Joe Piscopo -- Turncoat Democrat or what?

[mcscajun]

I got home a few minutes ago to find a message on my answering machine.

A recorded message from Joe Piscopo to GOTV...for Thomas Kean. "I'm a Democrat, but I'm voting for Tom Kean..." The message was sponsored by something that sounded like the "Sol and Jerry(?) Society for Justice and Good Government."

Since receiving this message, I've found postings outside of DU to the effect that Joe's been at this all week, in many cases tailoring his message to the large Italian-American community in NJ. This same community has been receiving messages claiming that Menendez "betrayed" Sam Alito. Ugh.

I'll be voting tomorrow, Joe, but it won't be for Tommy's little boy. NFW. I'm a true Democrat.

[zonkers]

1. Oooh, a call from Joe would make me projectile vomit.

[NYCGirl]

2. Joe Piscopo — has been. NT

[aquart]

3. He's still alive? Who knew?

[mcscajun]

6. He is -- it's his career that's got rigor mortis.

What a bozo. (meaning no insult to professional clowns everywhere.)

[BootinUp]

4. Young Kean is an airhead

I don't know what anybody sees in that guy.

[BlueManDude]

5. he was always a phony dem

billed himself as a "responsible" dem. what the fuck does that mean?

[karynnj]

7. I got that call too - I'm in Morris

[mcscajun]

8. As am I -- Hellllooooooooo, Neighbor!

:hi:

[karynnj]

19. Hi to you as well!

:hi:

[C_U_L8R]

9. He's been arch-republican

ever since he started popping steroids.

Shrank his testicles and his brain.

[Branjor]

10. I got one of those

tailored to Italian-Americans. I hung up after the first few words. I just remember him saying "my Italian-American friends".

[Yavin4]

11. And Joe Piscopo is ....?

Help us out here.

[mcscajun]

12. Ha! Good Question; here's a good answer. He's a has-been

Formerly a "comedian" (YMMV) on Saturday Night Live from 1980.
His credits here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685472/

[Crunchy Frog]

16. SNL's never been any good since the original cast quit at the end of the 70's.

I remember when the cast with Joe Piscopo started. I couldn't even watch it. :hide:

[mcscajun]

21. I have to agree. Eddie Murphy was funny sometimes, except

for those Gumby/Buckwheat bits. Ugh.

[Kali]

14. not sure what ever happened to him

He was on Saturday Night Live a long time ago. Did a funny imitation of Sinatra, if I recall. Guess he is a moran now???


Yes I actually edited this to correct my mispelling of moran!

[mcscajun]

17. He had a bout with thyroid cancer and backed off from performing

NOT that I missed him or anything -- I was never a fan.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685472/

[LynneSin]

23. Thyroid Cancer probably from Steriod abuse

the guy was juicing big time

[robcon]

13. How desperate would Kean have to be to hire Joe Piscopo?

He's not a has-been, he's a never-was.

edit:spell

[mcscajun]

18. I think they're buddies.

Kean may not have had to hire him. In any case, the phone calls aren't from the Kean campaign. NOT that I care, 'cause I'd sooner vote for a yellow dog than a Republican, no matter WHO calls my house or what outfit paid for the call. :)

[MattP]

15. Pathetic

I think I saw him on one of those "You'll never believe whose stumping for Bush" back in 2004. Whenever they parade the has beens out they always say that. The worst of which is Don King, who beat a man to death when he was a loan shark.

[Doctor_J]

20. No real Dems are voting GOP this time out

he's a fake.

[LynneSin]

22. Joe WHO?

I mean, if this was 1986 perhaps folks would have cared but he's been insificant since he left SNL and decide to bulk up on Steroids

[wisteria]

24. More than likely, Republican lier. n/t

[njdemocrat106]

25. I got the call from Piscopo, too.

About the only reason he gave for voting for Kean was that "he was a friend of Italian-Americans".

[joeprogressive]

26. Didn't he get an Oscar nomination for Happy Gilmore?

The guy is a buffoon. Are there any decent actors that are conservative? I was dissapointed to hear about the wife on Everybody Loves Raymond. She is in the anti-stem cell research ad. I won't watch that show anymore. I knew she was a repub but now that she is out there trying to stifle cures by running ads, it's time to boycott her. Piscopo is so washed up there would be nothing to boycott.

[mcscajun]

27. Nope...no Oscars, no nominations, no Happy Gilmore.

Yes on Buffoon. Steroid-enhanced, self-absorbed, full-of-shit buffoon.