January 19, 2009, - 11:34 am
Famous D-List Has-Been Child Actor “Conservative” Now in the Tank for B (Hussein) O
By Debbie Schlussel
I’ve always been tired of conservatives eager to find validation for their views in proud high school graduates who make their living in vapid silver screen propaganda and/or shrill, annoying screams of sheep a/k/a music. If you need to find a C- or D-list celeb to validate your views, you’re an idiot (and though you may hate to admit it, a lot of the Palin-worship falls in this category).
One of those C-List guys who is always on the list of “look who kinda sorta agrees with us” is Ricky Schroder, whose last best work happened a couple of decades ago or more (take your pick from “Silver Spoons” and “The Champ”). (Sorry, but he wasn’t all that in “NYPD Blue” or “Return to Lonesome Dove”.)
Well, this guy to whom some turned for validation, is now attacking “partisanship” and announcing his support for Obama by showing up at the Inauguration. He’s appearing at the “Declare Yourself’s ‘New Birth of Citizenship’ Gala” ball, along with Jamie Foxx, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan’s lesbian lover DJ Samantha Ronson, and some others, and told USA Today this (which is strangely only in the print edition and not online, where it was substituted by a quote from actress Hayden Pannetiere):
I’m excited to hear his ideas. I hope he can unify this country. Even though I didn’t personally vote for Obama, I feel like he deserves my support. He’s my president. I’m tired of the partisanship of the last 16 years. It’s bad for our country. It’s tearing us down.
HUH? I guess Schroder won’t mind that Obama has already reached out to terrorist group HAMAS and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez nor will h e care when Obama starts hanging with Iran’s Ahmadinejad. After all, to oppose this is “partisanship” that would “tear us down,” right?
Here’s a clue, Ricky:
Partisanship is good for America. It’s an important check and balance on one party run amok, which is what they have in monarchies and dictatorships.
But we all know it’s cool, hip, and chic to decry “partisanship” . . . especially when you looking for work in Hollywood and stuck in cable TV movie hell.
Think about this the next time you cheer on these celebs like Schroder or Ted Nugent–a draft-dodger who fathered 7 kids with 5 different women, three of them out of wedlock–for adopting your views.
He’s no different than Elisabeth Hasselbeck or other Hollywood idiots like them who lick
the tip of their finger and stick it in the air.
Remember, Hollywood is all about being rich, feeling important and popular.
It doesn’t matter who you’re rooting for as long as it accomplishes the above personal goals.
Independent Conservative on January 19, 2009 at 12:25 pm