McCain's Support from the Right on the Left (Coast)

You might recall a previous post listing many of the presidential contender's celebrity endorsements. Turns out that there are a few more to add to John McCain's inventory which will no doubt grow in the months to come. A Politico piece today discussed Republican Presidential nominee (weird to type that) McCain's support from some big shot Hollywood types including Tim Allen, Kelsey Grammar, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Dennis Hopper. (Who would have known Dennis Hopper was a conservative? He's come a long way from Easy Rider apparently)

So there needs to be an end to conservative talk radio's whining about "Hollywood liberals" and "Democrats taking over Tinseltown and corrupting our country." True, there are a disproportionate amount of progressive voices coming out of the entertainment industry (and I'm all for it). But if you think about it, the most influential actors-turned-politicians to emerge from Hollywood were Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[Speaking of Reagan's acting career, check out The Killers, the last film he made before becoming governor of California. It's the 1964 remake of the 1946 film adaptation of Ernest Hemmingway's short story. He's a total bad-ass who double crosses John Cassavetes with the help of Angie Dickinson. Not before slapping her, of course. Plus, Lee Marvin pulls off perhaps the best "death scene" in the history of film. I think it helped that he showed up drunk to the set]