'Game Change' Stars and Execs Gave $200K to Democrats, Zero to Republicans

By Noel Sheppard | March 07, 2012 | 20:04

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Days before HBO's anti-Republican propaganda film "Game Change" premieres, it has been revealed that the top stars and executives involved in the movie have given $200,000 to Democrats and liberal causes over the years.

By contrast, according to the Hollywood Reporter, they've given exactly nothing to Republicans:

Ed Harris, who plays Sen. John McCain, has given $9500 to Democratic candidates, and since 1998, the actor has also donated $11,975 to liberal special-interest groups like MoveOn.org, Emily¹s List and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. His donations to Republicans and conservative causes: Zero.
Woody Harrelson, who stars as Steve Schmidt, chief strategist for McCain-Palin, has given $4,300 to Democratic candidates, and donated $3,500 to liberal causes like GreenVote and the Hollywood Women¹s Political Committee. Republican anc conservative donations: Zero.
Jay Roach, Game Change's director/co-executive producer, gave $15,800 to the Democrats. And to Republicans and conservatives: Zero.
Producer Tom Hanks has given away over a hundred grand to the Democratic party, and since 1994, Hanks has also donated $36,500 to liberal causes like Midwest Values Pac, founded by Democratic Sen. Al Franken. Republican and conservative donations: Zero.
Julianne Moore, who stars as Palin, donated $2,250 to the Democrats, and $7,500 to special-interest groups like the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic White House Victory Fund. To Republicans and conservative causes: Zero.
Game Change co-executive producer and writer (adaptation) Danny Strong, gave $2500 to the Obama Victory Fund in 2008. To Republicans: Zero.

Color me VERY unsurprised.

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"Color me VERY unsurprised."

Submitted by Rush Fan on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 8:17pm.

Me too.

Another reason not to watch HBO.

Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 9:08pm.

Locked out of my cable box anyways.

Julianne Moore must be desperate for work...

Submitted by gruyere cheese on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 9:10pm.

Palin's character according to liberals was best portrayed by that SNL chick. Can't remember her name because I don't watch that show. I remember because she was the liberal darling of the show during an after Sarah Palin's political momentum. Can anyone recall a movie Julianne Moore and Ed Harris have starred on recently? Tom Hanks is becoming a has been, his movie with Julia Roberts in 2011 flopped. As for Woody Harrelson, when was the last time his name was on a movie marquee? Nuff said.

Woody is in the Hunger Games.

Submitted by balboa on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 9:43pm.

Woody is in the Hunger Games.

Doubt that Julianne is desperate.

Jeez, Mumia, er, Bal.

Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 9:50pm.

I do believe the question was, what movie have Julianne Moore or Ed Harris starred in, lately.

And Woody is probably there because he thought that Hunger Games referred to what happens after he hits a phatty.

To re-elect Obama would be like the Titanic backing up and hitting the iceberg again.

Still kooky!

Submitted by balboa on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 9:53pm.

Still kooky!

Which part?

Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 1:45am.

Where I pointed out that neither Harris or Moore hasn't starred in anything lately? That Harrelson is just a doper?

Or, are you just stuck for an intelligent response?

To re-elect Obama would be like the Titanic backing up and hitting the iceberg again.

Where you were just being

Submitted by balboa on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 12:26pm.

Where you were just being yourself.

You tell him cop killer lover.

Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 10:51pm.

You, the guy that has all the evidence of the innocence of convicted cop killers under his bed while they rot in jail, have the lowdown on kookiness. Anytime, cop killer lover, anytime you want to release that evidence and finally free Mumia and Asata, we are still waiting as usual.

Mr. Cheese is right that

Submitted by FatFred on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 11:06am.

Mr. Cheese is right that Moore, Harris, and even Harrelson haven't had any good movies recently. I mean...we should ABSOLUTELY use an actor's resume as a basis for political discourse.

Can anyone remember a campaign that Sarah Palin has recently won, a job from which she didn't quit, or a position on which she has recently been a winner?

HBO is gone

Submitted by stunned on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 9:37pm.

I cancelled HBO because of this project and let them know between Maher and this crap I was gone. A couple of my friends also dropped them. Don't miss it at all.

tired of liberal lies

With blatent libs like

Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 11:31pm.

With blatent libs like Harris, Harrelson, and Hanks.............why WOULD we expect any other result??? And with these people in the 'movie', why WOULD anyone want to watch it either??? As for the lady.......Moore - I don't know anything about her, but I'm sure that she's in the same boat - and couldn't wait to portray Palin, so that she could make her look like the 'idiot' that all the libs say that she is - without giving any kind of telling examples.

Of course, I could give them ENDLESS examples of how idiotic Boy Blunder is - it happens every day!!!

Why should the best actor get the best part?

Submitted by Vandamage2000 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 11:37pm.

Only Actors sympathetic to the characters they are portraying should be allowed to get those roles.

This is a new low for Newsbusters. What a lame story.

Not at all, Van, The real low is that ---

Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 12:22am.

you are still stinking up the joint with your lame lib BS.

"The credibility of the story is undermined by the selection of sources." - (h/t Jer)

And who might that 'best

Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 1:23am.

And who might that 'best actor' be, Von Damaged??? And I would take the position that ANY of these mediocre actors are NOT 'sympathetic' to the characters that they are portraying, but in fact were DROOLING to play these parts, so that they could further their own, as well as the producers, belief that these 'characters' are idiotic dumb narrow-minded intolerant women-hating sexist bigoted homophobic Republicans................and I don't have to see this dumb movie to know where it is going and what message it is trying to get across.

You're quite a moron, VD...............I have to give you credit where credit is due. I'd say that you are a 'new low' for NB, but actually, I've seen posters and trolls here that actually give you a (very) small modicum of precience............but don't let it go to your head, because it isn't enough to brag about.

Have you seen the film?

Submitted by Vandamage2000 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 11:16am.

I will hold off my criticisim of the film until I've seen it. Do you think people who portray Hitler in films should be Hitler fans?

I'm not here to personally insult anyone particular. I think the story is lame. The personal political contributions of actors doesn't matter.

You're STILL not making any

Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 12:55pm.

You're STILL not making any sense, as usual, Mr. Damaged. You specifically stated that actors should be 'sympathetic' to the characters that they play.....................and in this particular case, ALL of the actors are politically OPPOSED to the people that they are purporting to portray - as well as the producers and directors, and as well as the cable channel that is presenting the movie.................but, of course, the 'personal political contributions of the actors doesn't matter', right???

I'm willing to bet that if some 'right wing whacko' actor..................say, a black conservative (and ANY 'black' American is more credible to his 'race' than Boy Barry, who is a poser)...............had donated a substantial sum of money to the Republican party, and was picked to portray Boy BlahBlah in a movie, you and millions of other libs would be going haywire with your protests.

At any rate, I cancelled my HBO account, not only for the obvious reasons, but also because I hardly ever watched it - it's that lame.................so I WON'T hold off any critism of the film, whether I watch it or not. I allready know where it's coming from.

By the way, there's enought footage of the REAL Hitler that there is no reason to watch any dumb films about him - but I DO find it interesting that you would use Hitler as an example when we are discussing the Democrat party and Barry O'bama, so I guess you've actually swerved into a truthful statement...........for once.

You dont know sarcasm

Submitted by Vandamage2000 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:53pm.

Why does sympathy to characters/real figures have to do with acting? Dude, you think everyone who played Nixon should have been a Nixon voter? Did you check out who Frank Langella donated money to? Who cares?

killa kicked your ---

Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 6:32pm.

stupid statements to pieces and now you are going to hide behind 'it was sarcasm'?

That's about equal to the premise that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hide behind when getting slammed for egregious BS they come up with - "I'm just a comedian'.

"The credibility of the story is undermined by the selection of sources." - (h/t Jer)

MD, seems that VD is hung up on the "Duuuuude" salutation.

Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 6:50pm.

I wonder if he's posting from the computer in study hall, or the one in mom's basement?

To re-elect Obama would be like the Titanic backing up and hitting the iceberg again.

UpNorth, this one seems vaguely familiar, ---

Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 7:24pm.

but then, all trolls share certain characteristics.

Can't quite put my fire axe on it yet, but sooner or later ---. :o)

"The credibility of the story is undermined by the selection of sources." - (h/t Jer)

I'm home for the day now, and

Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 7:40pm.

I'm home for the day now, and doing some business research on my new project, and keeping my fingers crossed that we can do our concrete pour tomorrow - the weather has been MURDER over here!!

But I'm still trying to figure out where the 'sarcasm' was from ol' Venereal Disease............and although I consider myself to be a fairly sharp and attentive guy, he seems to have gone over my head on that one.

I'll help you out

Submitted by Vandamage2000 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 7:44pm.

My sarcastic statement was "All actors should be sympathetic to the characters they portray."

Why would that be relevant? Do you think actors who portray serial killers in film should be big fans of the real life serial killers? Come on, you're smarter than that!

Why does the personal politics of actors matter? Didnt Dennis Hopper play a Democrat in "Swing Vote"?

Money vs. Politics

Submitted by sentry_99 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 8:06pm.

Actors are dumb. No doubt. They do however, make enough money to hire agents. Most of them have good ones. So when an actor gets offered a part or seeks a part that would be good for their career and make them money, they don't care what the part is really.

So why would an actor take a role based on a book that made little money and whose sourcing was so spotty only blind partisan hacks believe a word of it? Maybe because they care more about the agenda behind the movie. This craptastic movie isn't some artsy-fartsy indie film big names do every so often, it's just garbage that liberal flies are drawn to.

Well, Van, I understand the

Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 9:25pm.

Well, Van, I understand the 'sympathetic' part of your statement............but in this case, I'm stickin' (Obamaspeak) to my original thought....................HBO, the producer, the director, the actors and actresses, the subject matter, etc......................add'em all up and what do you get??? A psuedo-documentary designed to make Sarah Palin look as bad as the MSM has gone out of their way to portray her.................I'll be happy to have somebody tell me I'm wrong.

And Michael LardAss Moron's 'movies' are the same thing - psudeo-documentaries.

Killa, Kona's to Trades, a 2 for one special...

Submitted by upcountrywater on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 8:19pm.

Sorry soggy jungle fellow Asian ...take 2. It's still winterrrrr...

You Didn't Build That.

Well, no ka oi, it's a really

Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 9:31pm.

Well, no ka oi, it's a really nice afternoon here today - first time we've seen sunshine in 6 days..............with gutsy (as opposed to gusty) trades blowing, which is good for drying the wet earth. I've got the trucks scheduled for mid-morning tomorrow, so I really hope the weather doesn't fall apart!!! It's a real balancing act setting up a concrete pour, between the pump, the concrete, the termite treatment guys, the hired hands, the building inspector, and....................the weather??? And I think the road to Hanalei has finally re-opened, although the people in Haena are still questionable, because there were a couple of landslides on that curvy cliffside road, and I think their power was off for 2-3 days, as of yesterday.

Ok then killla.. we are now the wettest island... Ka oi

Submitted by upcountrywater on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 10:09pm.

so there Big Bog Baby

Aloha Friday pour, oh pray that the surf is flat, and the beers stay in the cooler..

You Didn't Build That.

Don't kid yourself, meat!!!

Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 10:33pm.

Don't kid yourself, meat!!! You've got ONE place with that much rain??? We've got about 70% of our island like that!!! And I think the northshore got about 40 inches in the past 3-4 days..............maybe more!!! And anyway, that 'wettest place in the world' thing is fluid (no pun intended, although that came out pretty good!!!), because it can change at any time.

The surf is crappy, and I don't know how the ocean looks, other than from a distance by my jobsite - it was looking like melted chocolate for the past few days, and I DON'T go near it like that!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh...........you're right - we've gotta have some brewskis on ice for after the concrete work - that's a guaran-ball-barren!!!!

No killa

Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 8:35pm.

He's not over your head, he's twisting himself inside out and upside down trying to cover his stupidity.

Proud member of the 53%!

Just like Rush..

Submitted by Vandamage2000 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 7:40pm.

I'm just an entertainer.

⇒ Not really

Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 7:45pm.

In the same sense that you're not a poet until someone calls you a poet, it's not permitted that you be the judge of your own entertainment ability.

Only in a car wreck kind of way, VD.

Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 7:52pm.

You know, where everyone slows down to gawk at the idiot who ran off a straight road and hit the only tree for 7 miles in any direction.

To re-elect Obama would be like the Titanic backing up and hitting the iceberg again.

Y'know, Van...............I

Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 10:34pm.

Y'know, Van...............I used to get some pretty good acid - back in the day. It appears that the modern acid that you're on only makes you delusional in a complete detached-from-reality sort of way.

I'm sure it will be as

Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 1:32am.

I'm sure it will be as accurate and unbiased as "The Reagans" and "Recount" were.

A gun in your hand beats a cop on the phone.

I'll be watching something else Sat night

Submitted by jpwcpa on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:24am.

Rather than watch this uber-libfest called Game Change, I will settle in to watch Gigli, then Ishtar, then Stop or My Mom Will Shoot, then a yet-to-be-determined selection of Lindsay Lohan films.

Post Turtle

Submitted by FatFred on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 11:23am.

I can't wait to see this movie about the nation's biggest post turtle since Gerald Ford!

Would it make a difference to NB to if Noel Sheppard donated $1,750 to David Duke's 1988 presidential debacle? Would it matter if his grandfather used to be McCarthy's closeted lover? Does NB care if Noel Sheppard used to wrangle male interns for Mark Foley and Ted Haggard? If not, then what would this story matter? Even Noel says in her own post "VERY unsurprised'....so why report the story then?

Who cares how much money an ACTOR gave to which candidates? Are we so hung-up on Hollywood actors that we pretend to give a rip how they spend their money?