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Jon Voight: Obama's Policies Spark Unrest
In Minnesota this week, actor and activist Jon Voight launched a fresh verbal missile against the President and his administration, saying, “We're becoming a socialist nation, and Obama is causing civil unrest in this country. … I say that they're taking away God's first gift to man: our free ...
Pawlenty Moves Raise Questions
voices.washingtonpost.com — By Dan Balz Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is widely regarded as one of the Republican Party's rising... national leaders. The runner-up to Sarah Palin to be John McCain's vice presidential running mate, he is a conservative whose blue-collar roots, amiable ... (more) Pawlenty Moves Raise Questions
Pawlenty bucks GOP, endorses Hoffman
thehill.com — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty became the latest Republican to buck his own party Monday, wading into a... New York special election to offer support for Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman instead of the GOP nominee. Pawlenty, who has raised his ... (more) Pawlenty bucks GOP, endorses Hoffman
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thehill.com — Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) warned Olympia Snowe today that she's risking her position in the GOP by... considering a vote for healthcare reform. "She's somebody who has gotten into the middle of the healthcare debate in a way that makes Republicans ... (more) Pawlenty takes on Snowe
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Robert Gibbs: 'Jon Voight joke in here'
The Swamp — ... The Academy Award-winning actor and activist Voight had launched a broadside against the president in Minnesota this week, saying that, "We're becoming a socialist nation, and Obama is causing civil unrest in this country. ... I say that they're taking away God's first gift to man: our free will." He said so at a fundraiser for Gov. Tim Pawlenty's new Freedom First PAC in Minneapolis, part of an exploratory presidential bid. ...

Jackson Williams: Hollywood Actor Matthew Marsden Hides Right-Wing Political Views - Do Colleagues Of His Do The Same?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... There are certainly popular entertainers with a conservative bent, some more than others. Jon Voight, for example, a great actor on occasion, doesn't hide his opinions. He's gone off the deep end in front of us for years. Just this week, he appeared with Tim Pawlenty in Minnesota, telling the crowd that President Obama is "causing civil unrest in this country....taking away God's first gift to man: our free will." Thursday, Voight appeared with Dobson henchman Tony Perkins ...

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