Slog - Comments on Hollywood President http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president Those on the right who belittled Obama's appearance in the image above as not being the stuff of reality but of Hollywood (Bond, Mission Impossible, and so on), these people have in fact lost all contact with American reality. What is forgotten in their thinking (and what needs reminding) is that an association with Hollywood's spectacle of heroism is hardly a liability for a politician, particularly with a voting public that has difficulty separating what is reel and what is real.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:48:47 -0800 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:39:19 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Ziggity Someone has taken Charles and replaced him with a cogent argument!

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079280 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079280 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:55:06 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Remember when Reagan in an interview made it clear that he actually believed he'd served in WWII, when it was actually just a movie he'd made? Good times.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079283 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079283 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:56:43 -0800 Comment by Sir Learnsalot Keep up the coherent posts Charles. Honestly.

]]> Sir Learnsalot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079286 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:59:57 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 Not only is this type of imagery important for the voting public, when the image DOESN'T work, it is a permanent disaster for a politician's image (see here and here).

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079289 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079289 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:02:14 -0800 Comment by MEC 4 - HA!
Who's the guy behind Bush? He looks like a Pixar character!

]]> MEC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079297 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:12:08 -0800 Comment by Bub I want to see actor Harry Lennix play a President Obama in an action film called ESCAPE FROM BAGHDAD.

http://tinyurl.com/6nc3s2

]]> Bub http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079304 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079304 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:18:58 -0800 Comment by Andrew In that case can we get Martin Sheen to run? And he has to divorce his wife and marry Stockard Channing.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079307 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:24:29 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle McCain is like that shopowner in No Country for Old Men. And Obama's asking him the question ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079330 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079330 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:52:47 -0800 Comment by clintonsarmy We won't support ball-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November!!!

]]> clintonsarmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079337 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079337 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:00:17 -0800 Comment by monkey I just think it's funny that that's all they have to fire at him.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079338 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079338 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:01:21 -0800 Comment by clintonssarmy Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

]]> clintonssarmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079340 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079340 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:03:25 -0800 Comment by Odrama Let the media keeps salivating over Odrama and keeps exposing him. Overexposure by the media is a good thing right? Come November a significant portion of people would be so turned off by the media they'll actually vote against Odrama. I know i'm sick of this worshiping of some slick politicians with little experiences. Oh wait he sure has experience w/ breaking his promise with FISA vote.

]]> Odrama http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079342 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079342 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:36 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity Reagan was never as hot as Obama, even when he was younger.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079345 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079345 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:19:24 -0800 Comment by Andy Niable To quote Ronnie in KING'S ROW, "Where's the rest of me!?"

Say, Ronnie, how's that SuperDuper Missile Shield you promised us comin along? The one we've spent billions and billions on?

]]> Andy Niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079353 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079353 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:33:46 -0800 Comment by douglas you've been drinking the smart wine today i see charles. action stars becoming politicians off of their tough guy credit is pretty common. take arnold swartzenegger(sp?) and jessie ventura for example. of course, pointing out hypocrisy and contradictions in right wing thinking is like pointing out clouds in the sky, but still...

]]> douglas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079358 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079358 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:41:06 -0800 Comment by ellarosa 1 and 3, his post about zimbabwean refugees getting persecuted in so. africa was cogent and coherent. it can happen. it's just rare.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079420 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079420 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:22:58 -0800 Comment by Oddrama Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

]]> Oddrama http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079435 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:40:14 -0800 Comment by clntnsrm W wn't spprt bll-lss N-Bm nd wll r-dft hm n Nvmbr!!!

]]> clntnsrm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079711 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:43:12 -0800 Comment by CP Charles! I agree with you!
But first, I understood what you were trying to say! Plain English!

Just one of the reasons I keep peeking at Slog. Waiting for moments like this. Or, for your other moments, where I just scratch my head.

]]> CP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079910 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/hollywood_president#c1079910 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:39:19 -0800