Interesting politics


I found it interesting that the character, played by and no doubt reflecting the views of actor Thomas Mitchell, constantly complaining about Republicans. Today, all these years later, little has changed in Hollywood. Yesterday it was Thomas Mitchell, today it is Sean Penn. The difference for me is, I like Thomas Mitchell.

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Nothing to do with Hollywood. The Irish in NY were the backbone of the Democratic Party.

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A great book on the subject of the NYPD and their relationship with politicians from the late 1700's until the 1950's is called 'The Blue Parade', by Peter Reppetto.

Others include: 'The Gangs of New York', 'The Big Policeman', and 'My Father's Gun'.

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Democrats typically take liberal views, and since Casey (Thomas Mitchell) loved FDR, we must assume Casey was liberal. Interesting how he considered Fergusun the foreigner when he was a foreigner himself, while Ferguson was actually a citizen. This is just typical liberal double standards. Also Casey's persistence on calling Ferguson a "Scotchman" instead of "Scotsman" is another example of liberals tendency to insult people whom they don't agree (Tea party / Teabaggers)... Politics aside, I enjoyed this movie despite it going in so many directions, which I just realized is another liberal trait - the inability, or refusal, to focus on one subject. I've always liked Thomas Mitchell and who isn't in love with Priscilla Lane?

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Did you read the previous posts? The guy was supposed to be your stereotypical New York Irishman. Up until recently, Irish-Americans were almost always Democrats. You're really overthinking things.

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