I need some help here: who are the Repug celebrities?

[Zavulon]

I know that Charlton Heston and Patricia Heaton are Repugs, but earlier today I saw a thread that said something akin to "despite the fact that they're Repugs, I like Lynyrd Skynyrd," and I had NO IDEA that they were Repugs. So, just a minute ago, I saw a thread asking something like "who are the coolest pop icons?" and I was afraid to answer because I'm really not up on this sort of stuff and didn't want to take a flaming.

Pretend I don't know anything about this, especially since I really don't. Can anyone help me out here? Movie stars, musucians, whatever - who's on THAT side of the political coin?

Thanks in advance,

Zavulon

[Chan790]

1. Bruce Willis

The CR across the hall from me in college had a pic of Willis with Bush and himself from a GOP fundraiser.

[Zavulon]

3. Oh, fuck.

I generally love his work. Please tell me you're kidding.

[Chan790]

7. No...

apparently he used to be really politically-apathetic, but went right with a vengeance after 9/11, donating money and making appearances at these sorts of things. Not a fundie GOPer, a hawkish one...probably more of a true libertarian with a strong national security bent from what my dorm-mate described.

[Zavulon]

17. Oh, man.

I'm starting to regret asking this.

[cmkramer]

40. Not quite

He and Demi supported Dukakis in 1988 so he was a Democrat back then. However, he ended up supporting Bush in 1992 because he was offended by Clinton's talk about rich people paying more taxes which he thought was a put-down of people like him who worked hard and became successful.

[Arugula Latte]

10. Oh, but now that the worm has turned, ol' Brucie claims he's "libertarian"

:eyes:

[Kutjara]

2. They say Schwarzenegger is, but...

...I secretly suspect he's really a killer robot sent from the future to destroy us all.

[Zavulon]

4. Right, I forgot about him.

I was never a fan, though. The Bruce Willis thing hurts, this I can live with.

[Omphaloskepsis]

5. Drew Carey..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Carey#Political_Affiliation

[Zavulon]

9. Shit!

Shit! Shit! Shit!

Shit!

[patrick t. cakes]

6. the ramones

i heard.

[mark414]

11. no no no....only johnny

joey was as far from a republican as you can get...

[patrick t. cakes]

15. ya i didnt

think all were. thank gawd.

[qnr]

13. Yeah, my younger brother was hardcore punk and very conservative.

Naturally, as a Republican, he ended up in prison, but that's a different story.

[Chan790]

18. Really?

Only the one that had a picture of Reagan put on his tombstone, as far as I know. I freely concede I could be wrong though.

[qnr]

23. You're correct :) n/t

[Zavulon]

24. That one I can live with. I was never a fan. Thanks! (NT)

[Kutjara]

8. Here's a list from Wikipedia.

Take it with the usual grain of salt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MisfitToys/List_of_celebrities_with_links_to_the_U.S._Republican_Party

[Zavulon]

I can only pray that parts of that list are bullshit.

Alice Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Cheryl Ladd?

Fuck me, my world is collapsing.

[mark414]

26. this site details political donations

check it out

http://www.newsmeat.com

you can search celebrities, media types, sports stars, business executives, or any joe schmoe who has donated in the last 10 or 15 years (though they've got special lists for the folks i've mentioned, look on the right side of the page a little ways down)

[Zavulon]

28. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Many thanks - although I suspect that as I explore the site further and further, my world is going to crash around me. I'm almost at the point of tears knowing that Cheryl Ladd was one of them - she was my first childhood crush.

[Chan790]

29. Eastwood is not only not a GOPer but also is a liberal, I'm pretty sure.

I don't know about the rest of that list as I haven't looked at it yet..

but I think I remember reading about how he's trying to make more liberal-values films as a actor, director and producer...like the one about the reporter trying to prove the guy about to be executed is innocent. I don't recall the name, it bombed anyways.

[Zavulon]

Man, I hope this is true.

I idolized Eastwood growing up. To learn that he's one of them... :puke:

[LostInAnomie]

32. Didn't Eastwood threaten to do some kind of physical harm...

... to Michael Moore if he ever saw him?

[Zavulon]

41. I remember this but could swear that was someone else.

Does anyone know? I'm probably wrong here, what with my pathetic knowledge of pop culture.

[Chan790]

42. yes...

so have a lot of other people...and many of them have nothing to do with his political beliefs. You have to admit he is kinda annoying. I thinkt he next poster down is actually correct...that he's more of a libertarian, albeit not one of those really-a-republican libertarians.

[ForrestGump]

60. He's characterized himself as a libertarian,

with or without the big 'L.' So has Kurt Russell.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

34. Eastwood's more of a libertarian.

And he defended Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon when they were blacklisted from that sports hall of fame event.

[ForrestGump]

59. Alice Cooper is (has been, a long time, but still mostly a dude) and Clint

is not. Just like the Lynyrd Skynyrd thing, the false categorizing as Republicans (or even neocons) of people like Clint Eastwood, Kurt Russell, and a couple of others seems a DU perennial.

[Kerrytravelers]

50. Taking it with the usual grain of salt, our list is simply far superior.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MisfitToys/List_of_celebrities_with_links_to_the_U.S._Democratic_Party


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MisfitToys/List_of_celebrities_with_links_to_the_U.S._Republican_Party


Ok, I am a bit catty. But I'm right...

[Arugula Latte]

12. Bo Derek, Wayne Newton, Ron Silver ... Yeah, a real "A List."

:rofl:

[mark414]

14. don't forget chuck norris and shannon doherty!

[Nicole]

16. Mel Gibson & Tom Cruise

Two of their brighest stars. :rofl:

[mark414]

20. ......

http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Tom_Cruise.php

mel is a wacko for sure but he's not to the right on everything...he probably voted for bush though

[Nicole]

55. Thanks for that link

I thought Tom had switched parties. I do know he came out in support of Bush & his war.

If you look at that link you posted, Tom last donated to Boxer in 2003 & Hilary in 2000. :shrug:

[Zavulon]

22. That's good news, actually!

The only good news I've received so far.

[Left Is Write]

53. Tom Cruise is not a Republican.

[patrick t. cakes]

19. kirk cameron??

i know hes a fundie.:evilgrin:

[Chan790]

21. yup

He not only a fundie and a GOPer, he's a scary fundie if you read some of his writings and watch his ministry show.

[Zavulon]

25. WTF?

He has a ministry show?

Holy shit. No pun intended.

[mark414]

31. this is going to break your heart...

or make your head explode...i'm sorry i had to be the one to show you

http://www.wayofthemaster.com

[Zavulon]

36. My head just exploded. Thanks a lot, pal.

I expect you to swing by my place and help me clean up my keyboard.

(Kidding aside, I appreciate the answer - chilling as it is. Fortunately, I was never a fan of Cameron's.) :)

[Chan790]

35. yup

and he starred in the TV-move grade film of the "Left Behind" series because for free because he believed in the message of the work. Insane Jesus-freak. Don't get me wrong, as a member of a marginal religion I support everybody's right to whatever they want to believe, even if I find it offensive. People with that much fervor though scare me like crazy.

[Zavulon]

38. Me, too.

Did you see the site that Mark414 gave me a link to? No pun intended, but holy shit.

[patrick t. cakes]

27. what about goldie hawn??

or is that her husband kurt russell??

[President Jesus]

51. 98% Liberal

it's really not hard to look up...

http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Goldie_Hawn.php

[Chan790]

30. Trey Parker

won an award several years ago from some liberal group, a free-speach award of some sort and announced from the podium that he thought it was funny because he's a life-long republican.

[Zavulon]

33. I had to look him up on Wikipedia, I'd never heard of him.

I don't watch South Park, so no loss - but man, am I behind the curve on pop culture.

[haf216]

47. How can one of the South Park guys be a republican!??!!!

Ok, the world makes no sense to me anymore! Now I don't watch the show, but aren't they aways fighting the right-winger to get stuff on the air?

[Chan790]

52. true but

he is the same guy that wrote "Team America: World Police". Funny as it was, it's also definitely also an apologist piece for the Bush doctrine on foreign policy.

[haf216]

54. Like I said, not a fan of the show but the few that I have seen always

seemed to lean to the left. But I guess it just goes to show to you, you can never tell!!

[bridgit]

37. mickey rourke, gary oldman...

least that's what i heard & i like gary oldman :shrug:

[Zavulon]

39. I do, too. That sucks.

Especially loved his work in "State of Grace."

[bridgit]

43. oh i know it fully blows = liked his Beethoven, 5th element stuff, 'true..

romance' i think he's great then someone said he was a bush supporter and i was all like, "fuck, is nothing sacred too!?!"

[Zavulon]

45. This thread is doing the same to me.

I had to know so I had to ask, but this is like asking a doctor about a terminally ill friend when you already kno that the news is going to suck (and before anyone asks or flames me, I have been there).

[bridgit]

48. yeah i hear you but i never cared for Patricia Heaton anyhow...

always thought she was cold & when someone said SHE was a bush supporter that made sense to me :rofl:

[Zavulon]

56. I have to be honest here...

...in the later seasons of "Raymond," a show I'd catch 5-6 times a season, I did sort of have a thing for her. Until I found out what her beliefs were, that is.

I'll go crawl into my hole now. :(

[Chan790]

44. Pat Sajak

A lot of GOP donations and he must really like Bob Dole because he's given him 4 $1000 donations.

[Zavulon]

46. Not that I'm a fan of "Wheel," but

is nothing sacred?

(Thanks for the answer, though.)

[LSK]

49. turn on CMT n/t

[Zavulon]

57. I'd rather spend the rest of my life in Abu Ghraib or at Gitmo. (NT)

[judaspriestess]

58. wow real "A" list on the Repuke side

a of course stands for asshole.

I'm disappointed in ZZtop