Fun:Hollywood conservatives
According to conservatives, the entertainment industry is dominated by liberals. To illustrate the liberal dominance of Hollywood, here is a list of that endangered, oppressed, voiceless species—the showbiz conservative. (Those marked with '#' are deceased.)
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[edit] Actors
- Adam Baldwin
- Stephen Baldwin[1]
- Michael Caine[2]
- Kirk Cameron
- Shannen Doherty[3]
- Robert Downey, Jr.[4]
- Clint Eastwood[5]
- Andy Garcia[6]
- Kelsey Grammer[7]
- Charlton Heston #
- Victoria Jackson
- James Earl Jones (no, really[8])
- Christopher Lee[9]
- Susan Lucci[10]
- Craig T. Nelson[11]
- Chuck Norris
- Gary Oldman[12]
- Ronald Reagan #
- John Rhys-Davies[13]
- Joan Rivers[14]
- Kurt Russell[15]
- Gary Sinise[16]
- Adam Sandler[17]
- Dwight Schultz
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Tom Selleck[18]
- Kevin Sorbo[19]
- James Stewart #[20]
- Sylvester Stallone[21]
- Vince Vaughn[22]
- Jon Voight
- Jimmie Walker[23]
- Bruce Willis[24]
- James Woods[25]
[edit] Producers, directors, writers, and studio chiefs
- David S. Goyer [26]
- Rupert Murdoch
- David Zucker[27]
[edit] Game show hosts
According to an article in The Daily Beast, with few exceptions (former The Price Is Right host Bob Barker might be the most unusual because he is an animal rights activist and was also in a Republican political ad). Nearly every game show host is a Republican.[28]
- Drew Carey
- Jeff Foxworthy
- Merv Griffin #
- Wink Martindale
- John O'Hurley
- Pat Sajak
- Ben Stein
- Alex Trebek
- Chuck Woolery
[edit] Musicians and singers
- Pat Boone
- 50 Cent[29]
- Kelly Clarkson[30]
- Alice Cooper[31]
- Gloria Estefan[32]
- Grand Funk Railroad[33]
- Dave Mustaine[34]
- Ted Nugent
- Gene Simmons[35]
- Frank Zappa[36]
[edit] Country music
As a general rule, and especially in the aftermath of 9/11, the country music mainstream has been largely dominated by red state conservatives in terms of both the musicians and their fanbases, with left-leaning acts being either outside the mainstream (see: many alt-country acts like Steve Earle or Kacey Musgraves), closer to the "Blue Dog" wing of the party (like Tim McGraw[37]), or very quiet about their beliefs.[38] What many right-wingers claim happens to conservative actors and filmmakers in Hollywood is, in fact, a good idea of how they themselves treat liberal country musicians — k.d. lang saw herself effectively blacklisted just for espousing pro-vegetarian viewpoints (by the time she came out as a lesbian, she had already abandoned the country genre), and the story of what happened to the Dixie Chicks, once among the biggest acts in country, doesn't bear repeating here.
- Lee Greenwood[39]
- Toby Keith[40]
- John Rich (of Big & Rich)[41]
- Hank Williams, Jr.[42]
- Darryl Worley[43]
[edit] Christian rock
As a rule, most Christian rock musicians are conservatives, especially on social issues, as the entire genre is fundamentally a response to perceived decadence and immorality in "secular" pop and rock. The few exceptions, like U2, T-Bone Burnett, and Bruce Cockburn, often go out of their way to avoid the "Christian band" label. Listing them here would take up too much space.
[edit] Others
- James Downey[44]
- Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller)
- John Milius[45]
- Howard Stern[46]
[edit] Irony alert
David Cole/David Stein: Notorious Holocaust revisionist who posed as a prominent Hollywood GOP organizer for years before being outed: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/03/david-stein-cole-holocaust-revisionist
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Became a born-again Christian after 9/11 and endorsed Sam Brownback and later Mike Huckabee for President in 2008. He also threatened to move to Canada if Obama became President, calling Obama "a cultural terrorist".
- ↑ Moved from Britain to the US in the late '70s due to James Callaghan's tax increases, returned when Margaret Thatcher lowered taxes, and while he supported Tony Blair, he threatened to move back to the US when Gordon Brown raised taxes again. He also supports the reintroduction of national service in Britain.
- ↑ Openly identifies as a Republican.
- ↑ "You can't go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary and really understand it and come out a liberal. You can't." (And care to elaborate why?) Also, his most famous role is as Tony Stark in the Iron Man films, who has been called a libertarian superhero.
- ↑ His political views are closer to the right wing than the left, but are fairly complicated. He's staunchly antiwar and supports gun control, gay rights, and abortion rights, and has described his political views as a mix of Milton Friedman and Noam Chomsky. However, he's staunchly conservative on fiscal issues and self-identifies as a libertarianism, and gave a famous speech at the 2012 Republican National Convention where he "debated" Barack Obama, represented by an empty chair.
- ↑ Arturo Sandoval, Andy Garcia Unleash A Storm Of Anti-Castro Rhetoric Over Elian
- ↑ He's been involved in numerous wingnut causes and endorsed Michele Bachmann for president in 2012. He has quite the persecution complex, believing he didn't get nominated for an Emmy for his performance on Boss because of his political leanings as opposed to other factors. (Party of personal responsibility, amirite?)
- ↑ Considering his breakout role was Dr. Strangelove further increases the WTFery.
- ↑ Lifelong supporter of the Tories, endorsing Michael Howard to lead the party in 2003 and currently supporting David Cameron. He also hates the rumors that he has an extensive collection of occult literature, going so far as to give a speech at University College Dublin admonishing black magic and telling students not to get involved in it.
- ↑ Self-identifies as a conservative Republican.
- ↑ To illustrate cognitive dissonance, Jon Stewart once played a clip of Nelson on the June 2, 2009, episode of Glenn Beck's Fox News show saying the following all in one breath: "I've been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No!"
- ↑ Very, very right-wing, actually.
- ↑ The Observer, 1 Feb 2004 - Rings star sparks rumpus over race
- ↑ …kind of. She's flip-flopped between identifying as a Republican and as a Democrat.
- ↑ A self-described libertarian; he moved from Hollywood to Aspen, Colorado due to his politics. Not a big surprise from the man who, at the end of Escape from L.A., triggered a worldwide EMP and brought down civilization, remarking "welcome to the human race." Or, if you prefer, who said "Nobody gets on my boat but me" when discussing escape plans in 3000 Miles to Graceland (yeah, no one wants to remember that movie).
- ↑ Donated to John McCain's Presidential campaign in 2008 and Mitt Romney's in 2012, and narrates the online virtual tour for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. During the 2012 election, former George W. Bush aide Nicolle Wallace also endorsed the idea of Sinise running against Obama. Sinise's politics have been written into his character on CSI: NY, Mac Taylor, who has a picture of Reagan displayed in his office.
- ↑ Registered Republican, known as a moderate conservative.
- ↑ Board member of NRA and endorsed John McCain. Famously got into a fight with Rosie O'Donnell on her talk show on the subject of gun control.
- ↑ Played the evil atheist professor villain in the Christian film God's Not Dead, and also had some … interesting things to say about the Ferguson, Missouri, protests.
- ↑ The star of such classics as Spirit of St. Louis, It's a Wonderful Life, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington donated to numerous Republican candidates since 1980, such as Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, and George W. Bush. Shortly before Stewart died, though, he donated to the US Senate campaign of Florida Democrat Bob Graham ([1]).
- ↑ Openly a Republican, even attended GWB's inauguration
- ↑ Supported Ron Paul in 2008 and 2012, and worked with Glenn Beck on a reality TV project for The Blaze.
- ↑ "Walker described his political beliefs at length in his autobiography, Dyn-O-Mite: Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times: A Memoir. In it, he called himself a "logicist," who believes in "logic and common sense." He holds typical conservative positions on the death penalty, the size of government, and capitalism. However, Walker is in favor of amnesty for the children of illegal immigrants and a system of universal health care for the United States. He voted for Ronald Reagan and noted that he also "loved Bill Clinton as our president" for welfare reforms instituted under his administration. (Wikipedia, citing Walker's autobiography)
- ↑ Supported Michael Dukakis for President in 1988 but George H. W. Bush in 1992, and only declined to endorse Bob Dole in 1996 because Dole criticized his then-wife Demi Moore for her role in Striptease. He spoke at the 2000 Republican National Convention and endorsed George W. Bush, and while he didn't endorse anybody in 2008, he still identifies with the Republican Party's views on personal freedom and small government, though he believes that they're a bunch of hypocrites about it.
- ↑ While a registered Democrat, he was a staunch supporter of George W. Bush, Rudy Giuliani, and the Iraq War.
- ↑ Unconfirmed, but his writing credits include the Dark Knight trilogy, in which the second and third films are seen by many as a defense of George W. Bush's foreign policy and an attack on the Occupy Wall Street movement respectively, and the Call of Duty: Black Ops video games, the second of which had Oliver fucking North serving as story consultant. Draw your own conclusions.
- ↑ Director and co-writer of Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie 3 and 4 … and An American Carol.
- ↑ Dana, Rebecca. "Why Game-Show Hosts Vote Republican", The Daily Beast, 31 October 2010.
- ↑ Not surprising, actually, from the guy who rapped about getting rich or dying trying.
- ↑ She tweeted in support of Ron Paul, supports gay rights and opposes the death penalty, and voted for Obama in 2008, so she's more libertarian than conservative. [2]
- ↑ Despite all the controversy over his "Satanic" image and music, he's actually a born-again Christian and a volunteer Sunday school teacher at his local church, and has consistently voted Republican. Who'd have thought?
- ↑ An anti-Castro Cuban exile. She briefly endorsed Obama's reelection campaign, though.
- ↑ Liberal lyrics, even radical left at times, on their first six albums though. Whether they ever actually held those left-wing views — as opposed to just trying to cash in on the youth culture of the late 1960s-early '70s — is another matter. Pretty much everything after 1973's Phoenix is right-wing populist, flag-waving, 'don't let 'em take your guns,' 'keep the commies off our southern border' kind of stuff. Mark Farner recorded several Christian rock albums during the 1980s and '90s.
- ↑ He is a born-again Christian. Supports Rick Santorum; is also a Birther, anti-gay marriage, and in a 1988 interview said that if President he'd build a wall to "keep the fucking Mexicans out" and ranted about having a "problem" with gay people in response to a question about Judas Priest (whose frontman, Rob Halford, is gay, though he was closeted at the time). Oh, and he thinks Obama staged the Aurora, Colorado shootings to get a gun ban passed. Ironically, it seems he was once a supporter of gun control, given a certain music video for a certain Megadeth song.
- ↑ Simmons said in a CNN interview in 2010 that he wanted his Obama vote back. Waaaahhhh.
- ↑ Self-identified as conservative. Held an absolutist perspective on the First Amendment and was a strong supporter of capitalism, despite his monster-under-the-bed status for groups like the PMRC.
- ↑ http://hollowverse.com/tim-mcgraw/
- ↑ Willman, Chris. Rednecks and Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music.
- ↑ Was appointed by Dubya to a six-year term to the National Council of the Arts. [3]
- ↑ "We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American Way!" Despite what that song may tell you, his actual beliefs are a bit more nuanced than that. He used to identify himself as a conservative Democrat (until 2008, when he switched to Independent), is friends with Bill Richardson, was almost involved in an ad for Al Gore's "We Campaign" (until scheduling conflicts came up), and said that Barack Obama "looked like a great speaker and a great leader" in 2008. As the linked song can attest, though, he's an uber-hawk on the military and foreign policy, and he feuded with the aforementioned Dixie Chicks over their criticism of "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue".
- ↑ Endorsed John McCain in 2008 … through song.
- ↑ After he Godwinned Obama and called him "the enemy" during an appearance on Fox & Friends, ESPN pulled its use of his theme song for Monday Night Football, which it had used since 1991.
- ↑ Expressed in, e.g., his songs "Have You Forgotten?" [4], supporting the Iraq War, and "Keep the Change," a sort of Tea Party anthem about the decline of American values [5].
- ↑ According to a few sources Downey, who "ran" most of SNL's political humor for a time, is pretty conservative, though there are some reports that he supported Obama in 2008 and is a registered Democrat. Blue dog?
- ↑ The writer of (among other films) Red Dawn, which speaks for itself. He has described his politics as being so far to the right that he's virtually a Maoist. Especially known for his love of guns; he once served on the National Rifle Association's board of directors.
- ↑ Chiefly a libertarian, especially on free speech issues and religion; he has little love for either the religious right or political correctness. While he has endorsed (moderate) Republicans like George Pataki and Christine Todd Whitman, he was also one of the most outspoken media opponents of George W. Bush.