What Movie or Book Character is the Quintessential Republican?

[rucky]

I keep thinking of Paul Reiser's character in Aliens, where he hops into the escape pod at the first sign of danger. Also, professor Hathaway from Real Genius. Then of course, the main character from Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities", but he comes around.

I know there's even slimier & smarmier out there, though.

[Crankie Avalon]

1. Judge Smails from "Caddyshack" n/t

[meegbear]

11. DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!

We have a WINNAH!

[Crankie Avalon]

23. "NOW WATCH THIS DRIVE..."

[maveric]

58. "The world needs ditch diggers too..."

[NYCGirl]

2. Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life"

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. We have a winner, and it's the inspiration for the Cheney character.

[NYCGirl]

13. LOL! There is a strong resemblance, isn't there? NT

[TexasProgresive]

29. Potter's got my vote

[TexasLawyer]

66. JUST what I was going to say!

Potterville=Bush's America

[Warpy]

3. Ebenezer Scrooge, before his conversion

A close second is Mr. Potter from "It's a Wonderful Life"

[NYCGirl]

12. Sorry, posted in the wrong place.

[Richard Steele]

4. Ebeneezer Scrooge.

[rpgamerd00d]

6. Darth Vader

[NYCGirl]

7. D.B. Norton (a fascist — even down to the private police force) in

"Meet John Doe" (who was the quintessential populist hero)

[BeachBuckeye]

8. Elmer Gantry

Perfect fit.

[rucky]

16. Great Movie! Totally fits.

[MamaBear]

62. But, but, Gantry could talk.

Eloquently, in fact. He occasionally even believed what he was preaching.

[AlCzervik]

9. Alan Alda in Whitemile

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111704/maindetails

[WilliamPitt]

10. Mr. Ripley

from "The Talented Mr. Ripley."

[rucky]

21. Ever see the movie "American Psycho"?

even more cartoonishly Republican, as far as serial killers go.

[FSogol]

14. Dick Dastardly is a card carrying member of the GOP (Muttly is a Freeper)

[saltpoint]

15. "Roger" in William Golding's LORD OF THE FLIES.

[stanwyck]

38. aka Newt Gingrich n/t

[saltpoint]

43. Ja. n/t

[Jara sang]

17. Gordon Gecko

Wallstreet

[Blue_In_AK]

22. That's who I thought of first...

What a sleaze.

[Redbear]

26. Me too

That is such a great film.

[w8liftinglady]

34. that's exactly who I thought of-evil greed

[incapsulated]

63. You beat me to it!

:)

[Warpy]

75. OOOOH! Also

the wheeler-dealer in "Catch 22," wasn't it Milo Minderbinder?

[Rocknrule]

18. Eric Cartman

He's dumb, mean, racist, sexist, anti-Semetic, self-serving, sociopathic, spoiled, ill-tempered, completely out of touch with reality, and idolizes Hitler. With that profile, he could grow up to be the president of the GOP.

[Ian David]

28. I hear Laura Bush made her ex-boyfriend's parents eat their son...

after she killed him with her car.

Some people say.

[Midnight Rambler]

19. Warden Norton from "The Shawshank Redepmtion"

Textbook hypocritical fundie embroiled in classic Republican money schemes. Bonus points for being a splitting image of Henry Kissinger.

[stanwyck]

37. Didn't he resemble Tom Delay?

good choice, though.

[SeattleVet]

20. Peter Boyle's role as Joe, in "Joe". nt

[enid602]

24. Cruella

Don't frget Cruella DeVille! Complete with Cadillac and puppies to kill.

[Gruenemann]

25. Voldemort. eom

[Chiyo-chichi]

32. Agreed.

[Rocknrule]

33. Palpatine, too

[Marie26]

27. George Babbitt. nt

[stanwyck]

41. he'd be right at home

in Rick Santorum's world, wouldn't he?

[Ian David]

30. The Onceler

"Business is business, and business must grow, regardless of crummies in tummies, you know."

[alfredo]

31. Cartman

[elehhhhna]

35. Captain Ahab or Caligula

[Jed Dilligan]

36. Bruno Ganz in "Downfall"

Obviously:

[MamaBear]

And the fun-loving Goebbels family.

Better off dead than ...

[Rocknrule]

39. Slytherin house

"These cunning folks use any means to achieve their ends"

Sounds like the GOP to me

[Jara sang]

40. Damien Thorn

[stanwyck]

42. Annette Benning's character

in "The Grifters".
Lying and cheating and wiggling her way to more moola. No matter who gets hurt.
It's all about the man with the wallet.
She's the template for the Republican Blondes.

[rucky]

48. and American Beauty. n/t

[DaveJ]

44. Scrooge, defnitely....

The Scrooge character has since been romanticized on film, made to look like young successful businessmen.

[magellan]

45. Ferengis

Most of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition are the same avaricious principles held dear by the Repugs, but here's a choice sampling:

#10. Greed is eternal.
#34. War is good for business.
#98. Every man has his price.
#119. Buy, sell, or get out of the way.
#208. Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question is an answer.
#211. Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success - don't hesitate to step on them.

[Jed Dilligan]

53. No

They look way too handsome to be Republicans

[Reader Rabbit]

46. Frank Burns

eats worms!

:P

[leftchick]

47. Gordon Gekko, Wall Street for the greedy repukes

And Chancellor Satler from V for the fundie neo-con repukes.

[NewJeffCT]

49. The Duke Brothers from "Trading Places"

Randolph & Mortimer Duke... ruin the lives of Dan Akroyd & Eddie Murphy just on a bet.

And, them giving a Christmas bonus to their black butler of $5... "Now I can go to the movies... (under breath) by myself"

[NewJeffCT]

50. The Emperor from the Star Wars movies

Definitely a fascist there.

[leftofthedial]

51. Reiser is good

I kind of prefer Satan from the bible.

[sarge43]

52. Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and his family - Dune

Insane with power hunger

[BeTheChange]

54. If this is what we really think..

quin·tes·sence ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kwn-tsns)
n.
The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing.
The purest or most typical instance: the quintessence of evil.
In ancient and medieval philosophy, the fifth and highest essence after the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, thought to be the substance of the heavenly bodies and latent in all things


Then...we are in trouble.

I know some very good people who are typical republicans. The truly evil bastards have just manipulated the other more trusting ones.

This too shall pass. Instead of vitrol, speak truth to power structures and people and then change will really happen.

[SeattleRob]

55. Monty Burns of course!

[berni_mccoy]

56. The PIGS from Animal Farm, by George Orwell

You don't get more republican than the pigs in that story.

The book is online. You can read it here: http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/animalfarm/

[CPMaz]

57. Dean Wormer from Animal House

As well as the guys from the 'good' frat. Especially the one played by the guy who appeared in the Twisted Sister videos in the 80s. (can't remember the character's name. :( )

[maveric]

59. RJ Fletcher (Kevin Mc Carthy), from "UHF".

"People like that need to be put asleep".

[Initech]

60. Neidermayer from Animal House

[BreweryYardRat]

61. Cersei and Joffrey Lannister...

...from George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novel series.

Cersei's incompetent, power-hungry, paranoid as all hell, and an "vile, evil, scheming bitch" to boot. Joffrey, her kid, is/was even worse: a spoiled, psychopathic animal torturer with no concept of love, kindness, or mercy.

Gregor Clegane runs a close second. An evil, vicious, insane bastard who murdered almost all of his family to gain power, and he enjoys rape, torture, and senseless violence. Once killed a baby in front of its mother's horrified eyes, then raped her and smashed her skull in.

[sakabatou]

64. Kingpin

[blogslut]

65. Greg Stillson

From the Dead Zone

*EDIT* Oh wait...that's just Dubya

I try not to paint ALL Repubs with the same brush as I don't happen to believe that this current mess is all about the Repubs. It's about the NEOCONS and the PSYCHO FUNDIES and greed...gotta throw that greed in the pile.

[Shakespeare]

67. Bob Roberts.

Sadly, he's more believable now than he was 12 years ago.

[Chimichurri]

68. Mr. Burns

[alcibiades_mystery]

69. Ned Pointsman

Gravity's Rainbow.

[Spider Jerusalem]

70. Tom Buchanan, from "The Great Gatsby".

[stanwyck]

73. Ohhh, good one

mr. family values with the girlfriend on the side. At least the Democrats with girlfriends on the side aren't always expousing piety and holier than thou attitudes.

[julialnyc]

71. Warden Norton from the Shawshank Redemption

Who was a "man of faith" who used Andy Dufrene to help him steal (while he quoted scripture to him)

[ObaMania]

72. Clark's brother-in-law Eddie in National Lampoon Vacation series

[rucky]

74. "...but daddy says I'm the best." n/t

[ObaMania]

78. LOL!

That's exactly what I was thinking!

[justice1]

76. King John from Robin Hood

Steal power and money, and then throw the poor in jail.

[Spirochete]

77. Keanu Reeves' character in "The Gift"

to represent the insane working class fundies.