Reply #60: I don't agree. First of all, 'Hollywood' is a very progressive community,

[Peace Patriot]

with a whole lot of rich entertainment figures who contribute big to the Democratic Party and its candidates; second, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon were early whistleblowers on the Iraq war lies (a critically important get out the vote issue), and really took crap for it (but were very effective, in the long run, re calling the invasion into question, AND getting baseball writers to question the fairness of the Bush administration on free speech issues, since the issue was Robbins/Sarandon being banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame event around their baseball movie "Bull Durham"); third, the Dixie Chicks and their remarks about Bush triggered a mean, lowdown boycott that backfired, and got people to thinking, "what kind of country is this, anyway?"; fourth, Bruce Springsteen and the Rock the Vote tour; fifth, the Academy giving Michael Moore an Academy award and a platform.

Karl Rove would like us to think that 'Hollywood' is a liability to the Democrats--but the facts say otherwise, especially the fact that Kerry won and had boffo 'Hollywood' support.

I think it would be fantastic to have some of these same people, who supported Kerry, and who despise Bush and his war--as do most Americans, in a continuum of opinion polls from before the election to now--to speak out on election fraud. And I think it's badly, badly needed!

John Conyers is fighting an uphill battle (almost straight up!) with the news monopolies. Ideas for legislation are all well and good, but the fact is that the BushCon Congress IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT ELECTION REFORM. They LIKE having a fraudulent system. They set it up that way. So forget that. Conyers needs POLITICAL ideas on how to get reform done in the states. And making this into a glamour issue, giving it a bit of glitz, would be no bad deal at all.

We cannot allow ourselves to ridicule 'Hollywood'--or anyone--who opposes Bush & Co. We're buying into their lies and delusions when we do that.

And, yes, I'm saying you're buying into their lies and delusions on this matter. Please tell why you have dissed 'Hollywood.' What is the basis for your reaction? What evidence do you have that 'Hollywood''s participation in the election reform movement would harm that movement?

I gotcha, huh? Because you were about to say that Republicans would ridicule them.