Gary Sinise. GARY SINISE?- Page 2

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 2:47pm

Updated On: 8/29/08 at 02:47 PM

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 2:56pm

"SM I am not saying that Republicans are bad people- to use a cliche, some of my best friends are Republican."


It's hard to say they are indeed "good people." I get their economic point of view, I can stomach their foreign policy stance, what I don't get and will never get is their approval of government sanctioned discrimination and inequality.


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[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 2:59pm

Yeah, I gotta say that when members of a political party try to amend the Constitution to ensure that I have fewer rights than other people, I get to judge all its adherents as much as I want.

I think that's fair.

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:01pm

Updated On: 8/29/08 at 03:01 PM

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:03pm

Yeah, I get kind of bigoted and intolerant toward the members of a bigoted and intolerant party. Call it my Christian upbringing, I can't stand hatred.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:03pm

I'm not aware of having discriminated against anyone.

I haven't, for instance, tried to instigate legislation saying that Republicans aren't allowed to marry their partners.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:05pm

Reg, that was you defending your right to fire someone based on their political affiliation, wasn't it?

Updated On: 8/28/08 at 03:05 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:07pm

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Updated On: 8/29/08 at 03:07 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:16pm

Updated On: 8/29/08 at 03:16 PM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:21pm

"Seems like the government's got more interest in a dead man than a live one...

They're workin' away our spirits, tryin' to make us cringe and crawl, takin' away our decency.

A fellow ain't got a soul of his own, just little piece of a big soul, the one big soul that belongs to everybody...

I'll be everywhere. Wherever you can look - wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there. I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad. I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry and they know supper's ready, and when the people are eatin' the stuff they raise and livin' in the houses they build - I'll be there, too."

Do you know how many houses the Joads had?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:30pm

Um...I'm going to say "Zero" Sueleen!

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:31pm

"I smile because I don't know what the hell is going on."

That's probably why you vote Republican, too.

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:41pm

"And BTW, some of my oldest and best friends are bleeding heart liberals. We get along, love and respect each other's differences. I'm sure glad they aren't as intolerant as you."

How much love and respect would you give your bleeding heart
liberal friends, if they were members of a party that was trying to enshrine discrimination into the Constitution? Enshrine discrimination that would directly affect you?

I think it's much easier to be friends with people whose views are different than yours...when their views don't actually affect you in any tangible way.

Unfortunately, when a party wants to discriminate against me...I'm not gonna be okay with it. I'm not gonna be friends with someone who supports it.

This is from the 2004 Republican Platform:

Attempts to redefine marriage in a single state or city could have serious consequences throughout the country, and anything less than a Constitutional amendment, passed by the Congress and ratified by the states, is vulnerable to being overturned by activist judges.

On a matter of such importance, the voice of the people must be heard. The Constitutional amendment process guarantees that the final decision will rest with the American people and their elected representatives.

Am I really supposed to be tolerant of that...and be friends with people who support that? No Thanks...I'll be my intolerant self.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:44pm

Jane, if you are this offended by the mostly innocuous comments that have been posted here on this thread, your delicate sensibilities must drive you into intensive care when any Republican speaks their minds. You'd better not watch any of the Republican convention, you're sure to suffer a dozen major strokes.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:48pm

And why were these people keeping so quiet in 2004?

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:51pm

Updated On: 8/29/08 at 03:51 PM

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 3:58pm

No, you're not a Republican, you just occasionally vote like one.

[Calvin]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 4:08pm

I'll admit -- I've voted Republican before.

When I lived in Texas, I was in Ron Paul's district. My choice was between the off-his-rocker doctor and a Chet Edwards-style Democrat who would have happily voted FOR the marriage amendment, the patriot act and a host of other things I found repulsive. Really, Ron Paul with his nutty protest votes did far less harm (and eventually voted against the FMA, for that matter).

[Auggie27]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 4:11pm

Missing from this list is Clint Eastwood. Even though he was no fan of the Bush regime, apparently he's thrown his weight and money toward his peer. Too bad. He's come out against the far right's nastiness toward Hollywood, specifically loathing the "Hollywierd" label that lumped all actors in with Britney and company. Eastwood is a lifelong Republican, and former mayor of beautiful Carmel, but I'd guess a centrist, more Libertarian than part of the neocon/christian coalition grab. It's hard to picture Clint on the stage with Pat Boone, in a show of solidarity...

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 4:14pm

I'm also shocked they didn't invite Jenna Jameson.

[Calvin]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 4:14pm

And Pat Sajak!

He's still relevant. Well, equitable to Pat Boone, I guess.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 4:14pm

What, no Schwarzenegger?

[Auggie27]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 4:16pm

How about Broadway's famous "liberal Republican," Ms. Chenoweth? Has her relationship with Mr. West Wing changed her??

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 4:18pm

And where's Jim Caviezel and Mel Gibson? They can't get Christ Himself and Christ's Director to show up and bless the proceedings?

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 8/28/08 at 4:23pm

Angie Harmon broke my heart when I found out she was a republican. Sigh.