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Thursday 26 August 2004, by jjames : It never hurt James Stewart to be Republican. Or Faye Wray, Mary Martin, Ronald Reagan (Mr. Blacklist himself), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Robert Duvall, and the list does go on. The author is a whiner.Thursday 26 August 2004, by Anonymous : There has NEVER been any evidence of Sarah even being "on the right" politically, beyond the fact that her husband is a Republican. NEWSFLASH: Not everyone votes the same way as their spouse. Sarah is in favour of gay marriage, is in favour of gun control, is in favour of a woman’s right to choose (judging from an award she presented late last year), she hosted A Christmas in Washington while the Clintons were in power, she was reading Al Gore’s book at one stage, etc, etc, etc. Now, I’m not saying that all of that is conclusive proof that she is a Democrat, but it’s far more conclusive than the proof that she is a Republican. So I wish these online articles would stop harping on about this without any proof one way or the other (something which they’ll never get since Sarah has said many times that she’s not in favour of airing her political views publicly).Thursday 26 August 2004, by Anonymous : Once again, history becomes distorted. The "blacklisting" in Hollywood didn;t affect as many people as one would think. Second thing is that the McCarthy went after people in the State Department. Joe McCarthy was a Senator. HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) conduted the inquiries with Hollywood. Check that out. There are two bodies in the legislative branch. Third, the people you just mentioned about not being hurt as Republicans were already established stars by the time of their "coming out". Schwarzenegger and Reagan already had substantial careers, as well as Duvall. Face it, if up-and-comer Keira Knightley came out as a Republican, her career would suffer as a result, especially in the realm of liberal Hollywood. Fourth, Hollywood and California in general are so left it’s scary. They don’t just "slightly modulate" to the left, they establish a whole new channel. The only reason they have had Republican governors in the past is because the liberals in charge screwed things up so bad (Gray Davis, anyone?). But make no mistake: Hollywood is staunchly liberal. Friday 27 August 2004, by Anonymous : This is absolute garbage. Watch the floor of the Republicn covention to see just how rediculous it is.Saturday 28 August 2004, by 3rdStar : Good Lord is this 100PC nonsense. There are many well known working actors who are Republicans. BTW, what angers me most is placing patriots in with only Republicans and Libertarians. In fact quite a few Libertarians would resent being herded into that corner. It reminds me of the so called patriot-act which is really a security act hiding behind the name of patriotism. Not that there is something wrong with passing a security act, but some of the measures in the act would never have gone through if opposing them didn’t paint the congressperson or senator as-unaptriotic for doing so. The sort of people who say if you don’t agree with me you are not a patriot are insidiously evil. From there it is but a short stroll to calling people subversives and traitors if they don’t agree with you. A slippery slope indeed.These comments are an anwser to this article : Reverse Blacklisting (sarah michelle gellar mention)
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