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Republican Celebrities and the Republicans They Love

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Uber-blog Politico has a story about which Hollywood stars are endorsing which Republican candidates. We all know that fitness guru Chuck Norris is on board with brother-in-Christ Mike Huckabee.

But what about Kelsey "Sniffles" Grammer?
Or Adam "The 67,543rd most talented man in show business" Sandler?
Sorry Huck, but these boys remember the pain of 9/11. They're with Rudy.
So are Jon "Superdad" Voight, Ron "Noun, Verb, September 11" Silver, Melissa Gilbert, and celebrated unfunny warmonger Dennis Miller.

In McCain's camp:
* Actor and serial drunk-driver Rip Torn
* Matriculating septuagenarian funnyman Dick Van Patten
* Producers Jerry Bruckheimer, Barry Diller, and Kirk Kerkorian
* Noted African-American media tycoon Richard Parsons
* Canadian evildoer Lorne Michaels

Posted by Jonathan Kaminsky at January 22, 2008 3:13 PM | Comments (3)

 

Your Candidates and Their Televisions

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In case you missed it last month, TV Guide interviewed several top presidential candidates on their TV-watching habits. We have taken their answers and turned them into a quiz just for you! Here goes:

1. John McCain says he loves Prison Break because:
a) "As a fellow prisoner, I always dreamed and plotted how I would break out of the Hanoi Hilton."
b) "It reminds us what it is like to be held captive against our will. I have experienced that."
c) "In Vietnam, where I bravely served and was held captive as a POW for several years, it was like that too."

2. Among Hillary Clinton's stated favorite shows is:
a) Frasier
b) Weeds
c) Dancing with the Stars

3. John Edwards' admitted TV-watching guilty pleasure is:
a) cracked-out whores resisting the handcuffs on Cops
b) Fred Thompson starring in Law and Order
c) those insurance commercials with "that hilarious duck"

4. One of Barack Obama's all-time favorite shows is:
a) The Wire
b) M*A*S*H
c) these are his two all-time favorite shows

5. Dennis Kucinich had this to say about being the repeated butt of late night jokes:
a) "It's hilarious. I take what I do seriously, but I don't take myself seriously."
b) "The funny thing is, the alien looked a lot like Jay Leno."
c) "Just because I'm short doesn't mean I shouldn't have a right to run things. Jon Stewart, David Letterman--those guys should understand where I'm coming from."

6. Fred Thompson's favorite TV show is:
a) Geraldo Rivera at Large
b) Charles in Charge
c) SportsCenter

7. Mitt Romney says he's into Lost because:
a) "Matthew Fox brings to mind myself as a younger man."
b) "The sheer implausibility of the plot reminds me a great deal of my own faith."
c) It has "a very captivating plot, and if you live a busy life, escape is always welcome."

Submit your answers in the comments. Winner announced sometime tomorrow and will receive a lovely prize. No fair cheating.

Posted by Jonathan Kaminsky at January 8, 2008 5:00 PM | Comments (1)