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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:20 PM
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Dennis Hopper moves to The Dark Side
DENNIS HOPPER is the "Easy Rider" star-director who grew up surrounded by Democrats. In the '60 he marched with Martin Luther King and protested the Vietnam War.

But did you know that he is now a political conservative and has been since Ronald Reagan? He says, "I liked Clinton, but I voted for Bush Sr. And I'm definitely voting for Bush again."

Mr. Hopper's wife Victoria is a passionate Democrat who has raised money for John Edwards and John Kerry. Of her Democratic passions, Hopper says to the London Times: "I support Bush and I support my wife and what my wife's involved in. That's all. We don't talk politics. I respect her things, and you know, whether she respects mine doesn't really matter to me.

(snip)
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:21 PM
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1. *siiiiiiigh*
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:22 PM
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2. Money And Age Can Make Some People Go Stupid !!!
:shrug:
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:56 PM
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27. Too much Coke, LSD, and God Knows What Else he Did
Ironic, isn't it, that Hopper played "The Asshole Hippie" to such perfection in "Easy Rider".

Too well, perhaps, as I often wondered if that was part of his actual persona (which is why he could "act" it so well).

Now I know.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:22 PM
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3. too much cocaine can do that to ya
Edited on Tue Apr-13-04 01:23 PM by thebigidea
hey Dennis, call on line two: they want you to reprise your Academy Award-winning role as Bowser in "Super Mario Bros: The Movie, The Sequel, Once Again"
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Sagan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:23 PM
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4. look at some of the movies he's done...

Super Mario Brothers? Space Truckers?

We all know that decision-making is not Dennis' strong suit.
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President Jesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:24 PM
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5. well, at least he doesn't donate cash to the pukes
no records of any contributons over the past dozen years.
http://www.newsmeat.com/
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:25 PM
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6. The talk of making
those lovely tax cuts permanent have him slobbing from the mouth
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KissMyAsscroft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:25 PM
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7. 9/11 changed a lot of fearful people...


They turned off their brains after the planes hit. Cowards.
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:25 PM
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8. This, by you, is a surprise?
You mean you thought Dennis Hopper stood for decency and virtue?
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bedtimeforbonzo Donating Member (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:28 PM
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9. what a scumbag
and a waste of oxygen.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:29 PM
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10. I wonder how his old pals Jack N. and Dean S. vote
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demgrrrll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:52 PM
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25. Nicholson was a strong Clinton supporter. They played golf together.
A good quote about Clinton from Nicholson " he has the
mechanics of the job down better than anyone ever has".
Hopper lost a fortune in modern art in a divorce. Good.
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mouse7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:29 PM
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11. Dennis Hopper is a legendary LA Ass.
I've heard WAY too many stories of Hopper showing up at nightclubs us regular people go to in LA, and then making sure everyone in the club that's attending knows he's "slumming." He treats the staff like shit, he's rude to everyone around him. About the only thing he doesn't do is wear an "I'm Dennis Hopper. You may begin worshipping me now." button.

MAJOR personal issues at work here.
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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:47 PM
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19. 3".
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:30 PM
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12. Drain Bamaged
The Right gets all the freaks. I loved Hopper, but despite Blue Velvet his later work was overblown. So, feel free, Denny, join the ranks of the useless, washed up has been, never were repuggly actors.
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fryguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:30 PM
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13. so drugs really do corrupt one's mind....
and here I thought he was acting like a lunatic in Apocalypse Now...
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Minstrel Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:30 PM
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14. Well, Frank Booth's philosophy in Blue Velvet is Bush's playbook.
"I'll fuck anything that moves!"
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:34 PM
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15. Yeah, he's been spouting this kind of shit since the mid-80's.
What of it? He made three good movies and hundreds of huge steaming piles of shit.
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mouse7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:45 PM
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17. ...and he's played "Dennis Hopper" in every single one
Dennis Hopper doesn't act. Dennis Hopper walks on a soundstage and plays himself. Usually that means his work will suck, but occasionally, a screenplay calls for "Dennis Hopper" and he gets praise for fumbling through another script doing the same bit he's done for 40 years.
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illini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:35 PM
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16. Old news.
Do we really want Hopper on our side anyway?
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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:46 PM
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18. Good point
Tell every freeper you know that they are like Dennis Hopper - will get them boiling every time.

:)
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lancdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:57 PM
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20. Of course, admitting that he liked Clinton
won't endear himself to the freepers, even if he supports Chimpy.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:06 PM
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21. I knew he wasn't really acting in Blue Velvet
Just playing himself.


Cumulative drug-induced paranoia and self loathing drives another counter culture figure mad.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:14 PM
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22. Apparently, It Was A Short Drive, LOL !!!
:evilgrin:
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:45 PM
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23. for some reason this doesn't
surprise me:shrug:
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:49 PM
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24. Yeah really.
An actor making a lot of $$ is a repug. Kinda like a dog bits man story.
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:54 PM
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26. See what hard drugs can do to your brain?
Sheesh...
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