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Sightings: Jon Voight comes to protest health care reform bill

By: Nikki Schwab and Tara Palmeri
Washington Examiner
11/05/09 11:00 PM EST

Spotted on the West Lawn of the Capitol before thousands of protesters chanting "Kill the bill" and "Can you hear us now?": Academy Award winner Jon Voight with actor John Ratzenberger, best known for his role of Cliff Clavin on "Cheers."

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who organized Thursday's "House Call on Congress" against the health care reform bill referred to Voight as "a true national treasure," playing on his role in "National Treasure: Book of Secrets."

A prominent conservative in Hollywood, Voight said, "Obama has his own obsession to ram this health care bill through Congress and to turn America into a socialist country."




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Nov 6, 2009

Thank you Jon Voight!!

 

Chris

Nov 7, 2009

Jon Voight has a sick obsession with spouting hateful language about the President. That hollywood fossil never misses an opportunity to go on a bigoted rant regarding Obama.

 

Nov 7, 2009

Jon Voight is a PATRIOT. We NEED more like him to stop the evil of the current administration

 

Tawnya Larson

Nov 8, 2009

THANK YOU!!! for having the courage to say what we are all FEELING!!! Most americans are scared to death and tired of them wasting our hard earned money, just to destroy our country. I am so scared for my children and grandchildren! How DARE they!!!

 

Judy

Nov 9, 2009

He isn't sick because he is a conservative! It's disgusting that a person can't take a stand anymore without using discriminatory language! You're going to hear a lot more from conservatives NOW and in the FUTURE! We don't like what is happening in Washington! 44 czars in the White House?
The whole thing is ridiculous! If Bush had had czars he would have been tarred and feathered!

 

fridihem

Nov 13, 2009

Its quite surprising that these Hollywood stars with their muiltimillion houses and huge incomes are always trying to put down anything that will help the average American, and with the 47 million without any healthcare coverage, this bill will be most welcome, and it has nothing to do with socialism. Just the mention of that word puts terror into the mindless Americans

 


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