Posted by
Joyanna Adams on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:00:00 AM
Nobody’s Perfect: Tom Hanks, one of the last men in Hollywood, who it seems cannot help himself when it comes to not knowing that he should maybe keep his political pick for President to himself---( so that we can go on enjoying his performances) made the announcement today that he is supporting Barack Obama for President. He did this on Youtube…with a sign in back of him that says, “Loose lips sink ships.”
Was there a subliminal message here?
Pick my guy, or we’re all gonna die? I’m Tom Hanks, and I know all about history, and I approve my own message, because…I read.
Well, all I can say is: Mr. Hanks…you really are Forest Gump.
I’m not one to say that Tom Hanks cannot have an opinion for President, or even that he shouldn’t try to influence the election like all the rest of his Hollywood pals who think that the majority of us out here are just dummies-on-a-stick. Or even that he takes the time to put his endorsement up on Youtube, a place he might never be seen otherwise. No, I take issue with him saying this: “
An Obama presidency could bring about a “seismic shift” and “live up to the great promise once shaped by our founding fathers.”
Well, he’s right about one thing: accordingly if Obama is not elected President, Jesse Jackson will be having “seismic shifts” all over the planet.
Obama’s political views are about as far from the great promise of our founding fathers as a “seismic shift” is from a shivering bird feather. If Mr. Hanks actually read history, as he claims, he would know that.
Where our forefathers believed in liberty, each man having the God given freedom to make his own life, Obama would be much worse than even the autocratic King George in taking those freedoms away. On a good day, he is just a closet Marxist who has a talent for speaking, which by the way, so did Hitler.
Obama already has (as does Hillary) big plans to tax the American citizen ruthlessly in order to redistribute any wealth left by the hard-working people of this country. He is out to “end poverty” in the rest of the world--just not here.
How convenient to make this right after his production of David McCullough’s John Adams has finished being released by HBO…how timely his endorsement.
Our founders tried to warn us against all the corruption that now permeates every single branch of their great “Republic,” unfortunately they forgot to include the clause “freedom from narcissistic pandering Hollywood movie stars out to influence world events.”
Well, they weren’t perfect.
What’s with all these movie stars? Are they schizos? Tom Hanks has produced some great stuff…“We Were Brothers,” “Saving Private Ryan,” and now, the wonderful series on John Adams … Do these people not even listen to the script they put on screen? Are they thinking about their furniture? What?
More than likely, Tom Hanks saw a best seller, a lot of money, and a great way to guide the American people into trusting you when you speak. And Tom wants to speak; he knows his words can carry a lot of votes. Maybe in his own mind he thinks he is saving the country.
Maybe he spent just a little too much time on that island..
Actually, when Tom turned off his camera, he looked…like he made this announcement to make someone mad. Something you might do if you were trying to “get back” at someone---I’m just saying. If Barbara Walters can have a secret affair with a married Senator, then maybe Tom Hanks was scorned by Hillary? Or Bill owed him money?--- Naw.
More than likely, they’ve got his FBI files. Tom also said, “We were a country that once said people with his skin color were only three-fifths of a human being.” Good one Tom. Guess you skipped the historical facts that it was the Democratic Party that made this three-fifths rule about their slaves so that they could get more electoral votes and keep slavery alive. The Democratic Party is still cheating on electoral votes, except this time, once on the floor of the convention no elector has to vote for the people, they can just pick whoever they want.
And I suggest they pick Tom Hanks for President. We’ve got nothing but actors on the stage now; we might as well get the best! Go ahead Tom…announce it on Youtube! That's a message even I would approve!