On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Kevin M, to moi: > >> Was I the only one who didn't know Pat Sajak had conservative > >> leanings? I never would have guessed that. > > > > You'd never figure it out from the talk show, plenty of which is > > (still) on the 'toob...he confined his political opinions to > > applicable print and web entities. > > > > He plays it pretty straight on Wheel (the one tip off: he's been > wearing the flag lapel pin non-stop since 2001). But the moment you > come across him outside there, it's pretty obvious. One recent post on > his blog on NRO was on the topic "Should state workers be able to vote > in state elections on matters that would benefit them directly?" > > Hint: he makes a comparison to how the guy who changes his tires not > being allowed to appear on Wheel. > > There was an article in The Daily Beast several days ago, shortly after Sajak published his piece on NRO that alleges that game show hosts tend to lean more conservative (than Hollywood in general, I presume). http://goo.gl/oM4iq A tiny island of Reagan Republicanism in the vast sea of liberal Hollywood, television’s greatest arbiters of luck and love—including Chuck Woolery, Drew Carey, Wink Martindale, Merv Griffin, and many others—have regularly loaned their support and opened their wallets to right-wing candidates and causes, collectively donating more than $100,000 since 1998. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
