Happy Fourth of July!

Hope everyone has a wonderful and fun Fourth of July weekend.  

 

In honor of the anniversary of the founding of our great nation, our Cool Conservative of the Day is the brilliant and beloved Bob Hope.  

 

Star of vaudeville, Broadway, radio, movies and television, Hope was honored five times by the Academy (two honorary Oscars, two special awards, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award), and awarded an amazing 58 honorary doctorates.

Beyond his great comedic talent, Hope was also well known for his deep love and appreciation for our military, appearing in or hosting nearly 200 USO shows.  Bob Hope was very proud of being the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces," after being so designated in a 1997 Resolution of Congress.

In honor of the Fourth of July, please consider joining Bob Hope in supporting the USO.  You can donate online here or learn more about volunteer opportunities with the USO here.

God Bless America, our Troops and their families, and you and your family too this Fourth of July weekend.

Jon Voight Rips Obama In Open Letter

The Cool Conservative of the Day is Jon Voight, for oh so many reasons...

Wow, oh wow.  This is one heck of a kick-in-the-teeth type of letter.  Actor Jon Voight has written an open letter to the President, slamming him for his betrayal of Israel and handling of the Arizona immigration debate.

"Your destruction of this country may never be remedied, and we may never recover..."

Read the whole letter.  It's only three paragraphs and well worth your time:

Jon Voight Rips Obama In Open Letter

I met Voight in 2008, at the Orange County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner, where he was there to support Rudy Giuliani.  Voight is a great and very thoughtful speaker, and deeply troubled about the direction in which our country is headed.

    

Voight was on the Huckabee Show a few months ago, and had this to say:

Jon Voight on Huckabee

Voight has also been outspoken in support of a number of Republican candidates, our military and veterans, Israel, and in support of the tea party movement.  


Jon Voight, we're proud to have you on our side.  Keep fighting the good fight.

Cool Conservatives of the Day | Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers (New Feature!)

For the past generation or so, it has seemed like the Democrats get a lot more positive attention in the media and pop culture worlds.  Until the tea party movement picked up steam in the past year, the liberals definitely had cooler t-shirts.

They don't always get the same level of attention, but there are a lot of famous people that are conservative or who have promoted conservative causes or ideas.  

Sunshine State Sarah is proud to bring you a new feature, "Cool Conservative of the Day."  Periodically, I'll bring you a profile of someone who you may not have known was a conservative.  Right now, I have posts scheduled weekly for awhile.  I'll try to keep adding someone new every week, and will add a label of "cool conservatives" to these posts so you can easily find them.

If you have a "Cool Conservative" you'd like to nominate, please contact me at sarahrumpf at gmail dot com.

Our inaugural "Cool Conservatives" are the classic movie dance team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, one of the best pairings in cinema history.

Fred Astaire (1899-1987) and Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) made ten films together, some of the most beloved Hollywood classics of all time, combining beautiful dance numbers, comedy, and romance. 

Astaire was a lifelong member of the Republican Party, and a charter member of the Hollywood Republican Committee.  Rogers was likewise a registered Republican and supporter of conservative causes.

Fred and Ginger in Roberta