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Remarks by Ron Silver at Republican National Convention

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Posted by Steve 2004-08-31 8:50:53 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nice to see this, but its to bad he is a "C" list guy. The only thing I can think of he was in was that crappy Jaime Lee Curtis movie from about 15 years ago. Was the name Blue Steel?.
The GOP needs to start wheeling out the "A" list, if there are any.

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-08-31 9:26:32 AM|| 2004-08-31 9:26:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 JM: Nice to see this, but its to bad he is a "C" list guy.

Ron Silver is one of the few Hollywood celebs who can string two sentences together without a script. He has featured prominently in Democratic National Conventions of the past because of that ability. (Putting airheads like Tom Cruise or Robert Redford on the podium does the Democratic Party no favors).

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-08-31 9:51:42 AM|| [http://www.polipundit.com] 2004-08-31 9:51:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 He has featured prominently in Democratic National Conventions of the past because of that ability.

That makes two former speakers at Donk conventions speaking at the RNC.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-08-31 9:56:37 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-08-31 9:56:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 He may have been âCâ list, but with half of the country sickened by the Holywood celeb culture, he just boosted his popularity and name recognition to the âBâ list.

The booing of the Kerry girls represents a watershed IMHO. It signals a clear end to the Demâs owning of the youth vote

Posted by B 2004-08-31 10:02:26 AM|| 2004-08-31 10:02:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Ron Silver is a 9/11 Democrat, representing the Entertainment Industry wing. (You might remember him most recently from the Fox Series "Skin", as Angelo Dundee in "Ali", or as JerseyMike recalls, as Eugene Hunt in "Blue Steel".)

He's also the guy who back at Clinton's 1993 inauguration turned to a neighbor disgusted by a military flyover and said "Yeah, but now they're Our jets."

He's definitely a guy who realizes that we can argue about marginal tax rates and the like once the war is won.

Posted by eLarson 2004-08-31 10:37:46 AM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2004-08-31 10:37:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Ron Silver was in Time Cop, the only Jean-Claude VanDamme movie I can remember being worth a damn.

I'm not sure I'd let Stephen Baldwin speak either. Yeah its fun to have the anti Alec but he's also a b-list actor.

The Republicans have Tom Selleck, Bruce Willis, Stallone, and Bo Derek that they could parade around but there is a fear of looking too 80s.

Posted by RJ Schwarz 2004-08-31 11:57:34 AM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-08-31 11:57:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 There's always Jessica Simpson. Is she making the rounds of the parties, at least?

Posted by eLarson 2004-08-31 12:10:32 PM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2004-08-31 12:10:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 She's a knockout, which will draw the male vote, but she is a liability, too. She has marketed herself as being dumb as a brick-that is only fodder for the "Bush is stupid" crowd.

Posted by jules 187 2004-08-31 12:15:49 PM|| 2004-08-31 12:15:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Ron Silver hit the nail on the head -

(My fellow actors) viceral hate for (Bush) blinds them to what's really going on. (On MSNBC)

Posted by BigEd 2004-08-31 12:39:15 PM|| 2004-08-31 12:39:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 What must really hurt,he was on "the West Wing" for the Bartlet reelection season.

Posted by Stephen 2004-08-31 1:06:39 PM|| 2004-08-31 1:06:39 PM|| Front Page Top

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