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Actor Duvall Blasts Palin Critics at Fundraiser [calling columnist George Will a "super-nerd"]
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Posted on 10/14/2008 5:59:20 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Actor Duvall Blasts Palin Critics at Fundraiser

October 14, 2008 8:24 AM

ABC News' Imtiyaz Delawala Reports: Introducing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at a GOP fundraiser Monday, actor Robert Duvall blasted conservatives who have criticized the McCain-Palin ticket in recent days, calling conservative columnist George Will a "super-nerd" and former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson a "block of wood".

At an RNC fundraiser in McLean, VA, Duvall introduced Palin for the third time since her nomination to the Republican ticket, taking the opportunity to accuse Republicans critical of the McCain campaign as giving "credence to the other side."

"It bothers me that certain people in the Republican Party are attacking the McCain-Palin ticket, like super-nerd George...What's his name?” Duvall asked, prompting a few attendees to laugh and shout out George Will. “George...George, I can't even think. George Will," Duvall said, referring to the Washington Post columnist who has been critical of Palin.

The legendary actor then attacked former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, who campaigned with McCain last Friday in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Thompson had expressed unhappiness with the McCain campaign in an article that appeared in Sunday's New York Times. Asked if he was happy with Sen. McCain's campaign, Thompson told the paper, "No," adding, "I don't know who is."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: duvall; georgewill; gopcoup; palin; rinorevolution; robertduvall; sarah; sarahnoia; tommythompson
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To: houeto
Same here, on the grassroots level I have spoken to many democrates,and the great majority have told me they would never vote for Obama.
101 posted on 10/14/2008 6:31:02 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. FReerepublic,com baby)
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To: houeto
The word is getting out.

Well, it's about damn time.

But I was specifically talking about people who parrot the Democrat talking point that they would have considered voting for John McCain if only he were willing to run a quiet, inoffensive campaign and lose with class.

The most important thing to these 'Rats is that McCain lose.

They aren't good and sensible people who happen to have a little (D) problem, like the folks you mentioned...

102 posted on 10/14/2008 6:37:19 PM PDT by gridlock (I root for the Yankees. I have had just about enough of "Losing With Class"...)
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To: Rummyfan
It's good to hear ole Augustus McCrae still telling it like it is. “Dern those liberals!”
103 posted on 10/14/2008 6:37:26 PM PDT by Shqipo (McCain/Palin rallies.... No rock bands required.)
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To: Rummyfan
I’ve loved him in every role he’s ever played, from Boo Radley to Lucky Ned Pepper to Augustus McRae, and now this icing on the cake!

Unaccountably this put me in a god mood.

104 posted on 10/14/2008 6:43:43 PM PDT by Stentor (Obama is Bill Ayers' Renfield.)
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To: gridlock; houeto
I'm talking to democrats daily...and there are a LOT of them who will be voting for McCain-Palin...a lot.

The Obama campaign fears this, as well they should. The vast majority of them are not voting for Obama for one of two reasons: 1) Like houeto's friend says, they see who is associations have been and what his positions are, and they understand they are fundamentally anti-American, or 2) They do not like at all the way Hillary was treated and they want to punish him for it in the hopes he will lose and open the door for Hillary next cycle.

In the mean time, Sarah continues to draw huge crowds everywhere she goes and Obama, the DNC, and the complicit MSM fear it.

SARAH PALIN DRAWING HUGE CROWDS ALL ACROSS AMERICA







105 posted on 10/14/2008 6:49:37 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Rummyfan

Gus / Wardrobe Test

Crossing the Rio Grande

106 posted on 10/14/2008 7:12:41 PM PDT by 6323cd (Proud sister of Gloria, age 41, who happens to have Down's Syndrome)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
A couple weeks ago I bought the Lonesome Dove DVD and rewatched it for the first time in years. It is indeed the best show ever.

Me too - and I agree! Loved the book too.

107 posted on 10/15/2008 12:38:24 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: KevinB
Duvall lives a few miles from me and we bump into him at a local restaurant every now and then.

Does he still own / run that restaurant in The Plains?

108 posted on 10/15/2008 12:39:17 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Ah, “Tender Mercies” and “The Apostle”. Both great movies based on the rural Texas Culture. Duval would have made a great Southern small town Evangelical or Pentecostal type Preacher!


109 posted on 10/15/2008 1:12:31 AM PDT by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: Rummyfan
Does he still own / run that restaurant in The Plains?

No, he sold it a few years ago but still dines there often.

110 posted on 10/15/2008 5:06:01 AM PDT by KevinB (John McCain is to the Republican Party as James Taylor is to the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
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To: Rummyfan

I need to read the book as I’ve heard many times it is excellent. I bought and read “Broken Trail” after watching the show. Enjoyed it.


111 posted on 10/15/2008 6:26:23 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Lonesome Dove was great. The other two books in the series, Streets of Laredo and Comanche Moon are good too. Streets of Laredo is a sequel to LD, and of course there is no Gus. Comanche Moon is a prequel, and fills in some of the backstory of LD.
112 posted on 10/15/2008 7:13:42 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Rummyfan
I’ve loved him in every role he’s ever played, from Boo Radley to Lucky Ned Pepper to Augustus McRae...

And don't forget Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey - The Apostle E.F., my personal favorite Duvall role.

113 posted on 10/15/2008 7:24:24 AM PDT by The Citizen Soldier (For the first time in my life I am voting for Vice President!)
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