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(304 posts)Thanks for posting!
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(2,379 posts)pmorlan1
(2,096 posts)Great ad.
liberal from boston
(856 posts)Beautiful!!!
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)HeartoftheMidwest
(309 posts)Richard Dreyfuss? So it sounds like.
nuxvomica
(12,424 posts)I was trying to put a name on that distinctive voice and I think you got it.
HeartoftheMidwest
(309 posts)...but it would be nice, if true.
eggplant
(3,911 posts)marble falls
(57,081 posts)HeartoftheMidwest
(309 posts)Did not need to know that!
( I'll chalk that up to another Hollywood actor with dementia. )
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Hopefully no one thinks this lie is actually true.
marble falls
(57,081 posts)Hopefully you learn what the definition of a lie is before you actually accuse someone of it.
http://www.thewrap.com/richard-dreyfuss-explains-why-hes-no-longer-a-democrat/
Richard Dreyfuss Explains Why Hes No Longer a Democrat
http://www.thewrap.com/richard-dreyfuss-explains-why-hes-no-longer-a-democrat/
The Oscar winner tells TheWrap why he went to Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina rallies
When the famously liberal Richard Dreyfuss attended a Ted Cruz rally in Iowa last month, the backlash from the left was swift, and conservatives delighted in it.
Left Eats Their Own: Goes After Richard Dreyfuss for Attending Cruz Rally, said a headline on the right-leaning site Breitbart.
But Dreyfuss knew some things that his critics didnt.
Also Read: Longtime Democrat Richard Dreyfuss Explains Why He Went to Ted Cruz Rally
First, he didnt support Cruz. Second, he hadnt just attended a Cruz rally.
And third: He hasnt been a Democrat in more than a decade.
Dreyfuss tells TheWrap he had hoped to see Donald Trump in Iowa, more out of curiosity than anything else.
I was there to hear any and all that I could hear, and I was hoping to meet or experience Trump, Dreyfuss said. I went to a [Marco] Rubio event, I went to a Carly Fiorina rally. Trump wasnt there.
We spoke with the star of ABCs Madoff about his headline-grabbing Iowa visit, why hes so disillusioned with politics, and his plans to try and fix what he calls the invisible curse on America.
TheWrap: So why did you decide to check out Ted Cruzs rally?
Dreyfuss: I had accepted an invitation from my friend, [conservative pollster] Frank Luntz. He and I have been friends for a long time and and he asked if I wanted to experience the caucus. And I said, Yo, baby. Frank is a great companion. He was nice enough to introduce me to a level at the caucus that most people dont get to see. So, Id be an idiot to turn that down.
Did any of the candidates you saw impress you at all?
There is no politician in America anymore that impresses me. I havent been a Democrat since 2004. I am pre-partisan. I mean that for real. I will not participate in discussions about partisan issues.
You must have known you were going to ruffle some Democratic feathers by attending a Cruz rally, no?
Actually, no, I didnt expect it
My son Ben, who is an editor for Mother Jones, said Dont ever read the comments. But I did.
The fourth comment was something along the lines of, Who would have thought that that Jew bastard communist Dreyfuss would think well of Charlton Heston?
Could you see yourself ever voting for Cruz?
Most likely not
at least not in the manner in which every politicians positions are presented. Theyre just presented as headlines and nothing deeper. Ted Cruz and Rubio sound as if theyre picking certain sections of a grand master speech and they just take paragraph four and just slip it into whatever audience is in front of them.
What are your thoughts on Trump?
Hes defied everyones laws and everyones predictions. Its amusing, amazing and horrifying. I dont know if anyone realizes that Donald Trump has revealed a fundamental flaw in the Constitution, which is that there should be a bar one never goes below in terms of intelligence for office holders.
You want an intelligence test for those running for office? Are you saying Donald Trump has an intelligence problem?
Its more of an education problem. You can have the greatest education in the world and not have the education that is appropriate for the presidency
Youve got to keep some modicum of intelligent thoughtfulness in talking about thoughtful issues.
Any thoughts about the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders?
Its interesting but I wouldnt want to get into a discussion about it now because its going to end up sounding like an endorsement.
Fair enough. Have you decided who youll be voting for yet?
No.
Also Read: ABC's Bernie Madoff Miniseries Starring Richard Dreyfuss to Premiere in February
Sounds like youre disappointed with our political system. Are you?
Thats an easy one! [Laughs.] Yeah, I would say that Im disappointed and disgusted
I started a non-profit [TheDreyfussInitiative.org] to bring the teaching of civics
I think it is the invisible curse on American and I think it is the cause for every problem that we have
We no longer feel connected and responsible for keeping the country in any state of excellence, weve abandoned it
its not about getting a 4.0, its about learning how to think clearly.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)He clearly does not/did not have "a crush" on Ted Cruz.
In fact, he insults him in this q&a.
dana_b
(11,546 posts)"Its interesting but I wouldnt want to get into a discussion about it now because its going to end up sounding like an endorsement. "
I think he's still a Dem in his heart. Maybe that IS his voice in the ad.
zebonaut
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(559 posts)a kennedy
(29,660 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)... this is something that can be turned to Sanders' advantage.
It's a good ad.
world wide wally
(21,743 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Well put together and it takes a bite out of Trump's "crazy Bernie" meme.
Left Coast2020
(2,397 posts)A 10!!
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)Suck on that, CONtenders!
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)For you and your family, I give my continued support.
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(1,894 posts)Hiraeth
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(4,805 posts)eggplant
(3,911 posts)Donkees
(31,406 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Laughing Mirror
(4,185 posts)owning it and transforming what is generally negative label into a positive one. Well done, Bernie ad people!
democrank
(11,094 posts)I`m so grateful for Bernie Sanders and other leaders like him.
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)captainarizona
(363 posts)I would like a 60 spot on clinton's envolvement in mena arkansas reagan administration cia contra drug running. They could ask ken starr why he stopped investigating mena ark. as well as the republican congressional committees investigation of mena ark. After talking to witnesses. ollie north trial reagan adm. pardons. Bush's comment that the american people would lynch him if they found out what he had done.
Rebkeh
(2,450 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)It's an Apple ad from the 90's that somebody took and added Bernie footage to.
Paka
(2,760 posts)I am so with "Crazy Bernie."