Hollywood Politics Anyone?

I was watching the Indie Channel recently, getting a dose of counter-culture and who of all people showed up to bless the world with wisdom, but New Jersey comedienne Jeannine Garofalo, that iconic bastion of political wisdom!

Before she launched into her obviously righteous collectivist criticism of the current administration (I’m going to go ahead and tell you she is really upset with George W. Bush…surprise!), she gave us an “insider” on how memory can be boosted simply by taking a couple of Adderalls , a prescribed stimulant for people suffering from ADHD and then drinking two Redbull energy drinks.

With legs crossed and hands akimbo, she droned on with manifest intellect and candor on how I should think, all the while giving no agitated indication of mental or physical stimulation from her drug and energy-drink cocktail elixir.

Now please don’t get me wrong. I am blindly in awe of educated and cerebral people and for what it’s worth, I like to watch this woman act and talk. I even blushingly confess I think she’s cute in a fatherly sort of way and I can abide just about anything she says. I do however recognize her for what she is – just one person with a strong political opinion who does not speak for me.

Ms. Garofalo enjoys the company (politically speaking) of other great Hollywood and New York City-based political pundits, the likes of which are Rosie O’Donnell, Alec Baldwin, George Clooney, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Danny Glover who regularly stand in front of a camera and microphone and tell me how to vote.

There is no doubt Ms. Garofalo is smart as a whip. She really is. I would enjoy sitting down and chatting with her, just not about politics and probably religion also. I imagine we would run into irreconcilable differences within 30 seconds. Maybe 15 seconds.

I wonder what a conversation between her and Dennis Miller would sound like. Dennis is far more eloquent and informed than I am for sure and we share political views and opinions on the war on terror. Politically, Mr. Miller and I put the future welfare of our country ahead of partisan politics and we both believe we are going to fight terrorists “somewhere”, so we might as well draw them to us – over “there”.

Mr. Miller and I firmly believe the radical Muslim element is not going to go away any time soon, regardless of who sits in the Oval Office. Ms. Garofalo and all her elitist buddies will tell me Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton is going to solve our security problems with the stroke of the inaugural pen. I’m not buying it.

I’m not buying it for the simple reason that I don’t think the radical Muslims (Jihadists) care who is in power or what political party is in charge in America – they see us as corrupt…period and the only way to spread their brand of religion to us, is to force it down our throats. We are too corrupt in their eyes to deserve anything more than violence.

No one in their right mind wants our guys and gals to be maimed or killed fighting in a foreign country. No sane person takes war lightly and no reasonable person should think withdrawing from the Middle East in retreat will benefit Iraq and the rest of the world, regardless of what brought us there.

We do have a lot of information at our finger tips nonetheless and making our government accountable for their actions is our patriotic duty. I want to be informed and I strive to gather information from as many sources as possible. I do, however, draw a line on partisan politics, either way, and that line is very well defined for me by Hollywood.

I can just about decide which direction to take on a political subject by listening to Rosie O’Donnell. If Rosie is against it, I am probably for it. If the amphetamine and Redbull juiced-Jeannine Garofalo drones on for something, I will probably disagree. If the Hugo Chavez-hugging Danny Glover calls for political action, I will most certainly vote the other ticket.

Why in the world do Hollywood and the New York City entertainment industry love the Democratic Party so much? Is it because there are no jobs and folks can’t afford a movie ticket? Nope, that doesn’t fly. Times are good; jobs are available to those actually willing to get up and go to work. Giant signs along the highway are begging folks to work all the overtime (with per diem) they can handle and folks are company jumping like lemmings for better pay and benefits.

If Hollywood really wants to do something to help this country and its future, they will do what Gary Sinise and other actors are doing. Get on a plane and join the USO, support the troops and come November 2008, vote for the candidate of your choice. In the meantime, I will use their socialist partisan outbursts to determine how not to vote.