"Hollywood is out of touch with America." I guess that includes Fred Thompson, right?

[originalpckelly]

And maybe Ronald Reagan? And what about Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton? I guess they're out of touch too. It's kind of interesting how the Republicans can look past it in their cases, but when someone's a little liberal, they pounce using that "out of touch" BS, isn't it?

Maybe it's just the Republicans who are out of touch?

[madame defarge]

1. And don't forget Ahnold...

And they call liberals the "Hollywood elite". I don't get it. We don't elect actors. They do.

[originalpckelly]

2. Oh yeah, I forgot him.

And wasn't Sunny Bono a Republican?

Actually, I can't think of anyone off the top of my head who was an actor and ran for office as a Democrat.

[originalpckelly]

3. I forgot Chuck Norris...

and in the words of one freeper who got TSed:
"THANK GOD FOR CHUCK NORRIS"
:rofl:

[Journeyman]

7. Helen Gahagan Douglas. . .

was a well-known Broadway star in the '20s before moving to Hollywoods after her marriage to actor Melvyn Douglas in 1930. She starred in one big-ticket flick, She, released in 1935. She entered politics in the '40s, served three terms as a Democractic Congresswoman, ran for but lost the Senate race in 1952 to Richard Nixon. She's best remembered as the person who gave Nixon his best-remembered nickname, "Tricky Dick."

[Jade Fox]

8. Sonny Bono most certainly was a Republican.....

The whining on the Right about Hollywood is such crap. You're right. I don't think any Democratic actors have run for office.

[originalpckelly]

9. A couple have, but not as many in recent years...

most of the people I've never even heard of. I went and looked it up in Wiki just to give me some general direction, and I couldn't really find that many.

[muntrv]

4. Also John Wayne, Charlton Heston, and Mel Gibson are out of touch with

Amurka.

[originalpckelly]

5. Can you even think of a Hollywood actor who ran as a Democrat?

I don't think I can off the top of my head, maybe someone else has someone in mind.

I found one so far: Not an actor, but John Hall ran on our side, and Al Franken will run next year.

And :rofl: Jerry Springer was the Democratic Mayor of Cincinnati!

[muntrv]

13. Ben Jones, who played Cooter from "Dukes Of Hazzard," was a Democrat

from Georgia. His district was gerrymandered into Newt Gingrich's, if my memory is correct.

[KittyWampus]

6. As a Washinton lobbyist for 20 years, I'd say Thompson is definately out of touch with normal Americ

ans

[Wilms]

10. Hollywood in it's fantasy, superficiality, and vanity IS America.

That ain't no TV screen. It's a mirror.

The truth hurts.

[smirkymonkey]

11. Who the hell is Fred Thompson?

Seriously. I have never heard of him. Must be another talented, A-list Republican actor.

[justgamma]

12. Don't forget Clint Eastwood and

Fred Grandy. Repubs loves Hollywood actors.