Forgotten Z-list actor Ron "Timecop" Silver finds a new arena in which to suck (his own NeoCon Blog)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/ron-silver-isnt-a-racist_b_73799.html

Chris Kelly

Ron Silver isn't a Racist, You Are

Posted November 23, 2007 | 10:47 PM (EST)



How did Ron Silver not have a blog? It's like Paris Hilton not having gonorrhea. You just assumed it was there, and no one told you, because it was so obvious. But it's true. Ron Silver didn't have a blog. Until now. It's called "Silver Bullet." Because Ron Silver has gonorrhea. No, that's not true. That would be "magic bullet." It's called Silver Bullet because Ron Silver is a lot like the Lone Ranger. Who also didn't have any friends.

Another amazing thing about Ron Silver? It took him all the way until his second blog entry before he accused opponents of the Iraq War of being racists. Let me walk you through it, because there's not much light, the steps are slippery and the head clearance is low. To start with, Ron Silver has a lot to say about the kind of guy Ron Silver is, and the kind of things that a guy like Ron Silver believes. Others were "content with Saddam in power in a post 9/11 world. I (Ron Silver) was not."

He's a revolutionary liberal from right of the left of center who resists reactionaries, and believes in the Bush Doctrine to project American power, expand freedom and, uhm, seek out new worlds and new civilizations and boldly go where no man has gone before. Also, when he finds himself a-fallin' for some girl, he hops right into his car, and drives around the world because he's the wanderer. Or maybe I'm thinking of Dion.

Ron Silver counts himself "firmly in the tradition of Wilson, FDR, Truman, Kennedy... Reagan and George W. Bush." Except, of course, they're all presidents, and he's the bad guy from Timecop. So far - and he only just started - Silver Bullet is about 50% tragic tough guy palaver, like a small dog barking at the fridge, and 50% Kingfish-style pseudo-formalize, the kind used by actors who've played too many lawyers.

[frogmarch]

1. I saw him on Maher once

and he was truly obnoxious. As I recall, he'd brought his manifesto with him and proceeded to read it. Bill finally stopped him, but by then I was already looking for the remote to turn channels. Which I did.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. That's his M.O....

Even bad actors memorize their lines, and Silver always shows up with the latest talking points firmly planted between his ears.

Watching / listening to him spout his crap is somewhat like watching / listening to Dennis Miller without the "cha-cha baby" crap.

:patriot:

[gratuitous]

2. Silver specializes in playing slimy scumbags

It's typecasting, of course, sort of like Pat Haney playing the squeaky-voiced sidekick.

[DaveinMD]

4. I loved his character

on The West Wing. Of course, he was a traitor on that show at the end too.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Thanks for nothing.

The problem is that I actually had forgotten Silver, now like a bad pop song (think of 'My baby does the 9-5', there, now you're stuck with it) that creep is sitting in my head. Yuck.

[Bitwit1234]

6. Wonder why has beens actors, singers, karate scorers all grativate

to the republican party.....Mayb e the republican party is the party of last resort...

[NoPasaran]

7. Silver Bullet?

Shitty beer, shitty blog.

[Hippo_Tron]

8. Ron Silver is basically Al Pacino but not a great actor