(Newport Beach, CA) Daily Pilot: A strong voice on right

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November 22, 2005

A strong voice on right

Michael Medved, conservative social critic, gets a warm welcome at Balboa Bay Club.

By Michael Miller, Daily Pilot

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As signed copies of his recent book, "Right Turns," lay around the tables -- the author had autographed them before the Sabbath -- Medved outlined his personal journey from the left to the right, slamming not only opponents of the Bush administration but also critics of the Vietnam War. He started the morning with a pun as he described the process of walking to the Balboa Bay Club and receiving wrong directions. "Twice I turned left and I should have turned right," Medved joked. "The story of my life."

The organization that sponsored Medved's speech, Principles Over Politics, is a right-leaning group that includes Rush Limbaugh, Oliver North, Bob Novak and Pat Buchanan among its honorary members. The president, Gil Ferguson, said he had had difficulty getting Medved for his previous Saturday breakfast meetings but managed to snare the author this time because Medved was staying for the weekend at the Hyatt Newporter.

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A former Vietnam War protester, Medved said he lost faith in the American left in 1975, when his government stood by during the postwar atrocities in Vietnam and Cambodia. Many of the war's staunchest enemies, he claimed, ceased to complain as soon as President Nixon abolished the draft. Throughout his speech, Medved portrayed critics of the war in Iraq as similarly apathetic. "The people right now who talk about American atrocities, who compare our troops to the Nazis, the Michael Moores and Cindy Sheehans of the world, these people really despise America," Medved said.

Medved also extended his attacks to the media, criticizing legendary newscaster Walter Cronkite for his views on the Vietnam War and attacking Hollywood movies -- including the recent "Jarhead" -- for what he saw as a negative portrayal of soldiers.

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http://www.dailypilot.com/news/story/30643p-44387c.html

[MADem]

1. Autographed before the Sabbath, eh???

What a bullshitter.

He's WORKING on the Sabbath, the PUTZ!!!! He's making MONEY on the Sabbath!!!!! Shilling his BOOK!!!

I wonder, did he WALK to the venue?? All the article says is that HE didn't drive--if someone else drove him, he's still not on the straight and narrow path.

But oh, God forbid he sign his NAME...give me a break!!!!

He's a conservative Jew like I am the headliner for the friken Bolshoi Ballet!

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2. He is just an ass

all excuses to promote himself. Like last year revealing the end of the "Million Dollar Baby" because his asinine stomach did not like the ending.