In a movie role miscasting that would be akin to picking Michael Moore to portray George W. Bush, a new flick that is starting production soon will feature an unlikely actor as the president of the United States of America. Leftist activist, and virulent anti-American Danny Glover has been tapped to star as a U.S. president that will be confronted with a "global cataclysm" in the film "2012."
There's a "cataclysm" alright. That such a U.S. hater would be picked to star as the occupant of the White House is as big a disaster as can be imagined. It is just amazing how Hollywood likes to stick their fingers in the eyes of the American public. Of all the actors in LaLaLand that they could pick to take the role of POTUS, they have to pick Glover, one of the worst anti-Americans in the business. And in a business over flowing with folks with anti-American ideas, that is really saying something.
The film is being written and directed by Roland Emmerich the director responsible for the recent stinker "10,000 BC." After finishing up with her role as Condi Rice in Oliver Stone’s Bush debacle, super cute Thandie Newton is also reported to be in talks to play another part she is utterly unsuited for, Danny Glover's daughter!
So, why do I say that Glover is the least likely actor to portray an American president? Let's review just a few of Glover's greatest hits, if you will.
In 2001, just after 9/11 Glover spoke to an anti-death penalty forum at Princeton University. There he said the following: "One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country, whether it's been against Nicaragua, Vietnam or wherever." And later added, "I've been an advocate for peace my whole life. But one of the main purveyors of violence in this world is this country."
He also said that he would be against the death penalty for bin Laden at that same appearance.
In 2003, Glover said that Americans showed a "rabid [post-9/11] nationalism that has its own kind of potential of being maniacal, in some sense."
Glover has also announced support for murderous dictators like Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez and has visited both dictators several times each.
Glover has allowed a socialist magazine to use his words of praise to sell their rag. For the Monthly Review he says that, "it's critical to have a magazine that challenges us to think, inspires us to action, and makes us realize that the impossible is only difficult, not insurmountable. That magazine is Monthly Review."
In a recent interview with the Independent newspaper, Glover calls Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez a "friend," and a "business" associate and makes the absurd claim that Chavez doesn't control the media in Venezuela.
In the Independent interview he also launched into an odd little diatribe against the U.S. and spoke as if HE were a South American.
"The changes happening in Latin America are enormous. We've been under the heel of US political and economic aspirations for centuries. What's happening here is extraordinary."
The writer of the piece was a bit incredulous at Glover's absurd "we," and rightfully so. "Notice the 'we'?," the Independent writer wrote, "This is Glover, an American actor, sitting in the breakfast room of a hotel in London, talking about events in Caracas..."
And these are just some of the far left, anti-American escapades from the Danny Glover saga. It would take pages and pages to get them all in.
Aside from the fact that he is one of the most outspoken anti-Americans in Hollywood, he is also one of the worst actors in the town. So, he's got that going for him, which is nice.
Still, to cast one of the most outspoken detractors of the U.S.A. as the president of the same is ridiculously unbelievable. But, it sits perfectly well with the Hollyweird mentality.
But one thing that really galls me, is Glover’s bin Laden comment. Imagine, having a president that would refuse the death penalty for someone like bin Laden! THIS is the sort of man that Hollywood thinks is ideal to act the role of POTUS?
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June 4, 2008 - 12:48 ET by jefflebowskiIt will just be another Hollywood movie that I won't see. I haven't been to a movie in years and haven't missed the experience one bit. I have had the opportunity to read some great books and listen to some great music in that time.
I would rather eat glass than watch a movie with that waste of space Danny Glover!
Jeff Lebowski
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Jefflebowski...take an
June 4, 2008 - 12:55 ET by bassndudeJefflebowski...take an evening and go see the movie Ironman. Its a good fun movie. No subliminal message, except maybe that Tony Stark goes from weapons to defending people, but over all, I really liked it. So did my wife.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
bass -- yep, Iron Man was
June 4, 2008 - 13:03 ET by Jack Bauerbass -- yep, Iron Man was good fun. They even managed to portray the Islamo-terrorists as evil bad guys.
Yep Jack. The Islamos were
June 4, 2008 - 13:13 ET by bassndudeYep Jack. The Islamos were bad, and Ironman was good. Loved the part where he got his arm stuck in the rock wall of the tunnel, and that moron tried to shoot him.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Such a fun movie. I saw it
June 4, 2008 - 13:50 ET by balboaSuch a fun movie. I saw it twice! Now waiting for Batman.
All right! All right!!
June 4, 2008 - 14:14 ET by jefflebowskiAll right already! I'll go see Speed Racer! But it better not be PC or you guys are in BIG trouble! lol
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Ugh...Speed Racer I
June 4, 2008 - 14:40 ET by balboaUgh...Speed Racer I wouldn't ever go to. Looks terrible.
Balboa, you're a lib
June 4, 2008 - 15:16 ET by jefflebowskiand I'd never take advice from a lib. :) You probably like womanly Barbra Streisand movies with lots of crying and crap. So pipe down and I'll give you a unbiased review after seeing Iron Man! lol.
Jeff Lebowski
retraction: I mistakenly said Speed Racer earlier when Iron Man was recommended.
Let us know about speed racer Jeff
June 4, 2008 - 15:18 ET by Dee BunkI'm kind of strangely interested in it and I'm not sure why. I was hoping my son would want to go so I'd have an excuse. I hated speed racer as a kid and remember many a heated argument with my brother about watching it. Now with the movie, the special effects and style look interesting to me.
Hey! Prince of Tides
June 4, 2008 - 15:27 ET by balboaHey! Prince of Tides ROCKED.
...I mean...um...
(RD Jr. makes that Iron Man movie. He's great)
Dont know about speed
June 4, 2008 - 14:55 ET by bassndudeDont know about speed racer. Dont plan on seeing it. But I can tell you that Ironman and Indy Jones are good. Ironman is the better one tho, Indy movie is good, but did not live up to my expectitations. Ironman surpassed what I expected.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
I agree,
June 4, 2008 - 12:57 ET by DEVILDOCMOMI have no doubt it will be another failed hollywood "hate America first" movie. danny glover is the worst in all respects.
I do find a movie I want to see about every year...but just one a year.
why?
June 4, 2008 - 12:57 ET by mister josephThey have Obama as presidential candidate and have practically declared him the new Jesus, so why continue to have the heroic president portrayed by a black man? did you notice that whenever a movie or TV show called for a hero of a President, he was almost always portrayed as black and Democrat?
Guess what represented the evil president! If you listen to the DVD commenary to The Day After Tomorrow, you'll hear the directors saying they intentionally chose actors who looked like Bush/Cheney to portray the president and vice president, simply so they could kill them and make them beg for mercy.
Danny Glover is as
June 4, 2008 - 13:02 ET by bassndudeDanny Glover is as anti-American as they come. He is as communist as they get. To complain about violence and then take up with the likes of Chevez and Castro?? One would be hard pressed to find other dictators that are as murderous. It is my view that Glover is as racist as they come.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Bass, And to complain about
June 4, 2008 - 14:01 ET by MassConservBass, And to complain about violence and star in 4 iterations of Lethal Weapon. How many people did he kill on screen? But, I guess it made him money so it's OK.
Holy-wood
June 4, 2008 - 13:44 ET by ScrapironOnly a fool spends money to see Holy-woods investments in failure. Like the Lame Stream Media they keep shooting themselves in the foot to see if it still hurts. I love to watch them flop around as they die at their own hands.
Old, Retired and glad of it.
Movies are bunk!
June 4, 2008 - 14:32 ET by cheesegraterI agree with you Scrapiron. Now, to those who give their money to Hollywood: If you feed the monster; don't complain when it eats you. If you crave a diversion; read a book.
Many books are just as bad Cheesegrater- Foreign
June 4, 2008 - 14:39 ET by Dee BunkI watch a lot of Foreign films and they are not nearly as anti-American. I recommend them highly.
I'm starting to appreciate foreign authors more also.
Actually...
June 4, 2008 - 14:33 ET by greenfairieHaving a guy as far to the left as Danny Glover as president WOULD be a cataclysm.
just wait 7 months
June 4, 2008 - 14:41 ET by wizardjrYou'll have your Marxist in the White House next January. The Obamasiah will lead us all into the light. The Peoples Republic of America is only months away. Glad I'm retiring to the Tropics. I wouldn't be able to afford to heat my house here in Minnesota on my retirement pay.
Want to make a bet
June 4, 2008 - 15:53 ET by MSD6I'm betting that the "Global Cataclysm" will be caused by a secret evil conservative society formed by "Ex-Bush Regime Facist Nazis" led by Dick Cheney who now wears a Darth Vader like mask due to a hunting accident. Bush, of course will have already passed on from exposure to some toxic waste that he was dementedly storing at his Crawford ranch. Tell me I'm wrong.
Another movie not to see
June 4, 2008 - 17:11 ET by DaieWell, there's another movie that I will never see.
Ironman was good. I won't see Speed Racer because it has Susan Sarandon in it. Then again, if it would help finance her way of of this country then sign me up!
Movie moratorium
June 4, 2008 - 18:11 ET by UnsaneRight now I am in the midst of a long movie moratorium. I have sworn not to see a single movie the rest of 2008.
At this rate I might have to make the moratorium permanent!
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Permanent movie boycott
June 4, 2008 - 20:41 ET by cheesegraterTry it! You'll like it.
Unsane, yer gonna miss all
June 4, 2008 - 20:45 ET by balboaUnsane, yer gonna miss all the fun!
I sort of expect every
June 4, 2008 - 20:56 ET by motherbeltI sort of expect every President and leader now to be black. Kind of like in the 70's when it seemed like every judge in every drama on TV was a black woman.
Elaborate
June 4, 2008 - 22:47 ET by UnsaneLike???
Young Dzugashvili is a fascinating read, far and away above anything I have heard of in the past year on the screen.
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Christian Bale returns as
June 4, 2008 - 22:56 ET by balboaChristian Bale returns as Batman!
Hancock!
Hellboy!
Pineapple Express!
OD on movies, most of them bad
June 4, 2008 - 23:19 ET by UnsaneDuring my deployment, all anyone wanted to do in their downtime was watch f#!$ing movies!!! Ugh!!!!!! There was not a place I could go where I was not subjected to them or ran into those whose choice of activities were limited to watching movies.
On the flight home, bad movie after bad movie after bad movie was inflicted upon my fellow passengers and I. I would have none of it. But then, when I travel, I only require a book, mags, and an iPOD.
Therefore, if I do not watch a single movie again the rest of the year - and I won't - life will be back to normal for me.
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Well that makes sense. I
June 4, 2008 - 23:22 ET by balboaWell that makes sense. I actually like to watch TV shows when I travel. Smaller nuggets.
Response to your movie suggestions
June 5, 2008 - 06:25 ET by cheesegraterMeh
pfft
big whoop
so what
How could Glover expect to
June 4, 2008 - 21:29 ET by Roger the ShrubberHow could Glover expect to be president? He is too inept to even hail a cab in NYC properly.
Whoops. Another "untintended consequence" of a Liberal's action?
It's called acting, and the
June 4, 2008 - 22:17 ET by cleverpigIt's called acting, and the President of the United States is a role like any other.
Can you imagine the bizarre and terrible movies we'd make if people were only allowed to play roles that they could fit in real life?! No more thrillers because the serial killers hired to star in them would knock off their fellow cast members. No patriotic movies about war heroes because all the people qualified to play those roles are busy being actual war heroes. We'd be forced to watch a lot of very boring movies about people leading normal lives just like ours.
Fortunately, most of us enjoy something called the suspension of disbelief. We don't need the guy who plays Jesus to actually be a saint, you know?
(yawn)
June 4, 2008 - 22:18 ET by Free Stinker(yawn)
Yeah...
June 4, 2008 - 22:43 ET by Warner Todd HustonYeah, that's how they are able to vote Democrat!
Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal.
for the cleverspoiledbrat
June 4, 2008 - 22:55 ET by UnsaneFortunately, most of us enjoy something called the suspension of disbelief. There is only so much of that I can do.
Yes, it IS called acting, but as it is an ART, people don't have to sit back and drink in what they see. People can and do make critical judgment calls, good or bad, from all sides for a garden variety of different reasons.
Your post reminded me of for what for some might be a blast from the past. In 1982, NBC came out with a bad two-part miniseries I last saw on VHS in 1984 called World War III about a Soviet invasion of Alaska. Well over a decade after that, I hung out with a dude who was STILL enraged over the casting. "Am I the only one who was offended that Rock Hudson played the President in that thing???" he would bellow.
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Fame
June 5, 2008 - 06:19 ET by cheesegraterMy belief is that all forms of audio-visual entertainment are intertwined. The bottom is the weather and sports reporters then news anchors. After them are reality shows then talk shows. TV series and TV movies are next. At the top are Hollywood productions. All of the people in front of the camera in the forms below Hollywood are dreaming that one day they will be the next Tom Cruise or Jennifer Lopez. It's a big cluster coitus.