Hollywood Conservatives? There May be More Than You Think
It would appear from reading this article that there may be more conservatives in Hollywood than we may think. Why then don’t we hear more from them? Because they are scared to death to come forward for fear of losing their credibility and their livelyhood.
“They learn very quickly, if they know what’s good for them, to donate to the Democratic Party,” said Andrew Breitbart, co-author of “Hollywood, Interrupted.” “If they were to donate to the Republican Party, they would be exposed to career-ending ridicule, period.”
Liberals, despite what they say, are the most intolerant people on the face of the earth. They don’t tolerate free choice (smoking, trans fats), they don’t tolerate free speech (political correctness), they don’t tolerate freedom of religion (banning all public displays of Christianity), but most of all, the do not tolerate conservatives. As a matter of fact, they hate conservatives. So is it any wonder that Hollywood conservatives keep quiet? They may be in a minority in Hollywood, but they are there.
Republican presidential candidates have been drawing support — and cash — from Hollywood celebrities, but few of the stars in super-liberal Tinseltown want to be publicly linked with the Grand Old Party.
One high-profile celebrity, when asked about her political views, even had her lawyers declare “our client’s rights of privacy and other legally protectable intangible rights” and warn that she should not be labeled a Republican.
In a way I can understand where they are coming from. Working in manufacturing, I am usually surrounded by liberals who feel Republicans do nothing but take care of the rich and I don’t usually debate politics at work. I keep to myself when it comes to politics. That’s kind of ironic, huh.
There are some actors who have publically supported Republicans.
Adam Sandler, who cast former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani in a cameo role in his 2003 movie “Anger Management,” has contributed $2,100 to Mr. Giuliani’s campaign. The two met recently on Mr. Sandler’s movie set in New York.
Former “Frasier” star Kelsey Grammer and his wife also have tossed in $6,900 for the mayor.
However, they will not elaborate on their positions. The Washington Times article I linked to above tried to get actors who have been outed as conservatives to talk, but they are unwilling.
“Bo isn’t available … sorry,” said Bo Derek’s handler. “Mr. Costner is not available to be interviewed,” said Kevin Costner’s publicists. “I’m sorry, but unfortunately Mel is unavailable to contribute,” said Mel Gibson’s people.
“Please be advised that Ms. Hatcher is not a Republican, but more importantly does not choose to have her political affiliation or viewpoints on any particular candidate or issue in the current presidential campaign included in your proposed article,” lawyer Barry W. Tyerman said in an e-mail.
So conservatives are out there in Hollywood, they are just silent. It’s too bad actually because of all the hatred and vile comments we hear from such enlightened people such as Rosie O’Donnell that conservative actors, who have a platform to make a statement fear they have to be quiet and deny their political leanings.
Here are a few more Hollywood elites who have expressed their support for Republican candidates:
Hollywood producer Joel Surnow endorses Rudy
Robert Duvall endorses Rudy
While I wouldn’t ever consider Rudy a conservative, it still breaks the Hollywood mold for them to endorse any Republican.
Chuck Norris endorses Huckabee
Not all of Hollywood is liberal, but the vast majority and the loudest of them are. There ate Hollywood conservatives, but the all inclusive liberals have them so scared of career extortion and suicide that they must remain silent.
Liberals aren’t so all inclusive, are they?
America's Watchtower 
Mike Huckabee’s ardent support ( http://snipurl.com/fthuckabeeonirs) for the FairTax sets him apart from all other viable presidential candidates. The FairTax Act of 2007 (HR 25 / S 1025) ( http://snipurl.com/irsgone ) represents a prospective power shift of massive proportions in America. It lays out a practical ideal of voluntary tax payment, based on a substantial level of taxpayer choice that the plan affords. Since FairTax untaxes basic necessities (up to socially-accepted levels of poverty-level spending), what is taxed is marginal, and/or desired or preferred, on a broader base of retail products and services. This is to say that the taxpayer may, under the FairTax, choose to purchase used products and avoid paying the tax. And, to the extent desired, the taxpayer may choose to self-perform certain services rather than pay for them. This will stimulate do-it-yourself education, improve citizens’ self-reliance; indeed the FairTax represents the possibility of ushering in a new “can-do citizen psychology” that would accrue to greater demands for government accountability – truly, a cultural sea change.
Government is the “necessary glue” that enables the social fabric to cohere. It does this by effecting “rules” that ostensibly provide members with equitable access to wealth and resources. It also must provide ostensibly equitable enforcement of those rules in order to mitigate threats to the social fabric. It is unrealistic to believe that the structures of a national government can be supported on donations, thus the need for taxes. Naysayers love to characterize anything purporting to be a “fair tax” as an oxymoron – but it is not true. The idea of fairness has to do with equitable sharing in the cost by all members who depend upon the social fabric for food, shelter, clothing and post-necessity economic enterprise. And, because of the shift of power from politicians and special interests under an enacted FairTax, the elected will find it more difficult to both enlarge government, and implement any dual system of taxation. FairTax strategist, Dennis Calabrese, discusses how the FairTax repeals the income tax ( http://snipurl.com/repealsinctax ), how it does away with the IRS ( http://snipurl.com/doesawaywithirs ), and how it addresses other aspects ( http://snipurl.com/ftvideofaqs ) of frequent concern to skeptics.
The FairTax has a much greater opportunity for success to operate as a “self-regulating” mechanism because of increased visibility. One finds that the current system, ostensibly regulated by the Internal Revenue Code, is in fact poorly regulated because of continually increasing complexity (the effect of “tax favors” from politicians, through lobbyists, to favored corporations and other special interests) stemming from the desire by those holding government position to steer public behavior using tax code “carrots.” We have seen how 100 years of this type of behavior has eroded the Nation’s currency and the purchasing power of working family incomes. “Visionist,” Tom Frey believes the current tax system will soon simply collapse ( http://snipurl.com/incometaxcollapse ); and economist Laurence Kotlikoff heralds that – short of enactment of FairTax (or an otherwise unlikely change in spending habits) – the U.S. will shortly facing an irrevocable economic breakdown ( http://snipurl.com/meltdowninprogress ). (Kotlikoff believes that passage of the FairTax can stave off the economic ruin we’re facing, but would be surprised to see it happen.)
Frey and Kotlikoff may be right on both counts, and we may not be able to successfully evoke change; but shall we not try?
Mike Huckabee believes we should. ( http://snipr.com/scrapthecode )
(Permission granted to republish, in whole or part. -Ian)
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Very informative post. In short, the more “stuff” you buy, the more you pay. Sounds fair to me.
It would certainly most affect the Hollywood elite who think nothing of spending thousands upon thousands for a pair of shoes!
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Great post!!
I’ve done several in the past talking about conservatives in hollywood, here is one:
http://chatterboxchronicles.blogspot.com/2006/02/is-hollywood-moving-to-right.html.
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I just did a post about this as well… as an actress, though not based in Hollywood, I have always kept my politics to myself, because I know how much republicans are hated in the entertainment industry. There is a great amount of fear in revealing one’s politics… I have, every once in a while, had to say something about a particular issue, but I choose my battles carefully.
And, as Surnow insinuated, there is a secret society of sorts.. it’s harder to determine who the conservative rank and file actors are because they have more to lose. Actors are a dime a dozen and we have less leverage than a star with box office appeal.
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Thanks Dee, by the way the link you gave me doesn’t work.
Incognito, you know more than anyone what it must be like to be a conservative actress. Keep chosing those battles wisely. 🙂
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The Hollywood Unions are just as bad. They always wanted us to support the Democrat candidate because they are (supposedly ) for the working class. Yeah Right!
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If you want more information about Hollywood conservatives you might want to check out Robert Avrech’s blog Seraphic Secret. He is a screenwriter.
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Oops, that link is to the wrong place. Here is the correct URL:
http://www.seraphicpress.com/
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Please don’t spend your money to support lefties who act, write, or sing.
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Yes, I agree. I very rarely go to the movies and seldom buy DVD’s. Probably just cheap, but I do think about and try to find out what the gist of the movie is before I consider watching it. But, Bruce Willis, Gary Sinise, and Leah Reminy are all republicans. And of course, there’s Fred! but I bet he’ll never get another role, TV or anything else! way too conservative.
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Teri Hatcher may not want her political views known to maintain her acting career, but truth be known she did donate $2,300 to Mr. Obama’s campaign. Sorry Teri, cat’s out of the bag.
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