Alan Colmes reports Andy Williams thinks Obama is a Marxist!

[gauguin57]

Andy Williams! Dude was friends with the Kennedys (dated Ethel for a while, I believe). Andy Williams record-crushing party at my house in a half-hour! Hey Andy ... I got yer MOON RIVER right here!



http://www.alan.com/2009/09/29/andy-williams-thinks-obama-is-a-marxist/


Andy Williams Thinks Obama Is A Marxist

September 29th, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT

From The Political Carnival, Andy Williams, of all people, is accusing President Obama of “following Marxist theory” and “wanting the country to fail.”
Williams, a lifelong Republican whose hits include Moon River and Music To Watch Girls By, told the Radio Times he thought Mr Obama wanted to turn the US into a “socialist country”.
The 81-year-old was a friend of the Kennedy family during the 1960s and was present at the Los Angeles rally where Robert F Kennedy was assassinated in 1968.

[opihimoimoi]

1. I never bought any of his shit...moon river my ass.....if he is a Pub, he is deluded

[Canuckistanian]

2. Andy Williams??

Come to think of it, I never did see him do a duet with Nat King Cole or Sammy Davis Jr.

[Gwereeya]

5. Wow!

This is really gonna sink Obama! :sarcasm:

[Canuckistanian]

6. I know!

This is the worst thing to happen to Obama since Jon Voight!

[PBS Poll-435]

9. LOLZ!!!

National Treasure 3 - Search for the Vault Copy



:P

[tblue]

23. No. Wilford Brimley!!! Anyway, we've got Andy Griffith! nt

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

34. I'm amazed by this!!!

I thought Andy Williams died years ago. He's fucking alive!!

[marshall]

40. Check it out on Youtube

Andy did duets with Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr. (a great take on the Bonanaza theme, for one), Pearl Bailey, Ray Charles.....

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Since when was Andy Williams a lifelong Republican?

I'm call steer manure on this one.

[gauguin57]

4. Sounded weird to me, too, since he was such buds with the Kennedys.

Who knows. Maybe he's gone daft.

[rebel with a cause]

13. Maybe it was because his wife (ex-wife) had just killed her lover

and he was trying to look all innocent and stuff. What is funny is that I don't think I have any of his albums but had/maybe still have Claudine Longet's. Just joking. He was divorced from her when the incident occurred and he stood by her side. She only spent 30 days in jail (at her convenience) and then married her defense lawyer.

"Howard Andrew "Andy" or "Paul" Williams (born December 3, 1927) is an American pop singer. Andy Williams has recorded 18 gold <1> and three platinum <2> certified albums. When Ronald Reagan was president, he declared Andy's voice to be "a national treasure". He had his own popular TV variety show from 1962–71. He also owns his own theater, the Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri."

"In the early 1970s, when the Nixon Administration attempted to deport John Lennon, Andy Williams was an outspoken defender of the Beatles right to stay in the United States."

"Williams was close friends with Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, campaigning for Kennedy '68 for President. Williams was present at the Ambassador Hotel when RFK was assassinated in June 1968. Williams solemnly sang "Battle Hymn of the Republic" at RFK's funeral, by request of widow Ethel. By August 1969, over a year after Bobby Kennedy's death, Andy and Claudine named their newborn son 'Bobby' Williams. The Williams' friendship with Ethel Kennedy has endured, with Andy even serving as escort to Ethel, during events in the 1970s. Although Williams was a friend of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy's, he said he is a lifelong Republican who grew up in Iowa singing in church choirs and feels right at home in Branson."

Thanks Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Williams

[MrModerate]

18. If he's a life-long Republican who came of political age in the 60s and 70s . . .

Then the "modern" Republican party would kick him out as a loony left-winger.

But I guess he's redeemed himself with the Marxist twaddle (if that's even true).

[rebel with a cause]

25. He will be 72 in December and he lives in Branson.

That about says it all. Whether or not he said what they are saying or not, I don't know.

I know I have seen some showbiz people of my age and older get into the bat-sh*t crazy tv religion, getting more fanatic by the minute until I don't even understand who they have become. With this goes the right wing extremism that makes them seem even crazier. :crazy:

Andy was a Reagan republican. Even though he was friends with Ethel Kennedy, that doesn't make much difference when you realize that Arnold is now a part of the Kennedy family. Also, many of Murdoch's friends think he is a liberal at heart and only conservative because it is good for business. Like the saying goes...Politics makes strange bedfellows.

[BeyondGeography]

39. He's going on 82

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Williams

[rebel with a cause]

41. What can I say,,,,,,,,,

it was late... I was tired...My math sucked. :rofl:

[FrenchieCat]

7. Who is Andy Williams, and why I am supposed to care what he fucking thinks?

He must be an old white man on Medicare, right? :shrug:

[rufus dog]

11. He is this clean cut crooner who had a variety show in the late 60's/early 70's

I think he was the first guy to put the Osmond Family on TV. Whitest damn show you have every seen.

[rebel with a cause]

14. But boy did he love his v-necked sweaters.

[saracat]

17. Nothing racist /ageist about your statement is there? I don't care what

Andy Williams thinks and he is obviously idiotic IF he said such a thing but he is a legendary performer. If you don't realize that, your general knowledge is lacking.I find your"old white man on medicare' comment mocking, demeaning and downright nasty. My Dad was an old "white man on medicare" and guess what, so are a lot of loyal Democrats. Andy Williams MIGHT be a silly person but you are out of line IMHO.

[saracat]

19. And another thing. Andy Williams sand "The Impossible Dream" at Bobby Kennedy's Funeral.

[Yavin4]

8. I Thought That Andy Williams Was Dead

Seriously.

[lordsummerisle]

12. So did I n/t

[Brother Buzz]

15. He operates his own theater in Branson Mo, he might as well be dead.

[Cobalt-60]

20. Perhaps hes sucking up to the Branson crowd

You know they're mighty particular about other people's politics.

[Brother Buzz]

21. That, or he played the pseudo Democrat when it served his purposes

Either way, he has been disingenuous, and that is kinda crappy.

[saltpoint]

31. Yeah. I thought he was dead, too. He's really dead, right?

[Cha]

47. Alive and spouting rw fearpoints in Branson, Missouri..

apparently. That's okay, Tony Bennett cancels him way out.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8675493&mesg_id=8676035

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett

http://www.benedettoarts.com/index2.html

[saltpoint]

48. O my god. He's ALIVE?!

O my god.

[WCGreen]

50. If you call playing to the hoot'n'holler crowd at Branson living then I guess

he is still alive...

[saltpoint]

52. Morgue music. It's a very special genre...

:hi:

[WCGreen]

53. If I ever get to Branson....

It will be in a Hearse...

[saltpoint]

54. We'll send some flowers or something...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. that sure is a big-ass punkin

:yoiks:

[Raine]

29. yeah that punkin is really

something. :wow:

[madamesilverspurs]

49. So exactly who

snuck into Rush's dressing room to get that pic?

[Drunken Irishman]

16. Who the fuck is Andy Williams?

I only remember him from that Simpsons episode where Bart, Nelson, Milhouse and Martin steal a rental car and drive to Branson, Missouri.

ANDY WILLIAMS!

[Norrin Radd]

22. He's known primarily for his renditions of

Christmas songs / Christmas TV specials.

[Drunken Irishman]

26. Oh. So basically he's lame.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

35. Tiny Tim was lame....

but at least he had talent. Andy Williams is much worse.

[tblue]

24. He's Pat Boone with darker hair.

Also a Sinatra wannabe.

[CTLawGuy]

30. haha

"I didn't think he'd do Moon River and then BAM, second encore!"

Branson, MO - its like Las Vegas, if it were run by Ned Flanders.

[Monk06]

57. He's Perry Como's slightly smarter brother.. They both liked sweaters

[LaPera]

27. Does he also believe that Bush was indeed a corporate fascist? - Fucking republicans!

[Raine]

28. Williams was NOT at the rally when Kennedy was killed

I heard him say himself that he was NOT there, they were going to meet later AFTER the rally. Not that his being there is a big deal one way or the other but it shows how stories change to suit the teller about who they want to impress at the time.

[shaniqua6392]

32. I thought that Andy Williams was dead.

I guess Faux News is trying to impress the old fuckers that watch their network again.

[donheld]

33. Is he still alive?

[watercolors]

36. Like who care what williams thinks,

waste of space here!

[zulchzulu]

37. That's what happens when you live in friggin' Branson

I was there once and Andy is there with the trophy wife.

[Kingofalldems]

38. Didn't his wife get in some sort of trouble?

Also: I do believe he introduced the Osmonds to America. He should be in jail just for that.

[Sebastian Doyle]

42. Andy Williams? Isn't that old bastard 120 years old by now?

Who gives a shit what he thinks? Is his ex wife still around? Maybe she could take care of him like she did her boyfriend?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8IOKKG_PAQ

[rucky]

43. But what does Anson Williams think?

[damonm]

44. In other news...

Andy Williams is still alive.
Film at 11.

[kestrel91316]

45. Andy Williams?? That towering intellect whose greatest claim to fame came from

being married to Claudine Longet, who killed Spider Sabich, my favorite skier??

Mr. Williams is demented.

[Cha]

46. Poor thing..the Fearmongers got to him..he couldn't

have been too strong.

We got Tony Bennett.:) I know ya'll know who Tony Bennett is..

<snip>>

CNSNews.com) - "Grammy-award winning musician Tony Bennett told CNSNews.com he “loves everything” Barack Obama has done in his first 100 days as president and thinks every American should “give him all-out support for anything he wants to do.”


http://www.cnsnews.com/Public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47462

[baldguy]

51. Andy Williams is still alive? Who knew?

[saltpoint]

55. Loon River -- whiter than a ...

[question everything]

56. What does Pat Boone think? (nt)