…their eyes are so close together, the left eye is in the right socket and the right eye is in the left socket… - Bill Hicks
That is the usual image that the mind conjures when you try to picture your average Republican party supporter, that and someone who is extremely rich and out of step with the struggles of daily life. Who else would vote for a party where its vast majority of members believe that creationism should be taught in schools, universal health care is a bad thing and that gays shouldn’t be allowed to marry.
They also seem to be obsessed with other peoples sex lives. During the recent race to see who would be the the Republican presidential candidate, Rick Santorum who was hoping to picked came out with statements like to show us he was still stuck in the 1950′s;
”One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country…. Many of the Christian faith have said, well, that’s okay, contraception is okay. It’s not okay. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.”
He also compared homosexuality to bestiality, incest and pedophilia;
“If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual [gay] sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything. Does that undermine the fabric of our society? I would argue yes, it does. It all comes from, I would argue, this right to privacy that doesn’t exist in my opinion in the United States Constitution. In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That’s not to pick on homosexuality. It’s not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing.”
Before you start accusing me of only picking on Santorum, Alaska State Rep. Alan Dick said “If I thought that the man’s signature was required… required, in order for a woman to have an abortion, I’d have a little more peace about it…” and Arizona State Rep. Terry Proud proudly announced that “Personally I’d like to make a law that mandates a woman watch an abortion being performed .”
Now we come to Mitt Romney, the man who won the vote to be the Republican presidential candidate and hopes to make Obama a one term president. He is also the man who thought it would be a good idea to put the family dog in a carrier and strap it to the roof of his car and go on a 12-hour road trip. When criticized by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for the cruel act, he said “PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air.” And to show that that he will be a President that cares for all Americans, in January this year he stated “I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.”
So for a Party that’s included everyone’s favorite former President George W. Bush and ”Soccer Mom” Sarah Palin, something doesn’t sit right when someone like Clint Eastwood publicly backs Romney by saying “God, this guy, he’s too handsome to be governor, but he does look like he could be president,” and “Now more than ever do we need Gov. Romney. I’m going to be voting for him,” I know Eastwood is free to vote for who ever he wants and hold views that we may not agree with but there is something about the Clint Eastwood image just doesn’t fit with a right wing conservative party like the Republican Party.
It is perhaps former Queen of Porn Jenna Jameson who gave us the real reason why high profile celebs would endorse a person like Mitt Romney. When asked to explain why she was backing Romney’s bid for the white house, she said “When you’re rich, you want a Republican in office.”
So in honor of Clint Eastwood and Jenna Jameson, here are 10 more celebs you wouldn’t expect to be Republican supporters. But keep in mind, these left leaning views are my own and no way represent WhatCulture as a whole.
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18 Comments
Man these lists are getting bad what’s next the top 10 lists of lists from whatculture!
I’m on it.
You beat me to it!
I love how liberals claim to believe in tolerance and respect for your fellow man, just as long as you agree with everything they say and have no opinion of your own…. Real nice….
I said on the first page that it is fine for people like Clint Eastwood to believe what they want.
Yes sir, you did say that. I apologize, but you only say that after spending several paragraphs making the case that the average conservative/republican is racist(you didnt mention race in the article but the photo at the top speaks volumes), homophobic, stupid, dispassionate towards poverty, and cruel to animals.
I don’t agree with a great deal of what either party has to say, but I also don’t lump every person who belongs to them into a very small cross section of the political spectrum. It’s that kind of close-minded attitude(on both sides) that has gotten America to where it is today with a government that is incapable of compromise, any type common/fiscal sense, or personal accountability(again, on both sides of the aisle).
I agree with you there, a bit more cooperation on both side would be better and I include the UK in that, I also believe that will never happen as the political system as it is, is designed to work in benefit of the people who are in politics, so they see no need to change it.
But for the purpose of the article, I wanted to highlight the extreme end of the Republican party which I do feel you need to take into consideration when you decide to vote for them.
And thanks for your comments.
On that I totally agree with you as well. The system is stacked to benefit those in power, but it works for both parties. The policies of the extreme far right are out of touch(mostly on social issues) and I believe in the long run will not work, nor will the policies(for the most part on fiscal issues) of the extreme far left work either. Those seem to be the only people who ever end up in office though. Until we adopt a multiple party system to generate new idea’s I’m afraid were stuck in and endless loop of getting nothing done….
Robert Downey Jr is not a Republican. He might not be a Democrat either, but he did attend a $50,000 per person fundraiser for President Obama at George Clooney’s place a couple of months ago. As for John Hughes, do you anything to back that up? PJ O’Rourke saying you are a conservative doesn’t make it so. I’ve never read about him voicing his political views.
Pretty much most of his friends like Ben Stein and PJ O’Rourke who knew Hughes for over 30 years have confirmed he was a closet Republican. As for Robert Downey Jr, I refer you to journalist and Hollywood blogger Jeffrey Wells who quoted his source saying as follows;
“His values are pure Republican values. He’s a serious materialist. He loves the great clothes, the beautiful house, the cool cars. He’s a ‘protect the rich’ guy. Why should the rich have to pay for this or that? The people who have it should keep it, and the people who don’t have it shouldn’t complain. And the one he looks up to the most and has been his philosophical guide is Mel Gibson. The Gibson thing is key. Mel Gibson over the years, and who he is and that way of looking at the world.”
“As Roger Friedman reported in 2003, Downey was able to return to movies only after Gibson, who’d been a close friend to Downey since they starred together in Air America (’90), paid Downey’s insurance bond for his appearance in The Singing Detective (’03).
“Downey has looked up to Gibson as an older brother and authority figure and mentor for a long time…Mel said this, Mel said that…all through the ’90s and the aughts. They shared [the late] Ed Limato as an agent. I ask you, how can you be that close to Mel Gibson for 20 years and not share some of his values? Of all the people Downey was close to Mel was by far the most politically inclined and vocal…he was a kind of guru.
“So they’ve been close all through the last 20 years despite Air America having been a failure, both commercially and critically. Usually people sort of run away from people with whom they’ve made a bomb with, but not here.”
And Downey Jr himself said this;
“I have a really interesting political point of view, and it’s not always something I say too loud at dinner tables here, but you can’t go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary and really understand it and come out a liberal. You can’t. I wouldn’t wish that experience on anyone else, but it was very, very, very educational for me and has informed my proclivities and politics ever since.”
You know what’s more stupid than George Bush? Labeling all Conservatives and Republicans George Bush-like.
The list is of interest, but the incoherent first page bashing Republicans and convservatives as everything the author doesn’t like really ruins the piece. I would have hoped that a website as popular as this one would have higher standards.
The first page is my opinion as Ive already stated. It is slightly tongue-in-cheek but everything Ive said is fact. It’s designed to provoke and cause debate, feel free to defend the Republican standpoint.
Unashamedly biased, but woah, what a great and original idea for a page! I don’t mind a bit of controversy.
Arguably the most interesting article I’ve read on here. Really surprised at Alice Cooper being a Republican, especially after his drinking and drug habits. Even then, he’s done some musical partnerships with devout Liberals like Springsteen and Bon Jovi. Amazing!
I know, it does seem really odd!
Mr. Downey was not at the Republican convention. Another gentleman called Robert was, but it was not Mr. D. After The Last Party he said he would never attend another political convention for the rest of his life.
It’s been reported everywhere that he was at the 2008 Republican convention.