Authors, Musicians, Actors, Directors and other artists you appreciate despite being RW

[Taverner]

Or Downright fascist

Me?

Bryan Ferry (David Bowie was actually playing HIM as the Thin White Duke)
Jon Voight
Tony Danza (to be perfectly fair, he voted for Obama, and just just a taxophobe)
Greg Kinnear
Gary Sinise
Morrisey

[Bake]

1. Clint Eastwood.

I never did care too much for Sonny Bono, though.

Bake

[Taverner]

5. Clint is hard to peg though

His politics lean Libertarian, but then lean Dem too

Despite his Conservative leanings, he's also a big Environmentalist

[Bake]

8. True, he is hard to put a label on.

I admire his work, regardless of his politics.

Bake

[no name no slogan]

2. James Woods

He was kickass in Salvador, regardless of his politics.

[Taverner]

3. Yep - and he's only a recent convert to fascism

Post 9/11 Fear based Fascism

He was a Pro-Labor/Pro-Cop Democrat until then

[no name no slogan]

13. That's what I thought...

He's a bit like Chris Hitchens in that way-- his hatred/fear of Islamofascist terrorism is greater than his desire for liberty and justice. Sadly, that's a pretty common ailment.

[Taverner]

19. Oh well, they get Woods, we get Dennis Hopper back

[Arugula Latte]

4. Robert Duvall is the main one.

And Bryan Ferry is rightwing? NOOOooooo! :o

Also, is Morrisey conservative? That would be highly weird.

[Taverner]

7. Morrisey made a bunch of statements on how he "hates" Pakistanis

And never apologized for them

IN fact, in an interview right after the incident, he showed up with an English Flag T Shirt (popular among National Front types)

He also is big on "England for the English"

Bryan Ferry made a number of statements on how he thought the Nazis were great, England really needs a Strong Leader like Franco, and he's also really involved in Foxhunting - a nice way to kill off a bunch of dogs alongside the fox.

[Arugula Latte]

10. Holy crap.

That is just ... depressing. :(

[Taverner]

11. Yep - just because your gay doesn't mean you're ethical

Just ask KKKarl Rove!

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. After they stole 2 trillion dollars of our tax money and laughed while doing it,

tortured, lied about torture, set up secret internments, rounded up any ferners they wanted to and held them without trial, wiretapped us since before 9/11, allowed 9/11, used it politically and financially, sent Anthrax letters to anyone they disliked, set up "no protest" zones, screwed with the last three elections, allowed New Orleans to be decimated and did nothing for the displaced, invaded oil-rich Iraq for oil and allowed thousands of US troops to die (and some hundred plus thousand Iraqis), allowed Blackwater, Halliburton, KBR, and other monsters to grow, created the seeming Constitutional amendment known as the "Patriot Act"...and laughed at us the entire time...I'd say that anyone still riding that bus should have it hijacked to some place where they can learn basic compassion, at minimum.

No, anyone still supporting Republicanism has a lot of 'splainin' to do. I don't care what's come before. They'll have to prove themselves quite clearly in the future.

[Taverner]

9. At least Dennis Hopper learned the error of his ways

He has publicly recanted his Republicanism

[Fire Walk With Me]

15. The Republicans have completely screwed over the country.

What sort of person willingly and continuously supports their being screwed over? Weirder than weird.

[lunatica]

42. I'm so glad to hear that! I just hated it when I found out he was a republican

But life is beginning to look good again...

[LynneSin]

28. What he said

There was a time that I admired some of those actors; however, for any of them to still justify that Bush was a decent person and his administration was good. Well then they are all on my DTM list

[Robeson]

58. Can't argue with that.

[mitchum]

12. Ezra Pound (full blown fascist)...

Celine (Nazi collaborator)
Coco Chanel (Nazi collaborator)
TS Eliot (racist and anti semite)

Also, they are all dead.
I don't give a pass to any living ones

[no name no slogan]

14. Rick Wakeman

He's a hack keyboardist and a bit of a pompous ass, but he's still done some decent music, at least with Yes. He's a big supporter of the Tories in the UK, and often shows up at their events.

[Taverner]

18. True, but Tories =/= GOP

Their parties are slightly different than ours

For example Phil Collins is a big Tory, but he's pro gay marriage, an environmentalist, etc

[no name no slogan]

21. Yeah, but if we count Morrissey, we count Wakeman

I have a friend who is a former policy director for Greenpeace UK, and he's a Tory. In fact he's stood for Parliament on at least one occasion.

Besides, Phil Collins sucks :P

[Taverner]

22. Yeah some Tories remind me of old-school Republicans

Millicent Fenwick-esque

[no name no slogan]

31. They totally are. The old "noblesse oblige" types you saw pre-Thatcher

I think of Thatcher and Reagan as the cut-off for the Tories and Repubs. Both made it fashionable to be selfish, and to hate the lower class. Thankfully a lot of Tories are over the harsher parts of Thatcherism and realize that you can't deregulate the world. Maybe we'll get lucky and see that with some of our Republicans over the next few years....

[guitar man]

16. Robert Duvall

I don't care what his politics are, that man is one of the greatest actors of all time in my book. :thumbsup:

[gatorboy]

17. Vince Vaughn

[camera obscura]

50. I've heard stories about him from friends who work in LA

supposedly he is not so much a fundie type Republican as one of those guys who is obsessed with "states' rights". Which is still kind of funny, because it's Vince Vaughn lecturing you about this stuff for pete's sake, but at least he isn't a wingnut.

[AlCzervik]

20. Gary Oldman, he's a conservative---yes? Robert Duvall.

[graywarrior]

23. Yeah....Gary

But it just seems so wrong.

[AlCzervik]

25. i loved him as Shelley in The Contender, whadda dick.

[graywarrior]

29. I loved him in Immortal Beloved

I've seen that movie more than 10 times and I'd watch it again.

[begin_within]

39. great music in it

but how could you go wrong with the greatest music ever written.

[Taverner]

24. Gary Oldman is an enigma

He might be an outright fascist

Or he could be apolitical and pulling our legs

[dana_b]

26. one of my favorite actors

except for Dracula. Blech!

[dana_b]

27. Dennis Hopper

such a weirdo! I love him

[Roon]

30. Meatloaf!

Yep, he's a republican.

[dana_b]

33. that's why it's cold and lonely in the deep, dark, night

Mr. Loaf!

[rcrush]

34. If Meatloaf ran for president I would campaign agaisnt Obama

Meatloaf will unite the world! He can run as a nazi and still win. CAUSE HE IS MEAT LOAF MOTHERFUCKER!

[mvd]

64. Is he still one after the Bush era?

I really have no idea why he's a Republican - he doesn't seem the greedy kind.

[kwassa]

32. Bruce Willis

Though he tends to become a caricature of himself in more recent films, he can be a very effective actor.

[blueraven95]

43. I'm not sure if he qualifies anymore

I remember a year or so ago he did an interview saying he was definitely independent. IIRC, he also said he was anti-Bush.

[Richardo]

35. Christopher Buckley

:thumbsup:

[Taverner]

36. He joined Team Obama by the way...

[Richardo]

37. Yes, I know. But he can skewer liberals and make it hilarious

I appreciate him as a writer and wit.

[begin_within]

38. James Stewart

You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Broken Arrow (1950)
Harvey (1950 and 1972)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
Strategic Air Command (1955)
Vertigo (1958)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

And many others. Campaigned for Nixon though.

[LanternWaste]

40. Jimmy Stewart, Bob Hope, Irene Dunne, William F. Buckley, David Mamet...

Gary Sinese (who gave the best performance I've even seen in 'Of Mice and Men'), James Caviezel, Ernest Borgnine, Norman Rockwall...

Egads! That list goes on and on. I figured that were I unable to separate the art from the artists, I'd be one really bored guy.

[camera obscura]

51. Ooh, forgot about Mamet. He's written some great stuff. And Buckley was at least intelligent

which makes it even more ironic that his followers are all anti-intellectuals.

[Xipe Totec]

41. Richard Wagner n/t

[last_texas_dem]

44. Charlie Daniels

At least, I like a good deal of his work from the seventies through the early eighties; back then, he was more of a Southern hippie-type, who campaigned for Carter in '76.

Today, though, he's a born-again and a wingnut; the decline in the quality of his work seemed to coincide pretty closely with this conversion.

[Kat45]

45. Joe Perry

I just found out he's a Republican.

[Tom Kitten]

46. Johnny Ramone

I'm A Nazi Schatzi who fought for the fatherland...

also Charlton Heston who my Dad did a banquet for in the early 60s and he was nice enough to ask to meet my Dad and shook his hand and thanked him for the delicious meal.

Charlton Heston really triggers people, doesn't he?

[kentauros]

47. Jerry Doyle

"Mister Garibaldi!"

[orleans]

48. none of them. i don't appreciate it if anyone is a bushie. n/t

[camera obscura]

49. John Malkovich. GREAT actor, crappy Libertarian views.

Dennis Hopper too, although he endorsed Obama in a typically Dennis Hopper-ish way, calling him a Warrior Poet :D

[Montauk6]

52. Even though I've posted his columns on DU to illustrate how far off the deep end he's gone

I'll always have a soft spot for Michael Moriarty.

Gifted actor, underrated jazz pianist, political wacko.

[mitchum]

55. Agree about Moriarty; I think he has wet brain from all of his boozing

[WinkyDink]

53. "Frasier", for sure. And Gary Sinise.

[datasuspect]

54. bocephus

[hellbound-liberal]

56. Robert Duvall is great regardless of his politics. I also like this female Republican

I'm a sucker for a Southern accent! I really liked her on The West Wing. I haven't seen her on CSI.

[Rabrrrrrr]

57. Ted Nugent - politics aside, the guy fucking SMOKES on guitar

He's not a guitar great by any means, and not the best songwriter, but there's something about his solos that's just earth-rumblingly asskicking.

[hellbound-liberal]

59. I agree, Captured Live, Gonzo! was really good.

I was disappointed to learn of his libertarian ideals.

[B3Nut]

61. He does indeed play a pretty mean guitar

He does some good stuff with that Gibson Byrdland. (Kickass guitars, those...I love semihollow/hollow Gibbies...)

[Forkboy]

60. I'm surprised so many like Dennis Hopper, even if he was a Dem.

He makes like one good movie a decade. I don't think he's made a good movie since he's had the goatee. :)

I say Ray Bradbury.

[sarge43]

62. Florence King and Andy Garcia n/t

[GReedDiamond]

63. Alice Cooper