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4 Hollywood stars who recently came out of the closet as … anti-Obama

Jamie Weinstein Senior Writer
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Republicans don’t exactly have the cream of the Hollywood crop.

Sure, you have your assorted Arnold Schwarzeneggers and Kelsey Grammers. But, overall, liberals dominate the entertainer class.

The Age of Obama has pushed more Hollywood personalities to come out of the closet as something less than Obama-supporters, however. Here are four of the latest Hollywood Obama dissenters from the right, if not out-and-out Hollywood Republicans.

Vince Vaughn 

Vince Vaughn

In an interview with comedian Adam Carolla last week, Vince Vaughn admitted to being a Ron Paul-supporting conservative.

“I think that what you come, as you get older, you just get less trust in the government running anything,” Vaughn said. “And that you start to realize when you really go back and look at the Constitution and the principles of liberty, the real purpose of government is to protect the individual’s right to sort of think and pursue what they have interest in. And that when you start drawing the lines, saying, as a society, we think this is inappropriate, we’re going to pass laws to protect them from themselves and or take things away to protect themselves or move money from here to there, that you realize that you wake up with corruption and without the unintended consequences you’ll wake up with a lot of problems that didn’t exist prior.”

This wasn’t the first time Vaughn expressed support for conservative or libertarian ideas. Vaughn declared his support for Ron Paul in the past and even introduced the former Texas congressman at a libertarian conference in 2011.

Rob Schneider 

Rob Schneider

In October, the former Saturday Night Live cast member and star of the cinematic classic “Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo” came out in support of 2014 California Republican candidate for governor Tim Donnelly.

“The state of California is a mess, and the super majority of Democrats is not working,” Schneider said, explaining why he was switching parties, at least for the upcoming election. “I’ve been a lifelong Democrat and I have to switch over because it no longer serves the people of this great state. …The last time I made a movie was seven years ago and that’s because we’re not being competitive.”

“Another four years of a Democratic administration will be a disaster for the state, as it already has been,” he added.

Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz hasn’t exactly come out as a Republican, but the former “Saturday Night Live” star has harshly criticized President Obama from the right recently.

“This whole thing with Obama saying the rich don’t pay their taxes is fucking bullshit,” he said in an interview last year. “And I voted for the guy, and I’m a Democrat. What a fucking asshole. The rich don’t pay their taxes? Let me tell you something, right. First they say to you, you’re dead broke, ‘the United States of America, you can do anything you want, go for it.’ So then you go for it and then you make it, and everyone’s like ‘fuck you.'”

While Lovitz has denied being a Republican or a conservative, he did suggest on Twitter he may no longer be a liberal.

For what it’s worth, Lovitz’s stand-up is pretty awesome, even if he isn’t exactly an A-Lister.

Frankie Muniz

Frankie Muniz

The “Malcolm in the Middle” star hasn’t been much heard of since his show ended in 2006, but every once in a while he will randomly tweet an anti-Obama message on Twitter.

 

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