Opinion: Cool Hand Luke says vote blue
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Paul Newman’s liberalism is nothing new. And he’s more than happy to lend his face to causes he cares about --- he pops up in ads for the Nation magazine, and he has made a cottage industry of selling salad dressing and other items to raise cash for politically and socially progressive organizations.
As of today, you can also find him in a video on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, bragging about one of his star turns during the Nixon days.
“My wife says that my proudest moment was when I landed on Richard Nixon’s enemies list,” the 82-year-old Academy Award-winning actor says. “I won’t argue. Maybe I was doing something right.”
He goes on to urge support for the DSCC and its financing of the party’s U.S. Senate candidates in next year’s election.
Who does the National Republican Senatorial Committee offer up on its site? Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, complaining about a Democratic proposal to allow unions to organize with a card-check system instead of a secret ballot.
Pass the salad dressing, please ... .
-- Scott Martelle
