Tom Hanks endorses Obama

Tuesday 06th May, 01:38 AM JST

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super delegate at 12:37 PM JST - 6th May

Oh, come on. Hanks is white, wealthy, and part of the oppressive ruling elite. Hellooooo- Why else would they have given him the part they did in the revisionist Saving Private Ryan?

Only struggling young actors, forced by the uniquely savage inequites of US-style capitalism to wait tables or tend bar or work as male prostitutes serving older Hollywood Democrats - like Alec Baldwin - are gonna vote for Barack.
Helter_Skelter at 01:33 PM JST - 6th May

“live up to the great promise once shaped by our founding fathers.”

I could be wrong, but I doubt our founding fathers would be big Obama fans.
RomeoRamenII at 03:45 PM JST - 6th May

helter: Good point.

Tom Hanks is just a guy who dresses up, puts on make up and plays make believe. Just learn your lines, hit your marks and make your millions, Tom. No one is interested in your politics.

RR
SezWho2 at 05:55 PM JST - 6th May

Helter Skelter,

That would be one of Hank's points, wouldn't it? that the men who ballyhooed that all men were created equal argued about whether to count slaves as a person or not, assigned them a value of 3/5 and then were content to deny them the vote? I would say that the fathers fell rather short of their promise on that one.
super delegate at 06:05 PM JST - 6th May

" I would say that the fathers fell rather short of their promise on that one."

Of course, the story - the struggle for true equality - didn't exactly end there. But you'd never know it, listening to your average Lefty.
SezWho2 at 06:25 PM JST - 6th May

super delegate,

Of course it didn't end there. And it hasn't ended yet. The gap is still large. I don't think that people with opposing views even bother to listen when the hard data is presented.
Helter_Skelter at 02:39 AM JST - 7th May

The gap is still large.

You have a black man on the verge of becoming the president of the United States. How is the gap still large?
Madverts at 02:40 AM JST - 7th May

ramen,

"Tom Hanks is just a guy who dresses up, puts on make up and plays make believe"

If the last few republican scandals are anything to go by, seems like for certain, it 'aint make-believe.
WhiteHawk at 02:47 AM JST - 7th May

SezWho2:

That would be one of Hank's points, wouldn't it?

I think you've either missed HS's point, or are misrepresenting it. The way I interpreted it, Helter Skelter was saying that America's founding fathers wouldn't be a big fan of a socialist becoming president. There's more to Obama than his skin color, you know.

Okay, a lot of liberals (including Hanks) don't seem to realize it...

Helter Skelter:

You have a black man on the verge of becoming the president of the United States. How is the gap still large?

His mom was white. ;) (I know, that was low, even for me.)

The thing is, blacks have had high-ranking positions in presidential administrations (especially the current one), supreme court appointments, high ranks in the military and even the GOP, and yet some still think the gap is large. Meanwhile, many blacks are proving that the "gap" is only as large as you let it be.
SezWho2 at 10:58 PM JST - 7th May

HelterSkelter,

The gap is still large in terms of housing, equal employment opportunity, equal education, imprisonment, sentencing standards, family unity and so on. One black man on the verge of becoming president does not change this.
SezWho2 at 11:10 PM JST - 7th May

WhiteHawk,

You would have to do a lot of interpreting to read this:

“live up to the great promise once shaped by our founding fathers.”

I could be wrong, but I doubt our founding fathers would be big Obama fans.

And then "interpret" it to this:

Helter Skelter was saying that America's founding fathers wouldn't be a big fan of a socialist becoming president.

HelterSkelter may think that and he may even have meant to say it, but he surely did not. When I say that Obama is a good candidate, you can interpret that to mean I am a socialist, or an America-hater or whatever you like. But that wouldn't be what I said, would it?