Hollyweird on the campaign trail

[Jolie Rouge]

Hollyweird on the campaign trail
October 30, 2006 08:53 AM


Michael J. Fox has gotten all of the attention, but the entertainment industry is trying to sway the elections in many other ways on the ground and on the airwaves.

Eco-activist Robert Redford is pushing Prop. 87 in California -- a $4 billion oil tax increase in the name of environmental do-goodism. The initiative is funded by Hollywood producer Stephen Bing and supported by Julia Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Caan and Ben Affleck. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/p...m29prop87.html http://nooiltax.com/

On Thursday, HBO will air a documentary called "Hacking Democracy" that lionizes leading election conspiracy theorist Bev Harris of Black Box voting fame. http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/hac.../synopsis.html http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/04...s_blackbox.php http://www.blackboxvoting.org/


On Sunday, Fox is set to air an episode of "The Simpsons" sharply critical of the war in Iraq.

Meanwhile, the desperate Dixie Chicks are on the attack against conservative Internet users of the Free Republic. http://newsbusters.org/node/8645

The following exchange occurred on the October 26th edition of Hardball:

Chris Matthews: "Martie, I get the feeling at the time that you folks, when you made that statement and you all stood behind it and took the heat for it, that the country world out there and country music was definitely for the war. I mean, I think of Toby Keith singing that song, 'Remember How You Felt' which is basically a pitch that if you didn't like 9/11 you had to like Iraq, that they were basically lining up and saying this was a smart thing for the U.S. to do. It turns out most Americans all over the country think it's not a smart thing that we did."

Martie Maguire: "Yeah. I think country music is unique to other forms of music. You know, you've just got a, a majority of the core of, of country music listening audience kind of feeling the same way about politics and we always kind of felt like the black sheep but never really used the stage to talk about politics or how we felt about important, controversial issues. But I, we, we weren't surprised, I guess, when that part of the population was angry with us because it is a big military group, it's a big kind of Christian fundamentalist group, that, that core country audience. So I wasn`t surprised we rubbed them the wrong way, I just didn`t think that it would go to the extent it did."

Matthews: "Well, who were the people that were, let me go back to Natalie, who started this all because you were the voice that spoke? Who went out there and really tried to exploit this against you? Were there any commercial forces that compete with you that said, here's a chance to bring down the Dixie Chicks and, and take the money they'd be getting? I know it sounds Machiavellian but that's the way I am. I'm thinking who is gaining by your demise?"

Natalie Maines: "Well, personally, I think the Right did. And I think it was originally started by the Free Republic. And they were very organized in calling radio stations across the country and telling them that they would never listen to their station, when they didn't even live in that town. And we knew that. And at the beginning our manager tried to explain that to some program directors and they were not willing to listen. And it looked like we were grasping at straws, so we just sort of kept quiet and let what was gonna happen, happen because they are a powerful, organized machine, and they wanted to take us down. And they did."

Matthews: "Were you blacklisted?"

Maines: "Absolutely. They have a hate list. They have a black, they have a list, and we were number one."

Emily Robison: "And you said something about corporate America, you know, it brings up another subject of the consolidation of media. Once again, these were edicts coming down from, you know, corporate headquarters, that they weren't allowed to play our music. It wasn't a local type of thing, where people and there was an aspect of that. But for the most part, it was coming down from the top, ‘You are not allowed to play the Dixie Chicks.' And so that's, that's another thing you get into. And we've been part of the Artist Coalition even before any of this happened, trying to show the problems that exist when that happens."

Matthews: "So Martie, a big monopoly can have a lot of big impact if they don't like somebody's politics, right?"

Maguire: "Definitely. We found that first hand, for sure. And we know people that lost their jobs for playing, simply playing our music."





Will Cameron Diaz do a repeat on Oprah this year about how, like, rape could be legalized if we don't make the right voting choices? http://www.brutallyhonest.org/brutal...cal_advic.html

Thursday, September 30, 2004
Political Advice from Cameron Diaz

Via Drudge :

On Oprah's Wednesday 'voting party' show featuring important celebrities like P. Diddy (Vote or Die!), Drew Barrymore and Christina Aguilera, svelte suffragette Cameron Diaz took to shock tactics to get the female vote out.
After a discussion on lynching and the vote with Oprah, Diaz spoke of the dire consequences for women if they sit out this election:

Ms. DIAZ: We have a voice now, and we're not using it, and women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. We could lo--if you think that rape should be legal, then don't vote. But if you think that you have a right to your body, and you have a right to say what happens to you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote, and those are the...

WINFREY: It's your voice.

Ms. DIAZ: It's your voice. It's your voice, that's your right.

Stay tuned...

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[YNKYH8R]

The Simpsons?!? Ooooooooooooooooo. It's their Halloween Special. Plus how can Fox be critical of the war in Iraq when Fox news is the most conservative station.

So which celebrities are pimping for the Republicans?

[Jolie Rouge]

So which celebrities are pimping for the Republicans?

We'll never know - MSM won't give them any air time !

[YNKYH8R]

We'll never know - MSM won't give them any air time !

Reeeeealy. So it's the Main Stream Media's fault that campaign ads with big name celebrities don't air, huh? Why don't you go and find that list of celebrties and then we'll know. Oh wait a minute, Republicans candidates don't need celebrity endorsement do they?!? What was I thinking?

[Cessie]

Republicans candidates don't need celebrity endorsement do they

Of course not - they have fear on their side, constant never ending fearmongering, which MSM does love to hammer home, makes for much better ratings than celebrities.