Robert DeZERO......we thank you!
RUSH: There’s a story here, “Democrats Turn to Hollywood for Messaging Help.” This is a godsend. This could not be any better for us. And to kick this off, Robert De Niro.
Now, De Niro, no denying in the case of people who know, is a great actor. I don’t know enough to say who’s doing the best job of acting. I appreciate talent; don’t misunderstand. But the people who are in the business of knowing this claim he’s a great actor. But I think maybe “was” is more accurate than “is.” Which happens to everybody in that business after a certain age.
But we all know what De Niro did on Sunday night at the Tonys. He basically hijacked ’em. And in the process, he did something very selfish. What is the Tony Awards? Well, it’s the one night a year where the people in that business — the theater business in New York — which is a declining business, by the way — it’s the one night a year where they get national acclaim and attention and where their excellent performers are singled out by peers for awards for various aspects of performance in the previous theater season.
And nobody, because of what De Niro did, nobody has any idea who won anything. Robert De Niro, because of his two F-bombs aimed at President Trump went in there and very selfishly hijacked that night and turned it into something for his personal political preferences. And the Democrats want to turn to people like that for messaging help?
You know what else De Niro’s done? Snerdley told me today that, “Hey, did you hear De Niro apologized?” No, I didn’t hear De Niro apologized. “Yeah, he went to Canada, and he apologized to the Canadians for Trump.” I said, “Did he actually go there, did he go to Canada?” So De Niro doubles down. He went to Canada to apologize to Canadians for the unseemly behavior of our president and in the same process he is selfishly hijacking whatever other events or things are going on and forcing all of this attention to be focused on him.
Now, this story in The Politico, “Democrats Turn to Hollywood for Messaging Help — The Democratic National Committee and members of Congress are turning to Hollywood for help with voter turnout and messaging ahead of the midterm elections and 2020 presidential campaign, quietly consulting with a group of actors, writers and producers,” in Los Angeles.
The chairman of the Democrat National Committee, Tom Perez, who is a genuine left-wing radical wacko. “Tom Perez, several House members and other top elected officials have already met with the group,” of Hollywood experts, “formed by members of the entertainment industry in the wake of the 2016 election, that participants liken to a TV writers’ room, complete with producers of such programs as ‘Veep.’ The existence of the group and details of the meetings have not been previously reported. … Participants declined to identify the senator or other elected officials who have visited.”
Now, if I’m not mistaken, hasn’t Hollywood already done this? Doesn’t Hollywood do this every year? Didn’t Hollywood run some objective here to convince Electoral College voters to not vote the way they were supposed to? Don’t they already do ads for various Democrat candidates? Don’t the George Clooneys of the world donate and star in commercials for Democrat candidates?
Why are they considered experts? Because they played presidents on TV? Because they play vice presidents on TV? Because they play chief of staff on TV? Because they played political consultants on TV or in the movies? These are people whose movies are bombing out! These are people that don’t even care. Writers and actors don’t even care about whether the audience — well, not correct to say they don’t care, but their bottom line is often not tied to attendance at the box office. Some of them it is, but most of them get their money up front and how the movie performs is somebody else’s problem.
Hollywood actors and actresses are noted for not having any concern or any kind of a bond to their audiences, because they wouldn’t deign to. They wouldn’t socialize with audiences. They wouldn’t party with them. They’re royalty. The audiences are way down there. These people don’t know how to reach out and make contact with average Americans. By definition, they’re not supposed to. These are stars. They’re supposed to be on a pedestal way above any of us able to reach them. That’s how they’re spun.
Hollywood makes stars out of people. And when they make a star out of somebody, if that person becomes a star, they’re on a pedestal, and they’re untouchable, they’re unreachable. They create a mystique about them. You don’t see them. The big ones are not on social media interacting with their fans like athletes and stuff do. They remain far removed. They don’t answer fan mail. Gods do not answer mail, is the ongoing strategy.
So what could go right about this? Democrats are getting political message ideas from actors who have played politicians in movies. I remember all those ads they did for Hillary.
