Recent requests for more examples of not-so-bad liberals and ultra-despicable ones yielded a few interesting emails. One of them reminded me of James Carville, the slimeball of a human being who makes me grit my teeth (and, I'm embarrassed to say, he's a fellow Louisianan and LSU Law School alumnus). Some excerpts from the emails I've received below--
"I feel especially offended by the mouths of Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand. I have developed the following policy--for them and others like them:
Whenever I hear, or hear of, celebs running their stupid mouths in public on topics about which they certainly have no knowledge or background, I go to my video collection and check to see if I have a video or DVD with the celeb. I put it into a mailing envelop, address it to the CEO of the film studeo that produced the film. I also write in huge dark black letters on the outside, "Crushed and smashed by sender. Post office did not damage this package." I enclose a note explaining that, since they choose stupid people as actors and actresses, I will not be purchasing, or going to the theater to view, any films produced by that studeo until stop providing employment for publically offensive, stupid celebs. I seal the package, throw it to the floor, and stomp it flat. Then I mail it to that CEO.
My [spouse] used to think that I just am throwing money away, and the studeo won't care. I explain that I feel better, and so the money is well-spent. I tell friends of my policy, hoping that some of them will follow suit. I hear that '5 handwritten letters' from consumers cause execs to pay attention. What about 5 smashed films???
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You mean Robert Downey Jr. does something besides getting busted for drugs? Did not Gore Vidal write "Caligula" and "Myra Breckinredge"?
There are plenty of other annoying liberals:
Tim Robbins (Shawshank Redemption is the only good movie he has been in. Dull as dishwater in the acting department.)
Drew Barrymore("no guns" for Charlie's Angels. And how can a T&A movie designed to appeal to teenage boys be femininst empowerment?)
James Carville
Paul Begala(do not watch Crossfire or CNN anymore. Having an audience wrecked that show. Bill Press was a lot less smug)
Svend Robinson (Homosexual Canadian MP of the NDP or as I call it the New Demoncratic party. Supports the "right" to kill yourself and other kooky socialism.)
Dalton McGuinty (leader of Ontario Liberal party, by the end of this year he will probably be Premier) wants to lower energy Prices while shutting down Ontario's remaining coal power plants-during an energy shortage. Also wants a gay marriage law, now!
Jesse Jackson
Al Sharpton
Bob Hunter (enviro-whacko reporter for local Toronto news) ran for office as a New Democrat in very left-wing district. He Lost. Defeat not helped by the revelation that he had sex with an underage girl in Thailand.)
Ontario Supreme Court -created the "right" of gay marriage out of thin air.
Most Foreign Film Directors-make pretentious, boring, garbage "art" films that trash the free market, religion, "corporate consumer capitalism" et al.
Vanessa Redgrave
Most Toronto Star Reporters-blame high rates of crime committed by blacks on "racial profiling" by white racist cops. Complained that the Blue Jays are "too white." Like Gay marriage. Knee-Jerk Liberal party supporters. Prefer the NDP if Paul Martin becomes PM sinces he is insufficiently Socialistic. Support the "New Deal for cities," kooky environmentalism,etc. Only Plus for you is that they Criticize the current war(s).
Alan Rock (Gungrabbing Minister of Health)
I could go on, but I think you have had enough.
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Here's a short list of smarmy liberals: Charles Schumer, Rosie O'Donnell, Cybil Shepherd, Richard Dreyfuss, Molly Ivins, Katie Couric, Anita Hill, Andrea Dworkin, Anthony Edwards, Garry Wills, Catherine MacKinnon, Leonard Pitts, Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas.
Still, I find neo-cons like Charles Krauthammer, Newt Gingrich and Cal Thomas--each an unabashed admirer of mass-murdering socialists like Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt--every bit as annoying as liberals. In the words of Richard Nixon, "We're all Keynesians [and leftists] now."
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Gotta be Ellis Henican!
I'd say he's a rat but I think he snivels more than most rats. Rats are better looking too.
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Now as for your solicitation on the LRC blog for liberals we love to hate - here are just a few...
*Bill Maher - Smug and condescending, this jerk had the gall to call himself libertarian! I haven't heard him say it recently, so perhaps he's fully embraced the Dark Side. He's still repeating the same stupid liberal mantras - "Clinton was impeached over sex," "Republicans stole the 2000 election," "Guns and SUVs are evil," blah blah blah. Put a sock in it already.
*Molly Ivins - A hidebound, knee jerk liberal if ever there was one. Her criticisms of Bush are not off target, but her takes are so tiresome and predictable - hey Molly, would it kill you to conjure an original thought in your pointy little head?
*James Carville. There's not enough bandwidth here to convey my loathing for this guy. Let's just move on...
*Janeane Garafalo - Her anti-war stance is admirable, but she harms her message with shrill, self-righteous rhetoric about the whole thing. She seems to have adopted the belief that the louder she yells something, the more likely others will accept it as gospel. She makes bizarre assertions and backs them up with nothing: "There is no liberal media; it's a myth." Oh, thanks for clearing that up Janeane. I guess I'll just ignore all that evidence to the contrary now.
*Here's a non-liberal I'm rapidly beginning to despise - radio host Neal Boortz. He's that odd species of "libertarian" who paradoxically supports the Iraqi war. Um, OK. Whatever tortured rationalizations get you through the day, I guess. I don't know how you can believe government does nothing right except when it comes to foreign policy and waging war...
*Here's one liberal "good guy" - Ted Rall. His columns are usually witty and insightful, and his cartoons about Bush and the war have been right on target. He may be insane about most issues, but he manages at least to come off sincere and principled - like he's not just spouting sound bites and derivative talking points. He seems to have studied the issues but drawn the wrong conclusions. To paraphrase "The Simpsons," "He's not evil, just ignorant." Oh well.
One last thing - thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for posting the link to Tucker Max's web site on the LRC blog. Tucker's site has kept me in hysterics ever since. My discovery experience was probably similar to most people's - I started reading one story, and the next thing I knew it was 2 hours later and tears of laughter were streaming down my face. I also found Mil Millington's site, which you also reference on today's LRC blog, through Tucker's links page - I turned my whole office on to that one! I think my favorite entry is the one that ends with, "'I don't know if I'd have done it in real life.' 'In real life'? What? WHAT? You're going 'Ooo - that's slightly scary and unsettling, Mil' now, aren't you?" Priceless.
OK, enough rambling from me. Take care and keep up the good work.
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Ted Turner certainly deserves a nomination. !#%$*& socialist muckspout!
