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Amfortas Donating Member (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:40 AM
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Is William shatner really a republican ?
he's portrayed as one in Boston legal.
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:44 AM
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1. I don't know.
But appearently he said recently that if you put your thumb in his mouth, you can bowl his head. :P
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:48 AM
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2. I thought he was too caught up in himself to care about us mere mortals...
...and our politics.
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:49 AM
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3. ROFL, but isn't that trademark repuke?
it's about me, me, me, me, me! and myself, and I as well!
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:58 AM
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4. Most of the pukes are .. "Dear Leader! Dear Leader! Give me my thoughts!
And actually I'm sure Shatner...along with Most, if not ALL, involved with the original Trek Series were pretty hard core Liberals at the time.


Can't attest to how time and hair implants may have soured him though.
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Runcible Spoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 03:01 AM
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5. well he IS deaf
or has tinnitis I believe, which could mean that he's been eating too much Oxy with Rush or listening to his show, both of which have been known to result in deafness. Or he's a perfectly fine liberal and I'm just being mean! :evilgrin:
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BrightKnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 03:15 AM
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6. No campaign contributions back to 1990
I searched opensecrets back to 1990 and did not find anything.
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President Jesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 06:00 AM
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16. newsmeat shows a donation from his first wife, Gloria...
...to the DNC for $250.

Of course, they divorced in '69, so that doesn't really tell us much.
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 03:16 AM
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7. the role he plays has nothing to do with his own views
but I have no idea what his party affiliation is. He's damn good in that role regardless.
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 03:41 AM
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8. Isn't Alan Alda playing a Republican on "The West Wing"...?
I'm pretty sure that isn't a reflection of his politics!
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Amfortas Donating Member (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 03:43 AM
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9. I know....
still ... I'm interested in knowing what his politics is !
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 03:52 AM
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11. seems to be a Dem
Here's reference to him at a local Dem party fundraiser

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/08/25/loc_star_trek_convention.html
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Amfortas Donating Member (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 03:56 AM
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12. phew !
don't have to melt my ST :OS VHS tapes now !
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 03:46 AM
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10. definitely not
Alda is a Dem
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BrightKnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 04:35 AM
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13. Alan Alda is a Democrat.
This should be obvious to anyone. In a Fresh Air interview, he said that he had always been a Democrat.
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President Jesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 05:53 AM
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15. Alda's campaign contributions
yeah, I think it's safe to say he's a Democrat: http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Alan_Alda.php
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 04:40 AM
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14. I thought that he was Canadian.
Really, I think that he is.
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 08:10 AM
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17. He is...
Edited on Wed Mar-16-05 08:12 AM by Telly Savalas
and since even most members of the Conservative Party in Canada are to the left of a lot of Democrats, it's unlikely the guy is a Republican.

Edited to add: Since he's been working in the States so long, I'm guessing he went to the effort of getting U.S. citizenship and has thus probably chosen sides in our politics.
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 08:17 AM
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18. Kate Mulgrew is a solid Democrat
She railed Bush at a geek convention I went to a few months ago. It was great.
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 09:43 AM
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19. Her husband ran for Governor of Ohio as a Dem in 2002.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 09:48 AM
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20. SHE is the one who got the Enterprise lost right?
Sorry old joke
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curse10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 09:52 AM
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21. yeah, but he plays it so ridiculously
like he's a charicature of a republican
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