My repuke sister sends me this crappy robin Williams right wing rant...

[Javaman]

I promptly write her back not to send me any of this right wing drivel bullshit from the likes of robin Williams who now considers himself a voice for the right wing.

She responded to me, "boy you sure are angry, yikes!"

If she wasn't my sister, I would have told her to fuck off, but instead I told her, "damn right I'm angry, frankly, highly pissed off! This nation and this election was allowed to be stolen a second time! And we all let it happen yet again. Who am I pissed at? The repukes for using underhanded tactics to rip off another election because they could never get it by telling the truth, bush is a habitual liar and never could be trusted with the truth. This is why in a nut shell I am angry!"
She hasn't replied back.

ARE YOU ANGRY??

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

1. Robin Williams?

as in the actor? is now a voice of the right?

[Javaman]

2. yes

[bryant69]

7. It's not genuine

I don't think. I'd double check with Snopes, but a lot of right wing rants have been attributed to comedians after 9/11.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Cha]

32. NO! Robin Williams hates

the unelected idiot as much as the rest of us..I'll wager!

[medeak]

3. tell her it's a hoax

all republican emails are made up...don't you know that yet?

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/williams.asp

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

8. ahh snopes, always saves the day

[MisterP]

26. not really in many cases, they always lecture us on how

we shouldn't disagree with the nice man in the shiny uniform over those heathens who want to kill us all in the sunny resort town of Guantanamo Bay. And how Michael Moore is a wicked reprobate for suggesting Saudis were being flown out of the country before the no-fly restriction was lifted after 9/11. Then, when they choke, they act like nothing happened.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. Robin Williams a voice for the right wing? Since when?

[flygal]

5. OMG - snopes.com when you get shit like that

edit to add link

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/williams.asp

[Cleita]

6. Robin Williams? When did he go right?

He was vocal about Bush being a dimwit and that to invade Iraq was plainly ludicrous. What happened and when?

:shrug:

[Ducks In A Row]

21. it didn't. williams name was tacked on an old internet email

[Cha]

33. Case in point..not to believe

everything you read. He didn't!

[JanMichael]

9. Please use Snopes!

I felt a chest pain when I saw Robin Williams name associated with the right wing.

[Hobarticus]

10. No, your sister's blindly repeating what she hears....

They can't even be right about their second-hand opinions, fer chrissakes.

From http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-williams-plan.htm?terms=robin+williams:

One would expect a piece written by Robin Williams to be smart and funny, which this lackluster synopsis of the Top Ten Sentiments Most Likely to be Heard on Right-Wing Talk Radio is not. Apart from the final quotation (an actual quip, sans original context, from his comedy act), Williams Ñ a so-called "San Francisco liberal" whose left-leaning political views have angered conservatives and earned him billing on at least one Internet-posted "celebrity blacklist" Ñ clearly did not write the thing.

Who did write it remains a mystery, if not a particularly interesting one. Early versions circulated in March 2003 before the Robin Williams tagline was added went entirely uncredited.

[Buzz Clik]

11. Last time I heard Williams speak...

he was a hard core leftie.

Hard to imagine the conversion.

But then, he could be suffering from Dennis Miller Syndrome and decided that it's easier to be a rightwing asskisser than to be witty.

[Cha]

34. He's not!

Robin Williams is one of us. Don't believe everything you read.

[UdoKier]

12. Robin Williams was totally Pro-Kerry/anti-Bush

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=San+Francisco&st=CA&last=williams&first=robin

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/03/31/ddish.DTL

ROBIN WILLIAMS BLASTS BUSH
Funnyman Robin Williams has launched a scathing attack on President George W. Bush and his decision to go ahead with war on Iraq.

The "One Hour Photo" actor also criticizes what he sees as his country's mixed messages when it comes to national security.

He says, "America is broke, basically, but Bush wants to wage a war that costs pretty much a billion dollars a month.

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/ROBIN%20WILLIAMS.%20ELECTION%20CONFUSION

ROBIN WILLIAMS' ELECTION CONFUSION

ROBIN WILLIAMS will have mixed emotions if GEORGE W BUSH loses tomorrow's (2NOV04) presidential election, because it will be good for America and bad for his career.

Williams is an outspoken critic of the Republican president, but has taken much stand-up comedy material from Bush's behaviour and embarrassing gaffes.

[Tummler]

13. Robin Williams is rumored to be attending the Clinton Library festivities

Attribution*:
http://epaper.ardemgaz.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMail&Type=text/html&Path=ArDemocrat/2004/11/17&ID=Ar01100

*A concept that is totally unknown to the gullible right-wing fools who continue to forward these unsourced e-mails that were debunked years ago.

[RUDUing2]

14. my response is a polite:

I am always amazed at how gullible people are. But I guess considering that 51% voted for Bush, I really shouldn't be anymore.

and include this link
http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=19875

and

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/williams.asp

[Cha]

35. Well, I don't Even believe that

51% "voted for bush"..call me the ultimate skeptic!

[Hamlette]

15. Send her something Robin Williams actually DID write

http://www.saint-augustine.org/_sep02/ef0902b.htm

Top 10 Reasons to be an Episcopalian
(from the comedian Robin Williams, who is an Episcopalian, on a recent HBO special)

10. No snake handling.
9. You can believe in dinosaurs.

8. Male and female God created them; male and female we ordain them.

7. You don't have to check your brains at the door.

6. Pew aerobics.

5. Church year is color-coded.

4. Free wine on Sunday.

3. All of the pageantry - none of the guilt.

2. You don't have to know how to swim to get baptized.

And the Number One reason to be an Episcopalian:

1. No matter what you believe, there's bound to be at least one other Episcopalian who agrees with you.

[immoderate]

16. Robin Williams COULD NOT be a right winger.

I mean first, if you just know that he's smart you wouldn't buy that.

Second, right wingers are just NOT FUNNY!!!

Think about it, name a conservative humorist.

--IMM

[immoderate]

Robin Williams COULD NOT be a right winger.

I mean first, if you just know that he's smart you wouldn't buy that.

Second, right wingers are just NOT FUNNY!!!

Think about it, name a conservative humorist.

--IMM

(Whoops! Sorry about the dupe.)

[ShaneGR]

17. LOL, LEARN HOW TO USE SNOPES.... R. Williams is not right-wing

u sucky sucky.

[pacalo]

18. The right wing has been sending this out for the last four years...

I've gotten it several times.

Btw, I agree with the above comments: Robin Williams isn't right wing.

[Dover]

19. Tell her if the GOP could actually enlist top comedians to support them

they wouldn't need Dubya. Right now he's their only standing joke.

Good humor is based in truth, so the GOP is an easy mark for any good comedian.

[w4rma]

29. Or Repugs wouldn't have to lie to people about who these top comedians

support. Robin Williams is a hardcore Democrat. He has full understanding of what is going on in this country.

[Anakin Skywalker]

20. A Question for You All!

Is the rightwing so lacking in celebs to spew their causes that they need to make up craps like this? It makes them look very pathetic!

On edit: Nah. I think some of them (with too much time on their hairy hands) sit around making this stuff up to make the celebs whose views they disagree with look bad.

[oldcoot]

23. They are the ones who want celebs to "shut up"

It really is funny to listen to right-wing conservatives complain about liberal entertainers being unqualified to give their opinions and then watch them send out fake emails about what an entertainer said about Bush or politics.

[rniel]

22. WWW.SNOPES.COM

I think I read the same rant. It was not from Robin Williams, but is getting passed all around the internet as from him.

[immoderate]

24. Bo Derek has nothing to worry about.

She's still the top Republican entertainer!

--IMM

[Cleita]

27. Hmm. Don't lap dances come in conflict with moral values?

[Ducks In A Row]

25. send her these links that show Robin is a dem supporter

he gave money to Dean, he did fundraising for Kerry

http://www.hillnews.com/living/012704_celebrities.aspx
http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=31776&format=


it's just like rethugs to smear Robin's name

[magnolia]

28. No way!

Robin Williams was very close friends with Christopher Reeve. They were friends since before either of them were famous. Went to Juillard together. Williams was with him to the end. There is no way on earth he would be rightwing!!!

[UdoKier]

30. There was a similar e-amail from "George Carlin" a while back.

It was also bogus. Carlin is a lefty, disgusted by both parties.

[Kipepeo]

36. The same email has also been attributed to Dennis Leary

It's a fake.

[proud_Kucitizen]

31. Oh thank god

people are debunking this story. I don't think I could stand the thought of someone like Robbin Williams supporting these thugs in the Whitehouse.

[sonicx]

37. RW celebrity lists are all suspect

some out there have wanda sykes and kathy griffen listed. LOL

[TedsGarage]

38. Robin Williams is not a wingnut

He did a fundraiser for Barack Obama here in Chicago this fall.