Liv Tyler is Ready For Hillary

[conservaphobe]

Liv Tyler is wearing her politics on her sleeve -- or rather, on her T-shirt. The Leftovers actress, 37, publicized her pick for the 2016 presidential election with a simple graphic top in a photoshoot with Violet Grey this week.

In the July issue, Tyler is shown in a relaxed white cotton T-shirt, which reads simply, "Hillary For President." The political top is the focal point of the photos, as the brunette star looks gorgeous with minimal makeup and her hair in loose waves.

In the extended interview, the actress is called "an unabashed supporter" of Hillary Clinton and the type of gender equality progress that she represents.

"I love women," Tyler told Violet Grey. "I'm intrigued by them. I think women are fascinating and complex."

Her support for rumored presidential candidate Clinton, 66, is a rare move for Tyler, who has largely stayed out of the political game while in the limelight.

Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/liv-tyler-supports-hillary-clinton-in-hillary-for-president-t-shirt-201487#ixzz36upl2pqc

[MohRokTah]

1. Good for her!

Always liked her.

[JI7]

2. does this mean she is third way, dlc , neocon ,and all the other things ?

[BootinUp]

5. Or perhaps there are good reasons to support Hillary.

[Metric System]

7. Or you're just an uninformed, low-information voter who is not a "real" Democrat. Ugh.

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[MohRokTah]

23. That's what I read.

[hrmjustin]

26. It was sarcasm on edit.

[hrmjustin]

36. We all know there will be primaries a d that she might not win.

But people have to step up if they want to challenge her.

[hrmjustin]

39. Point taken.

[VanillaRhapsody]

55. its actually the other way around....If you cannot commit to voting for whomever wins the primary...

Even if it IS Hillary.....then you are not a "real Democrat"

[VanillaRhapsody]

73. does the shoe fit?

[wyldwolf]

25. there's a lot of that kind of labeling going on today

I think the "reeaaal" Democrats among us are feeling a bit panicked.

[hrmjustin]

28. I don't get this stuff. I really don't.

[wyldwolf]

38. The Magistrate says it best

Accepting that there is an imperfect fit between the Democratic Party and the furthest aims of left and progressive people, several things must be acknowledged.

First, it has to be acknowledged that left and progressive people really do not have solid ground to proclaim they and only they are true Democrats, or are the real base of the Democratic Party, and that people who are left of center or center-left or even centerists are not really Democrats.

Second, left and progressive people need to consider whether the tactic of attacking people who are perhaps a bit to the right of them, though generally well to the left of a national average, or of the average in the locale where they reside, as rightists who do not belong in the Democratic Party, is likely to expand and increase their influence in the Democratic Party, and advance the prospects of actually getting laws and regulations they would like to see adopted come to pass.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023721513

The Statement Is Nonesense, Sir, And On Several Levels... the perennial brouha here about what constitutes a "real Democrat", most of which is conducted along lines that bear very little relation with the actual states and history of the Democratic Party. The idea that figures like Presidents Kennedy and Johnson were not "real Democrats" is nothing but the punch-line to a very poor joke, although it is certainly true that they embraced many policies and ideas that some of our radicals today detest. But that latter is hardly an indication they were not "real Democrats"; rather, it is an indication that such radicals are somewhat out of step with the Democratic Party as a real institution and political force, as opposed to an ideal item they imagine not only to be fact, but to be wholly agreeable to them. The fact is that the Cold War was fought by Democrats as well as Republicans, and was a solid item of Democratic Party identity and policy in those days. The faction of the Democratic Party that opposed the Cold War had its politiocal trial with the campaign for President of Sec. Wallace in 1948, and failed utterly, gaining the votes of only a handful of people. What is repudiated at the polls by the overwhelming preponderance of Democratic voters cannot be the real face of the Democratic Party. It really is that simple.

That Presidents Carter and Clinton could be described from some vantages as centerists is hardly sufficient to establish as fact a claim they were not "real Democrats". Such a statement depends on assent to the proposition that the Democratic Party is an organ of the far left, and there really is not a trace of support for this notion in history. The fact is that the Democratic party occupies, and has throughout the latter portion of the twentieth century and into our present days occupied, a position roughly analogous to that of a moderate Social Democrat element in European politics, which is very far from a radical left view, and during that period in Europe has been taken as the chief enemy by the radical left. It seeks a degree of reform and mitigation of the capitalist order, not its complete restructuring or overthrow. This is both a fairly popular view among the people, and a position of long and distinguished pedigree on the left, dating back almost to the origins of the modern left in the mid-nineteenth century. The schism between reformers and revolutionists is a very old one among leftists, and is one that the revolutionists have tended to be on the losing side of in all polities containing a reasonable degree of democratic representationalism in their governments.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2629166&mesg_id=2629240

[hrmjustin]

41. Wow, thanks for posting. Great post.

[Metric System]

49. +1

[joshcryer]

86. A rare OP by The Magistrate. Must read.

Thanks for posting it. I somehow missed it.

[Metric System]

43. Whoa! I guess I should have used the sarcasm tag. I was mocking the attitude some on DU have toward

Hillary Clinton supporters. Sorry for not being clearer.

[hrmjustin]

44. lol I am glad I was wrong.

[Metric System]

45. I'm glad my post was taken the wrong way because it resulted in The Magistrate's awesome comments

being re-posted by Wyldwolf. So...sorry, not sorry.

[hrmjustin]

48. It was a great post.

[BootinUp]

50. no problem.

nothing to apologize for.

[progressoid]

15. Maybe.

She told the New York Daily News in July 2011, "half my family is Republican, half is Democrat," but did not elaborate on her own views.

[JI7]

19. i know her dad is a democrat

even if most of the others in the band are republican/libertarians

[Union Scribe]

34. No it just sounds like she wants a woman president

and doesn't care that Clinton is "all the other things".

[VanillaRhapsody]

56. or you could be wrong.....she put it on her damn shirt for crying out loud

Why is it that women are almost always second guessed around here....."that's not really what she meant" is becoming a trend on DU....

[Union Scribe]

63. Lol! Gender bait fail. nt

[clarice]

3. I'm ready for Liv Tyler ! nt

[BootinUp]

4. K&R

[MoonRiver]

6. Liv Tyler has very good taste!

[roguevalley]

46. I have no problem with anyone touting their person. What I don't like is having

everything I am called in question because i don't agree. I don't agree with liv but i love her. Arwan forever.

[BootinUp]

52. thats understandable

We all have strong opinions or we probably wouldn't be here.

[CBGLuthier]

9. I do not blame children for their sucky parents. Especially the sucky parents

who did not even raise them. Todd Rundgren (no corporate sellout he) was more of a father to her.

[CBGLuthier]

13. Oh Aerosmith is just plain awful

If they had all OD'd ( as it seemed they would) in the 80's maybe their legacy would not have been so badly tarnished.

[hfojvt]

16. I always liked Aerosmith

but Liv Tyler, worth $20 million, isn't exactly an average working class American.

If Hillary is like Bill, she will be very good for the $20 million set.

[BootinUp]

47. Hillary is for tax increases on the wealthy, so I have no idea what you are talking about. nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

57. No but unlike some people she has never said three times....I am NOT running for President...

[VanillaRhapsody]

65. No we have a primary.....and YOU are talking about the ONE person who HAS stated she is NOT running

For President.....repeatedly!

[VanillaRhapsody]

71. So you are saying that Warren didn't say those words?

[VanillaRhapsody]

75. Have you?

[VanillaRhapsody]

79. what the hell does your name have to do with any of this?

[VanillaRhapsody]

88. you are the one that thoughtvyour name was part of it not I....

So its your logic that is faulty

[BootinUp]

58. I have not seen specifics, but both she and Bill have

talked about it. I expect her to be very progressive on this issue.

[hfojvt]

68. too bad Bill has a record

which is not very good
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2665533

[hfojvt]

66. just like Obama was/is?

And for some reason those tax increases never happened

and wealthy celebrities like Hanks and Clooney are always raving about what a great job he has done.

[Starry Messenger]

18. Sins of the father?

Why are women often associated with the choices the male members of their families make?

[Starry Messenger]

22. Just asking.

No need to get so emotional.

[Starry Messenger]

29. I did.

I don't think people are "tainted" by their relatives'/family members' choices, but notice that women often have this charge levied at them here at DU.

Or did you maybe miss that bit?

[Starry Messenger]

35. Sure, Warren.

Whatever you need to tell yourself. Have a great day!

[Starry Messenger]

42. I feel awesome.

I got my answer to my question.

[JI7]

21. and it's not like he raised her

[LLD]

10. Peace Liv.

But you just chose a warmonger.

[Aerows]

27. I love Liv Tyler

but as far as Hillary is concerned, You need to come and claim her. Hadafang rises.

[louis-t]

30. I love her.

[Dawson Leery]

32. k/r

[underpants]

51. I'm up for that

Good for her

[BootinUp]

59. Only 13 recs? Both Liv and Hillary are worth more than that!

in my book at least

[LWolf]

60. The entire nation is "ready" for another neo-liberal.

That's what we're conditioned for...a neo-liberal or a right-wing whack job.

[MFrohike]

61. Who cares?

Leave the TMZ bullshit for TMZ.

[99Forever]

62. Golly gee, another rich person for Ms Goldman Sachs.

What a surprise.

Sure am glad I don't give a hoot what any actor or actress, music personality, race car driver, over-paid sports celebrity, or even a barkeep thinks about politics.

I vote issues and history of the candidate. Period.

In the case of Hillary, she fails on both.

[L0oniX]

69. Corporate Satan approves.

[SidDithers]

78. DU rec, 'cause Liv Tyler's shirt is pissing off all the right people...nt

Sid

[freshwest]

82. Thanks for that! LOL here.

[SidDithers]

87. ...

Sid

[scarletwoman]

81. Whatever. I do not depend on celebrity endorsements to do my thinking for me.

Like any U.S. citizen, Liv is free to endorse whomever she wishes to endorse. It does not matter to me one way or another.

[NBachers]

84. That shirt looks better on her than it would on me.

[Marr]

85. Ok, good for her. I disagree.

[reddread]

89. I could straighten her out

only seems fair to return the favor.
Jersey Girl is a GREAT movie.

[BootinUp]

91. She is an amazing talent imho.

[reddread]

92. doesnt hurt to be raised around someone like Todd

[BootinUp]

93. Nice anti-war tune there.

[reddread]

94. Todd never fails

Im gonna step out on a limb and guess he and his wife Michelle Gray, his touring employer Ringo Starr and a number of others
wont be backing Hamburger Hill and her foreign policy aka "It takes an Army to Raze a Village"

[BootinUp]

95. Lets wait and see.

I do not think you have an accurate picture of the candidate in question. Thats my read. I am 50 years old, seen a lot, and I am saying that it is highly unlikely that Hillary is the war monger you seem to think she is.

[reddread]

96. Yes, talk is cheap and she speaks loudly

unfortunately, we are the same age, and Ive seen shit NOBODY wants to see.
Including, and most significantly the politics and actions of Hillary's close friend.
You would vomit to know what they are made of.

[GeorgeGist]

97. Woopee doo.