I like Martin Sheen.

[Aristus]

A terrific actor, and an indefatigable liberal. He's taken 60 or 61 arrests for the team in his time as an activist.

Although he is opposed to abortion, he's also opposed to war and the death penalty as well. He has integrity.

And from 2001 to 2008, he was my President. :patriot:

[seabeyond]

1. yup. i like martin sheen, too. i can respect him. admire him. nt

[alphafemale]

2. I saw him at a "School of the Americas" protest a few years back.

He was off to the side a bit and I said "Mr. President?" and he turned and looked.

then i said "so that's not the first time you've heard that."

he chuckled. seemed like a nice enough guy. but what can you really tell in 5 seconds?

[LibDemAlways]

3. He frequently attends the church my mother goes to. When it

comes time for the "handshake of peace," people make a point to walk over to shake his hand. He's very nice to everyone.

[Kaleva]

10. That's interesting!

[Swede]

4. He is a great example of a liberal.

nt

[elleng]

5. Watching reruns!

[InvisibleTouch]

6. Yeah - too bad about Charlie, though. n/t

[Bucky]

9. No, he's gotten arrested a few times for teamplay as well.

[Mojambo]

7. The guy walks the talk.

I respect the hell out of him.

Love to see him actually run for something.

[WinkyDink]

8. I've loved him for decades; think he's very handsome! Loved his TV movie as a wild kidnapper,

with Linda Blair.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073772/usercomments

[blogslut]

11. Shhh

That was my guilty pleasure movie, back in the day. Don't tell! ;)

[Skittles]

17. DITTO

:D

[YellowRubberDuckie]

12. Wow. A for reals pro-lifer.

You don't see those everyday.

[Twillig]

13. He was against Washington state's Death with dignity act.

So at least he's consistent in his beliefs.

But fuck him, anyway.

Edit: and his beliefs.

[canoeist52]

14. My favorite Martin Sheen movie-The Execution of Private Slovik (TV 1974)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071477/

[Bombero1956]

15. I admire him too

but how does a guy like that turn out a kid like Charlie?

[RandomThoughts]

16. I liked his 'Wake Up America' comment in a speech years ago.

And his years of great work on so much advocacy, one of the best.

I remember that speech.

I like him also.

[fishwax]

18. regarding his abortion stance, he opposes abortion personally but is still pro-choice, right?

I could be wrong, but I think that's what I remember from interviews with him in the past.

I appreciate him because I grew up Catholic, and his example (among others) helped me to understand that there were committed catholics who were also committed liberals.