Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:52 PM

Playinghardball (5,536 posts)

Hal Holbrook nailed it with this comment...

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Hal Holbrook nailed it with this comment... (Original post)	Playinghardball	Oct 2012	OP
excellent!	mark eagledove	Oct 2012	#1
Today the GOP serves no useful purpose	Vincardog	Oct 2012	#2
Agreed...	KansDem	Oct 2012	#51
Maybe at a white elephant sale?	Wednesdays	Oct 2012	#52
!!	KansDem	Oct 2012	#53
There used to actually be decent Republicans - where did they go?	LiberalElite	Oct 2012	#61
i have a lot of respect for Deep Throat	CreekDog	Oct 2012	#3
i agree with every word...except	noiretextatique	Oct 2012	#4
Oh I am wiling to bet that if you were in my County you would	nadinbrzezinski	Oct 2012	#10
That's basically the option given to a voter in any election with limited choices.	Selatius	Oct 2012	#22
I know, but this is the point I am making	nadinbrzezinski	Oct 2012	#24
Yes, sometimes	Aerows	Oct 2012	#29
And you make the best choice with what you have	Aerows	Oct 2012	#28
that's true	noiretextatique	Oct 2012	#60
i am glad i don't have to make that choice	noiretextatique	Oct 2012	#59
Nicely said...	CaliGal	Oct 2012	#5
"Elected by the majority"...	GoCubsGo	Oct 2012	#6
hear, hear!	defacto7	Oct 2012	#26
Holy I thought he was dead Batman!	meegbear	Oct 2012	#7
Me too!	progressoid	Oct 2012	#11
He was on the tv show "The Event"	Blasphemer	Oct 2012	#20
Nothing says "integrity" like comic sans. (nt)	harmonicon	Oct 2012	#8
LOL	defacto7	Oct 2012	#27
Yeah, but it lacked the gravitas of all caps.	Dark n Stormy Knight	Oct 2012	#42
Yeah, that's a real lost opportunity. (nt)	harmonicon	Oct 2012	#44
Thank you, Hal Holbrook! Hope that's getting lots of views on	Cha	Oct 2012	#9
K&R!!!	Dustlawyer	Oct 2012	#12
Thank you Hal.	JanT	Oct 2012	#13
Welcome! nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Oct 2012	#18
Well said!	defacto7	Oct 2012	#31
I wonder about Clint Eastwood. He must have dreaded that appearance at the convention.	SleeplessinSoCal	Oct 2012	#14
I still think he botched it on purpose...	defacto7	Oct 2012	#32
He does blow up Holbrook with a bomb in Magnum force...	Johonny	Oct 2012	#43
K and Freakin' R!	Rowdyboy	Oct 2012	#15
Great quote. nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Oct 2012	#16
Political gain means financial gain, at least for repugs in office	yends21012	Oct 2012	#17
Awesome Quote n/t	Indykatie	Oct 2012	#19
But how do we get this information out?	mom2threegirls	Oct 2012	#21
I am so happy to read this. Hal says he's an Independent, he's always been very	Bluenorthwest	Oct 2012	#23
Now I understand why Hal did such a good job playing Mark Twain.	Monk06	Oct 2012	#25
Hal Holbrook is a good man	Skittles	Oct 2012	#30
It just proves	defacto7	Oct 2012	#33
Excellent... Thanks for posting this.	russspeakeasy	Oct 2012	#34
I'm iffy about him.	Great Caesars Ghost	Oct 2012	#35
And Dixie Carter has been quite the Freeper before	obamanut2012	Oct 2012	#36
Many in old Hollywood were	Floyd_Gondolli	Oct 2012	#39
Yes, I want my country back! n/t	upi402	Oct 2012	#37
He's doing "Mark Twain Tonight"	dsvajda	Oct 2012	#38
Thanks, Hal.	tabasco	Oct 2012	#40
I love that guy	flying_wahini	Oct 2012	#41
Wow . He said it like it is!	montana_hazeleyes	Oct 2012	#45
Well spoken, sir.	tavalon	Oct 2012	#46
He married Dixie Carter, and stuck with her through her death.	DCKit	Oct 2012	#47
Always kind of liked him... now I love him.	adicortez	Oct 2012	#48
"You're the one I like, too." n/t	gkhouston	Oct 2012	#49
Thank you Hal !	YOHABLO	Oct 2012	#50
Very well said.	Jennicut	Oct 2012	#54
Could we get this at bus stops, airports	SCVDem	Oct 2012	#55
K&R	amborin	Oct 2012	#56
I agree Hal, has said some powerful stuff...but....	Sheepshank	Oct 2012	#57
Hal Holbrook	oh1kelley	Oct 2012	#58

Response to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:58 PM

mark eagledove (35 posts)

1. excellent!

I saw him in St Pete 3 years ago as Mark Twain and he was magnificent. You could tell he chose a couple quotes to purposely slam the greed of the megacorporations.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:00 PM

Vincardog (17,410 posts)

2. Today the GOP serves no useful purpose

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Response to Vincardog (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 09:46 AM

KansDem (24,317 posts)

51. Agreed...

If you wanted to get rid of it, I don't think you could even sell it at a flea market.

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Response to KansDem (Reply #51)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:30 AM

Wednesdays (9,237 posts)

52. Maybe at a white elephant sale?

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Response to Wednesdays (Reply #52)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:31 AM

KansDem (24,317 posts)

53. !!

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Response to Vincardog (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:27 PM

LiberalElite (860 posts)

61. There used to actually be decent Republicans - where did they go?

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Response to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:02 PM

CreekDog (37,053 posts)

3. i have a lot of respect for Deep Throat

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:16 PM

noiretextatique (21,311 posts)

4. i agree with every word...except

i have never voted republican, and probably never will. by the time i was of voting age, the GOP was full of republicons.

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Response to noiretextatique (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:55 PM

nadinbrzezinski (120,150 posts)

10. Oh I am wiling to bet that if you were in my County you would

you see, a choice of a non qualified judge who happens to follow the tea party line or one that is an old style Republican, leaves you little choice.

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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #10)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:29 PM

Selatius (20,440 posts)

22. That's basically the option given to a voter in any election with limited choices.

You vote on the candidates that actually run, not the candidates that you may have wanted to run.

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Response to Selatius (Reply #22)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:42 PM

nadinbrzezinski (120,150 posts)

24. I know, but this is the point I am making

Because when people claim, cross my heart will never, ever, vote for a republican...

And with Prop 14 this will happen repeteadly in California.

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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #24)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:53 PM

Aerows (13,827 posts)

29. Yes, sometimes

you have to make the best choice of two bad choices.

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Response to Selatius (Reply #22)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:53 PM

Aerows (13,827 posts)

28. And you make the best choice with what you have

There aren't a lot of decent Republicans left, but every now and then you run across one, and you run across a Democrat that isn't worth a fart in a whirlwind.

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Response to Aerows (Reply #28)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:17 PM

noiretextatique (21,311 posts)

60. that's true

i would definitely choose someone like olympia snowe over someone like ben nelson.

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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #10)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:15 PM

noiretextatique (21,311 posts)

59. i am glad i don't have to make that choice

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which is why i choose to live in oakland, ca. i'd probably vote green, independent or peace and freedom if there wasn't a viable dem, and if the opposition wasn't too odious.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:43 PM

CaliGal (26 posts)

5. Nicely said...

I, too, have voted for Republicans and Democrats (okay, okay, I was only 18 when I voted for that one Republican, and to be fair, he was a moderate ~ when they still existed!).
I wish there we still moderate Republicans left on earth.....

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:45 PM

GoCubsGo (12,983 posts)

6. "Elected by the majority"...

I am glad someone FINALLY pointed that out. When these assholes like McConnell, Boehner and Cantor stonewall the President, they slap the majority of the American people in the face. So much for "the will of the people".

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:50 PM

defacto7 (3,220 posts)

26. hear, hear!

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:46 PM

meegbear (24,632 posts)

7. Holy I thought he was dead Batman!

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Response to meegbear (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:01 PM

progressoid (27,280 posts)

11. Me too!

His 3rd wife, Dixie Carter died a couple years ago. I think that's who I was thinking of.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:06 PM

Blasphemer (2,397 posts)

20. He was on the tv show "The Event"

That's the only reason I knew he was still alive.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:52 PM

harmonicon (11,927 posts)

8. Nothing says "integrity" like comic sans. (nt)

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Response to harmonicon (Reply #8)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:52 PM

defacto7 (3,220 posts)

27. LOL

though I would rather DejaVu Sans for integrity...

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:23 PM

Dark n Stormy Knight (1,176 posts)

42. Yeah, but it lacked the gravitas of all caps.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:46 PM

harmonicon (11,927 posts)

44. Yeah, that's a real lost opportunity. (nt)

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:54 PM

Cha (124,426 posts)

9. Thank you, Hal Holbrook! Hope that's getting lots of views on

FB!

THannks, Phb

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:19 PM

Dustlawyer (1,300 posts)

12. K&R!!!

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:23 PM

JanT (122 posts)

13. Thank you Hal.

It is time for the majority to realize that we can make a difference. Now until Nov 6th is the time that the majority needs to say "Republicans-get out of the way", we have work to do. If you don't want to work with us, then we will remove you as an obstacle.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:54 PM

ProudProgressiveNow (3,239 posts)

18. Welcome! nt

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:53 PM

defacto7 (3,220 posts)

31. Well said!

and Welcome to DU!

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:36 PM

SleeplessinSoCal (1,632 posts)

14. I wonder about Clint Eastwood. He must have dreaded that appearance at the convention.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:54 PM

defacto7 (3,220 posts)

32. I still think he botched it on purpose...

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:40 PM

Johonny (11,068 posts)

43. He does blow up Holbrook with a bomb in Magnum force...

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:40 PM

Rowdyboy (20,657 posts)

15. K and Freakin' R!

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:43 PM

ProudProgressiveNow (3,239 posts)

16. Great quote. nt

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:53 PM

yends21012 (196 posts)

17. Political gain means financial gain, at least for repugs in office

If they were to stonewall and argue about side issues when times are good, who cares. But they do so now during times of distress and peril and only for their own gain. The thing is that it seems like they are all behaving like 5 year olds rather than adults. We can all benefit from working together. We can all be enriched. But the RW only looks at themselves and says me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, and f*&k you.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:55 PM

Indykatie (722 posts)

19. Awesome Quote n/t

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:24 PM

mom2threegirls (37 posts)

21. But how do we get this information out?

Every time I bring this up to repug acquaintances, they say that it is an excuse, and that congress has always been hard for the opposing president to work with.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:39 PM

Bluenorthwest (24,113 posts)

23. I am so happy to read this. Hal says he's an Independent, he's always been very

conservative and this honesty surprises me and renews my respect for Hal. Yip.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:47 PM

Monk06 (5,605 posts)

25. Now I understand why Hal did such a good job playing Mark Twain.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:53 PM

Skittles (86,224 posts)

30. Hal Holbrook is a good man

AND a terrific actor

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 07:00 PM

defacto7 (3,220 posts)

33. It just proves

you really can teach an old dog new tricks... and some old dogs know the difference between the tricks and reality.

BTW, I love dogs....

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 07:05 PM

russspeakeasy (5,727 posts)

34. Excellent... Thanks for posting this.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 07:07 PM

Great Caesars Ghost (532 posts)

35. I'm iffy about him.

I believe he was a Reagan supporter

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 07:12 PM

obamanut2012 (9,971 posts)

36. And Dixie Carter has been quite the Freeper before

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 08:38 PM

Floyd_Gondolli (1,103 posts)

39. Many in old Hollywood were

I suspect it was more about their personal friendship with the man rather than any burning desire for his ideology.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 07:15 PM

upi402 (16,588 posts)

37. Yes, I want my country back! n/t

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 08:29 PM

dsvajda (4 posts)

38. He's doing "Mark Twain Tonight"

In Peoria this Friday and Saturday. My bride and I are driving over from Olathe (near Kansas City) for Saturday night's performance.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 08:39 PM

tabasco (18,287 posts)

40. Thanks, Hal.

You look great!

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 08:42 PM

flying_wahini (1,009 posts)

41. I love that guy

He is wiser than he looks; and he looks pretty wise.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:33 PM

montana_hazeleyes (1,461 posts)

45. Wow . He said it like it is!

I love how he described Bush also.

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Thu Oct 25, 2012, 12:30 AM

tavalon (25,657 posts)

46. Well spoken, sir.

I agree with you. The Republicans have turned Congress into a political football game, as though millions of people aren't hurt by their game playing.

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Thu Oct 25, 2012, 12:44 AM

DCKit (18,206 posts)

47. He married Dixie Carter, and stuck with her through her death.

That's a man whose opinions I can respect.

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Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:15 AM

adicortez (41 posts)

48. Always kind of liked him... now I love him.

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Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:29 AM

gkhouston (21,642 posts)

49. "You're the one I like, too." n/t

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Thu Oct 25, 2012, 02:41 AM

YOHABLO (444 posts)

50. Thank you Hal !

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Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:33 AM

Jennicut (25,335 posts)

54. Very well said.

The Repubs truly are the obstructionist party. They should rename themselves.

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Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:08 AM

SCVDem (804 posts)

55. Could we get this at bus stops, airports

and other venues where people can read it?

Too many words for most billboards though.

Holbrook's words echo any sane Americans because they are true!

Anyone remember what the truth is?

Obama/Biden 2012

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Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:10 AM

amborin (11,717 posts)