Paul Newman endorses Howard Dean.

[kentuck]

It was reported on C-SPAN this AM. Paul Newman is a respected and benevolent liberal with many charitable activities. His endorsement is one of the best that Hollywood has to offer.

[Zynx]

1. What's with all the Dean endorsments recently?

Gore, Newman, Jackson Jr., Bobby Scott, and on and on...

[Walt Starr]

2. I think they're sewing things up

They've convinced me once President Gore decided to endorse.

[jumptheshadow]

8. Wait a minute, Walt

We were all waiting for your endorsement of Gore. After all, you have endorsed almost everybody else. :)

[HFishbine]

12. Don't forget Molly Ivens

too.

[arcos]

21. he's from the electable wing of the democratic party!

:evilgrin:

[robsul82]

3. Just wait for the Tom Hanks endorsement...

...it'll be HUGE, hehe.

Later.

RJS

[wryter2000]

11. Now, that I'd love

A good Oakland boy.

[Larkspur]

4. I've known Newman, a Connecticut resident, has supported Dean

for months now. I think that Newman just made it official.

Paul Newman has a camp for terminally ill kids in Eastford, CT, about 15 miles west of where I live.

[NashVegas]

22. And In Rather Conservative Upstate NY

aka, Patakiland, Newman is thought of kindly for helping Charlie Wood help disadvantaged/disabled kids. I wonder how this - if this - will play in the Post Star.

[Woodstock]

5. He's backed him since the beginning

He gave a fundraiser for Dean this past spring.

[Hep]

6. Free salad dressing!

n/t

[Cha]

25. And "Free" Pretzels, Fig Newmans, Spaghetti

Sauce, And whatever else Paul has in that kitchen!

[janx]

28. Darn good pasta sauce!

The spiced is the best.

[Terwilliger]

7. Didn't Redford also?

I saw something on DU about it, I think...

[denverbill]

9. Why doesn't Newman run for elected office?

He has far better political credentials than the Austrian muscle-boy.

He'd make a fine Senator.

[grannylib]

13. I was just thinking that the other day...why all these hacks and hasbeens

and never-weres that keep running on the GOP ticket??

[denverbill]

14. Including the biggest hack of all, Ronnie Raygun.

Crappy Democratic actor turns into the Republican poster-child President. The only 1/2 decent acting job he ever did in his whole life was pretending to be in charge of the country while Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld ran stuff.

Redford is another great one. Why the heck hasn't he ever served? Newman and Redford could EASILY win in even the most Republican states in the country.

[burning bush]

16. Redford for Senate In Utah?

Home of the Sundance Ski resort and film festival?

Now that would be something... :)

[Cha]

27. Robert Redford is doing a remake (an update)

of his previous film "The Candidate". Should be interesting!

[stanwyck]

15. Politics is great for "failing up"

look at Newt. A college teacher who didn't make tenure so he got into politics. Congress is full of them. Failing up. So, we get those incredibly creepy Repug representatives. It's not teachers who "can't do" so they teach, it's conservative politicians.

[Rose Siding]

17. No kidding! Lieberman's seat may be

vulnerable :shrug:

[wryter2000]

10. Cool!

I've met Paul Newman, and his just-folks modesty and humor are 100% sincere. He's a fine human being. (And I would have said that about him no matter which Dem he'd chosen.)

[littlejoe]

18. I will gladly endorse his spaghetti sauce.

[Unknown Known]

19. I don't buy any other salad dressing except Newman's

Have always admired him. He had a pretty charmed life, but has always tried to help others. This is another great endorsemenet, IMHO!

[brook]

24. His son died.

I'm not remonstrating with you...just noting that nobody has a 100%charmed life.

I was associated with the Newmans for a long time. They are both extraordinary people. I can assure you all that Paul has never spoken out on any public issue that he has not studied in depth beforehand. He knows the sway a movie star has over unthinking people. Another thing, he also knows he's an actor -not a politician, although he has played one on the big screen. :)

[Cha]

26. Paul's son Scott..may he RIP!

[polpilot]

20. GREAT news!!

Dean '04...

[David Zephyr]

23. Good for Paul!

PaulNewman is a stockholder with The Nation. Do not underestimate the weight of Newman's endorsement.

Thanks for sharing this, Kentuck.

[Cha]

29. I have a picture on my wall of

Newman holding a "THe Nation" in his teeth and a puppy in his hands!
I tore it out of one of my copies of "The Nation"! First I heard Paul is a "stockholder"...It's so Cool!