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He was part of the Hollywood crowd which is almost tantamount to the same thing. He was good friends with people like Walter Annenberg, George Will, Bill Buckley and others who were very much part of the establishment. EVen in CA he was friends with Unruh and others and was accepted as part of the establishment. He was friends with Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Liz Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and just about every other major star of that era. Imagine a Republican candidate who was close, personal friends with Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and Will Smith and that’d give you some idea.

You have just listed two vastly different classes of human beings.

The hollywood of old actually had some standards, class, and dare I say it, morals.

Those actors you have listed of the current culture are nothing but trash.

There is no comparison between the two groups.

they just seem that way with the passage of time

Reagan was good friends with Rock Hudson. I doubt many conservatives would consider him having class and morals.

Cary Grant slept with just about every woman in town, and a number of the men too, depending on what you read

Sinatra, Martin and some of the other ratpackers weren’t exactly the epitome of morals, especially in regards to alcohol, drugs, and women.

Liz Taylor and her 8 husbands wasn’t either.

40-50 years from now they’ll be saying why can’t they be like Brad and Angelina and George, and venerating them just like we do the older generation.

It was more of a social proof type deal. ie if Ronnie and Nancy were good enough for them, they’re ok by us.

There wasn’t anything close to the look down their noses thing that we saw even from the media and even from a number of erstwhile Republicans and conservatives.

I hope those Republicans and conservatives are happy with SecState Clinton and more liberals on the SC when Stevens or Ginsburg leave.

It couldn’t be issues or policy since McCain was always going to be in charge of that and they had no problem with him prior to Palin. It couldn’t be experience since Obama doesn’t have any of that. There was something else and I think it was cultural/social more than anything.