Actor Jon Voight Endorses Romney, Says Newt Gingrich ‘Falls Short’
EmailPENSACOLA, Fla. – Academy Award winning actor Jon Voight threw his support behind Mitt Romney today, telling a crowd of hundreds at a local restaurant that Newt Gingrich “falls short” of having the characteristics needed to run the White House.
“Governor Romney is a man of faith, honor, love, and truth,” said Voight. “These are the first very important qualities a president must have. He is strong, honest, and wants to bring the country back to its exceptional place, where we have been for hundreds and hundreds of years, until President Obama decided to follow his father’s footsteps and take us to socialism.”
“I’m sorry to say Speaker Gingrich may fall short in many ways,” said Voight. “Please join me to bring in Gov. Mitt Romney as the next President of the United States.”
Voight, who has been outspoken about his disdain for President Obama, wrote an open letter to the president last year, accusing him of “promoting anti-Semitism around the world.”
Today, Voight was far less inflammatory, but seemed to hint at his often provocative language when he first approached the microphone, remarking, “Watch Governor Romney’s face.”
Romney could then be heard saying, “Uh oh, what’s he going to do? What’s he going to do?”
Sen. John McCain joined Voight at the Fish House, a local seafood restaurant, where the two men sang Romney’s praises and emphasized the importance of strengthening the nation’s military.
Before Romney launched into his own criticism of Obama’s foreign policy, he joked that he “didn’t know how to chit chat with a famous actor” like Voight.
“I started talking about my five boys,” said Romney of his conversation with Voight. “I said, you know, it’s easier to raise boys than girls. Well, after a long pause, he says, ‘Tell me about it.’”
Voight is the father of actress and one-time Hollywood bad girl Angelina Jolie.
Quickly returning to his message, speaking at an event dubbed as a rally for veterans, Romney slammed Obama for “reducing the military,” saying that the only way someone can justify doing it is “by hiding from reality.”
“So much is at stake, so much is at stake. How can you possibly imagine cutting back the scale and the capacity of America’s military,” said Romney. “I can’t imagine it. Look around the world.”
“I think he has a view that America is in decline, and that the best course for America is to appease and accommodate the worst actors in the world — I’m not referring to anyone you know Jon – I’m talking about people like Ahmadinejad, and Castro and Chavez and Kim Jong-un, and all the people who threaten the world. And so he opens a hand to them,” Romney said.
Voight is no stranger to Florida presidential primaries. He endorsed then-candidate Rudy Giuliani four years ago ahead of the Sunshine State’s nominating contest.
Giuliani went on to lose Florida, coming in third place, far behind John McCain and the second-place finisher that year, Mitt Romney and dropped out one day after his disappointing Florida loss and endorsed McCain.
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And we care about Jon Voight’s opinion WHY?!?!?
Posted by: A Cynic | January 28, 2012, 11:44 am 11:44 am
Has anyone else caught on that in the State of the Union Address that Obama was raiding the Military Budget to prop up his Oligarch’s Green Jobs monopoly?
Posted by: Wylie-Mike | January 28, 2012, 11:45 am 11:45 am
Who cares what a Hollywood actor says? Most of them are Democratic bleeding heart liberals, in the first place, who just suck up to the producers and other power mongers in Hollywood, in supporting the Democratic Party subversives.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | January 28, 2012, 11:56 am 11:56 am
Who cares what this washed up millionaire actor thinks? Go back into your artificial world and play the role of a serf. Maybe your opinions could count.
Posted by: rosiecheeks | January 28, 2012, 12:36 pm 12:36 pm
A F list actor endorsing an F list politician, it fits.
Posted by: neastsider | January 28, 2012, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm
Rick McDaniel —- FYI, Voight is a well known and very vocal Conservative Republican, not a ‘Democratic bleeding heart Liberal.’ And you’re right. Who cares what a Hollywood actor says?
Posted by: A Cynic | January 28, 2012, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm
I can see now why he and his daughter were estranged for so long…he’s an idiot!
Posted by: LifeisGOOD007 | January 28, 2012, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm
Jon Voight is a train wreck! Who in their right mind cares what he thinks?
Posted by: Brad | January 28, 2012, 2:15 pm 2:15 pm
Mitt Romney represents the same corrupt, failed Reagan policy. He caters to his Patrons with Medicare and the Department of Defense. The usual bogus doctors and contractors rake in the federal dollar and then kick it back to the politician.
Posted by: dustin95sc | January 28, 2012, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm
Who cares what a Hollywood actor says? Most of them are Democratic bleeding heart liberals, in the first place, who just suck up to the producers and other power mongers in Hollywood, in supporting the Democratic Party subversives.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel
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Most of them ARE bleeding heart liberals, which is why when an actor decides to be a Republican, he stands very alone. I say it takes a great deal of courage to stand alone.
Posted by: spike | January 28, 2012, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm
Most of them ARE bleeding heart liberals, which is why when an actor decides to be a Republican, he stands very alone. I say it takes a great deal of courage to stand alone.
Posted by: spike | January 28, 2012, 2:21 pm.
Why is that courageous? And why the hell would ANYONE give any weight to ANY movie actor’s political opinion? Doesn’t matter if it’s Voight or Oprah – their political opinion means less than nothing to me. What’s surprising is how many people it DOES matter to.
Posted by: A Cynic | January 28, 2012, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm
Mitt Romney represents the same corrupt, failed Reagan policy. He caters to his Patrons with Medicare and the Department of Defense. The usual bogus doctors and contractors rake in the federal dollar and then kick it back to the politician.
Posted by: dustin95sc
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And YOUR man caters to global warming activists who would say or do anything for a grant. Bogus companies like Solyndra rake in the billions of TAXPAYER dollars in the name of global warming and create unemployment for all.
Posted by: spike | January 28, 2012, 2:29 pm 2:29 pm
At least he is not endorsing Obama like 99% of Hollywood will be doing.
…but sorry Jon, II’ll vote for Santorum , or Newt if S pulls out before NY.
Posted by: Art | January 28, 2012, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm
I’m a short, fat, old man that nobody ever heard of. I’m not famous so I only get one vote in the primary and one vote in the general election.
Jon Voight is a well known actor so he gets one vote in the primary and another one in the general election!
Posted by: cloud | January 28, 2012, 3:01 pm 3:01 pm
Who cares…Jon Voight …a nobody!
Posted by: Kevin | January 28, 2012, 3:09 pm 3:09 pm
Wow the GOP really has some winners backing them up! Obama is going to win by a LANDSLIDE!
Posted by: LifeisGOOD007 | January 28, 2012, 3:13 pm 3:13 pm
POSTED BY: LIFEISGOOD007 | JANUARY 28, 2012, 3:13 PM 3:13 PM, but you take every word to heart that every left leaning so-called prominent figure says. But if one does not bow to the policies of this administration then in your eyes they are losers. I wonder who the real loser is.
Posted by: Lizzie | January 28, 2012, 4:51 pm 4:51 pm
Gee – glad that’s cleared up I was so worried about who this washed up actor was going to vote for, I could barely bring myself to watch his old movies.
Posted by: Sheila | January 28, 2012, 4:52 pm 4:52 pm
Glad to har soembody fom Hollywood has some brains. Go Romney!
Posted by: Gman | January 28, 2012, 5:08 pm 5:08 pm
Jon Voight FALLS SHORT IN EVERYTHING.
Posted by: TWODOGS | January 28, 2012, 5:15 pm 5:15 pm
all celebs should just shut their pie hole. if they like a candidate they should do what ordinary people do and that is donate to their candidate’s campaign as much as they can legally donate. celebs can also work in a campaign headquarters by answering phones, etc.
Posted by: david | January 28, 2012, 6:02 pm 6:02 pm
And YOUR man caters to global warming activists who would say or do anything for a grant. Bogus
companies like Solyndra rake in the billions of TAXPAYER dollars in the name of global warming and
create unemployment for all. POSTED BY: SPIKE ****Better than getting a grant to build a bridge to
nowhere!!! LOL!!!!
Posted by: michael | January 28, 2012, 6:26 pm 6:26 pm
This coming from a drunk who can not even get along with his own family.
Posted by: Jim | January 28, 2012, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm
The real story here is why in the world did you single out Jon Voight (of all people) when there are roughly 7 billion people on this planet? Who’s Flo from the Progressive insurance commercial voting for? And how about the valued political leanings of Kathy Griffin, Danny Bonaduce or Jon Bon Jovi?? Why on earth did you leave them out?
Posted by: Paula D. | January 28, 2012, 8:03 pm 8:03 pm
Lizzy Lizzy Lizzy ….Because I am voting for Obama you think I am on the left- you could not be any more wrong! This is another election that the GOP has NOT put a viable candidate forward. Newt is a shill. RP is just plain coo coo for cocoa puffs and Romney and I have about as much in common as apples and oranges.
Posted by: LifeisGOOD007 | January 28, 2012, 8:21 pm 8:21 pm
Thanks Jon Vought, for taking time out from your tight schedule and sharing your thoughts about us in Florida and for backing Mitt Romney, who is a man that will bring back our country to it’s powerful position that was weaken by Obama. And a man that will never volunteer an apolighy for being the most powerful nation on earth.
Posted by: Wesley G. Tripp | January 28, 2012, 9:25 pm 9:25 pm
Jon Voight has guts. Hollywood liberal always acts in groups, this guy stands alone.
Posted by: Fred V | January 30, 2012, 4:54 am 4:54 am
Is Jon a Mormon? Did I miss that part of “Anaconda”?
Posted by: SmallBusinessSupporter | January 30, 2012, 4:43 pm 4:43 pm