"Hercules" actor Kevin Sorbo is a total idiot.

[Archae]

To say the least.

(Besides, Lucy Lawless as "Xena" looked a helluva lot better!)

God’s Not Dead Actor Kevin Sorbo: Jesus Would Vote for Donald Trump

July 1, 2016 by Hemant Mehta 143 Comments

Kevin Sorbo, the God’s Not Dead actor who seems to think the film was a documentary, told TMZ yesterday that Jesus would totally vote for Donald Trump because he’s the “lesser of two evils.”

To his credit, the reporter pointed out that Jesus, who “grew up in the Middle East,” might not be able to visit America if President Trump has his way with immigration policy. Sorbo dismissed that argument with a knee-jerk, “I don’t think that’s true.”

His response was two words too long.

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[Skittles]

1. who?

[Salviati]

2. Exactly

[lpbk2713]

3. Yup. JC is a Trump fan.

It must be true. I saw it on the innernets.

[kimbutgar]

4. He is major republican

I remember he supported bush, McCain and Romney. Doesn't surprise me. I used to think he was hot now I find him repulsive.

[Initech]

5. He's been a lunatic fringe fundie for a while now.

[MurrayDelph]

10. Anti-Semitic nutcase

in the Mel Gibson mold.

[Archae]

16. I know what Mel Gibson said about Jews, but Sorbo?

What did he say?

[MurrayDelph]

17. From RightWing Watch:

Kevin Sorbo continues to make the rounds of Religious Right radio programs to promote the the DVD release of his recent film "God's Not Dead." While appearing on Jerry Newcombe's "Vocal Point" radio program recently, Sorbo noted that Mel Gibson had created a lot more opportunities for Christian filmmakers in Hollywood with the success of his film "The Passion of the Christ," which made a lot of money despite concerns from Jewish leaders that the film was anti-Semitic.

Sorbo, for his part, does not really understand what Jews were so upset about.

"He got attacked when he was shooting 'The Passion' from the Jewish community, saying 'look at the way you're portraying us,'" Sorbo said. "News bulletin: you did kill Jesus!"

[Archae]

18. Forgot about that...

Shows you how much I try to remember what a Hollywood "star" says, at times.
Especially right-wing kooks like Sorbo.

[JaneyVee]

6. He's been crazy for a while.

[hunter]

7. Sorbos' commentary track, on one of the Hercules DVD sets I think, is a hoot.

But it's scary too. We live in a world where too many people believe Reality Television (including Fox News) is reality. and that Trump is something more than a Reality Television Clown.

[Iliyah]

8. How do people know which way Jesus would vote?

Being logical here and I've always been told that Jesus was liberal I would assume it wouldn't be T-rump.

[Thor_MN]

11. Can we start we start with did Jesus actually exist? Was he an actual person or a literary device?

If he was an actual person, no way would Trump going to let an undocumented, non English speaking, brown middle easterner into the country. Even if he crept in over a border, he would not be able to obtain ID required to register to vote and Rethug "voter fraud" laws would prevent him from voting.

If we are talking Jesus the literary device, we are going to have to extend the conversation to Superman, Batman, etc. But Jesus the literary character would not vote for Trump, because 1. He's not real and 2. Trump is an ass.

[Iggo]

9. His head is huge. (n/t)

[alphafemale]

22. ....and empty. The voices in his head echo. nt

[Chasstev365]

12. Jesus was a socialist Jew

Hummm. Let'see; who would Jesus vote for?

[Maeve]

13. Go home, Kevin, and sober up. eom

[XRubicon]

14. Titormus!

F Heracles

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. I don't know where this came from

He grew up in the town where I went to junior and senior high school, and his father was my eighth grade science teacher. His oldest brother was one of my youngest brother's best friends. His mother got along well with my mother. They seemed like a nice, normal family. I never knew Kevin, the second youngest of five children, because he was like twelve years younger than me. The family was mainstream ELCA Lutheran, i.e. not fundies.

I don't know how he got to be this way, except that he isn't the only person I know during my teen years who has turned into a right-wing nutcase.

[Kablooie]

19. Maybe he was talking about Jesus Rodriguez.

Though he'd be wrong about that also.

[LostOne4Ever]

20. Is there a single actor who played Hercules in a major movie or TV show who is not a Winger?

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]Seriously, I was looking at a list and they all seem to be republicans or wingnuts to one degree or another. Schwarzenegger, Ferrigno, the Rock, and so forth.

But, yeah, Sorbo is especially bad. Which is sad because I loved the Adventures of Hercules series as an adolescent. But it explains why he was such a crappy actor:

You have to have a brain to know the difference from a spoken line and stage direction. [/font]

[Chan790]

21. I've known this for some time.

Sorbo is Kirk Cameron level RW Jesus-nutty. He was openly so as far back the Hercules days; I was always horrified in my amusement that people here were fans of his because of the show.

[backscatter712]

24. Yep. Nuttier than squirrel shit.

He's as fundie as they get, and a regular fixture on the Jesus channels these days.

[malthaussen]

23. Yeah, but the show had some fun moments.

Entertainers are under no obligation to be reasonable human beings.

-- Mal