Actor John Cusack Does Anti-McCain Ad For MoveOn.org

Actor John Cusack Does Anti-McCain Ad For MoveOn.org

By Noel Sheppard (Bio | Archive)
June 12, 2008 - 10:10 ET

If you find the love affair media are having with Barack Obama unseemly, you'd better prepare yourself for how low Hollywood elites will be stooping in the coming months to get their candidate in the White House.

As a potentially sick-making foreshadowing of things to come, MoveOn.org just released a new television advertisement featuring "War, Inc." actor John Cusack playing the role of a Hollywoodan in the grips of Bush Derangement Syndrome.

As the video embedded right and the transcript which follows demonstrate, Cusack is perfect for the part:

You think you can tell President Bush apart from John McCain? Really? Pop quiz: who supports keeping our troops in harm's way in Iraq, but not a bipartisan GI Bill of Rights to support them when they return home? Whose top advertisers are linked to war profiteers? Who tried to convince Americans to try to privatize our Social Security? Who opposed healthcare for uninsured children last year? The answer is: both. Go to MoveOn.org and take the Bush/McCain challenge. Bet you can't tell them apart.

Interesting talking points, wouldn't you agree? Wouldn't it be nice if truth in advertising laws that every company in America is subject to applied to political action committees and campaigns? Why are consumers in our nation better protected from scam artists and charlatans than voters?

Will our nation survive five more months of this intellectual dishonesty? Stay tuned.

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Another one

June 12, 2008 - 10:22 ET by cvgbuckeye

Well, there goes another category of movie that I will refuse to ever watch again.

Quite frankly, I have almost run out of anyone's movies that I will ever watch. This may sound silly to some but to me it is not. I just can't watch these lefty's movies anymore. I just cannot separate the real person from the movie character any more.

It almost makes me puke, so I just refuse to watch them.

cvg$eye DITTO.

June 12, 2008 - 10:34 ET by upcountrywater

BECAUSE

Liberals62%

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CVG

June 12, 2008 - 22:52 ET by DEVILDOCMOM

I am right with you, I have actually enjoyed him a couple of movies in the past, but will no longer watch any of his movies. I, along with you I see, have a long list of those actors I will not support. I feel great about this decision. The more of us who ignore these movies, the more they will see the disfavor of the MAJORITY of the Americans.

Perhaps we will soon see the actors complaining just as those female singers did when the public reacted a few years ago. I hope so.

Cusack, the new Barbara

June 12, 2008 - 10:32 ET by SickofLibs

Cusack, the new Barbara Streisand

Disagree

June 12, 2008 - 10:36 ET by Gat New York

At least Streisand has talent.

Right you are. I officially

June 12, 2008 - 11:41 ET by SickofLibs

Right you are. I officially and unceremoniously retract my comparison.

Rosie O'Donnell then.

Rosie

June 12, 2008 - 12:22 ET by Gat New York

She's not funny.

She can't act.

She is a dumb as a fence post.

Agree.

I'll just add hideously

June 12, 2008 - 16:06 ET by SickofLibs

I'll just add hideously ugly.

Our work here is done.

Noel

June 13, 2008 - 03:31 ET by ToddonCapeCod

Noel should have put 'Actor" in quotes

John, here's something for you, then

June 12, 2008 - 10:33 ET by Mike Bratton

In the true "arena of ideas" spirit, may I suggest a quiz for Cusack? Let's see if he has the fortitude to step into the area sans talking points, with only his knowledge of the issues at hand for company.

I'll start things off with a couple of quiz questions...

1) Who cast a vote endorsing abortionists' ability to kill children in the birth canal?

2) Who tries to convince Americans we should legitimize rogue regimes and terrorist sponsors by sitting down with them and asking them "pretty please" not to be quite so bloodthirsty?

--Mike

www.thebrattonreport.com

Why do they trot out these........

June 12, 2008 - 10:35 ET by BEGRUNT

brainless highschool drop outs? Just because they can read a script, they feel they have to share their "brilliance" with us unwashed masses. Knucklehead!!! He probably hasn't had an original thought, besides going to the bathroom, in his life. Brainless dupe!!

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

I don't think Cuisak even

June 12, 2008 - 10:55 ET by buddyc

I don't think Cuisak even got out of jr high school. He is not known for being smart.

Q-Sack

June 12, 2008 - 11:11 ET by Hero Squad

From IMDB:

Education: Piven Theatre Workshop (Evanston, Illinois), run by the parents of actor Jeremy Piven. One semester at NYU.

Attended Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Ill.

(Operative word here... "attended.")

My favorite nugget from his bio: "Last name is pronounced Q-sack."

*****

"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will

"Q-sack" how appropriate......

June 12, 2008 - 11:25 ET by BEGRUNT

q-sack of $h*t? Gee, his resume looks like a Rhodes Scholar...NOT. What a sorry "sack"....LOL.

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

He graduated Evanston

June 12, 2008 - 11:41 ET by harqman

If you hit the "more" button on bio it goes on to show he did one semester at NYU. So it is safe to assume that he Graduated from Evanston. Evanston is a great HS. Not as good as New Trier for all the Chitown folks, but a good HS none the less. That does not mean that he appreciated the education he was being handed free. Well it is clear he did not.

What is amazing to me is that these people think we care what they think.

Well it does say

June 12, 2008 - 11:49 ET by red_dragon311

Well it does say somthing about =his leftiest views growing up in evenston.....rich white elitest....who vote Democrat

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford

I did include his one

June 12, 2008 - 12:10 ET by Hero Squad

I did include his one semester at NYU in my post above.

"Attended" is usually reserved as a euphemism for "did not graduate." It might be misused in this case; it's also possible that he secured a GED or some form of high school equivalency at the acting school and does not hold an Evanston diploma.

*****

"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will

for grins i looked up James

June 12, 2008 - 12:26 ET by red_dragon311

for grins i looked up James Woods

James Woods grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, USA, where he graduated from Pilgrim High School in 1965 near the top of his class. Afterwards, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He dropped out to pursue his acting career shortly before his scheduled graduation in 1969.

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford

My bad....

June 12, 2008 - 13:24 ET by harqman

My bad. Did not see the NYU there. He may not have graduated. But the graduation rates at those schools in those years were very very high. Regardless he is an idiot.

That appears to be an

June 12, 2008 - 14:22 ET by Hero Squad

That appears to be an accurate assessment.

*****

"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will

new rule

June 12, 2008 - 10:39 ET by HamiltonNJ

All one needs to do when faced with any decision or political policy is simply ask 'Where does Hollywood stand on this'...then promptly go the other route.

I sometimes wonder why I am

June 12, 2008 - 10:54 ET by buddyc

I sometimes wonder why I am that way. Really, if an actor/actress tries to induce to vote a particular way, I will do the opposite. I think it has to do with the fact that I might appreciate their performances, get joy out of their movies and then believe they are abusing my trust in them. If a movie has an actor/actress that is politically active, whether republican or democart, I just can't watch it. I can't escape. I get no joy.

That's part of my "politics

June 12, 2008 - 11:33 ET by mattm

That's part of my "politics 101" for those who have better things to worry about.

Lesson 1: If you are not sure what to think about a political topic or issue, listen to the MSM, the entertainment media or the school system and assume the opposite is true.

Hollyweird it never ends

June 12, 2008 - 10:39 ET by American Taxpayer

Hollyweird is running out of actors that I will watch, I am sick and tired of the Sean Penns, George looneys and the rest of the hollyweird liberals that can not find thier buttocks with both hands, yet they are experts on everything from global warming to who should be President.

Favorite movie?

June 12, 2008 - 10:50 ET by harqman

Favorite Cusack movie?

Better off Dead.

Coincidence? I think not. Not that I am promoting or suggesting that anyone in anyway harm him.

LIEberals like Cusak

June 12, 2008 - 10:55 ET by

LIEberals like Cusak call him “McSame” but in truth he couldn’t hold a candle to our president Bush. Bush is a resolute man who takes his marching orders only from God. McCain is an irresolute pandering flip-flopper.

Bush nobly enacted tax cuts for the wealthy, which McCain originally spoke out against. Now McPander embraces those same tax cuts and says he wants even more for corporations. Should we believe him? Why?

McFlipper originally spoke out against Bush’s torture policies, but now embraces them for the CIA. Bush knew from the git-go that torture was a good way to keep us safe from terrorists. McCain had to come around to it.

Bush makes all of his decisions based on what his gut tells him is right. McCain thinks too much. If McCain were president in 2001, we probably wouldn’t have invaded Iraq. We would still be waiting for the next Sadaam Hussein WMD to drop on our soil.

The LIEberals like to say they are the same, but Bush is a real man and McCain, although a war hero, is a milktoast.

McCain a War Hero??

June 12, 2008 - 11:36 ET by Utherpend

I still find it hard to determine why people call McCain a war hero. He was a lack luster pilot who was shot down and simply a prisoner for a number of years. Being a prisoner does not make you a hero, he had no choice in the matter. Had he escaped or helped others to escape then he might deserve the title. As it stands there are a lot of ex POW who need to be president.

Yikes.....

June 12, 2008 - 11:47 ET by harqman

Yea okay. I will guess you have never worn the Uniform of the United States of America. It is what he did and how he conducted himself as a POW that makes him a hero. It is the character of the man that put up with the beatings. He was given the chance to leave because of who his father and Grandfather were. He did not have to stay.

I am shocked that you do not know that. I am shocked that you think being a POW is like being at camp or "Hogans Hero's." It is not.

You might want to brush up on your history before someone calls you a complete idiot.

Being a prisoner does not

June 12, 2008 - 12:04 ET by general company

Being a prisoner does not make you a hero,

The hell it dont, ever hear how his fellow POW's talk of him. He is a hero and then some.

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

You gotta be kidding, right?

June 12, 2008 - 12:10 ET by SickofLibs

Whatever your opinion of McCain is, and his piloting skills aside, I believe the following is fairly heroic (from his wiki): McCain turned down North Vietnams offer of release; he would only accept the offer if every man taken in before him was released as well. He spent 4 more years in captivity.
McCain refused to meet with various anti-war groups seeking peace in Hanoi, wanting to give neither them nor the North Vietnamese a propaganda victory. (Just like John Kerry, right?)

I think it's interesting

June 12, 2008 - 12:14 ET by Hero Squad

I think it's interesting how a presidential candidate's military service has gone from a big issue to a non-issue in just four years. Why is that?

John McCain is a war hero for the exact reason you outline above. Hero is not a word that should be used lightly, and I think it's often misused or overused. Absolutely not the case with McCain.

*****

"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will

Swiftboating

June 12, 2008 - 12:39 ET by

Remember when the LIEberals tried to tar and feather our president Bush for being AWOL just because he didn’t report to his Alabama National Guard unit when he transferred to the state? Thank God for Karl Rove. Karl is the best at turning a story around and so by swiftboating Kerry, he got the media’s attention off of Bush’s war record and on to Kerry’s record. Brilliant! Instead of an AWOL president, all the MSM could talk about was a decorated war veteran who was really a coward and a liar.

The only thing I don’t like about Karl Rove is he is an atheist. He still is a great man, though. Without him, we would not have known Geroge W. Bush as the great leader he is.

Lack luster pilot? Really?

June 12, 2008 - 12:38 ET by harqman

Ever try to land on an Aircraft carrier? Of course you haven't. They are not "lack luster!" Ya know who told me that? My college roommate. He flies an F-16. He confirms those who land on carriers are not lack luster. He further confirmed that you might just be an idiot. I was enlisted, he is a Lt. Col. Despite being an officer I will defer to him at this time.

Have you taken enemy fire in an aircraft? Of course not.

Funny how some posts just get under my skin more than others.

McCain a war hero?

June 12, 2008 - 12:55 ET by

Your ignorance baffles me. I don't agree with any of his policies, but you should at least do a little reading into his service before you criticize him.

He was offered release but would only accept if every POW at his prison was released as well. That didn't happen, and he got tortured some more.

He also flew many missions and had more injuries than Ken griffey Jr.

So go back to palying your Grand Theft Auto 4.

Yea, really terrible these

June 12, 2008 - 13:01 ET by NL207

Yea, really terrible these stupid righties think McCain is a war hero. Don't they know that you have to have self-inflicted wounds and consort wityh the enemy to be a real war hero?

Is it just me, or does

June 12, 2008 - 13:10 ET by MassConserv

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amusing that it took one lefty to finally take the thinly veiled troll-bait of another "Intellectual" lefty?

MassCon,

June 12, 2008 - 16:08 ET by Indiana Joe

Very amusing! I was thinking the same thing.

;^)

No, it's not just you, MC

June 12, 2008 - 16:38 ET by SickofLibs

It's kinda like electronic gay sex.

Not there's anything wrong with that... maybe it could lead to buddy-hood for them here at NB.

"I'll do you and then you do me!"

News Flash: Actors and reporters are generally unintelligent

June 12, 2008 - 10:51 ET by ChrisMills

They might be tough businesses to get into, but obviously it doesn't require very much of a brain. Cusack, the MSM, MoveOn, and dems want to have a trashed economy and rights without national security or military agencies to protect our rights from those who wish to violate them.

I think it's pretty easy to

June 12, 2008 - 10:52 ET by Killgrave

I think it's pretty easy to pick out the half-dozen or so Hollywood conservatives and centrists. They are the ones committing themselves to simply entertain people, and keep their mouths shut when it comes to politics.

Their silence betrays them.

Say Nothing - Starring John Cusack

June 12, 2008 - 10:56 ET by suzycreamcheese

I know what you mean. I don't refuse to watch their movies because of some kind of childish boycotting. Frankly, I also can't separate the actor from the angry, non-sensical political activist that showed his or her true colors after Bush was elected.

I always knew most of Hollywood was liberal, but back in the good old days they just showed up, stood on an X, and said their lines. And that's where we parted company until the next movie. Now they're being shoved in my face and their vitriole is giving me migraines. I've already had my fill of them before their movie bombs even hit the theatres.

I had no idea that moving towards privatization of Social Security was a bad thing. Wouldn't the Hollywood millionaires want the little people to have some money as opposed to none when they retire?

Say Nothing - the sequel to "Say Anything"

June 12, 2008 - 14:26 ET by Hero Squad

Good one!

*****

"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will

I'm with you, Buck.

June 12, 2008 - 10:57 ET by bradbenj5952

I'm with you, Buck. Everytime one of these Hollywood simpletons comes
out with an attack against conservative (American) values, I put them
on my mental list and boycott anything they put out. Like that pink
little bunny, this list just keeps growing, and growing,
and...including but not limited to Richard Geer, Julia Roberts
(unfortunately), Barbara Streisand, Alec Baldwin, and on and on
and...and now, John Cusack.

"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." - C.S. Lewis

Most actors/actresses are

June 12, 2008 - 10:59 ET by tater

Most actors/actresses are puppets anyway. They'll regurgetate anything they are told to say as long as fame and fortune are at their footstool.

www.theholyrosary.org

"There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we can not resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary." -Sister Lucia

just another opportunity to get in front of a camera

June 12, 2008 - 11:37 ET by wizardjr

John Nutsack may or may not believe any of the stuff in this ad. He, like all actors, must keep his name (and face) in the limelight or wind up a has-been. They will take any job that does that.

Remember, this is a guy who makes a living pretending to be someone else. At the moment he's pretending to be someone "who really cares". Stupid. Inane. Understandable.

Well, they're used to being

June 12, 2008 - 16:10 ET by Indiana Joe

Well, they're used to being told what to say.

'Nuff said.

John Cusack's Move On Ad

June 12, 2008 - 11:01 ET by

I am a fan of Cusack's career (I really enjoyed High Fidelity, Gross Point Break, and Being John Malkovich, to name a few) but sometimes he disapoints me with his movie selections (Must Love Dogs, Serendipity).

Granted, his politics are coming from a more liberal point of view, but I don't know how this ad can be pegged as intelectually dishonest. Are his statements in the add not true? They seem accurate to me. It does not mean that they are wrong positions to have. But it does illustrate the difference between the two Presidential Candidates in the upcoming election.

The statements are

June 12, 2008 - 11:12 ET by Free Thinker

The statements are half-truths which makes them dishonest -

Nobody wants to keep troops in harms way, but we are at war and we must win and we will be in the regions for generations. Ignoring the consequences of leaving too early is irresponsible. Privatizing social security is made to sound like some evil plan here, but it is what is best for the future of a program that will be bankrupt before I am ever eligible. Nobody opposed healthcare for uninsured children last year, just a bill that was bad because it duplicated other bills already in place while adding a ton of extra costs to the taxpayer. And the whole line about advertisers who are "war profiteers" is just fringe left babble. Noel said it best, it is intellectually dishonest.

it's like most politcal ads though

June 12, 2008 - 11:15 ET by HamiltonNJ

they don't tell the whole story...he says 'well he voted against the GI bill that would help our troops when they get back from war', but doesn't say why...which is because it would basically give them free tuition after 3 years of service, which would absolutely crush the number of re-enlistments...and those re-enlistments are the backbone of our armed forces. But people who don't research things like this just see what John Cusack is saying and figure, 'Hey, John McCain doesn't like our troops.'

In reply to the two who replied to me.

June 12, 2008 - 12:02 ET by

You are right nobody wants to see the troops in harms way. I beleive that is one of the reasons Obama (and others) would like a phased withdrawl from Iraq. This would be a key policy diffeence between the two and something that should be highlighted. Granted, there has been a reduction in violence in the past months, but it is all not due to the Surge. The sectioning off of different sectarian (sp) groups and the fact that we now pay those who used to attack us factors into it as well. The thing I don't understand is that according to most polls, most Iraqis want us out, and our presence over there only adds to anti-america resentment . I want to clarify, I'm not saying that the Anti-American sentiment is justified, but it is a key factor in deciding how long we are to stay deployed in the region, among other things.

Not everyone beleives that privitizing social security is the only way to save it. The Century Foundation (which bills itself as an organization that uses a bi-partican approach) drafted a report that had twelve reasons why it would not work. According to them, it would dampen econimc growth, individuals would not invest accordingly, wall street would reap windfalls from our taxes, and young people would be worse off. IT also doesn't help that the war in Iraq, Tax Cuts, and the fact that we are in debt from places like Saudi Arabia, China, and Japan depletes any kind of treasury that would be available for social security. And here is a link to the Century Foundations Report: http://www.socsec.org/publications.asp?pubid=503#4

In regards to health care, Bush veoted the bill that was passed by the Senate, and I'll take Cusack's word for it that Mccain voted against it(is what the ad implies). I understand that those opposed to it didn't like the fact that some would drop out of private coverage and use public coverage instead, and that many people who could previously afford healthcare would take advantage of it. Those were some arguements against it that I didn't really buy into. It is also important to note that the bill that the president vetoed would have covered four million more children, and Bush wanted to make that number something like 500,000. The Democrats Bill would have cost 35 billion while Bush wanted something like 5 Billion. I think the number of children that would have been covered is a significant amount to bring attention to.

There are many organizations which I feel are huge war profiterers. Groups like the Carlyle Group, some of Haliburton's subsiduaries, and the Harris Group. I will say this is a systemic problem, and I don't think it is limited to one political group, but rather a bi-partician problem.

To Hamilton....

The amount of soldiers who would leave the army would be replaced by about the same amount of new recruits, due probably to the added incentives that the bill would create. I think providing a higher education would be the least we could do for an individual who served voluntarily in the army.

I understand the point you make, but you wrote "they don't tell the whole story...he says 'well he voted against the GI bill that would help our troops when they get back from war', but doesn't say why...which is because it would basically give them free tuition after 3 years of service, which would absolutely crush the number of re-enlistments...and those re-enlistments are the backbone of our armed forces." I would think most people who did the research into the GI Bill and discovered this in regards to tuition would be more inclined to disagree with McCain, ecspecially since recruiting would also rise.

but you missed the point

June 12, 2008 - 12:11 ET by HamiltonNJ

It's not about recruiting going up, its the fact that the troops who re-up are our most valuable and important. They're the ones who have already gone through bootcamp and already know what they're doing. If we just kept on replenishing troops after their 3 years of service with new recruits, it would really damage the skill and experience of our armed forces. It's like i said earlier, whichever side hollywood is on, you should probably take the other side.

been there done that... badly

June 12, 2008 - 14:36 ET by wizardjr

We had to suffer with the rotating door all during Viet Nam. I was Air Force and we got the ones running from the draft. I certainly don't blame them, a tour in the AF beats the heck out of stompin' around in Jungle Hell with an M-16. But it did suck for us as we had to put up with all these one-tour Johnnies taking up the money for schools, etc. and then bailing out at the first chance. The average knowledge level was very low on account of it. Very bad.

Raising the debate

June 12, 2008 - 12:50 ET by blogonator

Good analysis. I'm less interested in shooting the messenger than understanding what he's saying. It's a safe bet John Cusack didn't write that script. He is the messenger. Now what in the content of what he said is true, and what is false? That's where this discussion ought to be.

As political commercials go, I thought it was pretty ordinary. No explosions, no fades of OBL's face, no talk of coming armageddon with ominous voiceovers. Do Bush and McCain agree on some things, a lot of things? Sure. If that's as ugly as it gets, we're in for a quiet general election.

"The thing I don't

June 12, 2008 - 14:08 ET by ckc1227

"The thing I don't understand is that according to most polls, most
Iraqis want us out, and our presence over there only adds
to anti-america resentment ."

I'm sure most polls in Japan would have said they didn't want us to drop 2 a-bombs too. In other words, you don't run a war by polls, here or there.

"Not everyone beleives that privitizing social security is the only way to save it."

I've got a little newsflash for you: no solution for anything is backed by everyone. And frankly, the fact that the Century Foundation is concerned about Wall Street making money off of private accounts pretty much says all that needs to be said about where they're coming from. It's not even a reason, lol. And how come putting money in my own private account will dampen economic growth, but that same money going into the government run social security account won't? Frankly, we shouldn't be figuring out how to save social security to begin with. We should be figuring out how to get rid of it.

Stopped reading at those points in your post. No real point in going on.

POP QUIZ

June 12, 2008 - 11:22 ET by charlietexas

POP QUIZ

Who is John Cusack?

What movies has he done?

Which movies have done well?

Has he been nominated for any awards?

What was his last movie?

Who is his sister or is that John in drag??

last question

Who Cares??

not me, mom

Better off Dead

June 12, 2008 - 11:22 ET by JEB Stewart

One of my favorite movies...... "I want my 2 dollars"

Since that movie, I've

June 12, 2008 - 12:21 ET by Hero Squad

Since that movie, I've been unable to say "two dollars" without giving it that threatening-kid tone. Rarely does anyone ever get it. Yet stop it I do not.

Cusack's been in several good movies, though none since "Malkovich" and "Grosse Point Blank," as far as I can tell. He always seemed to be the decent-enough actor who picked his projects wisely.

*****

"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will

John Nutsak....

June 12, 2008 - 11:33 ET by connman

yet another pointless mouthpiece of the liberal elitists. This retoric will continue because that's all Barry can do. The strategy is to portray a depressed hopeless USA, and tell the voters that McCain is just 4 more years of GWB. This couln't be any further from the truth. There is very little these two share in beliefs and policies. BHO knows that conservatives will hold their nose and vote for McCain. Where as, he's gonna have a tough time getting moderate dems to do the same.

Chris Matthews: Obama's Win a 'Magic Moment,' Like 'Camelot'

This town needs an enema! - The Joker

Another one?

June 12, 2008 - 11:36 ET by AgentAmerican

John who?

Drill ANWAR

"Wouldn't it be nice if

June 12, 2008 - 11:40 ET by misterbee241

"Wouldn't it be nice if truth in advertising laws that every company in
America is subject to applied to political action committees and
campaigns?"

Hey, Cusak is only reading what somebody else wrote - that's how he makes his living. I very seriously doubt he even knows the time of day unless a director tells him or somebody holds it up on a cue card. I wish I could boycott Hollywood but I cant. I dont watch or buy their trash now.

There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745

241

June 12, 2008 - 14:42 ET by charlietexas

I think alot of people have boycotted Hollyweird. Not just cuzzzz of the really bad crap they hope we will watch. Cuzzzz of the crap John is spewing. Most of Hollywood is off my list. We don't see anything that any activist actors put out.

MOM

There is dishonesty in

June 12, 2008 - 12:23 ET by suzycreamcheese

There is dishonesty in every point Cusack makes, especially the way he words them. Even Obama would stay the course in Iraq--regardless of what he promises his fans--and if he did, would it be called "keeping our troops in harm's way"? Any soldier during wartime is in harm's way. This goes along with the misleading statement in the media that McCain wants the war to continue for 100 years.

And there were many rational reasons that Bush and others opposed the healthcare for uninsured kids. Cusack makes it seem like Bush doesn't care about the plight of poor children and it's not true.

The failure to include all

June 12, 2008 - 22:03 ET by cleverpig

The failure to include all possible counter arguments during a 30 second political ad does not constitute dishonesty. If there is anything factually incorrect in that ad, then you can complain about truth in advertising.

But the failure to tell

June 12, 2008 - 22:10 ET by Clear thinker

But the failure to tell the truth does constitute dishonesty.

"Abstain from McCain"

Whose top advertisers are

June 12, 2008 - 13:15 ET by red_dragon311

Whose top advertisers are linked to war profiteers?

So he is getting bad press because his ADVISORS are linked war profiteers.

yet Obama HIMSELF was IN BED with Rev Write, Bill Ayres, Father Pflager, Tony Rezco, Emil Jones.

Who tried to convince Americans to try to privatize our Social Security

yea convinceing people to keep the money they make and let them invest it where they want....how awful

the other points are just to out there to adress, it's the same as asking Johnny bot "so did you stop beating your wife"

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford

as a person who could not possibly care any less

June 12, 2008 - 13:19 ET by theduck6

about the lives and opinions of the liberal Hollywood left I find it interesting that anyone in their right minds (no pun intended) would give a rodent's rump what these miscreants think. I read about enough wierdness and psychosis in these unbalanced "celebrities" actions without even trying. I can't help but wonder what the real truth is. Cusak is no exception. There is a reason most of his characters a a little off center.

Shut up and act

June 12, 2008 - 13:21 ET by greenfairie

God save us from these buffoons who think they must "speak out" because they put on costumes and chew scenery for a living. Enough with starlets who believe that flashing their boobies in films makes them foreign policy experts. Does Mr. Cusack, who in recent years has unloaded some nasty diatribes against anyone who disagrees with him ("I want to p*** down their throats!!!"), honestly think he's going to change anyone's minds with this? It's just more preaching to the amen choir. At best it just reassures the MoveOn.org crowd they must be on the side of righteousness because Hollywood folks agree with them. Maybe that's all there is to it.

Only the weak-minded would

June 12, 2008 - 16:52 ET by Chris Norman

Only the weak-minded would be swayed because of what a liberal actor says. I suppose one could say the Democrats are the party of the weak-minded.

I'll defend Cusack

June 12, 2008 - 20:14 ET by pbthinker

I'll defend John Cusack, although I disagree with the tactics of Move-on. People know what that organization is all about, they know the hatred that they disseminate, and they tend to deal with the people that speak for them accordingly. Mr. Cusack has every right to say what he wants and we, as Americans, have every right to avoid his movies and television shows, like the plague.

This is the year the Democrats should be able to clean house and what are they doing? They send out move-on to do ads, the won't pass legislation allowing us to drill, they're still playing politics with the war, they let moonbat Kucinich do his impeachment thing, and they've put forth the weakest candidate of the group they started with. Sounds like a death wish to me.

Democrats: Stuck on Stupid since 2000.