Which celeb are you most proud to have on our side? Which most embarrasses

[President Jesus]

for me, I think I'm most proud that Gregory Peck was one of us, while I'm most embarrassed that Jerry Springer bats for our team.

You can this page to help find your picks.

On a side note, I'm most happy that Kathie Lee Gifford is NOT on our side. That just warms my heart!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Sam Waterston

He's been a Democrat for years, FOB, and has supported Kerry to the max ($2000). Why am I proud of this man? He was down at Ground Zero 11-12 to give support to the rescue workers (even asked for their autographs!), has given aid and comfort to the widows of the police and firefighters, and volunteers for so many good causes I can't start to name them. In 2001, he was given an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Yale (he went on scholarship and earned his degree), he got a louder and longer round of applause than some idiot from Crawford TX got!

[President Jesus]

4. I forgot about him...he's been added to the Hall of Fame

He's only made ONE donation in 10 years, and it's to Kerry for $2k.
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?last=Waterston&first=Samuel

If that doesn't tell you something...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

37. He also made campaign speeches for Gore in 2000

in Pennsylvania. Sam isn't one who is out for a lot of publicity, and a lot of what he does isn't widely publicized. He's a deep thinker and a very kind person.

[devilgrrl]

12. Sam Waterston's the man!

We were discussing him this past weekend. If they were to remake 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (I hope they never do) we'd cast Waterston as Atticus Finch. He's taken over where the dearly departed Gregory Peck left off.

[blueblitzkrieg]

2. Paul Newman

He's been a faithful Democrat his entire life (he supported Dean in the primaries) and he's a class act, through and through. Love that man.

Not really a celebrity but the despised 'reality star' Omarosa from the show "The Apprentice" said on Larry King that she's a bigtime Democratic Party supporter and will be working on the campaign and I cringed.

[Kire]

3. Gene Hackman

he was on Larry King on Wednesday and said he was a Democrat

Lex Luthor is on our side!

[skooooo]

9. I love Gene Hackman..

..remember him as the FBI agent in "Mississippi Burning?"

[President Jesus]

20. ditto on Omarosa *shiver*. What a joke.

[jdsmith]

5. JAMIE FARR IS A REPUBLICAN????!!!!!!

No! No, no, no, no!!

[President Jesus]

10. of course...you know they love their deserters in that party :-)

[elperromagico]

6. The late Jack Lemmon.

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=Lemmon&first=Jack

[elperromagico]

11. Also Walter Matthau.

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=Matthau&first=Walter

Heh! The Odd Couple!

[President Jesus]

13. Outstanding find. Thank you!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

36. The late Tony Randall.

[oasis]

7. I'm glad that Brittney Spears adores the chimp. Two dizzy dumbasses.

[Protected]

8. Ben Stein has given to Nader

I am sure he really wants Nader to win!

[Warren DeMontague]

30. He Wants Nader On The Ballot, for sure. n/t

[Longhorn]

14. That list isn't up-to-date.

I did a search on myself and it only lists one contribution from last September. I've probably made a dozen contributions to various candidates and organizations since then.

But it's pretty cool -- still gives you an idea of who gives to what. For example, I always thought Harrison Ford was a Republican but only saw Democratic candidates on his list, though the most recent is from 2000.

[President Jesus]

16. Actually, it's completely up to date.

The FEC releases a new database every Sunday night. The one on NEWSMEAT is from the 7/4/04 data dump.

What you may not know is that only donations of $200 or more are in the public record. In other words, the FEC does not generally release the individual records of donations under $200.

This is a link directly itno the FEC's government database. http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/fecimg/norindsea.html

You shouldn't be able to find your records in this search either. But if you do. please let me know.

[Longhorn]

18. Oh, thanks. That explains it! I generally donate $100 at a time. n/t

[LittleApple81]

24. I didn't know there was a Dripping Springs in Texas! The guy seems

really young...

[Longhorn]

28. He's just 25, a Princeton grad (golf scholarship), and graduated

from high school with my daughter. He's also going to law school at the University of Texas at Austin. Thanks for checking him out. He's an outstanding young man!

[Yupster]

15. Great Link

I think Carl Burnett is a nice one to have on your side.

Most embarrassing I guess would be Larry Flynt.

[Carolina]

38. Check out Larry's new book

Sex, Lies and Politics. Good read. I'm glad he's on our side. He's evolved from mere 'smut peddler' (his self description); and even if he hadn't, at least he's honest.

[progdonkey]

17. Tom Hanks

I'm glad we have Hanks ($10,000 to the DNC in '00 alone!), because he's very well known for his devotion to the memory of the soldiers of WWII (not to mention he's also a wonderful actor). I wonder how many Republicans who were moved by "Band of Brothers" would be shocked to learn it was produced by one of the biggest "Hollywood libruls."

[President Jesus]

19. Agreed. He's in my top 5.

[Killarney]

21. Michael Crichton & Stephen King

two very smart men who donate tons to Dems.

[Cha]

22. Thanks for this site, newsmeat! I was looking at it last night

and was fascinated...I'm not embarrassed by ANY Dems! We need all the help we can get and you never know where the best help is going to come from.

I'll tell ya one thing...I always felt sorry for kathie lee after she left Live with Regis and all these people made fun of her...but no more..I can stop feeling sorry for kathie lee. I think I know that Kelly Ripa is a Dem..at least I heard her say once when I was watching it back in the day that her father was one.

I wish I could do something about Michael Dell..the owner of my computer co.! I can only surmise that he's a greedy sob and doesn't give a shyte about our Country.

[President Jesus]

25. thank you! It was named pick-of-the-day by Yahoo! yesterday

July 9, 2004
http://picks.yahoo.com/

[Cha]

33. Who knew...sammy hagar, pat boone, and

amy grant were stupid? I'm sorry if I'm so judgemental..but what else can I derive from this info? :shrug: Either ..vastly stupid or just plain Evil.. like ol' bush himself.

[VOX]

23. Actor Edward Norton and composer Quincy Jones are on board...

Norton:
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=NY&last=norton&first=edward
Jones:
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=jones&first=quincy

:toast:

[President Jesus]

26. The fact that Edward Norton dated Salma Hayek speaks volumes...

...in my book. What a blessed SOB :)

Plus he was in one of the coolest movies ever, Fight Club.

[calico1]

27. Paul Newman and Tom Hanks

Admire them both and I'd like to see any Republican say they are not patriotic Americans! I also see that Arnold Schwarzenegger donates to his Kennedy relatives even though he is Republican. I looked him up because I was curious to see if he did.

[Warren DeMontague]

29. Embarassed? Everyone's Welcome..

If I can deal with Hootie and The Blowfish Stumping for... Clark, was it? I can handle anything.

Funny, lots of the folks on that list from the link, I could kind of.. well, *yawn*. And some noted democrats and progressives aren't listed.

So, my list? Who's cool that I'm pretty certain is on our side?

Michael Motherf**kin' Stipe (and M. Mills, and P. Buck)

Bonnie Raitt

Willie Nelson

Ashley Judd... Who is Hot, to boot. She's Hot! Good Gawd, Y'all, She's Really, Really Hot!... Go ahead, Flame my ass.

Phil Lesh and assorted other members of what used to be The Grateful Dead.

Jack Black, baby.

Harold Ramis

Susan Sarandon & Tim Robbins, obviously.

Tommy Chong

Bruce Springsteen

David Crosby

Bill Murray

Janeane Garofolo

Al Franken

Jon Stewart

Larry David

David Cross

Hunter S. Thompson, who has donated to CO dems, apparently, and I know is no fan of Bushco.

Steve Buscemi

[Cats Against Frist]

31. Maynard James Keenan

The one from "Tool," not the one from "A Perfect Circle." :)

That made me really happy.

I KNEW Kevin Sorbo was a Republican. I can't even stand looking at him.

And dude, I'm not buyin' a Dell.

[Cha]

34. Hey, I like your sig line...that's an excellent one for

what gop stands for...kinda an updated version!

[Piperay]

32. Very proud Barbara Strisand

on our side, not so thrilled about Whoopi. I personally really like Whoopi but she is magnet for the asshole repukes. I am most embarassed about Springer.

[President Jesus]

39. that's 2 for Springer, you and me

I can't believe more of us aren't upset about that. He simply makes millions from exploiting the down and out, the uneducated, the weak. Is that what a liberal is supposed to do?

I do think it's kinda funny that you call Whoopi a magnet for the repukes when Barbra is perhaps the ULTIMATE magnet, after Hillary of course.

[Kipepeo]

35. Proud

I love that we have Hnuter S. Thompson. But there are so many great names on that list, it makes me happy.

I'm sad they have the Coal Miner's Daughter. Why Loretta why?

I noticed a lot of the celebs had donated to a Nick Clooney running for Congress in Kentucky. It's George Clooney's dad: http://www.clooneyforcongress.com/