"At some point, I'm still trying to figure this out, we became a nation that honors failure and rewards it, instead of honoring success and rewarding it," actor John Ratzenberger told Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto on Wednesday's "Your World" program. The "Cheers" alum appeared at the Sacramento Tea Party to register his concerns about government tax and spend policies. [full video by Fox News here. Audio excerpt here.]
"I've always celebrated common sense, it's not a Democrat or a Republican issue," Ratzenberger insisted, to be concerned about the high taxes which are driving small business and the jobs they provide, to leave California.
Ratzenberger's remarks echo conservative sentiments expressed recently by his fellow "Cheers" alumnus Kelsey Grammer, who told CNSNews.com that President Obama's policies punished success while bailing out irresponsible people who took on second mortgages they could not afford:
Story Continues Below Ad ↓GRAMMER: I think government is responsible to make sure we go after people that are evildoers. There's plenty of those to go around, from the bottom up and from the top down. The only problem I see with the stimulus package is that as a rule, it awards all the people that are evildoers, all of them. And that's a problem, for me, personally.
[...]
BALLASY: Any example of the evildoers that you were just mentioning in the actual bill? Who you're saying it benefits?
GRAMMER: Unfortunately, if we're going to be buying up bad mortgages, all the people that were paying their mortgages are the good guys. It's a little confusing, a little difficult....
[...]
GRAMMER: It may not be a popular position to take but I honestly believe that the bill is fraught with the idea that those who did the most damage to our country -- from the bottom up and the top down -- are the ones that are actually going to get the most reward.
—Ken Shepherd is Managing Editor of NewsBusters




















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I'm still
April 17, 2009 - 15:26 ET by 10ksnookerTrying to figure out what's up with ZEROs apology tour and Rev Wright impersonation in South America.
Did you know, the tea party was the biggest mass repudiation of a president and his policies in history?
Cliff Clavin has it right
April 17, 2009 - 16:08 ET by happyuscitizenIf you bite off more than you can chew & can't pay for it all, don't sweat it the government will pay for it all. From the cradle to the grave the Dear Leader will take care of all of your needs.
If I wasn't awake seeing this day to day, I would of thought it was some bad movie I got sent to me from Netflix or something.
"I'm just a big fat hairy American Winning Machine!" - Ricky Bobby
Frome Cradle to Grave
April 17, 2009 - 19:21 ET by PopularTechMilton Friedman said it best...
Free to Choose (4/10) - From Cradle to Grave (Video) (58min)
Obama: "Cap & Trade Will Cause Electricity Rates To Skyrocket"
I caught this Wed. John
April 17, 2009 - 16:22 ET by bigtimerI caught this Wed.
John and Kelsey are el correcto!
Cheers!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Cheers
April 17, 2009 - 17:14 ET by slickwillie2001Yet the semi-lucid Ted Danson and his idiot wife Mary Steenburgen are as far-left wacko as you can get. They are part of the Nantucket liberal elite. Funny.
slick... That they
April 17, 2009 - 18:48 ET by bigtimerslick...
That they are...bet if they ever had some hellacious parties together it would be fun being a fly on the wall.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
A remarkable comment from an actor.
April 17, 2009 - 17:36 ET by needleActor John Ratzenberger: “At some point, I'm still trying to figure this out, we became a nation that honors failure and rewards it, instead of honoring success and rewarding it.”
Where does this actor live, by the way? I can’t believe that he lives in Hollywood.
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
Hollywood
April 18, 2009 - 11:23 ET by Kat Outta the BagI wonder if Hollywood will give him another job after this. But big kudos to him for speaking his mind and not marching lock step...or is it goose step?...with the rest of the brainless fools out there.
I hope
April 17, 2009 - 18:14 ET by math4lifeI hope Ratzenberger and Grammer realize that they went to a white power rally according to fellow actor Garofalo.
Even though...
April 17, 2009 - 18:44 ET by HeavyChevythere were Blacks at some of the rallies but I guess to people like Garofalo we were the house****** brought out for show.
No, to her
April 17, 2009 - 21:22 ET by math4lifeNo, to her, we are mentally ill. I did not know she was a neurologist and psychologist. I wish she and others like her would stop using the "racist" card. Prove that the arguments are wrong, don't just throw labels.
Sadly math4life
April 18, 2009 - 08:57 ET by HeavyChevythis crazy dame knows that someone will listen to her. Worked for Hitler...oops did I say that?
In Seattle
April 18, 2009 - 18:30 ET by jed58In Seattle the headline speaker at the end was black
That's it! I've had it with
April 17, 2009 - 21:05 ET by balboaThat's it! I've had it with these Hollyweird actors sticking their noses into politics! Do they think we care? Morons!
(Kidding. I'll keep watching Cheers and enjoying it.)
Gotta admit Bal,
April 17, 2009 - 21:11 ET by RESTLESS 1I got a chuckle there.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
It just didn't feel right to
April 17, 2009 - 21:43 ET by balboaIt just didn't feel right to have a post about an actor and not have someone say that. :-)
OMG! your last post sent a tingling up my leg ; )
April 17, 2009 - 21:55 ET by pahuberI'm scared.
Ratzenberger:
April 17, 2009 - 22:13 ET by Trix RabbitI recently finished his book "We've got it made in America". For having played a dim-bulb mail carrier on "Cheers", this guy is likable, intelligent, humorous, and as down to earth as they get.
Good one on you John, for not being a grandstanding and pious prick Hollywoodenhead
For the MSM: In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
Ian Anderson "Wind up"
Yes. I have watched his series on cable from time to time...
April 17, 2009 - 22:45 ET by pahuberhe is NOT dim at ALL... in fact, it is amazing that in the end . . . OMG he John R. AKA Cliff! was indeed the most intelligent of the show!
I love so much what he did in cheers... especially, when he said to FC one episode concering how each would die and FC said I don't want to know..... "you bet you don't" lol
C'mon that was CLASSIC.
Cliff's No Clavin
April 17, 2009 - 23:05 ET by Del DolemonteMany years ago, soon after "Cheers" started, John bought a piece of undeveloped land here in New Hampshire. He sold it several years later for much more.
Before he sold it he drove up with a couple of his fellow cast members to show it to them-"Coach" insisted on riding shotgun.