Lisa Edelstein's MoveOn.Org ad

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

We all had a good laugh at Olivia Wilde's "Message from the FUTURE" political ad from the superior minds at MoveOn.Org. Apparently, her "House" co-star Lisa Edelstein has a new MoveOn.Org ad, based on recent Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. Unlike the Wilde ad, the ad's tone definitely doesn't tend toward Narm Charm. (If you read TV Tropes.org, you'll grasp the meaning quickly.) Click the YouTube link, and view for yourselves.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zCJigrTb9Q

The Busters have done a superb job in researching Edelstein's political activism/leftism:

Link: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2011/02/18/lisa-edelstein-house-makes-back-alley-abortion-ad-moveonorg

I'll forego any other commentary, and let you all sound off, as always.

Exit question: Shall we expect Jennifer Morrison to do one, next? Bear in mind I don't know Morrison's politics, though, the current trend of "House" actresses being employed by MoveOn.org is quite fascinating.

Update: Mprice in the Comments poses a great question about mixing messages, as Edelstein's House character previously had a quest to become pregnant. How about that?

Comments

[blondebaroness.livejournal.com]

Shut up and act!

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Laura Ingraham would have been proud... at you. Not so much with Edelstein. Hee.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

^This.

[athousandsmiles]

I don't even have to see the ad; I've strongly disliked Lisa E. for a long time. As for Jennifer Morrison, she's a self-proclaimed Democrat, but has never been very vocal about politics. (She's also no longer on House.)

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

I know Morrison isn't on the show, anymore, but the trend I can't ignore, either. Duly noted about her politics.

I had a soft spot for Edelstein, from her voicing Mercy Graves from Kids WB's Superman series. Although, the ad rather killed that for me. Hah....

Don't waste your time, as I had to see it for context. 30 seconds I'll never get back.

[lilliew.livejournal.com]

I have officially stopped watching House after seeing this "ad". And deleted the unwatched eps from my DVR. Sorry, I won't support a show that hires such a naive actress that gets involved in misinformation like this.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, there are a lot of shows featuring actors and actresses involved in such misinformation. I'm not defending them, mind you, but it's a big list and part of Hollywood life. And it's your perfect right to feel that way, as I've had similar moments, myself. (My example would be anything with Viacom and MTV with me, and that was before the "Skins" issue.)

[mprice.livejournal.com]

What bugs me more than anything is the fact that they are making this sound like the GOP has successfully overturned Roe vs Wade. How is defunding PP sending women back to the back alleys of illegal abortions? They're still legal. The irresponsible sluts are going to have to foot the bill!


In a semi-related question: Isn't Lisa E's character TRYING to get pregnant? And won't this ad send an odd message to her libtard fans who buy into this crap?

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Exactly, which is my position. You want an abortion, fine, but pay for it, yourself.

That said, I never thought about her character's past quest for a child. I'll re-edit that to the entry.

[modernelegance.livejournal.com]

What bugs me more than anything is the fact that they are making this sound like the GOP has successfully overturned Roe vs Wade. How is defunding PP sending women back to the back alleys of illegal abortions? They're still legal. The irresponsible sluts are going to have to foot the bill!

Exactly, females are still ABLE to get abortions, just not have tax payers pay for them...even though Planned Parenthood (that has roots in eugenics!!!!!) is not just about abortions and they have been proven to be corrupt.

[kali-kali.livejournal.com]

The irresponsible sluts are going to have to foot the bill!

I'm as pro-life as they come, but statements like this make me want to move to America and start going on pro-choice marches with NARAL and PP and the like.

There are many reasons why women seek abortions. Yes, some have been irresponsible and promiscious. But even more haven't. Some are married, and just don't want more children. Some don't have the resources to raise a child, or don't want to put a career on hold, even if they have loving long-term partners to help. Some may have been using birth control, and it failed. Some just don't know about the consequences of sex, because their education has not included comprehensive sex education (which has most often disappeared from school curriculums due to conservative policies).

If pro-lifers are expected to make any gains in the modern world, change has to happen within first. Screaming religious slogans, using fear tactics or calling women who have unplanned pregnancies sluts is not going to win any hearts and minds. Supporting comprehensive sex education, supporting birth control (heck, even just condoms if hormonal birth control makes you nervous about its potential abortificaent effects), providing full financial assistance to women in unplanned pregnancies who would like to raise a child but don't have the resources to do so, being inclusive of the GLBT community, making adoption easier.... THAT will win hearts and minds. And it is the only hope that the pro-life movement has for survival.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

ICON LOVE.

[modernelegance.livejournal.com]

My response that I left at Hillbuzz:

So now we have a fake doctor telling women what procedure is good for them to have? Considering my pro-abortion uni professor told me to my face that she would not want to know what doctors would be doing to her during an abortion or any other surgical procedure…the liberals do not women to be informed about what so called “doctors” are doing to their body by extracting an unborn child early…just accept it and move on. (pun not intended)

I am just thankful I did not like her in the first place.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Including the crushing of the skull and the vacuuming of the brain parts, yeah....

Indeed. Unlike me, per my above comment of liking her mildly, if only for Superman.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Oh, no question. The Democrats who refused to denounce the ad completely lost any with me.

Although, the Wilde ad they did moved them from horrible political hatchetmen to horrible and dopey political hatchetmen. Fun combo.

[onceuponapillow.livejournal.com]

I've actually been avoiding that ad. I like the show(despite some of the idiotic crap that gets said/done) and her character and I don't want the actresses stupidity ruining that for me.

But man, I really wish idiots like her would stop acting like abortion is helping anyone. It's killing innocent life and it does nothing but add emotional trama to the woman who get them.

As for Cuddy trying to get pregnant and later adopting a child. I don't think LE's stance takes anything away from that story. House has many contradictions within the show to do that.

Hell I remember an episode I really loathe where a pregnant rape victim ended up bonding with House. The end result was her getting an abortion. It was supposed to be a moving episode but all it did was piss me off. All I could think about was that girl having to deal with the trama from her rape with the addition of the confusion and trama from her abortion with no support from anyone, least of all House(a drug addict with emotional issues who had no business advising her.)

And in another episode House is pushing for a middle aged woman to get an abortion to save her life, while Cuddy is pushing to save her and her baby. There is a scene where they are operating and the baby grabs House's finger, and at the end of the episode House tells Cuddy she got lucky saving the woman and baby and that 99.9% of the time abortion is the way to go, but is shown rubbing that same finger the baby grabbed in the closing scene.

In another episode(I can't fully remember) a pregnant teen is given an abortion and the law prevents her parents from being told what is happening.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

No, it doesn't take from the character, except it makes for a morbidly amusing personal irony.

However, you're right, as the show is full of contradictions. Of course, what would one except from the slogan, "everyone lies"?

Indeed, as the jerkass aspects of everyone in the show doesn't make me want to connect in any way. (That, and the fandom is nucking futs, but fun to watch them wank.)

[acadecalli.livejournal.com]

I agree with everything you said! I love the character Cuddy, so I am avoiding this moveon.org ad like the plague. I don't want Edelstein's own political views tarnishing my view of my favorite character on the show.

Recently, though, I have noticed Edelstein can be quite a ditz. She won some award recently (People's Choice? I don't really remember) and her acceptance speech was one of the most awkward and silly things I have seen in a long time. Even interviews she has on red carpets and whatnot often don't leave her looking that intelligent. Her involvement with this garbage just proves that she is a good actor, but not much else.

I remember the rape victim episode. Pissed me off like none-other. The girl wanted to keep the baby, but House harassed her about her religious beliefs until she got an abortion. On the other hand, the episode where Cuddy advocates for the middle-aged woman and her decision to keep the baby was probably one of my favorites. Though House claims to think that the abortion would have been the best option, his body language says otherwise. Hugh Laurie is a fantastic actor, and he beautifully conveys that his character is saying one thing while believing another.

[hannahsarah.livejournal.com]

Why is she wearing a frilly dress? What is the message here, that she got pregnant while at a fancy party? I certainly never wear a little black formal to a doctor's appointment, do you?

Also, as a Jew, I really hate that she's Jewish. It's just embarrassing.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

LOL! I thought the same thing, too. What is up with that?

Speaking of... what is the proper attire when going to a Planned Parenthood building? Or to any abortion place? I always thought it was regular shirt and jeans.

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

I think she's trying to look like the Donna Reed woman of the 50s to show that women have been set back when they didn't have a choice but go to a back alley butcher to get an abortion. But I could be wrong.

[mprice.livejournal.com]

It's supposed to be a woman from the 1950s. I think it would have been more effective if it were in black and white.

It still ticks me off that the message here is - Now that someone else won't pay for your abortion, you'll have to go back to the pre Roe vs Wade method.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Why don't Lisa and her other libertine Hollywood friends who worship at the altar of dismembered fetuses fund Planned Homicide themselves? They say they want pro-lifers "out of their bedrooms" but they want in MY wallet regardless of what MY conscience says. Typical leftists; they want somebody else to foot the bill.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

That, or "it's easy to have virtue without paying an actual price for it."