Man, I'd have so much more respect for Jimmy Stewart if he would have been a Democrat.

[LostInAnomie]

How the hell could he have been a Republican?

[sarge43]

1. There was a time when being a Republican wasn't a ticket to the dark side. n/t

[begin_within]

8. No, just an invitation.

[MicaelS]

2. Why?

What possible difference could it make in Professional terms? Did it negatively affect his acting skills? Not that I have ever seen. For that matter what possible correlation is ANY artist's politics in terms of their artistic abilities? Absolutely none, unless they choose to directly incorporate their politics into their art.

[applegrove]

3. I know. It is one of those mysteries of nature. How could he play all those

decent characters and vote for the GOP. He must have been a great actor or something.

[nuxvomica]

4. I feel the same about Lincoln

I'm kidding. Keep a sense of history about these matters.

[alphafemale]

5. Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat. So were Strom Thurman and Bull Conner.

Republicans then, weren't what Republicans are now.

Even Nixon, awful as he was in other ways, supported the ERA and the EPA.

[NewJeffCT]

6. Nixon was liberal compared to today's Republicans

He also started the "war on cancer" - a national effort to find a cure for cancer.

He supposedly supported universal health care as well, which would be a tremendous pro-business move over the long term.

[alphafemale]

7. Nixon was a liberal compared to many of today's Democrats.

Sad isn't it?

Maybe the pendulum is going to swing back soon.

[begin_within]

9. Maybe he was a RINO

[Deja Q]

10. Eisenhower was a Republican too, and he was a decent president. As was Lincoln...

There are good repubs and bad dems. I'll agree this line-drawing stuff was cool at age 8, but there's a time things get over the top.

[sarge43]

11. So was Teddy Roosevelt. n/t