Name some celebrities that you like DESPITE their political affiliation.

[rcrush]

Or you don't even have to like the celebrity just like the work that they've done. For example

I like Mel Gibsons movies even though he's a crazy motherfucker.

According to this website http://www.larepublicans.com/c-republican_celebrities.html these people are republicans but I still like their work.

Bruce Boxleitner. Its Captain Sheriden!!

Sarah Michelle Gellar. BUFFY!

Bruce Willis!

Mike Judge!

[Bucky]

1. Obligatory Gary Oldman shout out

Kelsey Grammar, Patricia whatsherface from Everyone Loves Raymond is hilarious. Norm MacDonald is that rare animal, an actually funny SNL alum.

I could go old school and tip my hat to Bob Hope.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Robert Duvall.

One of my absolute favorite actors.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. Seconded.

[Zomby Woof]

4. Yep

It sucks COMPLETE ASS that he loves Palin. It boggles my mind that an actor of his talent can be so ... stupid. It's one thing to be conservative - ignorant as they can be. But to be enamored of a drooling piece of shit like Palin? If Duvall had ANY sense, he would have abstained from voting if he couldn't bring himself to vote against McCain. But he actually LOVES PALIN. :puke:

I will never view Gus McCrae the same way again, and I LOVE that character.

Funny thing is, he is close friends with liberals like Dustin Hoffman, etc. I wonder how those conversations go.

[WatchWhatISay]

28. He can't really love Palin, He's playin' us on that.

[Zomby Woof]

45. He introduced at her at rallies

He didn't just give a one-time "aw shucks, I like her" quote for teevee. He TRAVELED with her, and spoke at rallies, extolling her greateness. :puke:

He was always a bit of a nut - but I had no idea how much until 2008.

[Jamastiene]

20. Same here.

[pepperbear]

23. John Wayne, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart n/t

[kentauros]

5. I'll second one of our favorite sci-fi guys, Bruce Boxleitner

along with Jerry Doyle. Mister Garibaldi!!! :D

Fred Thompson is a great character actor, too :)

[Inchworm]

6. I don't generally understand the fear

but I am naive.

I still like the dude on Seinfeld even though he's a butthead.

:shrug:

[begin_within]

7. James Stewart

I'm willing to forgive him for his support of Republicans because of "You Can't Take it With You," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "It's a Wonderful Life," "Harvey," "The Glenn Miller Story," "Vertigo," "Rear Window," and "The Philadelphia Story."

[ThoughtCriminal]

12. He was not a paper patriot

Stewart flew as command pilot in the lead B-24 on numerous missions deep into Nazi-occupied Europe. These missions went uncounted at Stewart's orders. His "official" total is listed as 20 and is limited to those with the 445th. In 1944, he twice received the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions in combat and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. He also received the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. In July 1944, after flying 20 combat missions, Stewart was made Chief of Staff of the 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing of the Eighth Air Force. Before the war ended, he was promoted to colonel, one of very few Americans to rise from private to colonel in four years"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Stewart#Military_service

[mitchum]

13. Jimmy Stewart holds the death toll record for a show biz figure...

he makes OJ Simpson, Robert Blake, and Phil Spector look like pikers

[ThoughtCriminal]

38. I can't even find rumors to support that claim

Are you saying that he was a murderer because he helped defeat Hitler, or is there something else?

[mitchum]

39. Killers and murderers are not necessarily the same thing...

or do you think Stuttering Jim was just just dropping propaganda leaflets during those combat missions?

For what it's worth, I have no problem with killing nazis.

[ThoughtCriminal]

40. You compared him to OJ, Blake and Spector

Do you think Hitler could have been defeated with propaganda leaflets?

Do you think all Allied Airmen who risked or gave and up their lives fighting the Nazis deserve such a comparison?

[mitchum]

44. Only because they are also "show biz figures"

I very carefully construsted my original statement; go back and check it for yourself. I didn't assign any moral condemnation to Stewart's actions. For some reason, any time I assert that Stewart was a killer, people get really bent out of shape.

Truth be told, some killing is justified, necessary, and inevitable.
It may not be pretty, but it is the truth.
Seems that we are in agreement on that point.


As Nathan Bedford Forrest said,"War means fighting and fighting means killing"
There is no way around that.

[Bunny]

60. Jimmy Stewart was a Republican before Republicans went insane.

He was a real stand-up guy, regardless of his politics.

[DutchLiberal]

61. Well, it was a whole other republican Party back then...

It was not filled with Palins, Bushes and Reagans yet.

[Maccagirl]

8. Peyton Manning

I forgive him because his United Way SNL skit is still one of best ever.

[NNadir]

31. Loser.

[proteus_lives]

78. How many SB rings do you have?

What halls of fame will you be in?

[Dulcinea]

46. Same here.

He's an excellent QB. I say that as a Steelers fan! And most of his commercials make me laugh.

[KamaAina]

69. Drew Brees!

I forgive him for being a :dunce: about Gitmo because... WHO DAT??!!

[KamaAina]

70. self-delete

wrong place

[proteus_lives]

77. That skit is hilarious!

I like Manning too. Go Colts!

[Forkboy]

9. As long as their politics doesn't override their craft I can handle any of them.

Besides, some of the music I listen to is just as bad. Look up the Norwegian black metal scene in the early 90's and people like Burzum.

[mitchum]

10. William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck

I don't like any living ones

[qnr]

11. I've never really cared. They're actors, that's all. As humans, they're entitled

to have and express their own opinions. I make my own mind up on matters, with no concern as to the the political affiliation of an actor, my bus driver, a firefighter, etc..

[MadBadger]

14. Phil Mickelson and Joe Gibbs

[GReedDiamond]

48. Self-delete...posted in wrong place...

...sorry.

[mvd]

75. Have to agree on Joe; I grew up a Redskins fan and..

think he was a great coach. Also, I like the music of Miranda Lambert and some other country stars even though they are Republicans. Good country, in a rootsy way, has a great handle on people's emotions.

[fishwax]

15. Roseanne? Denzel Washington? James Belushi?

Somehow I'm a bit skeptical about that list :)

[RFKHumphreyObama]

24. Denzel Washington gave to and supported Obama's campaign in 2008

I'm skeptical about Roseanne as well -every comment I've heard from her has been anti-Bush junior/anti-Republican.

Nancy Cartwright has supported both Democrats and Republicans in her past, according to her Newsmeat page, so I don't think she's actually a locked in Republican

[Pushed To The Left]

89. Roseanne has been very critical of Obama, but from the left not the right

She is very progressive politically from what I've heard from her.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

25. Denzel Washington gave to and supported Obama's campaign in 2008

I'm skeptical about Roseanne as well -every comment I've heard from her has been anti-Bush junior/anti-Republican.

Nancy Cartwright has supported both Democrats and Republicans in her past, according to her Newsmeat page, so I don't think she's actually a locked in Republican

[JVS]

36. Roseanne does work fighting poverty with the AFL-CIO. I highly doubt it too.

[peekaloo]

37. good eye

:-)

www.newsmeat.com

[blondeatlast]

42. I'm shocked. Shocked, I tells ya! nt

[peekaloo]

43. Belsuhi may come across as a no talent meathead

but he's our no talent meathead by garm! :P

[tishaLA]

59. he's also a complete asshole

[fishwax]

16. I like John Perry Barlow (lyricist for the Grateful Dead) -- he was a republican

Though not your typical conservative republican. He was a republican because he lived in Wyoming and felt he could have more influence by having an influence in the Republican Party. But politically he was always liberal (particularly on social issues and the environment).

Odd bedfellows: John Perry Barlow, #2 lyricist for the Grateful Dead and eventual founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, was actually Dick Cheney's campaign manager back in his 1978 campaign for congress. Of course, back then Dick was known as an environmentalist ...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Clint Eastwood.

[Forkboy]

18. Good actor, even better director.

A great show to watch is Inside the Actor's Studio. Seeing Clint on that gave me a new appreciation for him. The show gives you a good look at the people we pay to see, far beyond any quick appearance on the Tonight Show or whatever. Clint came across as pretty cool, craft wise at least. I can respect his approach to movies and movie making big time (he never yells "Cut" for instance...he said as a youngster that just made him more nervous, so for his actors/actresses he just says. "Whenever you're ready" to start and "That's good." when he likes a take).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. I agree; that's a great show.

You really get to see the person.

:hi:

[JCMach1]

64. Think he is more of a Libertarian... but still

too far to the right for me.

[Rob H.]

68. Same here

He made one of my favorite movies of all time, The Outlaw Josey Wales, so it's hard for me to hold his political leanings against him. I also don't get the sense that he's one of those batshit insane Limbaugh/Beck/Palin right-wingnuts, either.

[BuelahWitch]

19. Shirley Temple

She was one of the "old school" Republicans and she hated Ronald Reagan...

[Jamastiene]

22. Gary Sinise

Dave Mustaine
Johnny Ramone RIP
Gary Oldman
Ann Jillian
Clint Eastwood

Those are all the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

[flvegan]

26. Shannen Doherty. Because she's really hot. n/t

Love the brunettes with nipples one could carve glass with.



What?

[kentauros]

52. Best literal laugh-out-loud post in a while!

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[NewJeffCT]

54. I saw her on one of those Sci-Fi Saturday night movies not long ago

she looked considerably less hot.

[11 Bravo]

67. Yeah, it looks like one could chip a tooth on those rascals!

[AllenVanAllen]

27. I didn't know Mike Judge was a RW

that's makes a lot more sense after seeing his new show The Goode Family.

[peekaloo]

34. His ex-wife (I think they split) is a big ol' Dem supporter in Austin.

Yeah that show did mock conservationists so maybe there's a lot of Hank Hill in him.

[AllenVanAllen]

53. The progressives from TGF are a bunch of lame-asses

and not very likable IMO unlike his KOTH characters.

[jobycom]

29. James Woods was really good in his younger days.

He sort of become a wimpy version of the character he kept playing, but he used to be really good.

He also had one of the top ten best voice acting performances in a cartoon for kids, playing Hades in "Hercules." Made the whole movie work.

[NNadir]

30. John Malkovitch. I just can't help enjoying his acting. He has to be a great actor to have

done "The Year of Living Dangerously" and "The Killing Fields" and still be a Republican.

I saw him on Broadway on my first major date with my wife, in "A Death of A Salesman" where he played Biff and Dustin Hoffman played Willie. (It was great, and probably was one of the most beautiful nights of my life up until that time.)

I don't know how he could be a Republican and have done that role either. But apparently he is a Republican, and something of a nut case Republican as well.

I have no use though for most of the people on that list, except maybe Robert Duvall, although Duvall mostly plays people who easily could be Republican.

[stuntcat]

56. that one actually upset me

when I found out about him. I can't forget it either, like he's forever tainted :(

[WinkyDink]

82. His "Lennie" to Gary Sinise's "George" makes for a fabulous "Of Mice and Men" movie. Stunning.

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Ronald Reagan.

Just kidding... :rofl:

[lazarus]

33. Mike Nelson

I think that's the name. The second guy on MST3K. Blew me away when I found out how freeperish he is. Still funny as hell.

[peekaloo]

35. Yaphet Kotto ? Whoa.

good actor.

campaigned for Steve Forbes? :rofl:

[NoPasaran]

41. Willie Nelson

[fishwax]

47. A republican? Willie is a lefty.

[NoPasaran]

50. Yeah, but I don't hold it against him.

[fishwax]

51. lol

:)

[GReedDiamond]

49. Arlo Guthrie! n/t

[MiddleFingerMom]

55. Charlton Heston...

.
I could never figure out how someone so totally an uberconservative caricature
of a conservative could make such incredible anti-establishment films as "Planet
of the Apes" and "Soylent Green".
.
It was a real blindsiding when I finally learned of his personal politics.
.

.

[JCMach1]

65. Really good actor...

bad political choices...

[OmahaBlueDog]

80. Not always...

He supported Stevenson & JFK, and marched for Civil Rights. I wish that he hadn't turned as conservative as he did, but I don't think that made him a bad guy. Despite my overall admiration of Michael Moore, the confrontation of Heston at the end of "Bowling for Columbine" was uncalled for.

[JCMach1]

84. I think it was actually good... I don't think it was a coincidence that he resigned his NRA

post not too long after that.

[proteus_lives]

79. He marched with King.

Moore smeared and shit on a sick old man.

Most of Hollywood hated him because he supported gun rights.

[mitchum]

86. The NRA exploited a sick old alcoholic man...

but since Chuck did so much scenery-chewing
we know he was never drinking on an empty stomach

[S_E_Fudd]

57. Bruce Willis, Arnold, Charlton Heston...

Mel Gibson, Gary Oldman...

Can't stand Al Michaels, Dennis Miller...and I have a growing dislike for James Woods

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

74. Woods and Miller

Didn't have the courage to stand up for whatn they believed in and swithched sides like cowards. Woods I can tolerate, Miller is now, as we all know, a hack on Faux "News."

[lightningandsnow]

58. Sara Evans.

I just really like her music.

Also: BUFFY IS A REPUBLICAN? *dies*

[mvd]

76. I don't know if there's any concrete evidence SMG is a Republican

Her husband is, but I'm not so sure she's as conservative.

[bikebloke]

62. Mel Gibson

Despite his mental affiliations.

[UTUSN]

72. I've got to agree. Apocalypto was absolutely BRILLIANT!1 n/t

[PhD]

63. I think the entire cast of Babylon 5 is on that list

[ChoralScholar]

66. ....sigh.... Kelsey Grammer... and Bruce Willis...

[KamaAina]

71. Trey Parker and Matt Stone

[Initech]

88. I fucking love South Park.

They're equal opprtunity offenders though - loved the recent Glenn Beck episode.

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

73. Three actors come to mind

Robert Duvall, Gary Sinise and Gary Oldman.

[WinkyDink]

81. Gary Sinise and Kelsey Grammer. LOVE Lt. Dan and Frasier!

[bookworm65t]

83. John Wayne

partly because I'm a fan of some of his movies, partly because my dad looked like him when he was much younger.

[Stardust]

85. Patricia Heaton in Everybody Loves Raymond. Not so much in The Middle.

As much as I want to dislike her in ELR, I can't help but admire her consistent performance in that series. Her comedic timing is perfect.

[Initech]

87. Arnold Schwarzenegger as an actor. As a politician, not so much.