Liberal of the Day

Elizabeth Warren!

Recent Politico article shows an impressive fundraising quarter for the Massachusetts Senate race against GOP Scott Brown.

Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s campaign pulled in a whopping $5.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, besting Republican Sen. Scott Brown’s $3.2 million haul during the last three months of the year.
The staggering fundraising figures offer more evidence that the high-profile Massachusetts contest will be one of the most expensive – and heavily contested – Senate races of the 2012 cycle.

Warren’s new fundraising figures brought her total to $8.8 million since launching her campaign in September. She now has more than $6 million cash on hand but trails Brown’s $12.8 million on hand. The moderate Republican upset Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley in a January 2010 special election following the death of the longtime liberal Sen. Ted Kennedy.

A Harvard law professor and consumer advocate, Warren highlighted the fact the number of Massachusetts donors now totals 23,000, up from 11,700 in September. The average contribution to her campaign is about $64.
“From all across our commonwealth, people are supporting our campaign and the fight to level the playing field for middle class families,” Warren said in a statement on Wednesday.
“With Wall Street lining up against this campaign, already contributing millions and willing to pay any price to try to stop our work, it’s going to take a strong, grassroots effort like this to win.”
Warren’s big fourth quarter helped her campaign purchase $1.6 million in television ads in December.
While the exact breakdown of Warren’s contributions weren’t immediately known, a Massachusetts Republican Party spokeswoman suggested most of the money came from donors outside of Massachusetts. Warren’s September figures revealed that 70 percent of her donations came from out of state.
“Elizabeth Warren is being financed by extreme liberal special interests from outside Massachusetts,” said spokeswoman Alleigh Marré. “As the intellectual founder of the radical Occupy protests, she has a national network of left wing supporters eager to open their wallets to finance her agenda of bigger government, higher taxes and more debt.”

Liberal of the Day

And the liberal of the day is......


Scarlett Johansson!
Politico:
When Scarlett Johansson graced the cover of Vanity Fair in 2006, she was wearing nothing at all. For the magazine’s current December cover, she opted for clothes, but talked nudity in an interview about her recent phone-hacking scandal. She also chatted about the president.

Back in 2008, the actress boasted about exchanging emails with Obama, campaigned for him all over the country, sang “Yes we Can" and said, "My heart belongs to Barack.”

Three years later, have her feelings changed? “We’re all guilty of being idealistic, I and everyone who voted for him,” she told Vanity Fair. When asked if she would stump for the president again, she said, “It would be irresponsible not to.”

The Appeal of Mila Kunis

A recent article from Politico revealed what every liberal had hoped: Mila Kunis is one of us. . . well at least an Obama supporter.

Politico:

Chin up Mr. President. The Sundance Kid may be rather disappointed in you but Mila Kunis still loves you. Yes, that Mila Kunis. From “Black Swan” and Marine Corps Ball viral video fame.

“I love Barack Obama, I voted for him and I will forever be proud of my vote," Kunis told the UK’s Stylist magazine.

The actress, 28, was promoting her new romcom, “Friends with Benefits,” but half the interview focused on politics. “How do you feel about the US debt crisis?” the interviewer asked. Not your typical Hollywood starlet question, but Kunis was happy to play ball.

“I think America is in a very temperamental state, and the decision that was made and the compromises made mean, in my opinion, that people are going to pay for a very long time,” said the actress.

Then she gave a nod to Obama for his efforts: “I know that he [Obama] tried. I know because you keep reading these reports of him trying to compromise with the Tea Party and the Republican Party and trying to come to a 50/50 agreement. I don’t think it was one. I feel the Democratic Party compromised everything and the Republican Party compromised pretty much nothing.”

When the interviewer called many young people “politically unaware,” Kunis agreed and said, “you are given such an amazing opportunity with so much information. Why is no-one taking advantage of it? You don’t have to watch Fox News or CNN or MSNBC; you don’t have to be part of a political party, you could just read.”

She chided the younger generation for not reading books, the news, the paper, and then zoned in on “Middle America.” “So obviously you are incredibly ill-informed to the point where they will go do these tests in Middle America… And they’ll ask, ‘OK, what party are you?’ And they’ll say, ‘Republican.’ ‘Why?’ And they can’t even tell you. They have no idea what the Republican Party stands for. Why did I vote for Obama? I can tell you why I voted for him, what I agreed and disagreed with him on, for hours.”

Her advice for the youth of today: “Whoever you vote for, don’t do it just because. And don’t tell me it’s because of religion either because that whole thing is knocked completely out the window. So you better just educate yourself.”-

Wow. Thank you Mila. You hit it right on the head. Growing up in the mid-west, this is what I dealt with every day. "Ill informed"...or simply brainwashed by their parents to the point of no return. Yes, Mila Kunis is an incredibly talented and extremely attractive actress, however the main reason I posted this is because she sums up the stupidity of so many people in my native region of our country. Obviously there are the few who stand out and know what the GOP stands for, but a majority that I know and knew, don't.

The BEST part of Mila Kunis being an Obama supporter is watching the scrubs at Big Hollywood scramble and become at a loss for words over this news....Why? Because awhile back, Kunis accepted an invitation to a military ball --- which is really cool and respectable for notable actress. During this time, the right-wingers at Big Hollywood convinced themselves that Kunis was a....wait for it....Hollywood conservative because she supported the military. Well, most liberals support or have some amount of support for our military. What the majority of liberals don't support is war. It is so fun watching Big Hollywood hang its head in defeat and then lashing out at her, for her views. They wanted to add her to the list of "hot" female republicans.

I hope to see more interviews by Mila Kunis about her support of President Obama and the ignorance of the GOP.

President Huntsman? Impossible With the Current GOP

If Republicans were smart, they'd nominate Jon Huntsman to go up against Barack Obama in 2012. The majority of Huntsman's values are conservative, however he has had liberal...I mean common sense views on global warming and evolution. Not to mention his power and work as a U.S. Ambassador to China.

Huntsman recently said he would call on the wealthy to "sacrifice".

"As president, I wouldn’t hesitate to call on a sacrifice from all of our people, even those at the very highest end of the income spectrum,” Huntsman said.

The reason the GOP would be wise to put Huntsman up against Obama, is because Huntsman could possibly win over disappointed, centrist democrats as well as the undecided independents. The average undecided American voter isn't going to vote for someone who is bulldozing and then expanding their $12 million dollar beach house, or someone who is promising to lower gas prices below $2 a gallon. These average undecided American voters don't want a candidate whose sole focus is restricting abortions or banning the construction and support of Muslim Mosques. They are looking to vote for a candidate who has common sense and is down to earth. If the Republican Party puts up a candidate that doesn't hold such common sense values and is making "out-of-this-world" promises, then those average undecided American voters will vote for Barack Obama who is down to earth and has an agenda that is not batshit crazy. Those frustrated liberals and centrist democrats will also support Obama, knowing that the alternative will destroy this wonderful country of ours.

More Hollywood Love for Obama

Hollywood is just beginning to open their wallets for President Obama's reelection.

Politico:

“This is a pretty good looking crowd,” Obama said at a New York fundraiser Thursday night.

When the guest list includes names like Gwyneth Paltrow, her husband Chris Martin, Jimmy Fallon, Vera Wang, Anna Wintour and Alicia Keys, the president could be accused of understatement.

Hundreds of people packed the streets of the West Village and police marksmen stood on rooftops as Obama arrived at the residence of media mogul Harvey Weinstein, according to pool reports.

The president addressed about 50 guests who sat in tables of ten. Tickets were $35,800 according to a Democratic official, with the first $5000 of each ticket going to the Obama Victory Fund and the rest to the DNC. The president earlier had addressed a small, separate gathering of 15 at the Ritz Carlton hotel.

The president spoke on debt, the economy and his reelection campaign, and commented on his own lack of cool factor with the electorate this time around.

“They have still got the Obama poster, it is all frayed. Obama is gray haired, he doesn’t seem as cool,” he said. “In some ways that is a healthy thing. Because in 2012… we realize it is about us.. It is not about my election. One person.”

Maybe he hopes the electorate will judge him by the company he keeps.

Liberals at Lollapalooza

I recently attended Chicago's Lollapalooza music festival, where musicians such as Eminem, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Muse, Cee Lo, Foster the People, Kid Cudi, Noah and the Whale, Deadmau5, and The Cars entertained an estimated 270,000 people over three days. My observations included a lot of hipsters and hippies, marijuana, alcohol, and people having a great time. I was only a participant of the latter, but also noticed a lot of the entertainers expressing their political views. Coldplay's Chris Martin, husband to actress Gwyneth Paltrow, introduced "Us Against The World" by describing it as a love song about an affair between right-wing Fox News pundit Bill O'Reilly and Sarah Palin, saying that he hoped their romance would help them see the world in a different way.

  (Paltrow/Martin above ---- nice shirt Chris)

As I walked around Grant Park near downtown Chicago, there was a section -- a very liberal section that was all about "green" stuff and helping the environment and whatnot, as well as helping impoverished people around the world. There was a huge urge to recycle all recyclable materials. People who wanted a free t-shirt were given a large green bag. Once they came back with a filled bag of cans, bottles, and plastic they received a free Lollapalooza t-shirt.
Rounding out the festival was Deadmau5, an electric/dubstep remix musician. I had never heard of him before, but it was pretty awesome. My favorite moment was when he remixed the classic Bill O'Reilly freak out (Below).

In all Lollapalooza was one of the greatest experiences of my life. The liberal references were a plus, but in all it was one hell of a weekend. If you ever get an opportunity to attend .... DO IT!

Big Hollywood Is Crying...Again

Those liberals in Hollywood just keep getting Andrew Breitbart's right-wing Big Hollywood contributors all bent out of shape.
Conan O'Brien tweeted:


The Big Hollywood post was furious that he would say such a thing.
A. He is a comedian. B. These two women have got more historical facts and dates wrong than all democrats combined. If there were individuals on the left making similar catastrophically wrong historical mishaps, then I'm sure Conan would crack a joke about them. Come on people.

The post also went by pointing out the education both of these women have had. This makes them....smart. Ok. Right. Let me point out the obvious. It doesn't really matter what sort of education you've had or what degrees you hold....it's what came out of your mouth. I'm sure both of these women are smart....deep ...deep down.

Big Hollywood's Big Obsession

After skimming through Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood extreme right leaning blog, I came across a scathing review of the new film "Bad Teacher" starring Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, and Jason Segel. One thing this far right blog focuses on are the conservative films, players and values in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. It is no secret the vast majority in the entertainment industry lean left and are quite active in the political arena. This blog pathetically attempts to pick out right wing values from the handful of republicans in Hollywood and from films that depict conservative values.
After recently seeing the film "Bad Teacher", I was interested in reading what Big Hollywood contributor John P. Hanlon had to say about it. In his post ‘Bad Teacher’ Review: Hey Teacher, Leave Us Moviegoers Alone, Hanlon summarizes and critiques the film in a mostly fair way. I'll be honest, I respect opinions of others, especially when reviewing film, however what gets me about this post is how these right wing nuts latch onto ANY "conservative" point within a film. In the film there is a pro-life reference which goes along with Justin Timberlake's hilarious character. Hanlon implicates this point into his review of the film. Most people reviewing films would care less about such a "reference", however the people over at Big Hollywood are obsessed with any sort of reference to their passionate beliefs of abortion. You're probably thinking "Why does he care so much?" I care because it is a pointless implication into the review and the far right at that blog are obsessed with having a conservative reference or voice in Hollywood. The fact of the matter is, Hollywood is liberal and it will most likely continue to be liberal. So if that's what those people want to waste their time on....searching and picking out conservative messages and references in film and the entertainment industry, then life is quite boring for them. Find another hobby.