Your favorite Republican screen character:

[brentspeak]

Reading today about Sen.Conrad Burns upbraiding a bunch of low-paid, courageous, and exhausted Virginia firemen for doing what he considered a "poor job" fighting Montana forest fires, I got to thinking about the many obnoxious and memorable Republican screen characters I've come across watching movies (and TV).

Doug Niedermeyer ("Animal House") who enjoyed making pledges say 'Thank you, sir. May I have another?':



Judge Elihu Smails ("Caddyshack"): "Well, the world needs ditchdiggers too!"



Ted Underhill ("Fletch"): "I suppose you're expecting a nice gratuity?.....maybe next time."



Bob Morton ("Robocop"): "Oh, f**k Jones. He fumbled the ball; I was there to pick it up."



Dick Jones ("Robocop"):"I had a guaranteed military sale with ED 209. Renovation program, spare parts for 25 years.Who CARES if it worked or not?"



Gordon Gecko ("Wall Street"): "Greed...is good."



Stan Grable ("Revenge Of The Nerds"):"Those nerds are a threat to our way of life."



Kreese ("The Karate Kid"):"We do not train to be merciful here, mercy is for the weak."



Mr.Burns ("The Simpsons"):Well, that's odd ... I've just robbed a man of his livelihood, and yet I feel strangely empty. Tell you what, Smithers - have him beaten to a pulp.

[Hippo_Tron]

1. Hey, President Andrew Shepherd isn't a Republican!

[proud patriot]

2. other Bill S Preston Esqiure's dad in

Bill and Ted's excellent adventure . :headbang:

[Monkeyman]

3. The Duke

Ok I.m old

[brentspeak]

4. The Duke from "Midnight Run"?

(as played by Charles Grodin). But that Duke had a heart of gold.

[Cocoa]

5. Chad from "In the company of men"

"Let's hurt somebody."

[longship]

6. Niedermeyer-Typical authoritarian...

Fragged in Viet Nam.

[brentspeak]

12. Meanwhile, Bluto became a U.S. senator

[Eric J in MN]

7. Renovation program, spare parts for 25 years.Who CARES if it worked or not

That quote applies to touchscreen voting machine companies.

[AmericanaAustraliana]

8. Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore

Shooter: You're in big trouble pal. I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.

Happy: You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?

Shooter: .....NO!!

[brentspeak]

11. That reminds me - I forgot about Biff from "Back To The Future"

[Selatius]

16. God, he was so spoiled it was funny

That was one of the more comical exchanges.

[Azathoth]

9. Republicans fantasize about being Gecko, but most are closer to Bob Morton

n/t

[Doctor_J]

10. Niedermayer and Marmalarde are in a commercial right now

they're cops who bust in on a toga party then join in.

[BillZBubb]

13. The banker Potter from "It's a Wonderful Life"

There has never been a better depiction of a Republican on the screen--nor a better description of Republicanism than when Stewart reads him the riot act.

[brentspeak]

14. He definitely has the Republican smirk down

[AmericanaAustraliana]

15. Lane Smith from the Distinguished Gentleman and Final Days

I haven't seen his Nixon movie Final Days - that would be good.

[newyawker99]

31. Hi AmericanaAustraliana!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[no_hypocrisy]

17. Chairman of the Board, Arthur Jensen in the movie, "Network",

an unhinged evangelical capitalist. The tirade he delivers to Howard Beale in the fantastic boardroom-scene actually manages to capture, in an exagerrated form, some element of the libertarian mindset:

"You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Beale, and I won't have it, is that clear?! You think you have merely stopped a business deal - that is not the case! The Arabs have taken billions of dollars out of this country, and now they must put it back. It is ebb and flow, tidal gravity, it is ecological balance. You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations! There are no peoples! There are no Russians! There are no Arabs! There are no Third Worlds! There is no West! There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immense, interwoven, interacting, multi-variate, multi-national dominion of dollars!"
http://juliansanchez.com/notes/archives/2002/07/network.php

[Arkham House]

18. That Richard Dreyfuss Senator in "The American President"...

...ick...

[blonndee]

19. Other: Hank Hill!! n/t

[Swamp Rat]

20. Archie Bunker

[WePurrsevere]

21. Absolutely! Archie Bunker went into millions of American homes every week

(on the "small screen") for 8 yrs and, often using humor to gentle the harsh lesson, showed us the absurdity of being a bigoted, narrow minded, ignorant RW "moran" and struck a raw nerve with some RWers (apparently Richard Nixon was not a fan. :evilgrin: ).

Others listed were excellent examples however I think that the Archie character had a greater overall and long term positive impact on American society. B-)

(Ref: All In The Family & Archie Bunker)

[Swamp Rat]

23. I was very surprised to not see him in the very first post.

He was and still is THE greatest TV repuke. :)

[MrsT]

22. Did anyone see the Boiler Room?

It was similar to Wall Street but a little better in my opinion.

[prairie populist]

24. Crazy Zell Miller and his projectile spittage - he really is a repug...

regardless of how he is registered to vote

[The Anti-Neo Con]

25. My fav. was Alex P. Keaton

[brentspeak]

30. I should have included him

[peekaloo]

26. Denny Crane!

:-)

We're carnivores. The first thing the Pilgrims did when they landed was eat a few Indians.

[lpbk2713]

27. There were several in Dr Strangelove.

The Doctor, George C Scott's character, Slim Pickens' character, Sterling Hayden's character.

[stanwyck]

28. Angela Lansbury in :"The Manchurian Candidate"

Katherine Harris and Condi could take lessons from that murderous mom.

[terrya]

29. "Bob Roberts"

A brilliant character in a brilliant film. It took a dedicated liberal, Tim Robbins, to get it perfect.

[Skidmore]

32. It's a toss-up between

two fat, greasy, insane Pukes: Baron Harkonnen or Jabba the Hut.

[wyldwolf]

33. Alex P. Keaton!