No Obama-Voight ticket!
posted at 4:57 pm on July 28, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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How many invitations to Hollywood parties will Jon Voight receive after this?
Sen. Barack Obama has grown up with the teaching of very angry, militant white and black people: the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, William Ayers and Rev. Michael Pfleger. We cannot say we are not affected by teachers who are militant and angry. We know too well that we become like them, and Mr. Obama will run this country in their mindset.
The Democratic Party, in its quest for power, has managed a propaganda campaign with subliminal messages, creating a God-like figure in a man who falls short in every way. It seems to me that if Mr. Obama wins the presidential election, then Messrs. Farrakhan, Wright, Ayers and Pfleger will gain power for their need to demoralize this country and help create a socialist America.
The Democrats have targeted young people, knowing how easy it is to bring forth whatever is needed to program their minds. I know this process well. I was caught up in the hysteria during the Vietnam era, which was brought about through Marxist propaganda underlying the so-called peace movement. The radicals of that era were successful in giving the communists power to bring forth the killing fields and slaughter 2.5 million people in Cambodia and South Vietnam. Did they stop the war, or did they bring the war to those innocent people? In the end, they turned their backs on all the horror and suffering they helped create and walked away.
You really have to read the entire article to get the full flavor of Voight’s opposition to Obama and the Democrats. He calls Wesley Clark a “lying fool” with “shame upon him”. He accuses the media of deliberately painting a “misleading portrait” of Obama. And in his utter rejection of the peace movement as a Marxist plot to undermine America, he has managed to insult just about every major studio talent and power broker in his industry.
None of this is to say that he’s wrong, of course. I just hope he gets used to retirement.
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I don’t use this exclamatory nearly often enough, but, HOLY CANNOLI. Its awesome to read something like that by someone out of Hollywood, but I’m not going to be a hypocrite and say his opinion matters any more than Sean Penn’s.
Isn’t he Angelina Jolie’s father? Based on some of her comments, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
jimmy the notable on July 28, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Honestly, addressing the ramifications of his pov on his career, marginalizes his pov.
I mean he has already said that at this point in his life, he doesn’t care what it does to his career, he cares about getting the message out there. I.e. He dismissed this question out of hand when asked about it himself. So, no need to marginalize the message by framing it within ramifications. Just my honest opinion.
Spirit of 1776 on July 28, 2008 at 5:03 PM
God bless Jon Voight for having the courage to speak up. Can you IMAGINE how Hollywood will treat him? I’ll buy a ticket for ANY movie he is in!
Star20 on July 28, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Jon Voight doing the job that Republican leaders wont do.
William Amos on July 28, 2008 at 5:04 PM
As I understand it, he and Angelina are “estranged.” I guess we know why.
RBMN on July 28, 2008 at 5:04 PM
That’s it, we need an official fight, Voight vs. Cusack. Whoever wins gets dibs on the returns for the next Batman movie.
DanStark on July 28, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Who?? Oh wait….National treasure.
rockhauler on July 28, 2008 at 5:04 PM
I saw Voight on Fox months ago when the primaries were just getting started and he was supporting Rudy then. I heard his daughter Angelina Jolie is considering voting for McCain.
Terrye on July 28, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Jimmy,
Don’t forget– Anelina Jolie has spoken in support of the surge strategy and finishing the job in Iraq!
Star20 on July 28, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Rarely do I agree with anyone from Hollyweird but Jon hits the nail on the head. He has also appeared and Hannity’s Freedom Concerts for the children of fallen Vets.
Les in NC on July 28, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Angelina’s actually not that bad. She’s a registered Independent who says she’s considering both Obama and McCain. She supported staying in Iraq, and both her and her husband are supporters of the Second Amendment.
amerpundit on July 28, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Yeah I know that. I’m saying that I really like some of the things she’s said. I mean, for somebody of her status to not be neck-deep for Obama…well that’s about as right-wing as you’re allowed to be in Hollywood.
jimmy the notable on July 28, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Veep.
Labamigo on July 28, 2008 at 5:08 PM
[Labamigo on July 28, 2008 at 5:08 PM]
LOL. Secretary of Education at the very least.
Dusty on July 28, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Plenty;
who else is up for buying every movie of Voights (even if the Tom Tom cruise be in it? :)
Branch Rickey on July 28, 2008 at 5:12 PM
National Endowment of the arts chair ?
William Amos on July 28, 2008 at 5:12 PM
John Voight movies.
William Amos on July 28, 2008 at 5:14 PM
You’re asking an awful lot…
kiltedscotsman5 on July 28, 2008 at 5:14 PM
I love it.
Voight’s got guts. He knows the reprocussions of going against the system but he does it anyway. He stands up for what he believes in and will not be bullied into silence.
In a city of moral and intellectual cowards, Jon Voight threw it all on the table, for everyone to see. He stands for what he believes is right and tells the mindless sheep around him how they’re wrong.
As to comming off guest lists, I always felt Dennis Miller summed it up best: “If their friendship is so fickle that it hinges on your politics, they were never really your friends anyway, so it’s no big loss.”
SuperCool on July 28, 2008 at 5:14 PM
I’ve said it before and it bears repeating: Jon Voight is a patriot.
Thank you, Mr. Voight, for having the courage to speak up. Thanks, also, for all you do for our wounded vets.
Semper fi,
MikeZero on July 28, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Go John Voight! Can’t wait to see him on the next season of “24.” I wish more in Hollyweird have the same sense and understanding in politics as Mr. Voight.
jencab on July 28, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Here, Ed, let me hang a couple of big brass nuts on that for you:
Voight is dead-on, of course, and God bless him for saying it so forcefully.
As for Hollyweird, they’re not so easy to pigeon-hole. Voight will be regarded as an oddity, of course, but he already was to some degree. I say he has enough cache to be kept around, like a flashy thing you put on the coffee table for people to look at.
Jaibones on July 28, 2008 at 5:18 PM
The Champ has spoken
BrianBoru on July 28, 2008 at 5:18 PM
So, no repeat of his SECDEF in Transformers 2?
catmman on July 28, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Mmmm….chocolate covered cotton.
The Ugly American on July 28, 2008 at 5:21 PM
And he’ll never work in that town again…
newton on July 28, 2008 at 5:22 PM
OMG! Sums it up.
marklmail on July 28, 2008 at 5:22 PM
O/T
Sweet name, Irish Gaelic Hero and awesome Vodka!
Branch Rickey on July 28, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Good for him for speaking out. Maybe his example will inspire some other conservative (or at least moderate) Hollywood types to speak up. We know they’re there — they’re just keeping quiet, so they can keep their jobs.
AZCoyote on July 28, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Jon Voight was a Rudy supporter like me during the primary.. :)
Go McCain.. :D
Chakra Hammer on July 28, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Jon has reconciled with Angie.
Cheers to you Mr. Voight!
Sonosam on July 28, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Funny how we all celebrate rational thinking coming out of Hollywood as if it were an undiscovered comet streaking through the sky.
Mr. Voight has nothing to worry about. He has been forever gainfully employed , earned a coveted Oscar, and he’s got a smoking hot daughter. Life is good.
Zorg on July 28, 2008 at 5:26 PM
It would really suck if the power brokers who produce such anti-American trash went broke while we enjoyed movies from producers who arent afraid to have ” good and evil ” and other valorous themes support their plots, like Mel Gibson.
NOT!
Sonosam on July 28, 2008 at 5:28 PM
I’m sure Barbra Streisand would give Voight a piece of her mind.
If she could spare it.
Cicero43 on July 28, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Now that’s speaking truth to power!
Beto Ochoa on July 28, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Sad, but true…so true.
Vigilante on July 28, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Voight 2012!
ThePrez on July 28, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Sure, it’s a good editorial and I agree with 98% of it, and I give him all the credit in the world for putting his career on the line in order to exercise his right to free speech. But what happened to Shut Up And Sing?
Laura on July 28, 2008 at 5:33 PM
You are correct on both counts. You too have a sweet name honoring the man who gave an American Hero his chance.
BrianBoru on July 28, 2008 at 5:34 PM
I want his LeBaron!
profitsbeard on July 28, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Mine was sarcastic as there is no way Voight could preside over it’s dismantlement. Yours, however is a very good suggestion.
Dusty on July 28, 2008 at 5:36 PM
I guess you didn’t watch the entire episode.
Oh that George!
Beto Ochoa on July 28, 2008 at 5:38 PM
[profitsbeard on July 28, 2008 at 5:35 PM]
I have his pencil.
Dusty on July 28, 2008 at 5:38 PM
Good, column, Jon! The truth is much more important than attending those liberal parties where you might run into the likes of Barbra Streisand standing by the onion dip.
Travis1 on July 28, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Sadly, the LeBaron is no more. :(
ThePrez on July 28, 2008 at 5:41 PM
this is an op-ed in the United States, not in a different country.. The Ditzy Chicks started the outrage by staying things in France and England.
Chakra Hammer on July 28, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Also, when people go to music concerts they want to hear the music NOT political RANTS, Shut UP AND SING!
Chakra Hammer on July 28, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Voight’s been speaking for conservativism and against liberalism for a long time. This isn’t the first time.
I’ll go to Netflix and see if there are any other Voight movies I might need to rent.
kirkill on July 28, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Balls. Brass balls.
Seixon on July 28, 2008 at 5:46 PM
“Good philosophy must exist so that bad philosophy can be answered” - C.S. Lewis. That’s why, so I only think Shut Up and Sing counts when you are a lying liberal!
kirkill on July 28, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Brad and Angie are gun folk? I so desperately want to believe… Any evidence of this amerpundit? Not that you’re not trustworthy…it’s just almost too good to believe.
Pope Linus on July 28, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Well there’s a difference between espousing your political beliefs at an inappropriate venue and writing an editorial.
As for celebrity opinion, they’re going to espouse their opinions because they’re people - and people are going to listen because they’re famous.
At least in this case it’s common sense thinking instead of liberal claptrap.
apollyonbob on July 28, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Voight gots my voight…
right2bright on July 28, 2008 at 5:49 PM
He was great in Midnight Cowboy. He rules.
GogglesPisano on July 28, 2008 at 5:55 PM
wow, he really lays it all out there
brak on July 28, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Based on his appearance on Fox News quite a while ago stating that he supports the war in Iraq, I’ve already assumed that he’s not going to be invited to any more of Brad Pitt’s parties.
Not old news to me.
Ryan Gandy on July 28, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Uh, that should be “not new news.” My bad.
Ryan Gandy on July 28, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Has anyone ever told you that you are brilliant? ;-D
Branch Rickey on July 28, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Here you go.
flenser on July 28, 2008 at 6:02 PM
I’m with you on this one. I don’t have a lot of interest in what Fake Jim Phelps has to say about the election.
SteakRules on July 28, 2008 at 6:09 PM
That popping sound you hear are the exploding heads of many a Hollywood liberal upon reading Voight’s commentary…
Wyznowski on July 28, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Voight’s a good guy. He recently was in Sdereot Israel showing solidarity with that beleaguered city. I did not see Richard Dreyfuss there.
Hilts on July 28, 2008 at 6:18 PM
Voight will soon beware of the price of “free speech”. In a profession where “make believe” is a substitute for reality, those in control do not accept the truth easily.
volsense on July 28, 2008 at 6:21 PM
Didn’t jon voight bite Kramer? Gotta respect anyone with guts to do that!
lorien1973 on July 28, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Jon is a huge supporter of Israel as well. He truly recognizes the peril of Islam.
JimK on July 28, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Oh puh-leeze. Nice spin. Jolie is a arab sympathizer and anti-Israeli bi-atch.
Andy in Agoura Hills on July 28, 2008 at 6:39 PM
I think the glaring difference between this and the rest of the Hollywood tripe you hear all the time is he’s going against the grain. I wonder how brave and daring it is when the rest of the liberal SMakTards spout out a ‘Bush is Evil’ or ‘War Crimes’ every time they are in front of a camera or get a mic in front of their faces. Whooooo, yer really taking a chance there…look out.
And speaking of shut up and sing..You notice that COW from the has-been Chicks decided to run her mouth on stage in London…what courage that must have taken…If she would have done it at a concert in the States, that might have been something. She would have been booed off the stage, but you could say she really believes what she’s blathering on about instead of being an attention whore…The deserved every bit of backlash they got….
BigWyo on July 28, 2008 at 6:39 PM
Maybe not ‘Coming Home’. Jane Fonda seduces the disabled Viet Nam Vet Voight, committing adultery against her husband, Bruce Dern, who has no sympathy for the hippie anti-war pukes. ‘Peace on you’ he replied with middle finger ablaze to a protesting hippie.
And Jane Fonda naked, even in her prime? Not that great.
pistolero on July 28, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Sorry, not impressed. Voight is a great Republican–of the Huckabee type. He went out of his way to act in probably the most anti-Mormon movie done in the last fifty years: September Dawn, which pretty much tried to say Mormons are 9-11 terrorist wannabees. They even tried to smear Romney at the same time in the promotional material.
I think he’s on record as saying stuff about Mormons that if Mel Gibson had said about Jews would have had Gibson tarred and feathered. Voight may get kudos for speaking out in Hollywood, but I won’t exactly shed a tear if he doesn’t work again, either.
Vanceone on July 28, 2008 at 6:55 PM
Vance, got a link for that quote? I’d be very interested in seeing it, but evidently my Google-fu is not up to par.
Laura on July 28, 2008 at 7:09 PM
I’ll always remember Voight as Joe Buck.
jaime on July 28, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Try posting some Voight sound clips from his Mark Levin appearances. Voight is a classic conservative.
saved on July 28, 2008 at 7:38 PM
what a guy.
and what steely balls he has.
someone should find something for him to star in.
jimmer on July 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM
A man with guts. A keen sense of reality. And some Malkins to boot!!!! My hats off.
Griz on July 28, 2008 at 8:25 PM
If his daughter’s anything like he is, then she might well be the right person for this role.
spmat on July 28, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Damn, are there still people left who worship Ayn Rand? I guess natural selection is false after all.
flenser on July 28, 2008 at 8:28 PM
I heard Voight interviewed when he was promoting September Dawn (I really have to see that one of these days). He’s an interesting man.
jgapinoy on July 28, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Voight landed some body blows there. Good for him.
What would be fun, is if he had pimped for Obama and then at some huge rally laid all this out.
aikidoka on July 28, 2008 at 8:51 PM
It’ a “Deliverance” like we don’t see enough of from
the Hollywood crowd. Good on Jon Voight.
Texyank on July 28, 2008 at 9:14 PM
I think,Jolie’s dad,is a Republican,
I heard him before,talking ill of
Democrats,which of course,is A-okay!
canopfor on July 28, 2008 at 11:18 PM
This is an amazing op-ed. Succinct, cogent, truthful. Best assessment of any candidate during this election cycle.
I’m blown away. Of all the pundits, an actor nailed Obama in the most effective manner.
Skidd on July 29, 2008 at 12:09 AM
There are a few of us. But I don’t think worship is the right term, at least not for me.
Glynn on July 29, 2008 at 12:28 AM
God bless Jon Voight!
He must have Malkins as big as Obamas ears.
AZCON on July 29, 2008 at 1:11 AM
Sorry, not impressed. Voight is a great Republican–of the Huckabee type. He went out of his way to act in probably the most anti-Mormon movie done in the last fifty years: September Dawn, which pretty much tried to say Mormons are 9-11 terrorist wannabees.
Vanceone on July 28, 2008 at 6:55 PM
Hilts on July 29, 2008 at 7:43 AM
Noo, but you will get to see Dreyfuss chew the scenery as Dick Cheney(?!) in Oliver Ston’es “W.” Someone commented here yesterday that having James Cromwell as GHW Bush was all wrong because he doesn’t have the voice. Then I learned squeeky, whiny Richard (”I don’t like the panties drying on the rod!” -The Goodby Girl) Dreyfuss will be playing the sonorous Dick Cheney. What a joke.
Captain Scarlet on July 29, 2008 at 9:32 AM
amerpundit on July 28, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Not only that but Angelina has stated that she would have absolutely no problem with shooting anyone who threatened her family.
Also, she is one of the few Hollywood stars who has actually gone to visit the troops.
Nahanni on July 29, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Voigt rules!
and his career will be fine…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/13/jon-voight-signs-on-to-24_n_106895.html
max1 on July 29, 2008 at 10:23 AM
He is either very brave or very foolish. Will he change any hearts or minds in Hollywood and the rest of the far left?
I doubt it. Most of them have to be willing to read and listen (like David Mamet) before they can even start the process of changing their minds. But, as we know, they would rather stick their fingers in their ears and scream “La, la, la, la,” as loud as they can like the little children they are.
Wildcatter1980 on July 29, 2008 at 11:59 AM
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Wow, that’s some powerful stuff.
Think_b4_speaking on July 29, 2008 at 1:46 PM
All this, plus he fathered Angelina? Truly, a great man.
pussum207 on July 29, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Jon Voight is a great man. I can’t believe anything coming out of Hollywood could be such a deep thinker. Voight rules.
UnEasyRider on July 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM