Entertainment Tonight reports actress Cybill Shepherd -- most recently of the Showtime lesbian drama The L Word -- finds the prospect of Vice President Palin "terrifying," and even inaccurately claims Palin's so opposed to women's rights that she opposes "the right to birth control." The actress was in New York for More magazine, the periodical for women over 40:
"Any respect I had left for McCain was completely gone when he chose Sarah Palin," she tells ET. "To subject our nation to being that close to having someone so obviously unqualified is terrifying..."
"She's absolutely against women's rights -- the right to choose, the right to end an unwanted pregnancy, the right to have birth control, the right to biological integrity; she's totally against it," explains Cybill. "We've just experienced a financial catastrophe in this country, we're still going through it, and having John McCain and Sarah Palin in office would be another American catastrophe."
Previously, at the premiere for the Robert De Niro Hollywood comedy 'What Just Happened,' Cybill also gave us an earful: "There's no way that she could ever make the grade. I'm sure she's a wonderful woman, but she's completely unqualified, and anybody with any sense knows that. And I think it's almost cruel to subject someone who's so totally unprepared to fulfill [the job]. It's one of the most frightening things that I could ever conceive of, is her being president."
Cybill is routinely terrified at the thought of conservatives taking power. From the vault of the old MRC newsletter Tv Etc. comes a quote from an issue of People magazine, August 27, 1990 to be precise, in which Shepherd declared "I'm absolutely terrified." The cause was the undetermined abortion position of Supreme Court nominee David Souter. Let's hope there's more cause for Cybill to be scared of conservative clout this time.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.




















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Cybill FOS
October 8, 2008 - 16:26 ET by MaximusBraveheartHow do these brain-dead Hokeywood Elites even get jobs? She cannot even get her facts straight. So not killing your baby is bad? That is so threatening? What a joke.
M-B
Well
October 8, 2008 - 17:05 ET by 10ksnookerThey are good at reading teleprompters, using the right voice inflections while doing so, and waving their arms to cue. Come to think of it, that's what Obama does.
Most call this form of communications, ACTING.
Poor Cybill
October 9, 2008 - 00:01 ET by doug1950I hesitate to refer to her as an "actress" because even with all her years in Hollywood and acting classes, she still sucks at the art. Her acting abilities are right up there with most high school little theater clubs. She is literally painful to watch. If qualifications were a disclaimer for her own profession she would be a has been...oh wait...she is. She is just one more air head model turned actor who is trying to get some face time by blasting Governor Palin. Most of them have to have others handle them because they are too stupid to think for themselves, manage their money, raise their kids by their multiple partners. The sheer definition of confusion is Fathers' Day in Hollywood. Every time one of the Hollywood crowd opens their mouths they expose their ignorance.
...and just what is "the
October 8, 2008 - 16:30 ET by Darwin Akbar...and just what is "the right to biological intergrity," Ms. High-School Dropout?
It used to be called the
October 8, 2008 - 16:41 ET by stratmanIt used to be called the Integument System, also known as "skin".
Cybill's been a sandwich short of a picnic for a long time.
I will, however, ignore her ignorance and bitterness and forever remember her as she was in The Last Picture Show.
? Biological Integrity-Huh?
October 8, 2008 - 16:54 ET by PicnicI too am a woman over 40, and I never knew I had "biological integrity" or that I was in jeopardy of losing it-Thank God Cybill set me straight. But then I fogot- isn't she a graduate of the Genine Garofalo School of International Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Susan Sarandon Institute for Public Policy Research and Development?
I thought she graduated
October 8, 2008 - 17:55 ET by JerryI thought she graduated from the Rosie O'Donnell Fire Can't Melt Steel Institute of Intellectual Incapacitation.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Almost immediately after
October 8, 2008 - 16:33 ET by lotrAlmost immediately after Palin hit the national scene, I knew the Left would despise her. Not just because of her postions on issues, but because she's a woman and she walks the walk, something they want to excuse themselves from.
Memo to the envy-consumed Cybill: She absolutely is for human rights. She's smart and possess a natural political talent -- get over yourself and deal with it.
And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all. -- Edgar Allan Poe
Another "has been"....shoots..
October 8, 2008 - 16:34 ET by BEGRUNTher mouth off.......how about a collective WHO CARES???
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
BEGRUNT,
October 8, 2008 - 17:17 ET by Indiana JoeCount me in.
"... smells like.... victory." - Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
Thirded
October 9, 2008 - 08:26 ET by prasrinivaraShe was at best a third-rater as an actress, now she shows her eighth-rate mind through her comments.
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Sybil
October 8, 2008 - 16:39 ET by Gothampc"She's absolutely against women's rights -- the right to choose, the right to end an unwanted pregnancy, the right to have birth control, the right to biological integrity; she's totally against it," explains Cybill."
Ronald Reagan - 8 years in office
George Bush - 4 years in office
George W. Bush - 8 years in office
20 years of Republican leadership and I still don't see women's rights disappearing. So what is this airhead's proof that in January 2009 all women will be chained to their kitchen stoves and forced to procreate?
Gothampc: Precisely.
October 8, 2008 - 16:54 ET by stratmanGothampc:
Precisely. Abortion policy and procedure have expanded since it's codification in 1973 Roe v. Wade.
The Democrats use fearmongering to gain votes and money. One of the only times abortion has hit a wall was the Partial Birth issue. Even over the counter post-coital emergency abortifactants are sold at a store near you - no persciption, no question.
More than a handful of people believe SCOTUS can relook at abortion capriciously, out of thin air, without an actual case in question.
The ignorance is epidemic, and it is used by Democrats for gain.
strat,
October 8, 2008 - 17:23 ET by Indiana JoeGot a new slogan for the left:
"Democrats: Selling Fear to the Ignorant For Over 35 Years."
Hmm. Not a bad tag-line, CTTOI. ;^)
"... smells like.... victory." - Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
Indiana Joe: Excellent!
October 8, 2008 - 23:57 ET by stratmanIndiana Joe:
Excellent! I like it.
IJ ...like strat...I love
October 9, 2008 - 00:00 ET by bigtimerIJ ...like strat...I love it too..
Now what the heck does CTTOI mean?
I'm behind times...at times.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
bigtimer: I had to look that
October 10, 2008 - 03:36 ET by stratmanbigtimer:
I had to look that one up!
CTTOI - Come To Think Of It
Maybe she would have more credibility
October 9, 2008 - 08:32 ET by prasrinivaraHad she actually organised and led protests against FORCED abortions outside the Embassies of India (through societal pressures) and China (government, part of one-child policy). Of course, this applies to all other pro-aborts (euphemistically termed "pro-choice", forced-abortion issue exposes their true colours gaudily).
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Cybill is jealous
October 8, 2008 - 16:43 ET by cocodrieCybill is way past her prime and has been outclassed by an Alaskan hick. Cybill has never had the class, looks or intelligence Gov. Palin has. I used the term "hick" as a compliment - that's what I am.
Shepherd, an admitted
October 8, 2008 - 17:25 ET by pocomocoShepherd, an admitted Hollywood whore since her beauty queen days (you can read all about it in her tell-all book), is all of a sudden talking about values?
What’s wrong with this picture?
I guess she stopped........
October 8, 2008 - 20:24 ET by BEGRUNTpulling a "train" long enough to give an interview. I wonder who the "caboose" was?
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
Can ... not ... stop ... laughing ...
October 8, 2008 - 16:52 ET by retroconLet me get this right...
Actress Cybill Shepard is accusing Governor Sarah Palin of being "completely unqualified" to be VP?
Wait, more milk coming out of my nose... wait...
Sorry.
Reality... she's alot like one of my neighbors... totally emotionally bound to the concept of female "biological integrity." In other words, abortion-on-demand. My neighbor is a reasonable person in every other way, even if you turn the conversation to politics, she will take liberal sides with very minimal enthusiasm ... UNTIL pro-life/choice is mentioned -- then lookout, it instantly becomes easier to have a conversation with an active volcano!!!
My bet is that (snark) Cybill is the same way.
Cybill Shepherd--isn't she
October 8, 2008 - 16:58 ET by HockeyKidCybill Shepherd--isn't she that nutjob with multiple personality disorder?
It must be depressing to
October 8, 2008 - 16:59 ET by billbIt must be depressing to grow old UNgracefully!
Who cares what Cybill has
October 8, 2008 - 17:01 ET by bigtimerWho cares what Cybill has to say...she is old news...
Btw...just what the heck is ....the right to biological integrity?
I swear the new phrases these old NOW type of clucking hens come up with are simply amusing.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Cybill the Has-Been
October 8, 2008 - 17:02 ET by Unsane...and when exactly was the last time this has-been amounted to anything? I think the last time I saw her on TV was for a Rolling Stone commercial...in 1988!!!
Whoever casts a vote for Obama-Biden is nothing more than a common thief. Whoever fails to vote against them is nothing more than a moral coward.
Uns... I think it was The
October 8, 2008 - 17:06 ET by bigtimerUns...
I think it was The Last Picture Show for me...lol.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
When I think of Palin, I
October 8, 2008 - 17:11 ET by mostlymoderateWhen I think of Palin, I think of integrity, intelligence, passion, good looks, discipline and fierce motivation. When I think of Cybil Shepherd, I think of has-been, casting-couch, golf-ball and garden hose.
No "right to biological integrity" for that child
October 8, 2008 - 17:21 ET by CobraMan"the right to biological integrity"
It's too bad that liberals like Cybill Shepherd do not believe that the right to "biological integrity" should be extended to unborn children when those children are RIPPED from their mother's womb (usually in several pieces) and discarded like an empty Latte container.
Tell me, Cybll, where's your concern for the RIGHTS of that unborn child?
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
...and I care what this old
October 8, 2008 - 17:27 ET by msh1973...and I care what this old hag has to say because....
Cybill Shepard has been a nutjob her entire adult life. Women's "rights", according to the left only includes the right to kill your unborn child. What do we expect from the Godless?
Honestly, Tim,
October 8, 2008 - 17:28 ET by Indiana JoeCybil Shepherd doesn't deserve the attention it takes to point out what a bitter, washed-up, never-been, inconsequential old b*tch she is. If agreeing with her is right, I'd rather be wrong.
Who cares what she thinks... about anything?
"... smells like.... victory." - Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
Who?
October 8, 2008 - 18:11 ET by RHRobinsonMDCybill, Cybill, we hardly knew ye. And still don't care what you think. Join Has Been Entertainers for Obama and put a cork in that whine.
First, what is it you want us to pay taxes for? Tell me what I get and perhaps I'll buy it. - Robert Heinlein
Cybil...too ignorant
October 8, 2008 - 17:32 ET by LionKingExactly why you should NOT vote for Barack Obama. If you applied your logic truthfully, you would see this.
Huh?
October 8, 2008 - 18:30 ET by cheeflo"She's absolutely against women's rights -- the right to choose, the right to end an unwanted pregnancy, the right to have birth control, the right to biological integrity ..."
To begin with, in today's context, the "right to choose" is "the right to end an unwanted pregnancy." It's abortion, no matter how you euphemize it. Shepherd speaks as if they are two different things. (Incidentally, Cybill, there is no "right" to abortion, period. Nothing on your list is a right.)
Palin isn't against contraception. She is against abortion on demand.
And I can only assume Shepherd is referring to Margaret Sanger's position on "biological integrity." Sanger was a vocal proponent of eugenics.
Lost in all this "choice" nonsense is the fact that women are free to make choices for themselves any time they want to. But that's not what the "choice" argument is really about. It's about insulating stupid or careless women from the consequences of their bad choices and enshrining it as something noble or heroic.
Eugenics vs abortion
October 8, 2008 - 18:35 ET by LionKingActually based on the demographics of abortion, it is very consistent with eugenics.
It is no wonder that an elitist like Margaret Sanger would be a proponent of both.
[Excellent observation cheeflo]
LK and cheeflo --
October 8, 2008 - 22:41 ET by Scout FinchThat's the dirty little secret pro-abortion supporters don't want anyone to know about. Ms. Sanger's real goal in abortion was to weed out the offspring of the poor and ignorant.
She was right about one thing. It has weeded out some of the ignorant. Google "Roe effect" if you don't capisce.
"the right to choose, the
October 8, 2008 - 18:46 ET by Jerry"the right to choose, the right to end an unwanted pregnancy, the right to have birth control, the right to biological integrity"
Aren't these all the same issue.... ABORTION?
The right to choose - Abortion.
The right to end an unwanted pregnancy - Abortion.
The right to have birth control - Abortion (for liberals, Abortion is their preferred method of birth control).
The right to biological integrity - Abortion (what else could it possibly mean?)
It truly is a religion to the radical left.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Cybil WHO??
October 8, 2008 - 19:14 ET by MexNobamaWasn't she a sex symbol like 40 years ago or something like that?
Guess she needs to ride Sarah's skits back into the spotlight.
MexNobama,
October 8, 2008 - 22:22 ET by Indiana Joe"Wasn't she a sex symbol like 40 years ago or something like that?"
In theory, I guess. She never did anlything for me.
Maybe I was too young. >;^)>
"... smells like.... victory." - Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore, Apocalypse Now
Cybill - right to choose
October 8, 2008 - 19:26 ET by pummyits so funny that they will protect convicted murderers and rapists from the death penalty yet merrily run down to PPH to subject babies to dismemberment suction.. lets change the description of the death penalty to "delayed late term abortion" and "choose" to flush the thugs out of our prison system via high powered vacume hoses ripping them to pieces on their way down the drain. Same thing right? Well... it was a thought.
Hey, pummy
October 8, 2008 - 22:27 ET by Indiana JoeAnother first-timer. Welcome to the best site on the web! When I was a kid, my dad had a pal nicknamed "Pum." From back in PA. Never heard the name otherwise.
As to your thought, sounds good to me. And it brings up another dichotomy in the "anti-death-penalty, pro-abortion" leftist bi-polar disorder; why is it they're so concerned that a mass-murderer may suffer a little discomfort, but totally unworried and dismissive of any possible suffering of the unborn? Never occurred to me in those terms.
Talk about schizoid!
"... smells like.... victory." - Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore, Apocalypse Now
Cybill the slut is nothing
October 8, 2008 - 19:26 ET by midnight cowboyCybill the slut is nothing but a washed up wrinkling sperm depository. Who cares what she thinks.
Cybill who?
October 8, 2008 - 19:31 ET by AFBayouPatriotCybill Shepherd, wasn't she that dolt who played the opinionated feminazi across from Bruce Willis in that TV show? Sure did wonders for Bruce's career, I guess her parinoid, liberal attitude and mouth didn't do much for her, except in the crazy NAG circles and low budget cable TV shows. Sarah Palin should scare the wits out of the feminists, because she is walking, living proof that in order for a woman to be successful, you don't need organizations as NOW, who preach abortion and hatred. Sarah got where she is today by herself, using good old fashioned common sense, plain talk, doing what she says she is going to do, by being a good mother and wife and not being a ranting, hating liberal. Run scared dumb girl Cybill, be very scared.
Yeah, Cybill...I'm sure Sarah Palin and John McCain...
October 8, 2008 - 19:51 ET by PrairieSkyare both losing sleep at night because you don't like them...
Get over yourself, you irrelevant, self-important twit.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
I'm sure she's a wonderful
October 8, 2008 - 20:02 ET by fitzfongI'm sure she's a wonderful woman, but she's completely unqualified, and anybody with any sense knows that. And I think it's almost cruel to subject someone who's so totally unprepared to fulfill [the job].
And Cybill knows unqualified and unprepared...after all, she slept with Gray Davis.
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fitz.... ...Ewwww...that's
October 8, 2008 - 20:11 ET by bigtimerfitz....
...Ewwww...that's the first I have heard of that...that says enough right there about her...
I'm still going ewwwwww in my mind...Gray Davis...yuck.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Celebrity "Idiots" and Idiocy
October 9, 2008 - 05:32 ET by NKurucCybill Shepard's stupid comments regarding Sarah Palin demonstrates the state of political discourse in this country. Celebrity after celebrity has come out for Obama. Most of them have not only come out in favor of this empty suited fool, but have made extremely negative and downright rude comments about the two Republican candidates. One can only hope that the "real" voters in this country show up on election day. This all started with the first election almost eight years ago. The Democratic Party has never given George Bush a break for beating another empty suit in Al Gore. What they don't realize is that they have nominated two do nothings in the last two elections, and have no one to balme but themselves.
I know I always value the opinion of...
October 9, 2008 - 07:18 ET by Paul Atreidessomeone whose career peaked playing second fiddle to Bruce Willis in his breakthrough role.
Is it any wonder that Cybill values abortion so much, since she has slept around so much?
Democrats- Party of Hate!
October 9, 2008 - 07:30 ET by ChasvsReminds you of a particular religion doesn't it?
Time to take it to the streets and rid ourselves of this trash.
I was thinking the other day...
October 9, 2008 - 08:28 ET by Paul AtreidesSince the left thinks that we should have National Progressives' Radio, Progressives' Broadcasting System, the National Endowment for The Artless, etc., the funding should come for all of it solely by taxing the entertainment industry, particularly Hollywood.
For all of the talk about corporate CEOs pay scales, how about the pay scales of some celebs getting tens of millions per picture when they already have hundreds of millions in the bank. Why don't they share the wealth with the poor kid who has to work the ticket booth at the theater or the cameraman or whoever?
'Tootsie' paraphrase...
October 9, 2008 - 07:36 ET by AmericanEnergist'Were you ever REALLY famous Cybill?'
'Well, no...'
'Then how can you be a has been??'
www.ArmchairEnergist...
Pocomoco
October 9, 2008 - 08:51 ET by SpikerExactly. My first thought was "here is a woman who brags about sleeping with half of Hollywood in her younger years, and now she wants to be some kind of authority on what is acceptable for a VP candidate?"
Why am I supposed to take anything she says seriously, anyway? The whole "oh no! They're going to outlaw abortions!" scare tactic is so over-played. There hasn't been one move toward overturning Roe v. Wade, and this with 8 years of Bush, appointing Roberts and Alito, etc.
I am so tired of these Hollywood twits. I think the all time classic was 2004 when Cameron Diaz (another pinhead model turned lousy actress) proclaimed that re-electing GWB would legitimize women being raped. What?
I can only imagine what that rocket scientist has to say about Gov. Palin.
Cameron Diaz actually said
October 9, 2008 - 09:32 ET by lotrCameron Diaz actually said that? Yet another actress added to my very long Hollywood "don't patronize" list. Wish I could say it was a huge sacrifice, boycotting all these celebs, but it's actually quite liberating to the mind and pocketbook.
And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all. -- Edgar Allan Poe
Remind me again why I should listen to...
October 9, 2008 - 09:13 ET by Ole_SargeCybill Shepherd, a former teen model, appeared in a few movies and once was a TV actress?
Another Hollywood Airhead
October 9, 2008 - 09:31 ET by DaMamaSo Cybill Shepherd thinks that abortion is birth control? Another Hollywood know-nothing airhead.
I hope these Hollywood idiots keep right on talking. The more they open their mouths, the more stupid they appear. They keep proving that the only thing they are good for is memorizing lines and pretending to be someone else for a living.
Why anyone would listen to this bimbo or any other Hollywood actor is beyond all reason. Madonna and her grade-school temper tantrum ("I won't let Sarah Palin attend any of my shows!". I can just see her folding her arms and stamping her feet while she spews this stuff), Chevy Chase and his despicable comments..... I could go on and on. These people are out of touch with reality.
Hollywood is just a cesspool - not the place to find political advice.
DaMama
October 9, 2008 - 09:40 ET by lotrWhen you hear a leftist feminsta say so-and-so is "anti-Birth Control," it is liberal-speak for "anti-'emergency contraception'." Never mind the fact that MSM terms like "emergency contraception," "Plan B," and the like are, in and of themselves, euphemisms for levonorgestrel, l-norgestrel, D-norgestrel, and other similar high-dose artificial chemical female hormones.
And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all. -- Edgar Allan Poe
they've got a hundred
October 9, 2008 - 13:43 ET by TruthMongerthey've got a hundred different ways to euphemistically say "I support baby-killing"
Journalism is the opium of the liberals
Cybill has loved her some dead babies
October 9, 2008 - 13:17 ET by greenfairieShe has been a pro-abortion nut for decades. God knows how many she's had given the number of people she's slept with.