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Galraedia

(5,015 posts)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 05:39 PM Jan 2012

Eric Cantor on 60 Minutes: No Honest Answers

Eric Cantor appeared as Leslie Stahl’s guest on 60 Minutes and did his best to whitewash, downplay, revise history, deny history, appear reasonable and “humanize” his image . . . all in vain, I might add, for anyone who knows Cantor’s record and what appears to be his rabidly personal animosity toward the President, despite his sincerely delivered statements otherwise.

Here’s the video:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7393500n

“Humanizing” his image? All Eric Cantor is missing are the bolts in his neck to channel Frankenstein – personality and all. Doesn’t matter that Cantor’s son says he’s “cool” and likes rap music, including, Cantor noted, “Jay-Z, Lil Wayne.” Doesn’t matter that both his mother-in-law, who lives with them, and his wife, Diana – a former employee of Goldman Sachs – were liberal Democrats who “converted” to the Republican Party, and are pro-choice and pro-gay marriage. Doesn’t matter that he has a sincere one-on-one manner, and presents as a kindly southern gentleman – lacking only the mimosa with mint on the patio – to complete the picture of a misunderstood man who just wants what’s best for the country. Desperate to be portrayed as anything but the cold man he truly is, at heart, Cantor implored Stahl that, as to his personal image, “We’re counting on you to help us to get the reality out to address that.”

As to his image, none of the folksy down-home charm matters – his image is carved in stone. What matters is that, when asked by Leslie Stahl whether he was proud of President Obama, he clearly hesitated, saying only, “Uh, he’s my commander in chief.” Apparently recalling that this new, improved, reasonable, cooperative and earnest image required clear-eyed sincerity in respecting our President, he added, “I respect the President, I like the man . . . he’s got a lot on his plate, I respect that. And I want to continue trying to work with him.”

Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/02/eric-cantor-on-60-minutes-no-honest-answers-video/

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Eric Cantor on 60 Minutes: No Honest Answers (Original Post) Galraedia Jan 2012 OP
honest answers from a republican? madrchsod Jan 2012 #1
eric could do 60 60 minutes and his image would remain repugnant spanone Jan 2012 #2
Obama is not his commander in chief tularetom Jan 2012 #3
Cantor belongs in showbiz. gulliver Jan 2012 #4
Wow! Look at little eric trying to look all sincere and normal. Kahuna Jan 2012 #5

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
1. honest answers from a republican?
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 05:42 PM
Jan 2012

not really sure if they are capable of understanding what a honest answer is

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
3. Obama is not his commander in chief
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 06:14 PM
Jan 2012

Unless he is in the military - which I'm guessing is a place that Cantor has never been.

gulliver

(13,142 posts)
4. Cantor belongs in showbiz.
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 06:57 PM
Jan 2012

I saw Cantor's 60 Minutes performance yesterday.

He's just got a great mix of central casting bad guy characteristics and behavior, although he would not be appropriate for a star-level bad guy role, at least not at first.

For instance, I don't think Cantor would be able to convincingly affect the mommy problems needed for a remake of Psycho. And he doesn't look intelligent, campy, or flamboyant enough to be a Bond villain. He's not masculine enough even to play the Ralph Fiennes character from Schindler's List or bad-seed-crazy-childish-looking enough to play the guy from Inglourious Basterds. Introverted, repressed sadism is not enough for a big screen villain.

Could Cantor star in a Tom Delay biopic? I don't think so. Prosthetics could make him look sufficiently inbred, but Cantor's rage seethes beneath the surface, unlike Delay's. Cantor acts more like a healthy, determined, angry rat than a rabid one.

Caligula? Not really. The megalomania and sadism might be in range for him, but I'm not seeing the sexuality or extroversion.

I think a Dexter villain is Cantor's best bet for an acting play. He would do it justice.

I'm not saying Cantor is really like any of these bad guys, of course. Playing an ass would be in his wheelhouse, because that is what he appears to be in real life. But he could also play a sadist effortlessly using the remaining range of expression he demonstrated in his 60 Minutes appearance. Cantor struck me as a guy who knows he has done wrong, revels in it, but doesn't want anyone to pin it on him in a way that prevents him from continuing to do it. He's a good foreman for the Tea Party Republicans, in other words. But I think he could make a modest living in regular showbiz too.

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