In my short time here at NewsBusters, I've pounded away at the left's obsession with celebrities and especially their outsized role in Obama's campaign--going so far as to "advise" the candidate. You won't see any of that from the celebrities supporting John McCain. They're happy to keep their involvement to voice-overs for campaign ads and donations.

The Weekly Standard reports on a recent meeting of Hollywood conservatives, attended by such luminaries as James Caan and Robert Duvall of The Godfather fame and Jerry Bruckheimer, Dean Cain, and Angie Harmon.

If it was a good night for John McCain, it was an even better night for Hollywood's long-closeted conservative community. Many of those in attendance are members of the Friends of Abe, an informal group of entertainment-industry conservatives--part social club and part support group--founded by actor Gary Sinise. They have been meeting quietly at out-of-the-way diners and bars in and around Los Angeles for four years expanding their membership by word of mouth.

Walking out of the meeting, Duvall and Caan were asked about their support for McCain. Duvall said, "he's an American hero. He's got character. He's been around. The other guy? I just don't know."

But Duvall didn't leave it at that. He was particularly annoyed by comments Gore Vidal made in June questioning McCain's experience as a POW. He called Vidal "an American icon-slash-dilettante," and said that even McCain's "96 year-old mother could beat the crap out of Gore Vidal with her shoe, and you can quote me on that."

Liberal celeb-surrogates take note: this is the type of support you should be providing your chosen candidate.

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—Jacob S. Lybbert is an editorial associate at NewsBusters.