Acting out (some Hollywood conservatives mentioned)

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 2/24/03 | Beth Gillin

[Charlie OK]

Hollywood antiwar sentiment is loud and clear. And so is the opposition.

It's the largest outpouring of star-powered anti-war sentiment since the Vietnam War.

Barbra Streisand, Martin Sheen, Jessica Lange, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Martin Scorsese, Sean Penn, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Ossie Davis, Robert Altman.

Some of the country's biggest stars are loudly against invading Iraq.

Edward Norton, Tyne Daly, Danny Glover, Rob Reiner, Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Mike Farrell, Janeane Garofalo, Woody Harrelson and Rosario Dawson.

The list goes on.

[Charlie OK]

Go down further in the article, and it mentions some Hollywierdos that are conservative. Some have been mentioned before, but there were others I hadn't heard about before.

[Paleo Conservative]

Janeane Garofalo,

A local radio talk show host pointed out that several of Janeane Garofalo's movies had the word "dog" in their titles, but he wasn't sure about its significance.

[LayoutGuru2]

R. Lee Ermey just cracks me up.

[T'wit]

Name a few more and you might be able to bring the total IQ up to 100.

[LaraCroft]

Interesting. I bet a lot of them do speak up and the press never says a word about it.

[BillyBoy]

I remember a few years back, their was a magazine piece called the "The Generation X Files" where they were trying to figure out Janeane Garofalo's popularity: "When some unknown stand up comic with only a few B-movie titles to her name suddenly becomes a cultural icon, there is only one explaination-- MASS HYPNOSIS!"

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

A local radio talk show host pointed out that several of Janeane Garofalo's movies had the word "dog" in their titles, but he wasn't sure about its significance.

Dogma (1999)
Dog Park (1998)
Truth About Cats & Dogs, The (1996)

(from Imdb.com: http://us.imdb.com/Name?Garofalo,+Janeane )

Some other titles in her portfolio that describe her rather well:

What Planet Are You From? (2000)
Thick as Thieves (1999)
Half Baked (1998)
Coldblooded (1995)
Reality Bites (1994)

[I_Love_My_Husband]

The rest of the article names the conservatives. I've cut and pasted it here:

It may seem that the antiwar stars speak for all of Hollywood. They don't. Many actors are Republican (Heather Locklear, Kelsey Grammer, Babylon Five's Tracy Scoggins, Senator-turned-Law-&-Order-star Fred Thompson.)

Others are libertarian (Drew Carey, Lisa Kennedy, Kurt Russell, Penn and Teller, Tommy Chong, Russell Means).

Emma Caulfield, who plays Anya on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, describes herself as "ultraconservative." Conservative Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton is honorary chairperson of Feminists for Life.

Professionally they may all get along. But when it comes down to the political and the personal, Hollywood Hawks and Tinseltown Liberals can clash.

There was Bush supporter James Woods, tooling down the highway in his car on Feb. 3, when he heard David Clennon, star of CBS's The Agency, on the radio comparing the "moral climate" of America to Nazi Germany.

Except, Clennon told Sean Hannity, host of the national syndicated show, Hitler was smarter than Bush.

Furious, Woods called the show and peppered Clennon with quotes from Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, who famously called war "the continuation of politics by other means."

In January, Woods came under fire for telling the host of a Los Angeles TV show: "If they harbor terrorists, we should wipe them off the face of the Earth. Eventually, one of these terrorist diaper-heads is going to come around and do something more horrible."

Callers complained that the insult was a racist slur. "I think Mr. Woods is off his medication," said Jean Abinader of the Arab American Institute in Washington.

Last month, hawk Ron Silver almost caused an international incident at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Enraged that Patrick Cox, president of the European Union parliament, called the United States an imperialist nation, Silver jumped from his table and lectured Europe for sitting on the sidelines in the Balkans while America fought for peace.

Afterward, he and Cox went out for a drink. Lately, Silver's been popping up on TV talk shows, urging viewers to give war a chance.

Pro-war or anti-, celebrities seem to over-emote when overseas.

In Spain last fall, Jessica Lange said, "It is an embarrassing time to be an American. It really is. It's humiliating."

Conservative John Malkovich caused an outcry last summer when he told a group of Cambridge students he'd like to shoot a certain anti-Israel, anti-American member of Parliament.

When Bush supporter R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine who played the scary drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket, was asked by a London newspaper about a certain well-known diva's anti-war statements, Ermey thundered:

"Once again, Barbra Streisand has opened her alligator-sized mouth wide before her hummingbird brain has had a chance to catch up. Ms. Streisand does not speak for me or many other folks in this business."

Indeed, the biggest majority in Hollywood is silent.

Perhaps fearful that any position they might take could impede the flow of box-office receipts, most stars are straddling the fence.

Even Bruce Willis, White House spokesman for children in foster care, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who may run as a Republican for governor of California, are mum on Iraq.

Robin Williams, who has entertained troops in Afghanistan, says he's still making up his mind.

"It's difficult," he told the New York Post. "Winning the war would be quick. Occupying the country is the second part of the equation... . How long would we be there? And how much will it cost? Nine trillion dollars? Ah, what's that among friends?"

Even if the country goes to war and Americans rally around the President, Levinson said, the celebrities who advised against it aren't likely to suffer long-term effects.

He points to Jane Fonda, who won an Oscar for Klute in 1971, and sparked outrage the next year when she went to Hanoi to protest the Vietnam War. Her career went into eclipse, but by 1978 all was forgiven and she won another Oscar, for Coming Home.

"And if she made another movie today," Levinson said, "I've no doubt she'd be embraced."

[ZGuy]

For a compilation of the stupidest things celebrity liberals have said, don't miss www.celiberal.com

It lists gems such as this one by Janeane Garofalo -

"Our country is founded on a sham: our forefathers were slave-owning rich white guys who wanted it their way. So when I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.' That you can have a gay parade on Christopher Street in New York, with naked men and women on a float cheering, 'We're here, we're queer!' -- that's what makes my heart swell. Not the flag, but a gay naked man or woman burning the flag. I get choked up with pride."

[IYAS9YAS]

I think that was Mad Magazine...It's really gone down hill in the last several years, most especially since Mr. Gaines passed away.

[MAWG]

" ... trying to figure out Janeane Garofalos' popularity ..."

She gets work and thus " popularity " because she passes the first and most critical test in Hollywood : She is queer.

[Tax-chick]

Isn't he just the cutest thing?

[CedarDave]

No mention of Dennis Miller who, after getting tired of Donahue soaking up all the time on last night's repeat, got on a roll and cleaned ol' Phil's liberal clock. Dennis is smart and witty, and is not at all shy about calling the Hollywood libs on the carpet by name. However, he was respectful of Sarandon and Garofalo, saying that though he disagreed with them 180 degrees, they had done their homework and were good debaters for their cause. I got a new appreciation for Dennis, even though I first thought he was parodying other conservatives because I actually cringed at a few of the things he said (like setting off a small nuclear bomb at our test range in Nevada to show them we're serious about retaliation if they attack with WMD). But generally, he was right on about these folks and how they go about their business of cutting down the US. Catch a repeat if you can.

[CARepubGal]

Gunny PING! :-)

[peteram]

Yeah! Heather Locklear is a Conservative!

[Live free or die]

Tracy Scoggins too!!! I loved her on Baywatch!

[Happygal]

Funny how the celebrities who support the war on Iraq are dumped down to the bottom of this article, rather than headlining.

I work as a journalist, and in our training we were taught to put the facts in the first four paragraphs because the majority of readers will not go any further unless the article is of specific interest.

Just another ploy in the leftist media agenda in this case.

[hobson]

(like setting off a small nuclear bomb at our test range in Nevada to> show them we're serious about retaliation if they attack with WMD).
He didn't say that. He said it should be exploded in the middle of nowhere when the wind is not blowing.

[peteram]

Worth another look...
(Something a little less risque)

[Mudboy Slim]

"Just another ploy in the leftist media agenda..."

Yep...thing is, in America we're catchin' onto the EffeteElite spin and rejecting it in increasing numbers. Seems like there are pockets in Europe where the TRUTH just ain't gettin' thru...MUD