David Mamet's Conservative Conversion, Part 1

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Obama back to Hannity David Mamet is a world renowned playwright and director now some of his most notable works include the untouchables and wag the dog.

-- he made some ways in Hollywood in 2008.

When he penned an op Ed titled why I am no longer a brain dead liberal and now he's written a new book.

The secret knowledge on dismantling of American culture the struggle of the left to rationalize its positions.

Is an intolerable.

One.

As you speak as a reformed liberal.

Dentistry but a nice to make -- his movies are great aren't yet you that your work speaks for itself here and just renowned playwright you've been some of the biggest movies and in that the country in history.

-- had to get into all of that.

Always thought I was failed actor and -- -- -- around the -- and so like.

Well I don't wanna leave and so if you don't want to leave you can -- that'll have to someone else.

So that might tendencies -- actor was was to correct peoples to some -- but we tried this we would vote which went that way that's terrible -- for an actor but who would have but for director.

So became -- director that's that's amazing.

Where did you start out you might -- a little bit of David Horowitz all maybe not quite like what -- -- but he grew up with parents or Communist.

And then he evolved into a very strong solid consistent conservative.

You had a little bit of a political transformation life well yeah I was so.

I think it started around two of 2004.

And I went to the polling place in the morning and ultra ultra liberal community.

Two vote democratic and there was a feeling of of violence.

At the polling place against what couldn't tell because it was a bunch of really -- to do Jews like myself was great deal.

Of diversity.

Was god knows what because I don't think we've we've we've we pay your taxes -- have them teach this -- -- kids from school.

And don't and don't patient -- that the real diversity diversity of fault.

But there was a feeling of violence lately I understood that there was rage against George Bush.

And then I went out I was directing television show on CBS called the unit and went out to start directing the -- -- -- toward people on the set.

Fifteen actors -- -- 85 of the people we don't know which -- his politics but we get along perfectly.

-- -- -- -- -- -- America's -- coffers vision of America.

Right did the press that he was in the civilian concentrate.

Conservation corps.

And they said okay everybody wants to work -- on the truck took him to do senior two CO -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Uses those people -- -- between us we figured out how to build that road and I realize that's the feeling on the set how did you make a transformation.

Well a lot of things happened -- -- a political play in the Newark -- Comedy of those pretty darn funny New York Times.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- One recent -- got another -- back to reboot to make sure because three billion that the into what did some.

Anti liberal bias and I don't know what it was prepared to order them.

And so it's like coming it's like coming to grips like a -- -- -- -- homosexual comes out of the closet later in life.

Or person changes their religion late in life it's a big airport right too -- to become aware of what you think it.

He mentioned that that you or Jewish I I -- -- he's.

Prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu I thought gave one of the finest speeches before the United States congress have never seem to -- -- -- -- read and I read -- -- -- United Nations what did you think that's I felt thought -- that's a regular on the milliliter.

That's that's -- -- This -- -- like this so -- asked him you best people who who agree with all of our follow up.

-- and PC support conservatism of the what do you both democratic and they respond because I'm a Democrat.

And I realize that that's that's that's just not enough that it's that.

When the three branches of government have failed to -- percent of citizenry.

And boo boo boo -- mass of the media has failed to represent the -- and so this will be better represented citizen right you.

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