Jeffrey Wells, who runs the movie and pop culture site Hollywood-Elsewhere.com, took Voight to task for his right turn, and wrote that if he were a studio executive he might think twice before hiring Voight for any future film work.

Admitting that talent takes a backseat to promoting the agenda. Dumbass.

[bushfamfan]

Surprise, surprise in that Hollyweird is involved in the tactics the accused McCarthy of. Of course, McCarthy was actually after people who were communists and had no love for this country or way of life so, naturally, that was BAD. But nowadays if you love this country and voice an opinion so much as differing from their Marxist, anti-American politics you are to be blacklisted! But, really, what talent is left in that ceaspool anymore? Legendary Hollywood that actually put up original movies with talented, respectable actors who actually SERVED THEIR COUNTRY has been long gone. Where were these great Clintoonites serving their boy in Kosovo? What about if Obama gets in? Will we look forward to their service? Voight is really not missing out on anything, but there is powerful evidence that can be brought to bring out their hypocricies and injustice with this form of attempting to silence dissent. Seems like there may very well be some civil rights violations. I commend Jon Voight and he has already proven himself and doesn’t need any of them.

[jan in Colorado]

I saw an interview with him where he said his transformation started when he saw what happened after we pulled out of vietnam.

I saw that interview as well, and I gained a lot of respect for him. Having grown up during the time of the Vietnam war, I can understand how a lot of uninformed, "brains full of mush" got caught up with the anti war movement. ( No news available except the three networks).

I'm glad Mr. Voight recognizes the errors of the past and doesn't want them repeated again. I think that is why he has been so outspoken about the dangers of messiah Obama!

[STONEWALLS]

“In many ways Congress is sort of like Hollywood East.
The performance, the lights, cameras and press are more important than reality for both.”

....yep, and they acknowledge each other as co-equals when say somebody like George Clooney testifies before Congress on Darfur....the pols and the stars fall all over each other for the cameras.

[ichabod1]

They say Washington is Hollywood for the ugly.

[STARWISE]

Yep!

[oldenuff2no]

Hollyweird thinks they are all important. No, I do not think of them as being the true artests in this country and therefore they are of no importance. My family, friends, and community are important. Political leadership is important. Hollyweird is nothing more than entertainment. Hollywood does not own the arts in fact I do not believe that that socialist enclave truly represents anything that I consider artful. I find art in museums, or in Ashland Or., or at state and county fairs. I find art in the pictures that our 4H photography club takes during outings. I find art in the loadnscape and in the power of mother nature. Hollywierd is nothing more than pretend. People whose values change according to the latest fad, people who pretend to have morals, and people who pretend to have all the answers. Hollywood has nothing to do with the reality of most of the citizens of our great nation, they just pretend they do.