Holy shit, Batman! Dennis Hopper endorses Obama.

[Drunken Irishman]

He's the creme de la creme of conservative celebrities and even he is voting Obama! :bounce:

"I voted for Bush, father and son, but this time I'll vote for Obama," he told journalists at the opening of a show on his life and work at the Paris cinematheque.

"I was the first person in my family to have been Republican," he added. "For most of my life I wasn't on the left."

"I pray God, Barack Obama is elected," he said, criticising the current administration's many "lies."

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=254258

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Wow

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Rats jumping ship? n/t

And I like Dennis Hopper too.

[roguevalley]

13. rats jumping. truly.

[yardwork]

3. Well alright, Dennis.

[CakeGrrl]

4. It'd be cool if they'd publish his endorsment in the US entertainment blogs too.

[melody]

5. The drugs finally worked their way through his system

Good for Dennis.

[vi5]

6. Wasn't he just in that crappy American Carol movie?

Isn't he one of those much lauded Republican Celebrities who go to David Zucker's lunches?

Yeah, so much for that.

[chascarrillo]

9. He was.

[Cha]

54. It's funny 'cause I was wondering exactly when that flick

was made and if there were any mind changes since then?

Starring..jon voight, kelsey grammer, dennis hopper, james woods, billo'rielly, etc.

[cui bono]

7. It so doesn't make sense that he's a Republican. Goes against his whole persona

and lifestyle, even current.

[beac]

19. Checkbook Republican.

The kind that piss me off the most b/c they don't have stupidity or religious insanity to hide behind. :mad:

[reggie the dog]

38. Eisenhower Republican

he was HUGE into voter registration drives in the early 1960s back when the Dixiecrat Democrats still preached segregation, the Johnson the Dixiecrat Dem had the war in Vietnam......The pocketbook part may have been the reason post Reagan but before it he was a Republican like Hillary Clinton was, an ideological supporter of equality and freedom for all.

[villager]

8. For the first time in decades, he can ride easy again!

n/t

[Starry Messenger]

10. HOLY FUCK!!!!

This is huge. Actually.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. .

[spooky3]

12. when Dennis Miller joins him, the other shoe will drop!

[Rambis]

15. DH is sober

if Dennis Miller takes the pledge he might come around not that we need him.

[Ian David]

21. If Dennis Miller endorses Obama, I'm voting for Bob Barr, Cha-Chee! n/t

[Raster]

26. I wouldn't hold my breath. Miller has way too much brownnosing invested in ol' Gee-Dumbya.

Other "B" list celebs stuck in rethuglican orbit: Drew Carrey, Jon Voight, Gary Sinese

[oedura]

41. Dennis Miller is too busy hiding under his bed...

...and pissing his pants to come out and endorse anybody.

Terrorists might get him.

[Shakespeare]

14. I think a pig just flew by my window.

:wow:

[chelsea0011]

16. Just for my curiosity I went to Wikepedia and counted that he been in around 90 movies .

[bunkerbuster1]

17. Dang, and here I was all prepared to go on disliking him.

Welcome back, you crazy old mofo. Don't go running off like that again!

[Sodan]

18. Some kind of "stunt"??

[Ian David]

20. Are all these Conservatards just endorsing Obama thinking it'll scare away the liberals?

I mean...

If Ben Stein and Dennis Miller endorse Obama, should I consider voting for Bob Barr?

[BumRushDaShow]

46. If Ben Stein ever endorsed Obama

then the earth would stand still! :scared:

:rofl:

[Democat]

22. Does that mean we can admit he's cool again?

The guy was always cool, even if his politics sometimes suck!

[endarkenment]

23. I'll accept your vote Dennis, but you lost my respect permanently.

Too bad, unlike the other Dennis, you actually have some talent.

[ReadTomPaine]

24. The boat sailed on this man long ago. I have a higher opinion of what I scrape off my shoe.

Nevertheless, it's another endorsement.

[reggie the dog]

39. Come on now, he did more for civil rights

than many of us, he risked a lot to do voter registration drives in the south back in the sixties and has been a Republican ever since. We cannot just say anyone who voted Republican is an asshole or that it trumps out what they did for the world.

[ReadTomPaine]

43. That boat sailed generations ago. I can say what I like about him and he deserves every word.

He's scum.

[reggie the dog]

45. fair enough, can you tell me why he is scum in your eyes?

perhaps he did some terrible stuff and I am out of the loop....

[ReadTomPaine]

52. First and foremost, he was and remains a high profile Bush supporter...

and yes that in itself is plenty of reason. It goes far beyond Bush however - he's chummy with Newt Gingrich and is well know for donating heavily to GOP causes. He's recently appeared in the vile "An American Carol" and regularly ridicules progressives and liberal values everywhere from talk shows to commercials (including work for the sweatshop kings at Nike). He's on record for abusing past spouses and he's even staged suicide attempts for publicity value. Need I go on? Some of his films are of interest, but the man himself is an unpleasant egocentric scum.

[reggie the dog]

60. wow

I wasnt aware of the spousal abuse part, points taken and noted,

[Raineyb]

53. In which case he should remember which party has opposed civil rights since 64 n/t.

Regards

[reggie the dog]

58. touché

[wildflower]

25. Wow...

:wow:

"Sometimes the snow comes down in June..."

[Marlie]

27. More than likely

He's lost a ton of money in the market - usually people change when it personally affects them.
Maybe Robert Duvall is next?

[MoJoWorkin]

35. I think you may have hit the nail on the head. These Repugs have lost a ton of money,

and they aren't happy campers these days.

[Lucky 13]

28. Wow and it only took the collapse of America as we know it to make you see the light.

Good for you. Better late than never I guess.

[AspenRose]

29. Now, let's see if he can beat some sense into Jon Voight....

:eyes:

[Overseas]

30. ring a ding ding. //nt

[Hope And Change]

31. K & R!

[JeffR]

32. He's still a dick n/t

[WI_DEM]

33. Who?

just kidding.

[Ganja Ninja]

34. Losing 1/3 to 1/2 of your investments is good for the soul.

At least in some people's case it is.

[reggie the dog]

36. he was Republican back when the Democrats

were the party of segregation, back in 1960.

[RoadRage]

37. Dear God.. is Dennis Miller next??

Holy Crap! NT

[Steely_Dan]

40. Dennis and James Dean

They were very close friends...Dean was a liberal. He never could talk Dennis into joining him.

-P

[Cha]

55. It took john mccain

and sarah palin to wake him up?

[lolamio]

42. Wow. He's even in that new conservative movie...Pretty cool endorsement!

[Dr Fate]

48. Notice that his endorsement coincides with that movie tanking big-time.

He sees the writing on the wall and doesnt want to be on the losing team...

[Bucky]

44. Man, it's about time the LSD started working on him.

[Dr Fate]

47. I guess after "American Carol" tanked, he got the final memo. n/t

n/t

[occe]

49. Interesting

Never heard of him before, but that's good.

[Dr Fate]

50. He made 2 or 3 decent movies & TV shows about 40 years ago. n/t

n/t

[Cha]

51. It doesn't take a brick wall to fall on Dennis Hopper's 'ead!

Welcome out of the Dark Side, Dennis Hopper.

I actually love it when the big change bug hits people!:think:

[RollWithIt]

56. Interested to see some DU'ers bash him in the thread....

Not exactly constructive to continue to bash someone who is now on your side.

[malik flavors]

57. Wasn't her snorting coke with Warhol in the 60s? How was he ever a republican?

[spanone]

59. good for dennis, it's never too late