Posted on 03/04/2003 12:57:05 AM PST by Cinnamon Girl
It seems like everyone has been making lists lately of all the big mouths in Hollywood who like to spew their hate speech against President Bush and share their ignorance about foreign affairs. There's even a website dedicated to the subject: www.hollywoodhalfwits.com.
But is there a Festivus for the rest of us? Little by little, conservatives, or at least supporters of President Bush, are making themselves known, sometimes against their own better judgment.
Here's a list, with quotes:
1. Shlomo Goldberg. Who is Shlomo Goldberg? Try actor Steve Bond, who played "Jimmy Lee Holt" on General Hospital. He called into the Larry Elder show on Monday to come out as a conservative, who, to top it off, was born in Israel. Steve spoke eloquently about the liberals' foolish faith in the U.N. inspectors. Someone give this guy a good role!
2. James Woods: "I like the Rumsfeld approach to things, you know. If they're not right, shoot ‘em. I’m not about appeasing any of these crappy little Arab states that want to hold us hostage with oil, you know, and decide they’re going to use terrorism or state support it." (from the Conway & Steckler show)
3. James Earl Jones: Said he doesn't oppose U.S. military action in Iraq, provided the country gets involved as soon as necessary and stays to finish the job. (from Fox News)
Kelsey Grammer: ``The thing I most respond to in the political arena is people that actually don't play politics, and I think President Bush comes from a place that is sincere.'' (from AP via NYT)
Heather Locklear: "He's a scumbag," said the vixen of "Spin City" and formerly of "Melrose Place." But Locklear was quick to clarify: She was talking about President Josiah Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen. (from the Weekly Standard)
(the following is according the the Philadelphia Enquirer:)
Babylon Five's Tracy Scoggins
Senator-turned-Law-&-Order-star Fred Thompson: "Thank goodness we have a President with the courage to protect our country."
Libertarians: Drew Carey, Lisa Kennedy, Kurt Russell, Penn and Teller, Tommy Chong, Russell Means
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.
Conservative Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton is honorary chairperson of Feminists for Life.
Emma Caulfield, who plays Anya on Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Identifies herself as a Republican, and has said she would take a break from acting to actively campaign for Elizabeth Dole, in the event that Ms. Dole runs for president again in a future election." (from Internet Movie Database)
Ron Silver: "I kind of like Rumsfeld's 'old Europe versus the new Europe,' and we saw it in the last two weeks, with France and Germany, who were not with us on June 6, 1944, I don't know why we expect them to be with us today."
R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine who played the scary drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket: "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."
Bruce Willis, White House spokesman for children in foster care: Willis purchased 12,000 boxes of girl Scout cookies from his 8-year-old daughter Tallulah Belle to support military personnel serving in the Middle East. His cookies were given to Marines and Sailors onboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy, and Army and Air Force personnel in Afghanistan.
Arnold Schwarzenegger: may run as a Republican for governor of California.
Dennis Miller on Hardball: Matthews: “Did you vote for him?” Miller: “Yes I did.” Matthews: “First time you voted Republican? I feel like I’m Brian Lamb here.” Miller: “Well, you know, a gentleman doesn’t kiss and tell. I’ll tell you about Bush, but I, you know I-” Matthews: “Are you a lifelong Republican or a lifelong Democrat?” Miller: “I was a lifelong Democrat for a long time.” Matthews: “Did you switch for Bush?” Miller: “Well I switched for other reasons. I began to find the dialogue on the left side of it to be getting a little strident."
Norm McDonald: where is he?
Charlton Heston on Today Show: Lauer demanded: "Have you ever gotten up one morning, read the newspaper or seen the news about a particularly horrific crime or event that involved a shooting and thought even for a second, I may be on the wrong side of this issue?"
Heston: "No I never felt that."
He's also a total class act. I've never had the pleasure of meeting him but I've been very impressed with his personality as I've seen him on TV for so many years. He comes across as a real gentleman and down to earth sort of guy.
I loved that song, especially the line "Watergate does not bother me, does your conscience bother you?" (paging all America-hating, lice infested anti-war types).
Maybe so but to his credit he told Rolling Stone years ago that he voted for Reagan in '84 because he didn't want a repeat of the Carter years (specifically the Panama Canal mess).
Has anyone mentioned Al Michaels?
Is he on our side too?
Pardon me if I'm a bit suspicious about the whole bunch of them. Look at how quickly Clint Eastwood caved on gun control. I don't doubt that if Sen. Rodham (Com-NY) wins in 2004 or 2008, most of these "good guys" will jump on the bandwagon. If there's one thing Hollywood is about even more than liberalism, it's following trends.
And another thing: please stop listing libertarians as "good guys." It doesn't take courage to be a libertarian in Hollywood, since you're not rocking the boat. A Hollywood libertarian is either (a) a Republican who lacks the courage to admit it, or (b) a pothead.
I disagree; libertarians are principled people for the most part and they are distinct from Republicans and Democrats in many ways. And enough with the pothead stereotype already...I expect better critical thinking skills from Freepers.
I can't past the earring he wears out in public. Ridiculous! Him and Ed Bradley both. Imus had a great line about Bradley a few years ago; "Ed, you're a reporter not a pirate,"
True, you did. Bill Maher comes to mind, but he's more of a libertine than a libertarian.
Although Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon and Janeane Garofalo have been dominating the anti-war airwaves of late, some stars with differing points of view have decided to speak up.
Bruce Willis, Brian McKnight, Kid Rock, Rob Lowe and Jean-Claude Van Damme are saying things that are undoubtedly making the anti-war crowd steam. On the other hand, the celebrity rhetoric that’s coming out of these guys is warming the hearts of the kick-Saddam’s-butt bunch.
According to the New York Daily News, Willis seriously thought about enlisting in the U.S. armed services.
Singer Brian McKnight told MSNBC, “If we do go to war ... I'm going to support whatever President Bush decides to do.”
Kid Rock colorfully expressed his views by saying, “We got to kill that mother-[bleeper] Saddam. Slit his throat.”
Rob Lowe, Sheen’s former co-star on “The West Wing,” told Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" on Monday that Americans should support our armed forces, and that the best way to do that is to support our commander in chief.
And action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme told Globe magazine, “Some of those in Hollywood are part of the axis of ignorance!”
The Left Coast Report says it’s nice to know that there are celebrities with the mental muscle to go against the grain.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/3/4/95343.shtml
To paraphrase Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby, Libertarians are a bunch of fickle musheads, and I'd just as soon they got their own website as continue to hang out here. Pro-Abortion? Don't want you. Pro Legalized drugs? Don't need you. Anti foreign policy? Can't use you.
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