Has Jon Voight ever addressed what made him switch such extreme sides politically and socially? He was an outspoken liberal activist through the eighties, then early in this century seemingly turned on a dime. Has he talked about what the inciting incident (or incidents) was?
Regardless of his politics, he's still a fine actor.
Money I guess.
I was once told by a doctor that some people who did serious drugs or alcohol in the past have a kind of brain damage where they only see things in terms of black and white and not shades of grey.
I have said this in the past that Voight is incapable of having moderate views. He cannot be just left or right but in the extreme left or right.
It's that man again!!
He's easily manipulated (and, I suspect, thinks being a "softy liberal" looks less cute and "too weak" on an old man).
In the '70s and '80s, Voight was your prototypical Hollywood liberal. In the 21st century, he's your prototypical conservative.
But he falls back on shallow talking points regardless of which side he's promoting or pummeling.
In the '80s, when he was involved in Native American rights, he gave a tearful speech saying that a mystical wondrous event was about to unfold. As a result, embarrassed tribe elders had to go in front of the cameras to say they had no idea what Voight was talking about.
At least Mary Tyler Moore had the excuse of her brain and body shutting down to explain her eleventh-hour surge to the right politically.
Voight, on the other hand, just seems to be foolishly sputtering along as he always has, regardless of which ticket he's supporting this week.
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LBJ's mistress on JFK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcXeutDmuRA
He got old.
shareVoight ("he's going to be a wonderful president!") just seems to be a weak man.
Weak. And stupid.
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Reagan and Heston both were dems at one time and then went conservative later in life
shareVoight discusses Burt Reynolds, the Jewish effect on his life, and converting to an opposing party. Well worth watching.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5833001955001/?#sp=show-clips
Puh-lease.
From an outsider's perspective, american notions of liberalism and conservatism generally seem like two cheeks of the same tight arse.
He just got old and senile. I know with Charleton Heston it was when McGovern became the Dem candidate. With Reagan it was Nancy who converted him. What I don't get is if you don't like the party you're in why do you need to switch to the other extreme? Can't you just be independent? I know, that's how our flawed system works.
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