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Lovitz Says Obama Mockery Drew Death Threats
Jon Lovitz spent much of George W. Bush’s presidency doing what nearly all of his peers did – making fun of the Commander in Chief.
And no one said a peep.
When the “Saturday Night Live” alum chided President Barack Obama for saying the rich don’t pay their fair share earlier this year, he ended up letting a security escort walk him to his car.
Lovitz tells Big Hollywood that his now infamous podcast rant against Obama’s class warfare rhetoric led to death threats left on the voice mail of his Universal City-based comedy club.
Anonymous
August 8th, 2012
They’re supposed to be keeping Mooch off the phone. Somebody call the Attorney General
Honest Politicians 4 Sale
August 8th, 2012
Hope he has the balls to not back down. Most of Hollywood have already surrendered.
GM Car Of The Future
August 8th, 2012
The threats came from Rosanne Barr.
VaGal
August 8th, 2012
So, Lovitz is getting the “Conservative Treatment” is he? Sounds as though this is a bit of an eye-opener for him. Good. I don’t really care what Hollywood has to say, but at the same time, anybody speaking out on the lefty bully tactics is still a good thing.
Dr. Tar
August 8th, 2012
Should be a TV Movie “The Unintential Hero – A Free Speech Story.”
dba...vagabond trader
August 8th, 2012
And what have you learned from this free speech exercise Mr Lovitz? Because if you haven’t figured out who the enemy is, tough tiddies for your troubles.
hanoverfist
August 8th, 2012
Someone send John a Chic-fil-A coupon.
Stranded in Sonoma
August 8th, 2012
Mr. Lovitz, welcome to the world of truth.
Al muddjuice Sharpton
August 8th, 2012
You have the right to question your government Mr. Lovitz. That’s what free speech is.
Liberals only want you to speak out against Conservatives. Liberals are out of bounds.
Hoe your eyes are being opened by all this….
muddjuice
August 8th, 2012
Oops….forgot to take the Sharpton thingy off when I posted….my bad.
Noelegy
August 8th, 2012
This lends credence to the theory that everyone in Hollywood (almost) spouts leftist rhetoric and supports Democrats, whether or not they truly feel that way, because they don’t want to be blacklisted, or worse.
Mr.Gates
August 8th, 2012
I heard Lovitz in an interview right after he made his statements about how “…HALF isn’t enough?”.
He is elevated in my opinion of him for how he handled it. But he still doesn’t get it… who the democrats really are.
AbigailAdams
August 8th, 2012
Yeah, Levitz is throwing us a bone. In the after interview he was more than quick to say (and repeated on O’Reilly) that he thinks obamaloney is just the greatest. He has no intention of going conservative.
General Ripper
August 8th, 2012
If Lovitz is still voting Democrat after getting left-wing death threats then he is a complete dumbass.
“Yeah, I’ll vote Obama and the whole Democrat ticket even after getting incontrovertible PROOF that the Democrat Party is fascist and socialist. YEAH, THAT’S THE TICKET!”
muddjuice
August 9th, 2012
@ Ripper.
Nice. I see what you did there. His words from one of his skits.
Awesome….