In the Hopper for Obama

Add yet another conservative/Repub to the Obama column:

“I voted for Bush, father and son, but this time I’ll vote for Obama,” [Dennis Hopper] told journalists at the opening of a show on his life and work at the Paris cinematheque.

Hopper is to be handed France’s order of Commander of Arts and Letters by the culture minister later Monday.

“I was the first person in my family to have been Republican,” he added. “For most of my life I wasn’t on the left.”

“I pray God, Barack Obama is elected,” he said, criticising the current administration’s many “lies.”

As if the makers of An American Carol didn’t need more bad news, now one of their stars is praying for the terrorist to win. Too funny.

Anyone want to take bets on which prominent conservative will fold next? Have at it in the comments.

RELATED: When I was researching this story, I came across this hilariously spintastic post about An American Carol by the winner of our Sexiest Newsbuster contest, Warner Todd Huston. My favorite part is when he complains about Wonkette’s “typical unprofessional style.”

UPDATE: Newsbuster link fixed.  Thanks HB!

Posted by Kevin K. on 10/13/08 at 02:39 PM • Permalink

Christopher Hitchens isn’t a conservative, but he has bolstered the sorry Bush administration and their wingnut allies and attacked liberals pretty consistently since 9/11. Here’s what he had to say about McCain-Palin:

The most insulting thing that a politician can do is to compel you to ask yourself: “What does he take me for?” Precisely this question is provoked by the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin. I wrote not long ago that it was not right to condescend to her just because of her provincial roots or her piety, let alone her slight flirtatiousness, but really her conduct since then has been a national disgrace. It turns out that none of her early claims to political courage was founded in fact, and it further turns out that some of the untested rumors about her—her vindictiveness in local quarrels, her bizarre religious and political affiliations—were very well-founded, indeed. Moreover, given the nasty and lowly task of stirring up the whack-job fringe of the party’s right wing and of recycling patent falsehoods about Obama’s position on Afghanistan, she has drawn upon the only talent that she apparently possesses.

It therefore seems to me that the Republican Party has invited not just defeat but discredit this year, and that both its nominees for the highest offices in the land should be decisively repudiated, along with any senators, congressmen, and governors who endorse them.

Booyah!

According to the McCain campaign Bill “it’s always opposite day” Kristol has now flipped for Obama.

Betty, I have always hated Hitchens with a passion but I must say that was an awesome assessment of the McPainlin’s.  I’ll bet anyone $10 that McStokethefiresofhate tries to get Obama to repudiate John Lewis at the debate.

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