Obama, the Democrats and Hollywood (Mark Steyn update)

Mark Steyn: Our Celebrity President  "This is all he does now. But hey, unlike those inbred monarchies with their dukes and marquesses and whatnot, at least he gets out among the masses. Why, in a typical week, you’ll find him at a fundraiser at George Clooney’s home in Los Angeles with Barbra Streisand and Salma Hayek. These are people who are in touch with the needs of ordinary Americans because they have played ordinary Americans in several of their movies. And then only four days later the president was in New York for a fundraiser hosted by Ricky Martin, the only man on the planet whose evolution on gayness took longer than Obama’s. It’s true that moneyed celebrities in, say, Pocatello or Tuscaloosa have not been able to tempt the president to hold a lavish fundraiser in Idaho or Alabama, but he does fly over them once in a while. Why, only a week ago, he was on Air Force One accompanied by Jon Bon Jovi en route to a fundraiser called ."Barack on Broadway" (excerpted here):

Still, it becomes increasingly difficult for the Obama campaign to insist that the president is fighting for the little guy against the evil rich when no one is so rich as the company he himself keeps. It's also difficult to criticize one's opponent for running a company that made its investors rich while greasing one's own pockets with filthy lucre similarly acquired. Bumper sticker: "My billionaire's better than your billionaire." 

Young Hollywood's Secret Breakfast with Obama  "While in Los Angeles in June, President Barack Obama met privately at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with 25 of Hollywood’s hottest young stars, including Jeremy Renner, Dianna Agron and Zachary Quinto."

20 Biggest Political Players in Hollywood  "Like the entertainment industry itself, political Hollywood always is in flux. But if you want to raise money for a candidate this time around, these are the names you need on speed dial."

Obama's $500,000 Power Couple  "Ted Sarandos and Nicole Avant just made the top tier of Obama "bundlers," raising more than half a million dollars in one night. A second term for the president is just one of their goals."
Speaking of the value placed on being in Obama's presence:  Somali insurgents offer 10 camels to locate Obama, 10 roosters for Clinton

But I digress. So, this is the way it is: if you want a career and a social life in Hollywood, you better espouse liberal causes or keep your mouth shut (assuming it is socially acceptable to get by with that). Remember the "blacklist" of the 50's that Hollywood hated?  This one is more entrenched in the Hollywood culture than that ever was.  TD
There are a few Hollywood conservatives with the courage to "come out of the closet"
"Following is a partial list of confirmed Hollywood conservatives who deserve recognition for their unwavering committiment to the conservative cause (click on their names to see one of the three credible sources I used to determine whether they were, in fact, conservatives worthy of inclusion on the list):"...


Ron Silver's Blacklist in Hollywood is Sign that Political Blackballing Has to Stop
"...Hollywood still turned this actor away with an eerie adamancy reminiscent of the 1950's HUAC that the movie industry has long openly condemned."

Schultz as "Mad Murdock"

Remember Dwight Schultz (Murdock, on the "A Team") "   Schultz recalls attending the auditions for the role of Fiscus in "St. Elsewhere": "...as I headed toward that designated area I passed a small narrow side room in which Bruce Paltrow was seated on a desk chair with wheels; he turned to me, rolled a little in my direction and said, “Dwight! What are you doing here?” This is not a question an actor wants to hear before an audition; not from the show’s producer. I told him I was called in to read for Fiscus and his response was soft and monotonic, “…There’s not going to be a Reagan a--h--- on this show!”"   (Emphasis added)

CONSERVATIVE PRODUCER ON BEING CENSORED - 'IT WILL WAKE PEOPLE UP' "Oscar-winning producer Gerald Molen  hasn’t heard back from the principal at Ronan High School in Montana since the official told Molen his conservative views made him unfit to give the school's commencement address."
...".Molen’s latest film project tackles politics directly. “2016: Obama’s America*,” set to debut next month, looks back at the president’s early years to better understand his current governing style and philosophies".  *See the movie trailer here.

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Disney's Cynical Pro-Obama Ploy  "...If the first lady is correct that cereal and chewing gum commercials are so powerful that "whatever is on TV is what our kids are going to want," what about the TV that's on in between the commercials? In other words, would someone ask Michelle Obama how she thinks her daughters would enjoy ABC's sitcom "Don't Trust the B—— in Apartment 23"? Is that healthy for young minds? How about the pro-homosexual lifestyle pushed by her husband's financial supporters from "Glee"?"