[D-fendr]

"Why, then, do so many Hollywood celebrities recklessly place this popularity at risk with edgy, outspoken, confrontational political posturing that's sure to insult some substantial segment of their fans? "

Because McCarthy was right, and it will take another decade or two for the communist legacy to fade.

[Green Knight]

The recent ratings collapse for NBC's acclaimed program, The West Wing, so obviously coincides with the edgy, insistent, anti-war activism of the show's star, Martin Sheen, that letter writers to USA TODAY and other ordinary Americans have hastened to point out the connection.

HAH! Hope Sorkin doesn't OD when his craptacuar show gets cancelled. Stopped watching The Left Wing sometime during the middle of the 1st season. Just couldn't take it, anymore.