Richard Dreyfuss weighs in...

[babylonsister]

[Scuba]

1. "... on their lawns." Hmmmm.

[IrishAyes]

2. Several deep.

[passiveporcupine]

8. fertilizer?

[IrishAyes]

9. I'm not making jokes. Are you?

[passiveporcupine]

12. gallows humor

[IrishAyes]

13. Carried too far by far.

[ashling]

15. I think it pretty much sums up the way the righties feel

[IrishAyes]

16. Well, you're right about that. Only they'd have us ground to powder first.

[heaven05]

31. I'm thinking if the RW and 1%

had their way,the dead would be ground up, waferized, packaged and given as free food to the remaining poor. Just watched "Soylent Green'. Sorry. But not meant to be funny.

[maindawg]

47. hey he is an actor

its dramatic but true. its what Thomas Jefferson would have said.

[Cha]

3. Wow! Does Dreyfuss Ever Weigh In, babylonsistah..

I love his knowledge, intelligence, and eloquence.. thank you so much.

This needs to go Viral if it hasn't already

[mdbl]

4. Thanks Richard

Thanks for being a voice with common sense.

[Auntie Bush]

5. Good for Dreyfuss! Glad he's a Dem.

I had thought I heard he was a ReThug and was soooo disappointed in him. Never been so glad I was wrong...always liked him.

[IrishAyes]

10. I was James Woods' greatest fan until I found out he's a Rethug. Now I recoil.

[Robbins]

29. Dreyfuss

Back when the american president was out it was mentioned he a liberal democrat was playing a Bob dole type In that movie.

The reason he played cheney In W was he was top actor who could play cheney who wasn't a republican and willing to be In film that
makes cheney look bad.Oliver stone wanted Robert Duvall for cheney but Duvall Is big time Republican.

[LTR]

30. He also played Alexander Haig

I think it was an HBO movie about the assassination attempt on Reagan. Dreyfuss was excellent, and played Gauge as a raving, megalomaniacs lunatic trying to take over the government. I can see why he was chosen to play Cheney.

[heaven05]

33. I stopped watching anything

Tom Selleck played in, and dammit, Duvall and Woods just joined that rethug jerk. Oh I know there are many more, but I don't want to trash a lot of my movies, yet.

[valerief]

35. Well, you shouldn't watch Adam Sandler movies anyway, but now you have a good

reason not to watch them, if you already do. He's a rethug.

[heaven05]

42. I knew there was something

not quite right about him. He never appealed to me anyway as a comedian. Don't like many of his movies. Now I'll not watch any.

[aggiesal]

49. Vince Vaughn is a huge

RW nut cases.

Dennis Miller used to be liberal until 9/11, then
a bone went loose in his head or something.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. I watch Mr. Holland's Opus at least twice a year.

Great actor. Great man.

[liberalla]

20. I had a huge crush on him after the Goodbye Girl...

He was so cute

[valerief]

36. We all did! nt

[Brigid]

7. Mr. Dreyfuss . . .

[nirvana555]

11. He's the best! He's played several republicans is some films (and even played Cheney

Once) but he's a good Liberal. Thank you Richard!

[Courtesy Flush]

14. The 13th Amendment was extra glitchy.

Look it up. People died.

[stuffmatters]

17. I wish Richard Dreyfuss would challenge Darrell Issa

Richard lives in my small city (Encinitas) I think...same Congressional district as Issa. I remember him on the red carpet at a recent Academy Awards going off on the Koch Bros. He sponsors a political literacy website & even went to Oxford to learn about civics.

I wish he'd go against Issa. Now that our district's demographics have changed to become more educated, I think an outspoken,well liked, known, funded and media sought personality like Dreyfuss could win. Even our pretty much monolithic conservative newscasters would interview and feature him...they are easily starstruck... so tons of free publicity.

Dreyfuss would be a national hero if he put Issa out.

[JDPriestly]

18. That would be great!

[dreamnightwind]

19. Swami's! - eom

[dmr]

34. Do you know the name of the website he helps sponsor?

Thanks!

[stuffmatters]

39. It's called The Dreyfuss Initiative

[dmr]

43. Thank you!

[grahamhgreen]

21. The best fix is Obama's promised public option:)

[great white snark]

23. So lament away on an internet forum or give him a congress willing to pass one.

It's been over 3 years now...MOVE ON isn't just the name of a political action committee ya know.

[grahamhgreen]

25. The public option is an issue we elect that congress with:) Obviosly, Obamcare without it is a

tougher sell.

[TBF]

22. Nice! K&R nt

[dchill]

24. Oddly appropriate quote comes to mind...

"Well, this is not a boat accident! And it wasn't any propeller, and it wasn't any coral reef, and it wasn't Jack the Ripper! It was a shark !"

(Jaws)

[ChiciB1]

26. ALWAYS Knew He's A Dem!

One of the best actors ever, love him, his politics and his views. He's spoken out before, but not so much lately!

Love Matt Damon too, AND he DOES say what he thinks! Most of the time I agree with his comments regarding Obama, lame Democrats and his political activism. Heard Ben Affleck was thinking of jumping into the political game and running for something. Maybe just talk, but I would vote for him too!

[The Blue Flower]

27. The Civil War went unexpectedly badly for the Union at first

Lincoln reminded the nation of our founding principles and so we carried on until those fighting to maintain slavery gave up in defeat. The ACA is the right thing to do. Let's just keep going until it works for everyone.

[PowerToThePeople]

28. I finally clicked this thread

I do not buy celebrity. I do not value Mr. Dreyfuss' views over "random person on the street"'s views. I know a lot of people do value these things, or else these graphics would not be created. I view it as a sign of one of our society's big failures. We place value in that which should not have value and diminish that which should be of great value.

[maindawg]

48. please

have you heard the peoples views on the street ?

[The Wizard]

32. Moon Over Parador

is a favorite, and I can't recall any bad movies he's done.

[avaistheone1]

37. K&R

[xxqqqzme]

38. Robert E Lee got the

Union dead planted in his lawn at Arlington.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

40. great quote! n/t

[WinkyDink]

41. Thank God I can still love him!

[MFM008]

51. yes

me 2

[red dog 1]

44. I've been a Richard Dreyfuss fan since "American Graffiti"

and he was great playing Cheney in "W"....He looked & talked exactly like ol' Dick.

"Mr. Holland's Opus" was probably his best film, a masterpiece, in my opinion.

"Run against Daryl Issa"?....He probably would kick Issa'a ass.

I hope he does enter politics.

We need more popular Dems like Richard Dreyfuss in political office.

IMO, if Al Franken can become a U.S. senator, then Richard Dreyfuss should be able to win a Congressional seat.

Thanks to babylonsister for posting this.

[rhett o rick]

45. I think "What About Bob" was a more challenging role. I love that movie.

I liked him in Jaws.

[red dog 1]

46. "What About Bob" was hilarious!

I've seen it many times....Dreyfuss played "straight man" to Bill Murray's "clown".
They both were awesome in that movie.

He was pretty good in "Jaws" too.

[scarletwoman]

50. Sorry babylonsis, but I heartily dislike these internet "meme" things.

Where's the citation? When did he say this? To whom did he say this?

Anyone can post a photo of some guy and add an alleged quote. Why should I believe that Richard Dreyfuss actually said this? There's no link to a speech or an interview - there's NOTHING. Just a picture with some words appended.

This crap drives me nuts. If somebody said something quotable, then give me the damn SOURCE. Not some doctored image that proves absolutely nothing.



People are too damn easily manipulated!

[babylonsister]

52. You're right. I should have provided

a link to what he said, and will attempt to do so. Could be totally bogus, but it sounded so personal.

Someone said it!

[scarletwoman]

53. Thank you for being so gracious.

It's definitely a great quote - I just want to know if it's real.

In any case, I'd like to thank you for being such a tireless and valuable DUer. You DO rock.

[babylonsister]

54. Well! I have a

very high regard for you, my friend, and when you're right, you're right.

I learned about back-up a long time ago on DU, so should have taken my own advice.

[babylonsister]

55. Found it...

he was on the Piers Morgan show this month and said it. Video at link, and my sincere apologies, re: the source. It was either this or Breitbart when I did a google...

http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/19/richard-dreyfuss-if-gop-doesnt-help-fix-obamacare-should-anticipate-the-sick-and-the-dying-and-the-dead-on-their-lawn/