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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: bijou on January 04, 2010, 03:33:21 PM
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...Loyal Dems would undoubtedly be gobsmacked to learn that, if Federal Election Commission records are to be believed, Robbins has not only donated regularly to Democratic candidates over the past 18 years, he also has written checks to conservative Republicans. In the 2006 election cycle, according to public records, the actor gave $5,000 to 10 Republican candidates for the House and Senate—including, most shocking of all, Minnesota’s resident wingnut, Rep. Michele Bachmann. Why such largesse to the enemy? Former GOP congressman J.D. Hayworth of Arizona, who lost in 2006 despite Robbins' $500 donation, was baffled and surprised when I reached him over the weekend. "Maybe because I covered the Durham Bulls as a sports broadcaster in the late 1970s and early '80s? Maybe because I used to frequently rent Bob Roberts back in the '90s?" Hayworth wondered, mentioning two of Robbins' starring vehicles. "All I can say is, 'Thank you!' I hope he enjoyed the Christmas card." My efforts to reach Robbins to hear his explanation were unavailing, alas....
link (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-01-03/hollywoods-liberal-heartbreak/2/)
Now watch DU take Sarandon's side in the split. :rotf:
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link (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-01-03/hollywoods-liberal-heartbreak/2/)
Now watch DU take Sarandon's side in the split. :rotf:
They were gonna do that anyway, the evil traditional patriarch be wrong for always keepin' da woomin down.
:-)
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Maybe Robbins will covert the way Dennis Miller did after 9-11.
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He must be hanging out and drinking heavy at the Rhinecliff Hotel. I know him and he's a nutbag.
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Maybe Robbins will covert the way Dennis Miller did after 9-11.
Doubtful. He's been a staunch supporter of our terrorist enemies this whole time.