[madinmadtown]

He interviewed Rush this week and was surprised by him as well. Shatner is NOT a conservative, even though he played one on television. A lot of Hollywood depends on stereotypes...a ten second appearance in an ad, tv show or movie must convey a tremendous amount of cultural bias or past knowledge, for us to “buy” the messenger.
The stereotypes for Conservatives have been that they are stupid in the Hollywood mind, illiterate nearly. When a liberal who embraces those fallacies actually meets the intelligent fact, it comes as a surprise.

[ElayneJ]

“He interviewed Rush this week and was surprised by him as well. Shatner is NOT a conservative, even though he played one on television.”

I’m not going by his Denny Crane role (which I enjoyed, BTW). I believe he has claimed in the past to be Republican, and I also believe he’s embraced conservative causes (but I cannot be so sure that I would place any bets on it). I doubt he was surprised by Rush (although I didn’t hear the interview). I don’t think Shatner is a dunce - he knew what he was getting with Rush.

[ElayneJ]

Re: Republican - If he’s a Canadian citizen, I guess no party affiliation there. I don’t know.