Repuke Drew Carey NOT Voting on Nov. 2nd

[Killarney]

Hopefully more Repukes will stay home! I really think that so many Republicans are so disgusted with Bush that they just won't vote. Hey, as long as they don't vote for Bush that's good for me. Anyway, here's Drew's story:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/239528p-205513c.html
Meanwhile, small wonder young people are still having trouble voting. Drew Carey is not even going to bother to pull a lever come Nov. 2.

Why? The comic feels the country is run by powerful groups that control whatever candidate he might vote for. "Quit pretending that it matters, would you? Can you vote for all the nefarious cabals that really run the world? No. So f- it," Carey told Reason magazine.

[liberal_in_GA]

1. No, fuck YOU, repuke

But I'm still glad you're going to sit at home on your fat ass. :thumbsup:

[goodboy]

2. no...fuck you, carey. Apathy is lethal

[notadmblnd]

5. don't take it like that..

I know several republicans that are very disenchanted with bush but say they can't in good conscience vote Kerry. I think staying home on election day is exactly what this group of people should do.

[goodboy]

15. They had the conscience to vote for Bush in the first place,

what's the difference?

[Kingshakabobo]

22. How did this fat lazy slacker get to be a repug?

Oh, I forgot, he got lucky and made a lot of money. Did anyone see the story of his life on one of those entertainment channels. He was a drunk and drug user on the brink of suicide before he caught a break. Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with drunks and drug users but give a fuckin break.

[progressivebydesign]

29. But THAT'S NOT what he's saying!

He's saying that our votes don't matter, so why bother voting. Has nothing to do with Bush specifically.. he's making the charge against both parties. I hope more republicans stay home.. but his point is general cynicism and apathy.

[lanparty]

40. If thats his charge ...

... than he should be stumping for the Nader campaign!!!!

[notadmblnd]

42. I'm sorry. I didn't realize that.

nt

[Cha]

14. I knew he was dumb in the beginning but now!

I wonder how many will follow in his footsteps and not vote at all because drew carrey says..what's the use? They would be repugs..I think.

[snippy]

25. No one cares about apathy anymore. n/t

[Supersedeas]

3. sounds like a raving endorsement of so-called compassion conservatism to

me =)

[Ron Green]

4. So this is what democracy looks like....

an overpaid entertainer making news by telling the masses that he's not even going to bother doing his duty as a member of his nation.

[dansolo]

13. He can write in his own name

He should still vote. It's not like the Presidential race is the only one on the ballot.

[michigandem2]

6. if he is doing this..how many other repukes are doing the same?

low voter turnout for repukes becasue they can't force themselves to vote for Kerry...and the fact that MANY who voted for Bush will go out and vote for Kerry..and the new voters and the newly registered voters..i smell a landslide

[KharmaTrain]

17. This Is Why The GOOPS Are Doing Their Sliming

They're obviously not only going to attract Democrats to vote for their manchild...but it was obvious to Rove from the get-go...after the election was stolen, he was gonna have a tough time even holding on to his base.

If you look at this campaign...most of it has been directed strictly at the right wing base...not the moderates or "true conservatives". It's all generating fear and rev up the most rabid in their hive. That's why we got the GMA (that even the wingnuts are starting to say is a waste of time). This is all red meat...and it's starting to have a negative effect.

First, Drew Caray is a fat fuck. Thanks, I feel better now!

Second, he's a fat fuck for staying home and not voting in the other races that will mean a lot more to the people of his area. Let him take a pass on the top of the ticket, no rule says you have to vote for everyone.

Third, he's a fat fuck for trying to discourage others from voting...especially those who may be either leary or uncertain about voting and are registered. This is a Repuke tactic to supress Democratic vote by funding Strawmen like Nader, saying it's inevitable Bunnypants will win, or your vote really doesn't matter.

Hopefully this fat fuck's 15 minutes of fame are about up...his 15 seconds of talent were 10 years ago.

[arewenotdemo]

37. nicely put

nt

[sniffa]

7. so what is "reason" magazine?

i've read a few opinions from writers of reason and it seems to be a thinLy veiLed RW rag.

[Stephanie]

8. I love that he is completely irrational talking to "Reason" mag

LOL! I hate that jerk. And he's not funny.

[salvorhardin]

9. Not Republican

Libertarian. There's a small difference.

As idiotic as the libertarian philosphy is, they are what they are and are as disgusted with the BFEE was we are. That being said, their preferred policies are often indistinguishable from Republican neo-con policies.

[teach1st]

10. "The man" controls things...

"The man" controls things so I'm going to hand over one of the most effective weapons the people have against "the man" - the vote. I'm giving up.

Oh, Drew!

I'm pleased in a partisan way that DC isn't voting for Bush, but any abdication of Democracy's tools to the powerful is sad.

Not voting can be an effective protest, to be sure, but to be a powerful protest the reasons for not voting must be assertive, well-defined, and optimistic....not simply a general resignation.

[AP]

11. Carey's a liar and this comment is targeted at likely Dem voters and not

Republicans.

Most people look at Carey as a spokesman for the wage slave and don't realize he's a winger.

I'm sure that he will vote Bush-Cheney this year. And I'm sure this statement was meant to discourage working class people from voting Democrat.

[w4rma]

16. Nah. He's a recovering Republican. He now gets it about Repugs, but

he still believes the slime they told him about Dems.

[AP]

18. Discouraging people from voting is a RW strategy.

[w4rma]

20. Yes. But that doesn't mean that Drew Carey is doing that for that reason.

He's likely telling the truth as he believes it, imho. Just take him at his word, and his actions make sense. Keep it simple.

Not everyone is part of a conspirisy. Many folks just believe the con-games sold to them.

[AP]

23. I don't think Carey wants Democrats to win.

[w4rma]

26. He doesn't want Republicans to win either, therefore he's not voting. (nt)

[AP]

30. Someone has to win. It can't be that neither wins. This is his out so that

he can distance himself from his party and hurt Democrats at the same time. He retains his working class credibility without jeopardizing his tax cuts.

[w4rma]

34. Just take him at his word. There really isn't any reason to read more into

it. He is wrong, but in the grand scheme he is just another peon, only with some more money and a successful TV show.

Looking for secret motives behind every political statement anyone says will run you into trouble. It's most likely that Carey believes what he is saying. In fact, alot of folks believe what Carey is saying. Listen to Nader. Nader sounds just like Carey.

[AP]

43. I'm not imputing secret motives. I'm imputing obvious motives.

And I'm giving this just as much attention as when he made the comment about the inauguration: no more than it deserves, and no less than it deserves.

[Bombtrack]

31. People are way to freaking vicious to this guy

I don't like his politics, or some jokes he's made about democrats, but that's the extent I've seen about what's bad about him. He doesn't come off as a bad person to me. Howard Stern just interviewed him today and nothing he's ever said in any of the interviews I've heard him in indicate him being the horror that everyone here makes him out to be.

It's party-mindedness at it's worst.

[AP]

32. At the inauguration in 2001 he was asked about the bad weather...

...and he said, "hey, it could have been worse. We could have been standing in the rain watching a Democrat get inaugurated."

Now, remember the images of the inauguration from F 9/11? No. It couldn't have been much worse.

And the thing about Carey that is so offensive is that he makes a living presenting himself as a working class guy -- not a manual laborer, but the sort of wage slave that the Republicans bleed dry to get rich.

His politics hurt the people he pretends to be representing. Steve Forbes's flat tax BS is offensive, but there's no question that Forbes is looking after rich people. I have more respect for Forbes than Carey.

[w4rma]

35. I agree, Bombtrack. Note, I'm defending him above.

And btw, after Carey spoke at the inaguation speech I slammed his political views (of that time) on his message board and then the freepers came out and spammed my thread.

I took Carey at his word then, and I take him at his word now.

[Cha]

12. Help! he was just on Regis and Kelly after

John Edwards and I had him muted because I didn't want to ruin a great high!

I wonder if he told them the same thing?! I know he's a repug so I figured it would be more rw drivel..they did show a picture of cheney while he was on there..maybe to show how he could play cheney in the movie..

[Killarney]

21. Did anyone watch Regis this morning?

I'd love to know if Carey said anything political. Thanks.

[Cha]

27. I watched Regis and loved seeing and hearing

Edwards..but I muted out drew carrey..I thought he would just be dribbling rw talking points..

Like I said above..they did have a picture of cheney they brought up and put next to drew's face.

[Crunchy Frog]

19. Well, if he's a Repuke then I'm glad

he's not voting. He's never really struck me as the Repuke type. He seems like a genuinely nice guy. I've always found his show humorous and reasonably intelligent. It actually really surprised me to learn that he was a Repuke. However, I guess he can't be much of a Bush worshipper if he's not even going to bother to vote for him.

Hopefully, he can act as a role model for other Republicans.:evilgrin:

[Mr E McSquare]

24. Not surprised...

I used to live down the road from his McMansion. Security gate and all.
You'd see him around every once and awhile at the grocery store and such.
And I could just tell that he was a total fucking duschbag in real life.
So much for his nice guy evry-man personna.
Fuck you Drew! I wont watch your sorry re-runs either!

[progressivebydesign]

28. They day I take political advice from a sitcom actor...

..is the day I drink the koolaid. I appreciate celebrities that speak out because of their passionate political and world views. It's great, and it feel great when someone you admire is on the same side. It has no effect on how I vote or see the world.

Someone like Drew Carey, who appears to have no real accomplishment outside of a tv sitcom, nor made any kind of real impact on the world, is telling people not to vote, based on his own apathetic and cynical views. Yeah.. whatever. If someone actually listens to his uneducated rap about voting, then I pity them.

[GoldenOldie]

33. Drew Carey is no Michael Moore

He is one that was proud to declare himself a Republican but now that the CONS have ousted the Conservative's, he doesn't know what he is. He made his millions off the low - middle class viewers, but is now unable through his own mental deficiencies to understand what the Bush/Cheney administration has done to those that once supported his show.

[w4rma]

36. He may not have time to figure it out. The guy is a workaholic.

And extremely smart. But, I expect that he has very very little time to figure out what is really going on in politics. And, imho, thats the problem with many many folks.

[lanparty]

41. Well, David Brock used to be a right wing hitman ...

... now he is "kinda" playing on our side. I don't think Brock is a Democrat. I think he's just become a crusader for good journalism.

[spanone]

38. Carey is the worst kind of republican. No convictions whatsoever.

Get off your fat ass Drew and vote out the party that allowed the corporate fatcats to take over the system.

[lanparty]

39. It's all a ruse ...

In actuality, Dennis Hastert IS Drew Carrey. Just look at the pictures:








It's Tony Clifton all over again. OK, they're not the best pictures, but you get my point. Any portrayal of the "great" speaker (Tom Delay's bitch) should be done by Drew Carrey!!!!