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TOM HANKS' MORMON COMMENT IS HYPOCRITICAL
boblonsberry.com ^ | 1/23/09 | Bob Lonsberry

Posted on 01/23/2009 6:43:23 PM PST by shortstop

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To: doc1019
I used to think highly of Tom Hanks, now I can see that he is just another piece of liberal scum! ;-(

I thought he was a cool guy myself. But now we know.

Amazing << Hear this. Feel this, and tell me that this isn't music.
And dont sleep on these two, either.


21 posted on 01/23/2009 7:06:48 PM PST by rdb3 (Oh, my. Uhh... No, it's... What's.., What's the word?)
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To: doc1019

Methinks thou hast hitten it on the heade!


22 posted on 01/23/2009 7:06:52 PM PST by JulienBenda ("Don't you just LOVE the Emperor's new clothes?!")
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To: shortstop

Yeah, the Mormoms better not spend their money how they wish but good ol Tommy can make all the money he wants off of mocking out Mormons. Gotta love it. Medved did say that Hanks has formally apologized for his statements, so at least he did do that.


23 posted on 01/23/2009 7:07:51 PM PST by Paved Paradise
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To: shortstop
Or, as Forrest Gump said and Tom Hanks proved: “Stupid is as stupid does.”...Hanks also starred in "Saving Private Ryan", a picture in which an Army captain orders a captured German soldier released - the soldier returns to the enemy side and eventually shoots and kills the captain - sort of like the poilcy of Hanks' buddy Obama, who naively and without thinking it through wants to close Gitmo, from which released prisoners are known to have returned to continue the jihad and have probalby helped kill American soldiers - "stupid" for sure......
24 posted on 01/23/2009 7:09:28 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: JulienBenda; doc1019
"Methinks thou hast hitten it on the heade!"

What was that show - "Bosom Buddies". Things that make you go hmmmm.

25 posted on 01/23/2009 7:13:21 PM PST by BipolarBob (Even the earth is bipolar.)
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To: Intolerant in NJ

I hear “Saving Ryan’s Privates” is a much better movie.


26 posted on 01/23/2009 7:14:04 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: shortstop; All
“And the truth is,” Tom Hanks said, “a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop-8 happen.”

Gee, just like you and left give a lot of money to make your prop’s happen.

27 posted on 01/23/2009 7:14:53 PM PST by edcoil (Liberals are the evil we must fight and get rid of.)
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To: shortstop

I’m not supporting Tom Hanks in any way, but I am assuming that what he meant was that the ideas and ideals behind Prop 8 are what are un-American — not that giving money to a cause or political fund (even a conservative one) is un-American.


28 posted on 01/23/2009 7:16:01 PM PST by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: shortstop

“He also donated to a liberal campaign fund called Midwest Values PAC.”

Having been born and raised in the midwest, I’m gonna take a wild guess and say this PAC doesn’t share my values or the values of anyone I know.

As for Hanks himself... I am grateful for his work on Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan, and for his other efforts to recognize The Greatest Generation. I’ve also enjoyed some of his older movies. Beyond that, he can take a flying leap.


29 posted on 01/23/2009 7:20:51 PM PST by DemforBush (Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
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To: shortstop

Those of you who might happen to be conservative, look closely at this liberal fool! Look hard. Look at him and the ilk who he associates with. When you plunk down that next admission fee for a bit of leg tingling, keep in mind that YOU are giving this clown a platform. You are making him rich and making him feel that what he thinks is important. Quite honestly, I don’t give a damn what this freak thinks or any of his pals think. And I wouldn’t give him a penny for either his performance or thoughts.....


30 posted on 01/23/2009 7:22:35 PM PST by eeriegeno
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To: JulienBenda

And they have a great work ethic. Sometimes people even chuckle with their dehydrating food, but they are prepared for tough times. And they take care of other families when they encounter difficulties. If more Americans were like them, we’d be better off. Wouldn’t need a welfare state.


31 posted on 01/23/2009 7:24:06 PM PST by KittyKares (.)
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To: JulienBenda

Well said.

I’m pretty much an agnostic, but count on my short list of friends during my life a surprising percentage of Mormons. They are to be admired for their passion for family, belief in self-reliance and many other good traits.

Tom Hanks is a fascist bastard.


32 posted on 01/23/2009 7:31:00 PM PST by ExpatGator (Extending logic since 1961.)
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To: KittyKares

Yes, I agree.

They are creating, or re-creating, what the original Jews and Christians did, I think: they are successfully building a livable City of Man that hasn’t yet forgotten about the City of God.

If I had to choose between only 1.) the secular humanism that rules today, and 2.) growing Islam, and 3.) Mormonism, I know which one I’d choose!

In the meantime, I’ll stay stoic.


33 posted on 01/23/2009 7:37:05 PM PST by JulienBenda ("Don't you just LOVE the Emperor's new clothes?!")
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To: Intolerant in NJ
Actually the German killed the Jewish guy in the final battle scenes. The Captain was killed by an artillery blast.

That aside, your point is spot on.

34 posted on 01/23/2009 7:45:43 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (Obama - what you get when you mix Affirmative Action with the Peter Principle.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Tom must really hate children. It’s not enough that his idol isn’t satisfied with 50,000,000 and still counting abortions in this country but now he has to use all citizens’ tax money to export the evil overseas, sponsored by him and his other promoters of the cultue of death. And not satisfied with all that kind of stopping births, he also has to promote human contraceptives too. And guess what follows naturally ... the polygamists of the day are now screaming for their own kind of “marriage” ... just to be fair don’tchaknow! Sorta defeats his own argument here.


35 posted on 01/23/2009 7:53:59 PM PST by Kandy
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To: doc1019

I’ve never liked Hanks. Men who look and act like boys are eunuchs in my book. He reminds me of Tom Cruise in that I always see the ‘actor’ on the screen, not the character.


36 posted on 01/23/2009 8:30:57 PM PST by Bookbuck
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To: doc1019

Dittos .... and I love renting, attending and watching movies ... from now on, none that have Hanks in it.


37 posted on 01/23/2009 8:41:30 PM PST by AgThorn (Bush is my president, but he needs to protect our borders. FIRST, before any talk of "Amnesty.")
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To: shortstop
In the movies, he’s the nice guy.

In "Bosom Buddies", he dresses as a woman.

38 posted on 01/23/2009 8:51:35 PM PST by GOP_Raider (Have you risen above your own public education today?)
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To: IYAS9YAS

Sorry - been a while since I saw the film - I do like my version better retribution-wise.....


39 posted on 01/23/2009 9:16:50 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: shortstop

Join the growing chorus of folks whom Tom Hanks is insulting - including my own faith, Catholicism. He and Ron Howard are bashing Catholics all the time with their stupid movies, like The DaVinci Code.

It’s really a shame because I always had a fondness for Tom in the movies. But, no more!


40 posted on 01/23/2009 9:39:00 PM PST by Gumdrop
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