doesn't that seem silly to you all?
nah its consistent with the logic of the Bush team
Silly to say the least, but I agree with dys that it's consistent with the logic of the Bush team. It doesn't surprise me.
No, I guess it's not a surprise.
Charlton Heston is soooooo subtle
he and William Shatner must have had the same acting teacher
Chuck is/was the Pres of the NRA. He owes them a little talking.
You know, I didn't realize just how well-behaved the conservative artists were until I started racking my brain, trying to come up with some who take podiums at non-political events, and wax politics...
Don't think Shatner is conservative. Think he is just wacky.
(But I love him. SUCH DRAMA!)
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IMO, Ahnold shows how it should be done. He didn't take the Oscars hostage. He went to Washington, and is working to improve education. Don't see how this could be construed as anything but positive...
Sofia, face it, there just aren't that many Conservative "artists".
Did you know that the No Child Left Behind act requires public secondary schools to provide military recruiters with access to facilities, and contact information for every student, or face a cut-off of all federal aid?
If you're not in favor of that, then perhaps Ahnold's visit to Washington isn't so positive.
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Do you have the statistics on conservative/Liberal artists?
A link to what you describe as part of the No Child Left Behind military access thing?
Still think public service is a good thing.
Public service is a good thing as long as it's on a voluntary basis. I'll dig up a link on the No Child act... read it originally in a Mother Jones article.
As for statistics... I sure don't have a statistic on conservative/liberal numbers. It's reasonable to assume most artists (I guess we're refering mostly to actors & singers) are liberal, or vote Democrat. Steve Martin joked about it at the Oscars. Can you think of any more... other than the ones we've already mentioned? Perhaps it's not that they're more socially couth than their liberal counterparts, instead it could be that there just aren't that many.
And, perhaps they are more couth.
Will happily leave it at a draw (thought I suspect there are fewer Conserves, who are more couth...)
I am wrestled away by daughter, and am glad we are not trying to choke one another over this issue.
Draw it is... we'll leave the choking for another time
This is the article I read:
There's a lot of info available in addition. Try a google search on "No Child Left Behind military recruiters".
To be a conservative of the right-wing Republican variety and an artist just doesn't happen. Right-wingers don't have the sensitivities nor the sensibilties to be taken seriously as "artists."
The Republicans love to drag out Arnold, Bruce and Charlton as "artists."
Ain't so; these guys don't know "art." Their motion pictures usually suggest violence as a way to handle life's problems. In fact, most of the far-right Republicans, including Dubya, seem to prefer this method of problem-solving. In fact, we have a brand-new foreign policy whose core is violence.
What delightful role models for our children, these Republican "non-artists."
Of course. The evil neo-con non-artists! Sheild your children from them. PeeWee Herman, Cher and Sean Penn have led much more instructive lives.
What a ridiculous statement. I thought the conservatives were supposed to be the bigoted ones. It is unhealthy to make huge, sweeping, dissmissive statements about a large group of people. And just wrong.
You guys are a hoot, vesting intellectual prowess in celebs regardless of their bent is beyond inane. My plumber probably has more political insight than the typical hollyweirder. To pay heed to the offerings of such ilk says a great deal more about their audience than about their wisdom. PeeWee Herman to Charlton Heston, yikes, the motley crew of americana.
That was my point.
They all need to shut it.
They can do what they like. One can decide to shut them out or not.
