Ron Silver?................. Say WHAT???!!

[JimB.]

Lemme' get this straight.

Ron Silver, noted liberal actor (ya' know, the one who, upon seeing a military jet flyby at Clinton's 1st inaguration said "Those are OUR planes now......") was on Fox News this morning.

I watched with just minor passing interest until I noted that he said he was supporting GEORGE BUSH in this election.

Was I dreaming or has h*** frozen over???. The best I could hear (Iwas at the gym at the time), he basically said that to him, the succees of liberating Iraq & Afghanistan & the restoration of woman's & human rights dwarfed any domestic issues he may support with the Democrats.

More twists to this election than last night's pasta...............



Gotta' go. Elvis is knockin' on my front door.

 

[tonyswife]

Yes, Ron Silver supports Bush. I think it's kind of a pro-Israel outlook that has him there. No doubt he wishes the Repubican party were more like Arnold than George, but I guess he decided the middle east was more important than abortion in this election.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

He spoke at the Republican National Convention.

I believe he is backing the President for his stance on Iraq and the war on terrorism, at least that is what he spoke of at the RNC.

 

[CRB#33]

Who???

 

[Figment22]

Originally posted by CRB#33
Who???

This may help:

 

[Jennifer S]

he's been pretty outspoken that he is for Bush. I heard him say he has been having trouble getting work since he came out saying he was a Bush supporter. It's tough to be in Hollywood and be against the "norm". I'm proud he's speaking his own mind.

 

[arminnie]

Originally posted by Miss Jasmine
He spoke at the Republican National Convention.

I believe he is backing the President for his stance on Iraq and the war on terrorism, at least that is what he spoke of at the RNC.

Yes he did, and I got to sit four rows behind him when he was in Dick Cheney's box!

 

[Geoff_M]

Another Hollywood "Leftie" that went "right" after 9/11:

Once-Democratic Hollywood movie-maker unveils film lampooning Kerry

Tue Oct 26, 8:10 AM ET U.S. National - AFP

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Hollywood filmmaker David Zucker, a lifelong Democrat who once advised ex-president Bill Clinton (news - web sites), has unveiled a new movie lampooning Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry (news - web sites).

Famed for his blockbuster comedies "Airplane!," "Naked Gun," and "Ruthless People," Zucker has branded the Democrat an indecisive flip-flopper and thrown the power of his wit behind President George W. Bush (news - web sites).

The mocking attack came in a new film released by the Republican-supporting group Club for Growth just days ahead of the November 2 election that promised to be one of the closest races for the White House.

"I was really a liberal Democrat until 9/11," said Zucker, referring to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on US targets.

"There is no question in my mind that President Bush (news - web sites) is doing a great job fighting the war on terror.

"We can't trust Kerry to do that. I wanted to do something, but since no one was asking me to make policy speeches I made this ad," Zucker said in a statement.

Hollywood is traditionally very Democratic-leaning and one film producer who came out as a Republican in Tinseltown said recently that people reacted as if he had been "exposed as a serial killer."

To underscore his new political ideology, Zucker's movie shows movie a confused groom at his own wedding who rushes past his new wife to romantically embrace the maid of honour.

"David ... has found a way to work his movie magic to create the funniest and most devastating ad this year," said Club for Growth.Net president Stephen Moore.

"This ad cuts right to the chase and shows that there are consequences for not being able to make up one's mind," he said.

Kerry has been branded a flip-flopper by Bush and his camp for allegedly frequently changing his mind on key issues including the war in Iraq (news - web sites).

Kerry in turn accuses Bush of being blindly committed to a war that was ill-advised and fought under false pretences.

The Club For Growth ad that began airing late last week forms part of a one-million-dollar package of anti-Democrat spots the group intends to launch ahead of the poll.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/afp/20041026/ts_alt_afp/us_vote_kerry_film

Zucker's film is here.

Saddly, though the film is very funny and dead-on I doubt it'll have any real impact. At this point Kerry could molests Collies and it wouldn't make a difference with the Bush-haters.

 

[richiebaseball]

Originally posted by tonyswife
Yes, Ron Silver supports Bush. I think it's kind of a pro-Israel outlook that has him there. No doubt he wishes the Repubican party were more like Arnold than George, but I guess he decided the middle east was more important than abortion in this election.

William Safire has an opinion along those lines.

Arab and Jewish Votes
By WILLIAM SAFIRE

Washington — You have to give credit to Arab-Americans, and to the overlapping category of American Muslims, for knowing what side they are on in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - and for voting for those they believe would address their concerns.

Four years ago, they voted almost two to one for George W. Bush, thinking he would act like his father. Today, according to the Zogby poll, American Muslim voters are going 10 to 1 in the opposite political direction - for John Kerry over Bush. Not only do they see Bush's Patriot Act as discriminatory, most of these Americans dislike the president's unwavering support of Israel - including his backing of Ariel Sharon's security fence and the diplomatic isolation of Yasir Arafat.

This stunning reversal of opinion within a growing voting bloc is having an impact. For example, about a half million Arab-Americans live in Michigan, according to the Arab American Institute; most have turned strongly anti-Bush. That's why pollsters are counting Michigan, with its 17 electoral votes, as "leaning toward Kerry."

What about the other voting group that has a special interest in ending the war launched against Israelis after Yasir Arafat turned down the offer brokered by President Clinton?

Jewish American voters who differ with their Arab and Muslim compatriots, one might logically conclude, would seriously consider supporting the candidate who many Israelis believe has been their best friend in the White House.

But such logic is misleading. Four years ago, candidate Bush received 20 percent of the "Jewish vote," about halfway between the low point for a Republican candidate (5 percent for Goldwater) and the high point (39 percent for Reagan). Today, it appears that Bush is getting only slightly more than the 20 percent of last time.

Despite the fact that this president has firmly backed Israel's vigorous self-defense - and time and again vetoed or denounced lopsided U.N. votes to ostracize Israel - 8 out of 10 Jewish American voters will still vote as a bloc to oust him.

Why? To hold the bloc's usual support, Kerry has me-tooed every policy decision Bush has made affecting Israel - finding old armistice lines "unrealistic," keeping Jerusalem undivided, favoring Arafat's isolation. Though at first he told an Arab-American audience that Israel's security fence was "a barrier to peace," Kerry changed his mind to comport with Bush's support of Ariel Sharon's plan.

Kerry can legitimately point to dozens of pro-Israel votes. But the essence of his foreign policy - to rely on alliances with France, Germany, Russia and the U.N. to combat terror and enforce the peace - requires accommodation with the central demand of these Arab-influenced entities to lean heavily on Israel to make the very concessions Kerry now says he's against. No Kerry heat on Israel, no grand new global alliance.

One answer to the "why?'' posed above is that most Jewish Americans quite properly base their vote on issues like social justice, civil liberty, economic fairness and not primarily on what may be good for Israel. That's been especially true when democratic Israel, like the U.S., has had a close hawk-dove split.

But now, the great majority of Israelis and Americans are behind Sharon's decision to pull 7,000 settlers out of Gaza. Because a zealous Jewish minority opposes giving up an inch of revered land, Israel is under great internal strain. Some rabbis are urging soldiers to disobey orders, tearing at the fabric of a Jewish state. Israel needs an ally, not a broker.

Kerry has lately echoed Bush's support of Sharon's daring plan of unilateral disengagement. But it is Bush who has the four-year record of standing up for Israel's right of self-defense. He has earned the trust of Israelis at a time when they most need a stalwart ally to make this plan succeed - and to help turn Palestine into a peaceful neighboring state.

Most Arab-Americans and U.S. Muslims, as is their right, disparage Sharon's plan. But in getting out of Gaza, the national interests of the U.S. and Israel are in accord.

As one who has all his life been a political minority within an ethnic minority, I hope that other longtime supporters of Israel will - at this moment of its political trial - allow themselves to give a little added weight in their voting decisions to candidates most likely to help gain a secure peace in the Middle East.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/25/opinion/25safire.html

 

[sk8belle]

I know. It blew my mind, too, when I saw him at the RNC. He turned in a fine bit of acting when he delivered that impassioned defense of liberalism on an episode of West Wing if he really is a Republican.

sk8belle