Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:30 PM

Have you found out that a actor/muscian you like is a wingnut?

My wife found this out in rather a harsh way. Her now ex-friend sent her a link to Kevin Sorbo (Hercules and Andromeda)twitter account and he is rather a fire breathing wingnut.

Her ex-friend did it because she is convienced my wife "brainwashed" her parents into voting Obama.

Her friends parents concider themselves republicans without a party. They believe in a smaller federal government. They believe people should be helpped by state government and not a federal government.

They told my wife this election --after the second debate-- they never thought their party was completely ran by wingnuts and they actually used the term wingnuts. They actually felt like their party abandon them.

Anyways my wife doesn't believe an actor's roles but she honestly believe that most actors take a role because a part of the role speaks to the actor.

Now she has been a fan of Bruce Campbell/Sam Raimi Evil Dead series. She have both Xena and Hercules on DVD the FIRST set with the special features anyways she loved the wit and tongue and check of both series.

She just can't believe this man is This much of a wingnut.

https://twitter.com/ksorbs

Look at post around election time especially the Have nots and Haves.

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Have you found out that a actor/muscian you like is a wingnut? (Original post)	diabeticman	Nov 2012	OP
Gary Sinise kind of bums me out.	charlyvi	Nov 2012	#1
Me too, and I still watch his show.	beveeheart	Nov 2012	#7
He's a Reagan Republican and, despite that, a very good man	melody	Nov 2012	#29
That is what I was going to post	Samantha	Nov 2012	#88
John Malkovich is right-wing, too, and a big death penalty supporter, for some reason.	Ken Burch	Nov 2012	#150
Sorbo is mediocre...	dchill	Nov 2012	#2
Bruce probably already knows. Played on the Hercules series with Sorbo for a few years.	diabeticman	Nov 2012	#3
Bruce Campbell is a rightwinger ?	lalalu	Nov 2012	#81
NO I believe he is democrat if not liberal. I just saying after working with Kevin for a few years	diabeticman	Nov 2012	#89
Thank You for that.	lalalu	Nov 2012	#90
Reading Bruce Campbell's twitter feed, he does seem to be liberal.	Drunken Irishman	Nov 2012	#106
Good to know	lalalu	Nov 2012	#109
I found that out right here on DU when I posted a picture of Sorbo. I thought, MN, probably lefty.	freshwest	Nov 2012	#4
Lots of wealthy people are Republicans. I don't stop enjoying their work.	Bucky	Nov 2012	#5
Gary Sinise, Gary Oldman, Gary Numan	Spider Jerusalem	Nov 2012	#6
Gary Oldman!	charlyvi	Nov 2012	#8
He's a conservative, which I would say counts.	Spider Jerusalem	Nov 2012	#71
Andrew Sullivan said conservative in the UK is totally different. It's only in the US where they're	Honeycombe8	Nov 2012	#99
Conservative means spending all tax dollars on war and big corporations and not sharing anything	valerief	Nov 2012	#151
Sully knows whereof he speaks. nt	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#160
Yep, Gary Oldman for me. Bummer. nt	susanna	Nov 2012	#127
Gary Numan is I saw him in 1981!!	ArnoldLayne	Nov 2012	#30
Not for me in the main. I pretty well stick to progressive musicians or musicians who	byeya	Nov 2012	#9
Adam Baldwin used to make my naughty girl parts tingle	Viva_La_Revolution	Nov 2012	#10
Is he "The Usual Suspects" Baldwin?	charlyvi	Nov 2012	#11
Daniel Baldwin was in "Homicide"	CakeGrrl	Nov 2012	#18
He was also Ricky Linderman in the wonderful "My Bodyguard".	Aristus	Nov 2012	#19
I loved that movie.	Chipper Chat	Nov 2012	#129
His mothers house has been quiet during Thanksgiving....	whistler162	Nov 2012	#64
Damn. Sorry I read this -- I love Firefly! Maybe his character was typecast. :-)	gateley	Nov 2012	#27
Please don't tell me that.	lalalu	Nov 2012	#76
10th anniversary hour long special on SciFi Sunday	Viva_La_Revolution	Nov 2012	#91
Thanks	lalalu	Nov 2012	#110
Jake Gyllenhall endorsed Romney. Ugh. nt	octoberlib	Nov 2012	#12
That was a fake Jake Gyllenhall tweet	RomneyLies	Nov 2012	#15
ah, thanks. had to pick myself off the floor.	Whisp	Nov 2012	#17
shut the front door! no way!	Whisp	Nov 2012	#16
That's incorrect.	IL Lib	Nov 2012	#21
yes, thanks I saw the above correction, and yours.	Whisp	Nov 2012	#24
When pigs fly backwards!	Bluenorthwest	Nov 2012	#25
Jake is not a wingnut. He guested on Stephanie Miller on election day	Cleita	Nov 2012	#40
He's unattractive...so I don't care much. n/t	vaberella	Nov 2012	#52
I watched the Hercules thing like once	RomneyLies	Nov 2012	#13
My wife admits a lot of times the supporting actors guest stars did steal the show.	diabeticman	Nov 2012	#14
Lucy Lawless sure stole the show!	Behind the Aegis	Nov 2012	#28
"Thank goodness for the Kiwi actors" My wife's words. "They really kept the show going at times.	diabeticman	Nov 2012	#31
I thought Kevin "Ares" Smith was Canadian.	Behind the Aegis	Nov 2012	#35
Here is his Wiki Page:	diabeticman	Nov 2012	#38
Also, lots of them are now in Spartcus. Crixus played Marc Antony in one episode.	Behind the Aegis	Nov 2012	#46
Oh God	Aerows	Nov 2012	#65
Jon Voight and Robert Duvall are disappointments	CakeGrrl	Nov 2012	#20
Duvall? That is disappointing	The Second Stone	Nov 2012	#58
Duval was featured speaker at the repuke convention in 08. nt	Raine	Nov 2012	#67
I Could Care Less About Voight.	Paladin	Nov 2012	#148
I judge artists by their art, not their politics. . .	Journeyman	Nov 2012	#22
"I judge artists by their art, not their politics. . ."	MicaelS	Nov 2012	#32
Well, I will still listen to anything written by Richard Wagner, even though	Cleita	Nov 2012	#42
He died in 1883	NoPasaran	Nov 2012	#54
The word didn't exist then, but the philosophy did.	Cleita	Nov 2012	#55
Wagner was a mad genius.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#62
I know what you mean. I'm ethnically half German and yes it does	Cleita	Nov 2012	#66
You Know What they Say About Wagner, Don't You?	Paladin	Nov 2012	#156
Meat Loaf	AnnieBW	Nov 2012	#23
I really liked "Andromeda" and not because of him.	Cleita	Nov 2012	#36
A guy named Jim Steinman wrote every note and word	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#59
Steinman didn't write all of Meatloaf's music	mythology	Nov 2012	#85
Steinman's a Broadway composer	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#94
Buffy :(	DonRedwood	Nov 2012	#26
This was the hard one for me. :(	ThatPoetGuy	Nov 2012	#33
Not surprised by that. While Alyson Hannigan is a Liberal. Go figure. n/t	vaberella	Nov 2012	#50
Well, that sucks! Did not know that	Va Lefty	Nov 2012	#103
Do we actually know she's a Repub?	RFKHumphreyObama	Nov 2012	#124
Huffpo did an article : 50 Republican Stars or something like that.	DonRedwood	Nov 2012	#145
Well, on the bright side, Lucy Lawless (Xena) is a liberal.	Cleita	Nov 2012	#34
XENA ROCKS!	Behind the Aegis	Nov 2012	#37
Dennis Hopper...	malokvale77	Nov 2012	#45
50 Cent and LL Cool J.	Jamaal510	Nov 2012	#39
You have got to be kidding.	lalalu	Nov 2012	#77
Nope. Dead serious.	Jamaal510	Nov 2012	#82
Wow	lalalu	Nov 2012	#84
Mel Gibson. nt	Speck Tater	Nov 2012	#41
I use to have the biggest crush on him a long, long time ago	liberal_at_heart	Nov 2012	#123
Dave Mustaine?	Populist_Prole	Nov 2012	#43
I think MegaDave	OriginalGeek	Nov 2012	#131
Dave turned fundie wingnut a long time ago.	Initech	Nov 2012	#138
Melissa Joan Hart	lbrtbell	Nov 2012	#44
Mary Lou Retton always bugged the #@$# out of me.	Darth_Kitten	Nov 2012	#78
:D	Skittles	Nov 2012	#133
Sadly James Woods. Loved him in Salvador and still can't believe he's a winger	think	Nov 2012	#47
Salvador is one of the best films I've ever seen.	UnrepentantLiberal	Nov 2012	#147
Yep	Arcanetrance	Nov 2012	#48
Wow, an Iced Earth fan!	eqfan592	Nov 2012	#75
Yes	Arcanetrance	Nov 2012	#86
I found out Kevin Sorbo was a wingnut when he was in all those Religious programs...	vaberella	Nov 2012	#49
Lots of times...	sendero	Nov 2012	#51
Clint Eastwood was a disappointment this tear	Mike Daniels	Nov 2012	#53
I really couldn't give a fuck.	cherokeeprogressive	Nov 2012	#56
Jon Lovitz. That's the ticket...	lob1	Nov 2012	#57
Miranda Lambert. She doesn't seem nutty about it though and I still love her music.	Lilyeye	Nov 2012	#60
Mary Tyler Moore.	closeupready	Nov 2012	#61
That is kind of disappointing.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#63
Every one of my boyfriends did, her and Diana Rigg.	Cleita	Nov 2012	#73
Diana R was one of my other great adolescent	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#87
I still like Mary.	Cleita	Nov 2012	#72
She hasn't always been a Repub, I think	RFKHumphreyObama	Nov 2012	#100
nooo :(	stuntcat	Nov 2012	#74
yeah, she could take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile...	Darth_Kitten	Nov 2012	#80
What?!	lalalu	Nov 2012	#79
Oh, no. I hate to hear that. She was one of my idols growing up. nt	Honeycombe8	Nov 2012	#102
I know. Me, too. But she offered to endorse McCain,	closeupready	Nov 2012	#111
Are you sure? She backed David Dinkins for NYC mayor	Ken Burch	Nov 2012	#128
This is from her wiki page:	closeupready	Nov 2012	#146
Sad. I wonder what brought THAT on.	Ken Burch	Nov 2012	#149
She likes Krauthammer cuz he's one of the few people scarier looking than she is. nt	valerief	Nov 2012	#153
I'm a huge fan of this guy...	MrsBrady	Nov 2012	#68
How about a golfer.....my #5 boyfriend, Rickie Fowler IS a repub.....	a kennedy	Nov 2012	#69
Screenwriter/actor Julian Fellowes is a Tory.	CBHagman	Nov 2012	#70
Well, not all Tories are right-wing fire-breathers.	Darth_Kitten	Nov 2012	#83
Aw, damn! Sorbo is a righty? :^(	GreenPartyVoter	Nov 2012	#92
Suprised by Peyton Manning	Pbs1914	Nov 2012	#93
He keeps it quiet and I don't think he's a wingnut.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#96
Stacy Dash and J.J. from Good Times	Pbs1914	Nov 2012	#95
Jim Caviezel (TV series _Person of Interest_)	frogmarch	Nov 2012	#97
You do know he played Jesus in Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ right?	liberal_at_heart	Nov 2012	#117
...and got struck by lightning -- TWICE -- during the filming...	regnaD kciN	Nov 2012	#139
I'd made a point of not	frogmarch	Nov 2012	#144
Jimmy Stewart. But Repubs then weren't wackos. Bruce Willis. nt	Honeycombe8	Nov 2012	#98
I figured Jimmy Stewart was...but you are right, they were different then	ceejdre82	Nov 2012	#112
Stewart was a big pal of Reagan back during the latter's acting days...	regnaD kciN	Nov 2012	#140
It made me sad when I found out this or that person was a	jp11	Nov 2012	#101
I liked Megadeth until I found out Dave Mustaine was a freeper and a douchebag.	Initech	Nov 2012	#104
Kelsey Grammar. Loved "Frasier." Maybe Doris Day, too.	Faygo Kid	Nov 2012	#105
jeeze, I thought she was dead...but as you say, hopefully an IKE type!	ceejdre82	Nov 2012	#115
she's also a HUGE animal rights supporter ... so I cut her a lot of slack. And I admire	Flaxbee	Nov 2012	#134
Animal rights, yes. People rights? Not so much...	regnaD kciN	Nov 2012	#141
Wow. I'm unfriending Day in my mind (I don't FB). nt	valerief	Nov 2012	#154
hehe	ceejdre82	Nov 2012	#161
The Clint Eastwood stunt was stunningly off-kilter & weird	99th_Monkey	Nov 2012	#107
Just heard a movie audience HISS when Clint Eastwood came on screen.	CBHagman	Nov 2012	#116
LOL - I'll still give it to Clint, acting-wise, but he's politically clueless .. apparently. nt	99th_Monkey	Nov 2012	#130
Just Joe Perry and most of the 2004 Red Sox	Bombtrack	Nov 2012	#108
Go Yankees!	ceejdre82	Nov 2012	#113
You probably don't want to look too closely at your favorite pro athletes' politics	GopherGal	Nov 2012	#122
yeah....I know we should look past a person's ideology, but it is so	ceejdre82	Nov 2012	#126
KERRY KING of SLAYER is conservative.	Polldancer2012	Nov 2012	#114
I am happy to say that there is not one person on that list that I care at all about..	progressivebydesign	Nov 2012	#118
Same here. I find that most people I like just aren't republican.	smirkymonkey	Nov 2012	#143
Clint Eastwood--but it seemed he was worse for Romney	submerged99	Nov 2012	#119
I don't care about an artist's politics.	Beacool	Nov 2012	#120
I've never stopped watching or listening to an artist because of their politics but	liberal_at_heart	Nov 2012	#121
I loved Kelsey Grammar in Frasier	ailsagirl	Nov 2012	#125
I have bad luck with authors in that regard. (nt)	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#132
I used to think highly of Dennis Miller n/t	left on green only	Nov 2012	#135
I'd heard (Yrs ago) that Sorbo left Hercules because he was up with the hints of lesbianism	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2012	#136
Jerry Doyle and supposedly Bruce Boxleitner,	kentauros	Nov 2012	#137
If I judged everyone by politics or religion	SomethingFishy	Nov 2012	#142
Clint Eastwood	Harry_Scrote	Nov 2012	#152
Jay Cutler	ballabosh	Nov 2012	#155
Andy Garcia	CitizenLeft	Nov 2012	#157
I knew Sorbo's parents (he's from the town where I spent my teenage years), and they	Lydia Leftcoast	Nov 2012	#158
Nobody really but I have a funny story about Carroll O'Connor	rbrnmw	Nov 2012	#159
Aaron Lewis from Staind	DLine	Nov 2012	#162

Response to diabeticman (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:34 PM

charlyvi (4,427 posts)

1. Gary Sinise kind of bums me out.

Last edited Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:44 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

But I still think he's a good actor.

Have you found out that a actor/muscian you like is a wingnut?

1. Gary Sinise kind of bums me out.

7. Me too, and I still watch his show.

29. He's a Reagan Republican and, despite that, a very good man

88. That is what I was going to post

150. John Malkovich is right-wing, too, and a big death penalty supporter, for some reason.

2. Sorbo is mediocre...

3. Bruce probably already knows. Played on the Hercules series with Sorbo for a few years.

81. Bruce Campbell is a rightwinger ?

89. NO I believe he is democrat if not liberal. I just saying after working with Kevin for a few years

90. Thank You for that.

106. Reading Bruce Campbell's twitter feed, he does seem to be liberal.

109. Good to know

4. I found that out right here on DU when I posted a picture of Sorbo. I thought, MN, probably lefty.

5. Lots of wealthy people are Republicans. I don't stop enjoying their work.

6. Gary Sinise, Gary Oldman, Gary Numan

8. Gary Oldman!

71. He's a conservative, which I would say counts.

99. Andrew Sullivan said conservative in the UK is totally different. It's only in the US where they're

151. Conservative means spending all tax dollars on war and big corporations and not sharing anything

160. Sully knows whereof he speaks. nt

127. Yep, Gary Oldman for me. Bummer. nt

30. Gary Numan is I saw him in 1981!!

9. Not for me in the main. I pretty well stick to progressive musicians or musicians who

10. Adam Baldwin used to make my naughty girl parts tingle

11. Is he "The Usual Suspects" Baldwin?

18. Daniel Baldwin was in "Homicide"

19. He was also Ricky Linderman in the wonderful "My Bodyguard".

129. I loved that movie.

64. His mothers house has been quiet during Thanksgiving....

27. Damn. Sorry I read this -- I love Firefly! Maybe his character was typecast. :-)

76. Please don't tell me that.

91. 10th anniversary hour long special on SciFi Sunday

110. Thanks

12. Jake Gyllenhall endorsed Romney. Ugh. nt

15. That was a fake Jake Gyllenhall tweet

17. ah, thanks. had to pick myself off the floor.

16. shut the front door! no way!

21. That's incorrect.

24. yes, thanks I saw the above correction, and yours.

25. When pigs fly backwards!

40. Jake is not a wingnut. He guested on Stephanie Miller on election day

52. He's unattractive...so I don't care much. n/t

13. I watched the Hercules thing like once

14. My wife admits a lot of times the supporting actors guest stars did steal the show.

28. Lucy Lawless sure stole the show!

31. "Thank goodness for the Kiwi actors" My wife's words. "They really kept the show going at times.

35. I thought Kevin "Ares" Smith was Canadian.

38. Here is his Wiki Page:

46. Also, lots of them are now in Spartcus. Crixus played Marc Antony in one episode.

65. Oh God

20. Jon Voight and Robert Duvall are disappointments

58. Duvall? That is disappointing

67. Duval was featured speaker at the repuke convention in 08. nt

148. I Could Care Less About Voight.

22. I judge artists by their art, not their politics. . .

32. "I judge artists by their art, not their politics. . ."

42. Well, I will still listen to anything written by Richard Wagner, even though

54. He died in 1883

55. The word didn't exist then, but the philosophy did.

62. Wagner was a mad genius.

66. I know what you mean. I'm ethnically half German and yes it does

156. You Know What they Say About Wagner, Don't You?

23. Meat Loaf

36. I really liked "Andromeda" and not because of him.

59. A guy named Jim Steinman wrote every note and word

85. Steinman didn't write all of Meatloaf's music

94. Steinman's a Broadway composer

26. Buffy :(

33. This was the hard one for me. :(

50. Not surprised by that. While Alyson Hannigan is a Liberal. Go figure. n/t

103. Well, that sucks! Did not know that

124. Do we actually know she's a Repub?

145. Huffpo did an article : 50 Republican Stars or something like that.

34. Well, on the bright side, Lucy Lawless (Xena) is a liberal.

37. XENA ROCKS!

45. Dennis Hopper...

39. 50 Cent and LL Cool J.

77. You have got to be kidding.

82. Nope. Dead serious.