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sandensea

(22,846 posts)
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 03:28 PM Jun 2017

Club for Hollywood Republicans locked in dispute caused in part by Trump

Source: The Guardian

Hollywood conservatives used to cherish the Friends of Abe as a secretive club where they could meet and vent rightwing views safe from liberal backlash.

It boasted Clint Eastwood, Jon Voight and Kelsey Grammer as members, and hosted top Republicans, including Donald Trump, at events in Los Angeles. Last year it announced its dissolution amid fractures caused in part by Trump’s run for the White House.

Now there are two rival Friends of Abe clubs. One is accused of being a usurper and the other is allegedly wilting, fuelling confusion and recrimination.

The dispute appears linked in part to internal conservative divisions over Trump – one of the challenges facing the so-called “resistance to the resistance” in deep-blue California.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/13/hollywood-republicans-friends-of-abe-club-trump



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Club for Hollywood Republicans locked in dispute caused in part by Trump (Original Post) sandensea Jun 2017 OP
so sorry to hear of their troubles rurallib Jun 2017 #1
thanks for the chuckle n/t orleans Jun 2017 #26
+++++++++++ HAB911 Jun 2017 #27
Trump needs to stay in office until his term is up. mikeysnot Jun 2017 #2
Hear, hear. sandensea Jun 2017 #4
Good point. When Republican Pres Trump goes, WHEN not if, then Republican Pence is not "normal". .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #14
Exactly. sandensea Jun 2017 #20
I guess the name, "Overrated Hollywood Has-Beens Club" was taken n/t Yavin4 Jun 2017 #3
Yes - but the CHAIR's spot is still empty. sandensea Jun 2017 #5
Clint is hardly a Hollywood Has-Been ... he's directed one acclaimed film after another since mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #24
I know, I know. sandensea Jun 2017 #25
Who's Abe? MGKrebs Jun 2017 #6
They're still trying to wrap themselves in Lincoln's ghost.., JHB Jun 2017 #11
Seriously? That's actually funny/sad. MGKrebs Jun 2017 #18
What a bunch of pathetic snowflakes Liberalagogo Jun 2017 #7
Satan's Advocate. Harry Manch Jun 2017 #8
Not Fukushima. Chernobyl is a better fit. Marcuse Jun 2017 #9
YES! dawn frenzy adams Jun 2017 #15
I'm sick of the lie that Hollywood is exclusively liberal, when in reality, it isn't at all. tenderfoot Jun 2017 #10
Not to mention that witless steroid freak, Dwayne Johnson. sandensea Jun 2017 #13
Indeed. dawn frenzy adams Jun 2017 #16
Just like the big lie of the liberal media. Initech Jun 2017 #17
What was once "middle of the road" is now TexasBushwhacker Jun 2017 #28
I'm ready 47of74 Jun 2017 #12
Snowflakes. Dawson Leery Jun 2017 #19
Exactly. And there are so many like him. sandensea Jun 2017 #21
Certainly. Dawson Leery Jun 2017 #22
the pathetic of 'hollywood'. Even trump didn't invite them to 'entertain' at his inauguration in dc. Sunlei Jun 2017 #23

mikeysnot

(4,769 posts)
2. Trump needs to stay in office until his term is up.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 03:31 PM
Jun 2017

If only the democratic party would play offense with all the material and bad policy he is giving them.

sandensea

(22,846 posts)
4. Hear, hear.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 03:34 PM
Jun 2017

The last thing we need is having that Armageddon freak Mr. Fetus Funeral as president, and our dumb-as-a-duck mainstream media pretending that "normalcy has returned to the White House."

sandensea

(22,846 posts)
20. Exactly.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 07:06 PM
Jun 2017

Besides which, Pence was in on Russiagate too, and if anything should be jailed right alongside Cheeto, Kushner, et. al.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
24. Clint is hardly a Hollywood Has-Been ... he's directed one acclaimed film after another since
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 11:30 PM
Jun 2017

he cut way back on his acting roles (though of course he still does act in some of the movies he directs like Million Dollar Baby and El Camino). He's actually yet to direct a film I didn't think was at minimum very good, and most have been excellent. And I'd not call him 'over-rated' either.

Kelsey ain't exactly hurting for work either last I checked. He was pretty great in that one show a while back where he played the corrupt (Democratic, of course ... I'm sure he relished it) Mayor of Chicago ... it was called Chief or something. He was great in it, and he's an excellent actor, still.

I mean, screw those dudes politics but they're talented men and really not 'has-beens' even after all these years.

sandensea

(22,846 posts)
25. I know, I know.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 11:39 PM
Jun 2017

But you must admit that spectacle of him, arguing with a chair like that, is a gift that keeps on giving.




JHB

(37,396 posts)
11. They're still trying to wrap themselves in Lincoln's ghost..,
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 04:17 PM
Jun 2017

...even as they turned themselves into the party of Jefferson Davis.

 

Harry Manch

(11 posts)
8. Satan's Advocate.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 04:03 PM
Jun 2017

All Republicans needs to resign. That is all. Then move out of the United States to Fukushima, Japan, and live their remaining lives there.

Abe would be a Democrat today. They are not friends of Abe.

tenderfoot

(8,652 posts)
10. I'm sick of the lie that Hollywood is exclusively liberal, when in reality, it isn't at all.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 04:14 PM
Jun 2017

The talent may be predominantly liberal. But the suits that call the shots certainly aren't. Do you think there would be so many pointless "reality" tv shows like 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' if it were truly run by lefties? TMZ? Fucking Honey Boo Boo, etc.?

Spare me with that bullshit.

sandensea

(22,846 posts)
13. Not to mention that witless steroid freak, Dwayne Johnson.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 04:42 PM
Jun 2017

No wonder his shoulders are that big, what with the chip that's always on it.

dawn frenzy adams

(429 posts)
16. Indeed.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:36 PM
Jun 2017

There is nothing liberal about those who run Hollywood. If you look at the propaganda of most Hollywood movies, they reinforce the status quo...which is racist and sexist. As a matter of fact, for most of its history, Hollywood has glorified and propagated false narratives about the Confederate South. Gone With The Win...is just one of many. America's view of other cultures is usually shaped from negative Hollywood stereotypes. Our notion of invincibility and exceptionalism can also be attributed to Hollywood.

Initech

(101,596 posts)
17. Just like the big lie of the liberal media.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:51 PM
Jun 2017

It doesn't exist. Never has or never will. If we had a true liberal media, the orange gasbag would have been laughed out of the primaries. As would most of his enablers in Congress.

Dawson Leery

(19,358 posts)
19. Snowflakes.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 06:35 PM
Jun 2017

The worst a Trump supporter gets in Cali is a mean stare.
In the boondocks, you are attacked if you are a Democrat.

If Hollywood is so liberal, then why does Jerry Bruckheimer have no much success?

sandensea

(22,846 posts)
21. Exactly. And there are so many like him.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 07:15 PM
Jun 2017

Bruckheimer is an overrated shlockster.

Take away his special effects team, and his stuff (what little of it there'd be) would be straight-to-DVD.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
23. the pathetic of 'hollywood'. Even trump didn't invite them to 'entertain' at his inauguration in dc.
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 10:29 PM
Jun 2017

Never invited or HIRED at rotten trump or Republican parties at resorts, hotels, golf clubs or to entertain at the white house either.

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