Jon Voight Blasts Obama

Says He'd Usher In Socialism And Is Weak On Terror; Hasn't Spoken To Daughter, Angelina Jolie, About The New Twins

(CBS)  Jon Voight charges that Barack Obama would bring socialism to the United States if he reached the Oval Office, and says Obama is weak on terror.

In an op-ed piece in The Washington Times last week, the Oscar-winning actor adds that he's disturbed by Obama's past associations with what he calls "militant white and black people."

Voight didn't back off those assertions in a wide-ranging interview with Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen Tuesday.

He also told Chen he hasn't spoken with his daughter, actress Angelina Jolie, since she gave birth to twins recently.

Jolie stopped talking to her father in 2002 when he said in a TV interview that she had "severe emotional problems."

Several reports online quote them both as saying they're working on mending their relationship. Jolie said in an interview with an Australian newspaper, "We are going to try to get to know each other and maybe try not to be this daddy and daughter, but to be there for each other as friends in the coming years."

In the op-ed piece, Voight says Obama "has grown up with the teaching of very angry, militant white and black people: the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, William Ayers and Rev. Michael Pfleger. We cannot say we are not affected by teachers who are militant and angry. We know too well that we become like them, and Mr. Obama will run this country in their mindset.

"The Democratic Party, in its quest for power, has managed a propaganda campaign with subliminal messages, creating a God-like figure in a man who falls short in every way. It seems to me that if Mr. Obama wins the presidential election, then Messrs. Farrakhan, Wright, Ayers and Pfleger will gain power for their need to demoralize this country and help create a socialist America."

Voight also contends, "If Mr. Obama had his way, he would have pulled our troops from Iraq years ago and initiated an unprecedented bloodbath, turning over that country to the barbarianism of our enemies. ... And while a misleading portrait of Mr. Obama is being perpetrated by a media controlled by the Democrats, the Obama camp has sent out people to attack the greatness of Sen. John McCain, whose suffering and courage in a Hanoi prison camp is an American legend."

Also: "There's not a cell in my body that can accept the idea that Mr. Obama can keep us safe from the terrorists around the world, and from Iran, which is making great strides toward getting the atomic bomb."

Voight concludes, " If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way."

Voight observed to Chen that, in the piece, he "asked what are the qualifications of this man to become president of the United States. I find him wanting, and I expressed some of that and my concerns. ... I sat there and I watched this thing and I just came to a point where I said, 'Boy, somebody's gotta start talking about some of the real stuff.' And that's what I felt and that's what I did."

What concerns Voight most?

"His inexperience and lack of judgment. Some of that is indicated by the friendships and mentors he had growing up. We should be very concerned about it."

Voight says he hasn't heard form either campaign since the piece was published. He told Chen he's gotten "a little angry mail, but I've had a lot of support from the other side of things, too, people who have side they appreciated my stating some of this stuff."

As far as his new grandchildren are concerned, Voight admitted he hasn't made plans to see them though, "I'd like to see them, of course. I was one of the first to look it up on the Web and see what they look like. A very beautiful picture coming out."

[cafritz]

Jon Voight is an American Hero! I wish more people would be on your shows that truly love this country. Thank God for those who gave their lives for our freedoms. God Bless America and keep us safe from the likes of this President and those that follow him!

[mas215]

Why is it if a celebrity who happens to be a republican or critical of a democrat is bashed and attacked by the far left. We always hear about the far right (FOX TV), but you never hear about CNN, MSNBC being members of the far left. I guess freedom of speech only applies when leftists bash republicans but can't take it when it goes the other way. Thank you Jon for speaking up, there are many more republicans in show business who are afraid to speak out for fear of losing roles. They're blacklisted plain and simple. It seems the Hollywood left only wants things their way and love to belong to the Blame America Firsters as well as being to the left of Lenin.

[FormerGOP09]

Why is it always old rich white men complaining about President Obama the loudest? Jon, It is old dinosaurs like you that are holding our grate country back, it is old white men like you who keep progress down so that you don?t get left behind. President Obama is a grate man, I know it is killing you and other prehistoric thinkers, that the Head (black) man in charge is young, smart, and a humble man. He is not some self-righteous self indulge two faced hypocrite, walking around being a bully because he has a big stick.
Closed minded Old white men like you have demonized our grate wonderful country for years! Did you and of the rest of YOUR kind not get the memo.
We the people are sick of you OLD FARTS! That is why WE elected US a young progressive humble PRESIDENT!

[ducdebrabant]

It's extremely disturbing how even more "mainstream" Republicans use all this millenarian language about Obama, nudging and winking evangelicals to think his administration is the fulfillment of an apocalyptic prophecy and the President is the Antichrist. It's meant to fly above everybody else's radar, but Voight needs to be called on it, and so does any other Republican using this coded language. It takes politics to a new low. Yesterday, Tom Tancredo called the President a "cult leader." God is not a Republican and being a Democrat is not "un-Biblical," but that's the tack they are (to their everlasting disgrace) taking. In my opinion, it's un-American.

[dog7771]

Old creep. You can''t even take care of your own family. Why should we list to anything you say? Blii Clinton was recently lecturing about MONOGAMY!!HAHAHAHA!And now you need some attention, since your beautiful daughter and her familia are not speaking to you right now? Go take a nice nap!

[tawpdawg111]

AHA! Silence... crickets chirping

GOP should get to work to have that Thomas.gov website shut down.

[tawpdawg111]

We all know McCain spent much time in Senate and military but he doesn''t DO anything when he is there. A very simple fact check at Thomas.gov will show everyone that in the three years Barack has been in the Senate:

Obama has sponsored or cosponsored 570 bills in three years (more than McCain in the same timeframe); he has directly introduced 15 bills that have become law (more than McCain); he has introduced amendments to 50 bills, of which 16 were adopted by the Senate (more than McCain). Most of the bills he sponsored were in: energy efficiency (25 bills), health care (21 bills), public health (20 bills), consumer protection (14 bills), Veterans bills (13 bills) and ethics bills (12 bills). He hasn''t set any kind of record, but his record IS above the average for a freshman Senator. On a related point, let''''s note that Obama has voted on more than half of all bills this year vs McCain who has missed every vote since April (indeed, McCain''s own leading state newspaper has criticised him, and noted that AZ voters are citing McCain''s failure to even show up in the Senate this year, as a major reason NOT to vote for him!). "

Don''t believe me?

Sorry...the truth hurts sometimes and the truth is Barack SMOKES McCain in work ethic.

Someone double-check these FACTS and then explain to everyone why the freshman senator is able to accomplish so MUCH more than the senator with MUCH more experience and military service.

[element51]

tootall10142....Glad you got those diamonds. I put away a little gold. Let my ask you a question and I''ll wait for your answer. This question was posed in an econ class that I took in college.
Which is worth more? A 10 carat diamond or a glass of water?

[tootall10142]

THE REALISM HERE IS HES PROBABLY RIGHT.SCARY HUH? THE MAN GETS NO VOTE FROM THIS ELECTION IM STAYING HOME AND COUNTING MY DIAMONDS.THEY WILL EXCHANGE ANY WHERE AND ARE NEVER WORTH LESS THAN THE DAY THEY WERE CUT.HES FAR FROM THE DIAMOND THE PRESS PORTRAY HIM TO BE.

[chefjohn4]

"His inexperience and lack of judgment. Some of that is indicated by the friendships and mentors he had growing up. We should be very concerned about it."

Half of W''s friends are in jail; I mean does anybody remember ENRON, or how bout'' Scooter Libby.

[miles1967-2009]

Here are McCain''s recent top 5 flip-flops.

http://www.politicususa.com/en/Top-5-Flip-Flops

The "surge" only appears to be working because we are giving money and arms to the Sunnis, who until recently were placing IEDS and shooting at U.S. soldiers. Arming your enemies and paying them a salary never works unless you plan on doing those for 100+ years like McCain wants to. Once we stop giving the Sunnis money, they will go right back to being insurgents against us, the Shias and anyone else. Wake up people, the Iraq fair is a colossal blunder that had no military relevancy and has only fanned the flames of the already existing civil war. We should never have been involved.

McCain divorced his first wife on her proverbial sickbed (a la the GOP''s Hypocrite in Chief, the despicable Newt Gingrich). What kind of man divorces a woman who waited for him to return from the war, and concealed her own life-threatening car crash injuries for his benefit? McCain married his current millionaire heiress beer-distributor wife, 17 years his junior, one month after dumping Carol Shepp McCain, who, as Sen. McCain so gallantly put it, "was on crutches and had gained quite a bit of weight."

I don''t know how any person could vote for this befuddled fearmongering fool and still look in the mirror every morning.

[chefjohn4]

Obama has no qualifications? How much background did W have. 6 years running Texas into the ground...thats it. Look what 8 years of GOP controll has gotton us. $ in the toilet, 5 year war, Housing market a mess and 4$ plus Gas. Maybe a little socialism might not be a bad idea!

[chefjohn4]

lookaroundu - look around you!

[lookaroundu]

YES, there are still some in Hollywood with a brain and not afraid to speak up and use it!!!!!!!! NOBAMA !!! temper temper bleeding heart Liberals! Where are those sensitive, caring, tolerant, free speech, loving, open minded creatures when put to the test? Hyprocrites = Liberals!

They hated each other, torn down and exposed each other to the hilt..AND NOW BEST FRIENDS??? Where is Mr Bill and daughter now ???? OH yes, off in Africa hiding as submissive puppets for their party and NOT SUPPORTING Barack Hussein Obama??? At least Bill & daughter are not full hypocrites as Hillary and Barack Hussein Obama is! "Pull the troops now...I would rather win the election than the war!!! whats this???...the surge is working??? OH NO!!! I can''t admit it now! Don''t drill for oil... OH NO!! let me look at the polls...I had better drill, screw the environment, screw the country!!! I wanna win!!!" Sad BUT TRUE!!! go to exposeobama com and check into reality!

[element51]

wendy62...I think you are right. There are a lot of people who listen to Limbaugh and Hannity and O''Reiley and Ingram and make their decisions based on what they are told. I have researched Obama, gone to see him speak and evaluated what I found. I am not in the least bit concerned if he wins. We have a strong constitution in this country and if he is as bad as you all seem to think he will be impeached by his second year in office. Now if you want republican control, what better way to get it. If he does screw up and is impeached it will be years before the democrats can even be elected to the position of dog catcher. So why worry. When he takes the oath of office he will do it with a noose around his neck and if he makes one mis-step the republicans will jerk that rope and that will be the end. That''s why I don''t understand why all the repubs are so excited. If they are right it''s a winning situation. If they''re wrong though, it might be a different story.

[element51]

andor3....These claims are totally stupid. We are governed by constitutional law and there is no way that one man could break it even if he wanted to. This is like the little boy crying wolf. They use these terrible sounding scare tactics hoping that there are weak minded people out there who will actually believe them. These claims that Voigt makes are just talking points provided by the RNC and somehow he managed to grab the national spotlight to spout a bunch of nonsense. If this country was going to break because of bad leadership I promise you it would have done so during the reign of Bush 2. I realized some time back that this type of posting was going to go on and on so I pretty much just ignore it. We''ll know in November where the country stands and if the people chose McCain we''ll just have to live with it. It''s hard to believe that America will vote against it''s best interest but it has happened before. 2000 and 2004. We''ll see. There is so much mis-information out there that''s it''s impossible to actually get at the truth. Don''t let all this stuff get to you. Do your own research, use your intelligence and make your own decision.

[jpgscbs]

Jon voight! who cares what he says. Why don''t he tried to be a better father.

[wendy62-2009]

I am so glad,that Jon Voight said what he did about
Obama. My guess is that a lot of people think the same way about Obama .

[dbm20012008]

Oh yeah, such a valuable opinion from a totally dysfunctional ACTOR. Don''t we all base our votes on what an ACTOR thinks? This guy looked for pix of his own grandkids online? What a guy. He can''t even make peace with his own daughter, yet, wants to give an opinon on something? Yeah, such a valuable opinion. What a nut.

[sharncedar]

Voight''s attack on Obama is way off base. His charges:

1) Obama will withdraw from Iraq - wrong, Obama said that during the primary, but has already given his classic, "um well, actually I meant blah blah blah" retraction on that one. Obama will not withdraw from Iraq, any more than he was really against NAFTA.

2) Obama will bring socialism - wrong, Obama''s economic "advisors" are the usual suspects, for example one of them said subprime mortgages were good because they expand home ownership, ie Bush''s exact words. These are precisely the free-market free-trade extremists who got us into this mess. They are arrogant elitists who are for the rich getting richer, that is his economics team. Hardly "socialists"

3) Obama is a black racist - wrong, Obama''s every action and words since the nomination have been white racist talk. Every Chicago politician from his district goes to that same church and courts those local politicians, that just Obama being a sleazy weasel, his beliefs are clearly arrogant supremacy, the philosophy of Harvard and the wealthy.