James Hirsen
Feb. 25, 2003

It looks as if celebrity politics on the national front are getting bigger by the minute.

In the 2002 election, guess who provided the fifth-largest source of dollars for federal candidates? It was none other than little old Hollywood. And as you might expect, 83 percent of the Tinseltown cash went to Democrats. So says the Center for Responsive Politics.

Maybe this explains why there was such a big buzz when Rob Reiner announced he was placing his fund-raising talents behind the East Coast presidential candidate and former Vermont governor, Howard Dean. After all, Reiner raised more than $4.5 million for Al Gore in 2000.

Meathead already hosted a power lunch for Dean with some of the largest contributors in Tinseltown, including film producer Steven Bing, producer Norman Lear, writer-director Nora Ephron and mogul Michael King. Martin Sheen has also thrown his support Dean’s way.

The Left Coast Report routinely hears the naïve ask, why should we care about what a Hollywood star or starlet says or does? Well, here’s the big, fat moolah-soaked reason. When celebrities decide to lend their support to a candidate, the move can change a rarely recognized backbencher into a well-known frontrunner overnight.

Bono and the Rockin’ Bubba

Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bono was honored at a pre-Grammy fest of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Attendees at the party-turned-appeasement convention included Sheryl Crow, Robert De Niro, Patti Labelle, B.B. King, Carly Simon, Judd sisters Wynonna and Ashley, Steve Van Zandt, Gwen Stefani and Jimmy Fallon.

There was also a political visitor who continues to show up at music gatherings. The far-from-presidential guest was introduced by Bono as “more of a rock star than any in this room.” No doubt Elvis Clinton loved that description.

Keeping with the anti-war sentiment, Slick Willie warned the crowd, “If you immediately think it’s us versus them, then this will not be a world for your children to grow up in.”

The Left Coast Report would just like to remind the Bubbas of the world that it was “them” that attacked “us,” and they want to kill even more innocent people. We’ve got to deal with that reality if we want our children to grow up at all.

Janeane Garofalo Becomes a Backlash Believer

Next to Martin Sheen’s face, Janeane Garofalo’s is the one to associate with Tinseltown’s pro-Saddam movement.

As reported on NewsMax.com, Garofalo came up with an explanation for why Hollywood never protested Bill Clinton’s military adventures in Haiti, Iraq and Yugoslavia. The comedian said, “It wasn’t very hip.”

Echoing the views of Mike Farrell and Sean Penn, Garofalo argues that anti-war celebrities are being targeted for their beliefs.

Farrell apparently told Hollywood Reporter that he believes “there’s already a backlash” and claimed that it’s an “organized attempt by the right wing.”

Garofalo said the media created the backlash. She thinks the media are focusing attention on Hollywood celebrities to try to lessen the effectiveness of the appeasement movement.

The Left Coast Report notes that it was celebrities who took out full-page ads, wrote letters to the president, held press conferences and launched a campaign to harass the White House and Senate. Just who’s working the spotlight here?

True-Left View from Jamie Lee Curtis

ABC’s “The View” is becoming a regular town hall circus.

One of the show’s hosts, Meredith Vieira, recently stated that President Bush “will not be deterred from war against Iraq if he thinks that’s what we need to do. He says that he's not going to decide policy based upon a focus group. He believes that the role of a leader - and he has a point here - is to decide policy based upon the security of the people.”

Guest Jamie Lee Curtis took issue. “So then what is he talking about that it’s a focus group?” Curtis shouted. “That was millions of people! That is not a focus group. Fifteen people, you know, talking about a movie plot is a focus group. That was millions of the people that he’s supposed to serve.”

Star Jones jumped into the discussion with a cliché from the 2000 presidential election. She said, “Well, I guess, you know … the president says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway.”

Curtis seconded the emotion. “They didn't elect him, actually, at all.”

The Left Coast Report says “The View” from the tube just keeps getting more and more cockeyed.

Dude, You’re Getting a Gig

It always seemed as if Dell dude Benjamin Curtis looked a little glassy-eyed in those TV ads.

After his much publicized arrest for alleged illicit possession, things may be looking up. Apparently, there’s an upcoming awards show that wants Curtis to be a presenter.

The show is the creation of High Times magazine. Honors are given out in the form of “Stony Awards” to movies that have marijuana themes.

The Left Coast Report is curious about how any of the bogus nominees are going to be weeded out.

George Clooney’s Military Analysis

The ex-“E.R.” doc is blabbing in Berlin.

George Clooney, who had previously told European newspapers that President Bush was a warmonger wanting to invade Iraq, went on a TV program and launched a little attack of his own on the military.

Apparently, the actor is now playing the role of military strategist. He had some words of un-enlightenment for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Clooney said, “I believe he thinks this is a war that can be won, but there is no such thing anymore.”

Clooney offered his assessment of the U.S. armed forces. “We can’t beat anyone anymore.”

The Left Coast Report asks, “Whuch yu mean ‘we,’ Clooney?” This guy needs to go back and get the “The Facts of Life.”

A George Michael Forecast

George Michael just can’t seem to stay quiet. He recently took to the British airwaves to give a dire warning to the Western world.

Michael said, “We are just about to light the touch paper of all these pockets of Islamic fundamentalism by doing something that is totally illegal.”

The pop singer went on to say that “the West and the fundamentalist world are going to be at loggerheads for many, many years if we don't talk now.” And he decried what he viewed as a double standard - an invasion of Iraq for oil while ignoring Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians.

Apparently, Michael thinks that the answer to dealing with people who act as human bombs is to sit down and have a nice little chat with them.

The Left Coast Report wonders how dimwitted ideas such as these ever got Wham-med into the guy’s head.

The Left Coast Report is put together by James L. Hirsen and the staff of NewsMax.

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