A Voice in the Wilderness In Defense of "Mere Conservatism"

Jon Voight to Obama

The Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight has become something of an outspoken advocate for Center-Right policies and values over the past few years.  Last week, writing in The Washington Times, Voight penned an open letter to the president.  The letter was brief and to the point: Your stances on Israel and the Arizona are both wrong (and are both dangerous).

An excerpt:

You will be the first American president that lied to the Jewish people, and the American people as well, when you said that you would defend Israel, the only Democratic state in the Middle East, against all their enemies. You have done just the opposite. You have propagandized Israel, until they look like they are everyone's enemy — and it has resonated throughout the world.

I do not wish to be inconsistent in my treatment of Hollywood celebrities that speak out on cultural, political, and economic issues.  I've given the likes of Sean Penn and Matt Damon a hard time on this blog for their misguided progressive-liberal views.  I've stated that we must not assume that because someone has the platform to speak that they are therefore worth listening to.

So I am not posting Jon Voight's editorial simply because he is a well-known commodity in the entertainment industry.  I happen to agree with his sentiments, and happy to highlight that the thinking in Hollywood is not monolithic.