May 16, 2012
— rdbrewer At Mediaite.
[Lovitz] felt that spirit threatened by the attacks on rich people from the chief executive. “I said what a lot of people are thinking,” he told Kelly, and explained that “a lot of people are thanking me… they feel like they are being vilified because they are successful.” . . .As for pushback, Lovitz went as far as saying it may have helped his career, and explained that he would “never tell anybody who to vote for.” “I think I’m a different kind liberal in that I think people should be true to themselves… if you’re Republican or Democrat or conservative, you should be that.” Saying he was not “qualified” to tell people who to vote for, he noted he had about 10,000 new twitter followers, and there, “people say you’re a racist, you’re a Nazi– I’m Jewish, I’m a Nazi now– I mean, that’s the most ridiculous thing i’ve ever heard!”
The John Lovitz Comedy Club and Podcast Theater is at Universal Studios. Just sayin'.
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He'll vote for that SCoaMF again.
Thumbs down.
Posted by: Another Joo Who Voted for Obama at May 16, 2012 03:16 PM (HOOye)
Yup
Posted by: kathysaysso at May 16, 2012 11:17 AM (ZtwUX)
Lovitz makes it crystal clear he is not one of us.
I always liked Jon Lovitz.
But when you go out of your way to say you're not one of them conservatives, you can go horsefuck.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2012 11:17 AM (rDUTp)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 16, 2012 11:18 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 16, 2012 11:19 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Mr Pink at May 16, 2012 11:20 AM (bXjty)
Posted by: Mr Pink at May 16, 2012 11:21 AM (bXjty)
in 2008
He's RAAAAACIST!!! (racist needs 5 a's)
How Dare You!
He's the best thing that ever happened to us.
Isn't he dreamy! (Faint...)
The worm has turned. Obama is actually being looked at realistically by SOME of the people.
Posted by: rd at May 16, 2012 11:23 AM (9sUlj)
Or explosives. But usually a crack. Lovitz just blinked after a sledgehammer hit his worldview. The inherent contradiction in leftism smacked him right upside the head. He hasn't had nearly enough time to apply that realization across the board yet.
But, once something cracks and you acknowledge it, it's awfully damn hard to pretend the rest of the fantasy is still real.
Posted by: grognard, SMOD-Squad at May 16, 2012 11:24 AM (NS2Mo)
There is hope for him yet. If he truly thinks he is not qualified to tell anyone else who to vote for, then he is not a leftist/Liberal. Those never have any problem at all telling everyone just how to behave/what to eat/who to vote for.
Posted by: West at May 16, 2012 11:24 AM (1Rgee)
How the mighty have fallen. The New York Times may still be trying to perform mouth to mouth resuscitation on the decomposing OWS corpse, attributing continuing policy influence sans evidence of any kind to a movement that has all but completely disappeared, but compared to the Tea Party, except for the media hype, OWS was a political flop.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 16, 2012 11:24 AM (e8kgV)
Also for raising Phil Hartman's kids and "The Critic". I'm the only person who liked that show.
Posted by: fozzy at May 16, 2012 11:24 AM (FEzSe)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at May 16, 2012 11:27 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: Cicero at May 16, 2012 11:27 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at May 16, 2012 11:28 AM (snRY5)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at May 16, 2012 11:28 AM (UEEex)
Yep. And it gives others permission to consider these ideas.
David Mamet needs to have Lovitz over for dinner.
Posted by: Uncledave at May 16, 2012 11:29 AM (nJ32z)
Posted by: Cicero at May 16, 2012 11:29 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: huerfano at May 16, 2012 11:29 AM (bAGA/)
Posted by: nickless at May 16, 2012 11:29 AM (MMC8r)
So, um, why are we still talking about him??
All I want to hear him say is that he's not voting for Obama. Has he done that?? (This isn't rhetorical -- I actually don't know.)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 16, 2012 11:30 AM (pLTLS)
It's an interesting case study.
Lovitz is clearly caught up in a lot of the phoney feel-good crapola, and general tribalism, but he has also finally noticed that his "team" is actually demonizing him.
So, instead of waking up to the fact that they are his enemies, he stands confused. He complains bitterly, thinking that perhaps if he speaks out it will change them. He reminds me of the new bride, who develops new expectations of her spouse, and expects to "change him", completely ignoring who he was when they got married.
Sorry, Jon, but you're pissing in the wind. That's WHO THEY ARE. In fact, it is at the very CORE of who they are. You only hurt yourself by supporting them. You're what they call a "useful idiot".
Posted by: Optimizer at May 16, 2012 11:31 AM (As94z)
Posted by: nevergiveup at May 16, 2012 11:31 AM (eCnLg)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 16, 2012 11:31 AM (snRY5)
Posted by: nevergiveup at May 16, 2012 11:32 AM (eCnLg)
Posted by: Another Joo Who Voted for Obama at May 16, 2012 11:33 AM (HOOye)
Coffee Party >>> Cocoa Party >>> One Nation....and last but not least... >>> F*ck Tea Party
Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 16, 2012 11:33 AM (pLTLS)
I wish one of the MSNBC kidz would get him on. He could compare and contrast his reception in liberal and conservative media.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 11:33 AM (E3EVz)
****
That's best because, afterward, we'll have to listen to Shep kiss his ass.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 16, 2012 11:34 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: robtr at May 16, 2012 11:34 AM (MtwBb)
Coffee Party >>> Cocoa Party >>> One Nation....and last but not least... >>> F*ck Tea Party
Posted by: laceyunderalls
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Don't forget OWS. Although Obama would like to.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 11:34 AM (E3EVz)
Posted by: not a fan at May 16, 2012 11:35 AM (gCa4h)
Dear heavens, a celeb who doesn't think that simply being a celeb makes him an authority on everything? What is this world coming to.
I watch a ton of tennis on the Tennis Channel and Lovitz does little bits about various rules during commercial breaks. I will have to watch those now just out of support for a reasonable statement.
Posted by: alexthechick at May 16, 2012 11:35 AM (VtjlW)
Coffee Party >>> Cocoa Party >>> One Nation....and last but not least... >>> F*ck Tea Party
Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 16, 2012 03:33 PM (pLTLS)
You forgot the Occupoopers. All of them spectacular failures of course.
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2012 11:35 AM (GULKT)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 16, 2012 11:35 AM (PEnme)
Well, except the usual suspects, but that's not really surprising.
It means that "normal people" can sit back and say: "Wait a minute, he's right. Why work hard if the Government is going take all that away? And yet the Government wants me to work hard. I smell a rat."
It doesn't matter if he votes for Obama, or doesn't vote. He will almost certainly be responsible for other people not voting for Obama in November.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 16, 2012 11:35 AM (8y9MW)
It's encouraging. People don't change overnight. It took me years, but it started with little chips in the indoctrination.
I voted for Clinton both times, but interestingly enough, while living in Chicago in 1996, I used to listen to Mancow Muller on the way to work every day. He had a featured segment called "The Truth." That's where I think it started.
By 1998, I wanted Clinton impeached and out of office. In 2000, I voted for Dubya.
It takes time to shake off the sleepiness, and that's when your career isn't a direct correlation with how left-wing you are.
Posted by: grognard, SMOD-Squad at May 16, 2012 11:36 AM (NS2Mo)
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 16, 2012 11:37 AM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 16, 2012 11:37 AM (piMMO)
and "The Critic". I'm the only person who liked that show.
Dreidel dreidel dreidel, I made you out of clay . . . .
Posted by: alexthechick at May 16, 2012 11:37 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 16, 2012 11:37 AM (dL9LY)
Posted by: Y-not at May 16, 2012 11:38 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Chuck Norris at May 16, 2012 11:38 AM (c3mby)
Not at all. I found it chock full of country goodness and green peaness.
Posted by: The Chap, etc. at May 16, 2012 11:39 AM (qndXR)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at May 16, 2012 11:40 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 16, 2012 03:37 PM (pAlYe)
well He did call Obama a asshole.
Posted by: willow at May 16, 2012 11:40 AM (TomZ9)
This!
I think we non-libs get desperate at times to have a few celebrities speak out against the government utopia the libs are trying to foist upon us. Jon Lovitz is just an example of someone who pokes his head out of the sand for a moment, sees things for what they are, gripes about it, then shoves his head back in.
Posted by: Mr_Write at May 16, 2012 11:41 AM (VJUQK)
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 16, 2012 03:37 PM (pAlYe)
I guess I don't know what you're looking for in a repudiation. He's all but said "Barack Obama is as stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant," and hasn't backed down in the face of criticism. That seems like a pretty firm repudiation.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 16, 2012 11:42 AM (8y9MW)
Lovitz this isn't NEW, only this time it's your ass .
join the club, you have a concern , you're called names ,lied about, and your fellow ideologues have nooo problems spreading the meme.
Posted by: willow at May 16, 2012 11:42 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Whores, Hermaphrodites, and Lickspittles at May 16, 2012 11:43 AM (BB0/w)
Attribute.
stupid spellfuck
Posted by: not a fan at May 16, 2012 11:43 AM (gCa4h)
well He did call Obama a asshole.
Posted by: willow at May 16, 2012 03:40 PM (TomZ9)
True - but at this point I think he's trying to walk that back so he doesn't get blacklisted. But the very fact that he was so critical of Obama gives cover to others to criticize him.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 16, 2012 11:44 AM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 16, 2012 11:45 AM (HethX)
I read somewhere this morning that BO's fundraising is "off by 20%" and I didn't believe it, now I'm wondering.
Posted by: tick tock at May 16, 2012 11:47 AM (oZfic)
That sort of dichotomy is VERY obvious and will have an impact.
Posted by: grognard, SMOD-Squad at May 16, 2012 11:48 AM (NS2Mo)
Posted by: Y-not at May 16, 2012 11:48 AM (5H6zj)
I have to vent here.....I just got a call from my adult ...
about 2 months ago, she had her hours at work cut to almost half time, now worried she would lose her home... I told her to claim partial unemployment. Now her boss cut another 8 hours off her schedual because she had cliamed partial unemployment. She got a note today that said, they were taking away the hours because since she is getting UI it shouldnt be a hardship.. WTF????
Posted by: Say What? at May 16, 2012 11:49 AM (b7L99)
about 2 months ago, she had her hours at work cut to almost half time, now worried she would lose her home... I told her to claim partial unemployment. Now her boss cut another 8 hours off her schedual because she had cliamed partial unemployment. She got a note today that said, they were taking away the hours because since she is getting UI it shouldnt be a hardship.. WTF????
****
Well, it certainly sounds like she works for an asshole.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 16, 2012 11:50 AM (piMMO)
Doesn't Dennis Miller contribute his move to the right his witnessing the left calling Guiliani a Nazi after 9/11?
Posted by: not a fan at May 16, 2012 03:35 PM (gCa4h)
The left hated Guiliani and called him a Nazi YEARS before 9/11, all because he was actually successful at cleaning up a big part of NYC, resulting in the "Disneyfication of Times Square" (remember that phrase?). They would have preferred the Adult Movie theaters, shooting galleries and porn shops remain at the center of the city.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 16, 2012 11:50 AM (xDqit)
Speaking of heart attacks and watermelons...
Didn't Gallagher just have heart surgery?
We can test our AoS Heart Attack-Bitterness Hypothesis on Gallagher. If the happy Gallagher turns into a bitter pill, we'll be right!
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2012 11:51 AM (rDUTp)
Posted by: FORGER at May 16, 2012 11:51 AM (qi2PB)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 16, 2012 11:51 AM (VGppd)
Posted by: Y-not at May 16, 2012 11:51 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Say What? at May 16, 2012 11:51 AM (b7L99)
Posted by: grognard, SMOD-Squad at May 16, 2012 11:52 AM (NS2Mo)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 16, 2012 11:53 AM (HethX)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 16, 2012 11:53 AM (dL9LY)
Posted by: Y-not at May 16, 2012 11:53 AM (5H6zj)
Sometimes mockery is a good way to make someone see how they look to others, even if it requires exaggeration.
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 16, 2012 11:54 AM (HethX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 16, 2012 11:56 AM (i0App)
Posted by: FORGER at May 16, 2012 11:57 AM (qi2PB)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica City DMV at May 16, 2012 11:57 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2012 11:58 AM (noo6E)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 16, 2012 11:58 AM (piMMO)
--------
Nor can I. Send one tweet, Forger, so we can follow you to send the funneh to your Anna.
Posted by: Retread at May 16, 2012 11:58 AM (joSBv)
Now her boss cut another 8 hours off her schedual because she had cliamed partial unemployment. She got a note today that said, they were taking away the hours because since she is getting UI it shouldnt be a hardship.. WTF????
So her boss is attempting to unload her pay rate off onto unemployment? That's how it looks to me. Also that may fall under a retaliation prohibition, I'd have her call her state labor dept. to advise of this.
Oh troll who thinks that unemployment has nothing to do with taxes, c'mere. I'm in the mood to kick something in the teeth.
Posted by: alexthechick at May 16, 2012 11:59 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2012 11:59 AM (GULKT)
Doesn't Dennis Miller contribute his move to the right his witnessing the left calling Guiliani a Nazi after 9/11?
Posted by: not a fan at May 16, 2012 03:35 PM (gCa4h)
DM says that his turn to the right began when his fellow SNL cast members mocked Admiral James Stockdale, whom he considered a hero.
Posted by: ErikW at May 16, 2012 11:59 AM (2LGtX)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 16, 2012 11:59 AM (piMMO)
I was all alone...on a post that doesn't exist...
Why, why does this blog have to be like my personal life??
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 16, 2012 12:00 PM (XdlcF)
The new post imploded.
Posted by: grognard, SMOD-Squad at May 16, 2012 03:57 PM (NS2Mo)
I'm blaming Booosh!
Posted by: YIKES! at May 16, 2012 12:00 PM (Klb0T)
Posted by: reason at May 16, 2012 12:00 PM (5npD/)
Posted by: willow at May 16, 2012 12:01 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: alexthechick at May 16, 2012 12:01 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: FORGER at May 16, 2012 12:02 PM (qi2PB)
****
His throw-down at Georgetown following the mocking of Stockdale was epic.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 16, 2012 12:02 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2012 12:02 PM (Stb4L)
My Bberry 9330 seems to have finally bitten the big one. Trackpad/cursor completely immobile/unresponsive all day. Did everything from replacing OS to the top 5 "troubleshooting" bullshit tips. About to throw it through a mother-flippin' wall but my wife is traveling and I need to keep all my contact info. at least potentially accessible.
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 16, 2012 12:03 PM (HethX)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 16, 2012 12:04 PM (8W5lq)
"Megyn Kelly is kind of obvious when she reads the cue-cards."
Pregnancy does funky things to memory & retention. Seriously. It drives my wife bonkers.
Posted by: reason at May 16, 2012 12:04 PM (5npD/)
Posted by: reason at May 16, 2012 12:06 PM (5npD/)
His throw-down at Georgetown following the mocking of Stockdale was epic.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 16, 2012 04:02 PM (piMMO)
I haven't seen that, I'll look it up.
Posted by: ErikW at May 16, 2012 12:09 PM (2LGtX)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 16, 2012 12:09 PM (HethX)
Posted by: toby928© at May 16, 2012 12:13 PM (NG097)
Posted by: backhoe at May 16, 2012 12:18 PM (QROim)
Posted by: Y-not at May 16, 2012 12:21 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 12:23 PM (7W3wI)
"For beating the crap out of Andy Dick, John Lovitz will always be a hero in my eyes. "
Common misconception. He was actually beating the crap out of Rachel Maddow.
#WarOnWomen!
Posted by: reason at May 16, 2012 12:38 PM (5npD/)
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at May 16, 2012 12:42 PM (2Oas0)
Meanwhile... a Boxer in Los Angelas had the balls to quote the Bible about Gays, and has now been BAN'd from a local mall...
Now... just imagine if that Mall had tried to ban a GAY person? or a Black? or a Woman? Or a Moslem? LAWSUIT CITY BABY!!!!
Story up on MSN
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 16, 2012 12:52 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: nickless at May 16, 2012 04:54 PM (MMC8r)
Well... this is California, where the Berkley City Council weighs in on Foreign Affairs... and San Francisco and other cities decide to rewrite FEDERAL Law (sanctuary cities)...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 16, 2012 12:56 PM (lZBBB)
He said what he had to so to make that happen.
I respect him for his dissent, lukewarm as it may be. The rash of crap he got for it is a small indicator of the environment in LA.
Posted by: navybrat at May 16, 2012 01:28 PM (MKfej)
FORGER: you can bet prayers have been and will be sent up!
Posted by: Mr_Write at May 16, 2012 03:11 PM (VJUQK)
I think Lovitz is one of these liberals who, as a non-conservative, has never born the brunt of all the hate before. Now he's seeing what we've been seeing for years and he's a little shocked. The vitrol for a little thing like telling the truth is hard to believe.
Also for raising Phil Hartman's kids
Really? I didn't know that. Good for him.
Posted by: Lea at May 17, 2012 06:57 AM (lIU4e)
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Posted by: Another Joo Who Voted for Obama at May 16, 2012 11:16 AM (HOOye)