The Mutating Face of Politics

[scrambler]

From this:

A weird duo

 

to this:

Politician or actor?

 

And this:

Politician or media whore?

 

And maybe this:

 

Mouthpiece for Warren Buffett?

[scrambler]

In contrast to Greg_W's thread, let me point out that the faces on this thread consist of 3 Republicans, one Independent and no Democrats. You can add to the list of Republicans by including Fred Grandy (The Lover Boat) and the late Sonny Bono.

[Greg_W]

Sonny Bono was a Republican? What was Clint Eastwood (Mayor of Carmel)? Fred Thompson (Senator from Tennesee?) was a Republican. It's funny you bring this up, it seems that Republicans are getting into politics and the Democrats (like Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, et al) just sit on the outside and carp about everything.

[scrambler]

I think anyone, well almost anyone (Quayle?), can be a figurehead of government. You just have to choose an effective administration and put your betting money on the thinktanks.

Edited September 11, 2003 by scrambler

[Greg_W]

scrambler said:

I think anyone, well almost anyone (Quayle?)

 

I would say, from what I know, that Quayle would have performed just fine. It is well-known in Washington circles that Dan Quayle was well-respected on and off the Hill. Believe what you want, but I think it was an example of how sound bites can kill an otherwise quality individual.

[klenke]

Anyone?

Scrambler for President! Scrambler for President!

[Sphinx]

Quayle was probably a good guy. Unfortunately, he said so many stupid things that nobody will ever remember anything good about him.

[Greg_W]

Sphinx said:

Quayle was probably a good guy. Unfortunately, he said so many stupid things that nobody will ever remember anything good about him.

 

Yeah, so has George W, Al Gore, etc. They all do, it seemed that the press went after Quayle with a new sort of maliciousness, though.

[scrambler]

You have to beware the sorcerer's apprentice.

I heard that's why Bush Sr. chose Quayle as his running mate. Now, George the Younger...that's another story.

[rbw1966]

I once heard Dan Quayle described as the Barney Fife of the Bush administration. They gave him a bullet to keep in his pocket and just hoped he didn't shoot himself in the foot with it.

[Greg_W]

rbw1966 said:

I once heard Dan Quayle described as the Barney Fife of the Bush administration. They gave him a bullet to keep in his pocket and just hoped he didn't shoot himself in the foot with it.

 

I think that might apply to just about any vice president, based on my observations.

[bunglehead]

Tomatoe

[Greg_W]

bunglehead said:

Tomatoe

 

At least he didn't claim to have invented the internet or that his mother sang the "Look for the Union Label" song to him when he was a baby (It was written many years later).

[bunglehead]

Yeah, that was actually pretty hilarious. Gore.

[cj001f]

Greg_W said:

Sonny Bono was a Republican? What was Clint Eastwood (Mayor of Carmel)? Fred Thompson (Senator from Tennesee?) was a Republican.

Cllint was a Republican (what else would you be in the city of Pebble Beach) Sonny was too.

 

I was thought clebrities choosing to be Republicans had more to do with a party that was willing to accept anyone they thought had a chance of winning

[Greg_W]

cj001f said:

Greg_W said:

Sonny Bono was a Republican? What was Clint Eastwood (Mayor of Carmel)? Fred Thompson (Senator from Tennesee?) was a Republican.

Cllint was a Republican (what else would you be in the city of Pebble Beach) Sonny was too.

 

I was thought clebrities choosing to be Republicans had more to do with a party that was willing to accept anyone they thought had a chance of winning

 

hehehe. I don't know. Reagan was a Democrat for a long time; I think he switched during (or soon after) the Black Listing era in Hollywood. He was President of the Screen Actor's Guild at the time, I believe.