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Wednesday, October 05, 2011

99% of Hollywood could use this advice

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has just one piece of advice for Samuel L. Jackson – focus on your film career and stop talking about politics.
“I think Samuel Jackson needs to pay more attention to the upcoming release of the movie ‘Avengers’ next summer and not [get] concerned with the politics and policies of the failed administration,” West said on Fox News Wednesday.
Jackson recently joined his Hollywood colleague Morgan Freeman in calling members of the tea party racist.
“I think everything right now is geared toward getting that guy out of office, whatever that means,” Jackson told New York Magazine. “It’s not politics. It is not economics. It all boils down to pretty much to race. It is a shame.”
Allen, the only Republican member of the Congressional Black Caucus and a tea party favorite, blasted the actor’s comments and accused him of losing sight of more important issues like the high jobless rate among the country’s African-American community.
“Samuel L. Jackson, I guess, disregards the 16.7 percent unemployment rate in the black community, a 20 percent unemployment rate for black adult males and a 45-46 percent unemployment for black teenagers,” the Florida Republican said. “I think the racism that he is talking about is coming out of the White House and this administration.”
West warned Jackson against using the tea party movement as a “scapegoat,” insisting that conservatives are trying to fix the economy and turn around the unemployment numbers in the black community.
The perfect example? Herman Cain.
West said the Republican presidential candidate “negates” the recent comments by Jackson and Freeman.
“I think that what you’re seeing with Herman Cain is someone that is against the tide. He is not a career politician, he is coming forth with common sense solutions with what is happening in our country,” he said

3 comments:

  1. Alan West is very diplomatic, Clint Eastwood on the other hand supposedly recently told Spike Lee that he should "shut his face" regarding some racist accusation. Either one would do a better job than the current White House squatter.

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  2. I don't see why I should pay any attention to an actor's political opinion. If you think about it, they only have experience in depicting other peoples lives. This in no way qualifies them to have an opinion I should respect.
    Paul in Texas

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  3. Actors dress up and play make-believe pretend games for a living. No surprise they bond well with the leaders of the elitist left.

    I wish the Obama years had gone straight to DVD

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