1 OK Rusty... I think I am younger than you are. I grew up as Christopher Reeves was playing Superman. I have no idea wut his social, political, or really anything about his background. But, being a woman and BLONDE he was a hell of a hunk SUPERMAN.... Andrea

2 Reminds me of that joke with Superman, Wonderwoman, and the Invisible Man...

3 I started to feel sad this morning when I learned of his passing as he was my first glimspe of superman as a child but then my wonderful husband brought me to my senses by reminding me of the fact that he was a stark raving liberal. Not only that but he got hurt and then wanted everyone to hurry and find a way to cure him even if it meant making abortion legal. A real superman would have perfered to stay dibilitated had it meant innocent babies would die.

4 Folks, it looks to me as if we have sunk to the same level as the liberals. Imagine the rejoicing in liberal-land if Rush Limbaugh died. This smacks of the same thing. Regardless of his politics, the self-centeredness of his campaigns, or as the Maximum Leader points out the fall he may have brought on himself, he was still a human-being that was loved by his family, and did have a pretty awful life after his accident. Definitely attack his positions as stated, but don't turn it into a rejoicing over his death.

5 Let's just say he's gone and continue on.

6 Bravo, I had the same reaction.

7 I did, too, but I thought I was the only one who felt that way. ~C

8 I don't think anyone is rejoicing over his death. I just think we're being honest about our opinions of his obnoxious politics. I wouldn't wish that kind of existence on anyone, leftist or not. While the rest of the media praises Superman, some of us are just being honest about our opinions. I feel for his family, but I'm not going to lie about it and call him "hero".

9 Tell me about dirty politics....my bro worked for 20 years at the same job, one wkend he went mountain biking and after an accident became paralized. He had 2 million worth of healthcare, when that ran out, he had to go on medicare and state aid. He needed a new wheelchair, ordered by several doctors, but medicare ect. wouldn't pay for it so he developed a sore, which turned into a colostomy, surgeries and several months in rehab later his brand new wheel chair is sitting at his apt. He now has to stay in bed..and the chair it's just sitting there. How is that even cost effective. Plus it's not even you taxpayers footing the bill; there is a lawsuit about to be settled and the state and the feds have already decided how much he owes them. Laugh at Reeve if you want to...he was hope for a lot of ppl. BTW my bro votes for Bush and my family is primarily right- to the extreme (except for a few of us) My bro is sad about Reeve's death but won't be voting for Kerry, but maybe if I show him your post he'll change his mind.

10 You really shouldn't poke fun at Christopher Reeve. He WAS Superman after all and if he hadn't fallen off that horse nine years ago, would have undoubtedly prevented 9/11 single-handedly.

11 Ronald Reagan dead? No. He joins the ranks of Elvis, JFK, and Sasquatch in their banishment. His crime? Look, it's not so much that he was a smoothe criminal as the fact that he was a selfish prick who became a martyr, a hero, and a poster child for the Limbaugh-ization of America. You're next Nancy Reagan. Can I make another inapproriate observation here? I suspect that the amount of grief suffered by the average American citizen in learning that Reagan is dead is proportionately related to their probability of voting for George W. Bush.

12 Yeah, I kind of think Jeff hits it on the head. I mean when it gets down to cases, if folks have such a boner for Reeve's politics, why is his death the occasion to speak of them. If anything, I would imagine that the converse would be true.

13 I was expecting to piss off more people than this!! What did I do wrong???!!!??? Also, a lot of this was super-secret-insider-wink-wink-nudge-nudging for South Park fans. I'm not glad he's dead, but I do think he was a prick in real life. On the other hand, I am glad that Derida is dead. But let's deconstruct the word 'glad', shall we?

14 What's everybody's problem with Reeve's politics? Is it stem cell? I'm in the dark.

15 sometimes you are such a prick

16 Uhm, Kari, hate to break it to ya but abortion is already legal. Roe v. Wade. Look it up. Geesh, people get all in a tirade about the Left and don't even know what the current law is relating to the very issue they whine about.

17 I used to like the Superman films but Reeve played a part in ilm where he wa sa paedophile and I just could never get that out of my head whenever I watched reruns of the Superman films. Knew nothing of his politics.

18 tirade NOUN: A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe. hmm Deb, I don't honestly think that my comment was a triade. As far as abortion being legal, well duh that's a given. One of the worst mistakes ever made by this country; but then I don't expect you to realize that. I guess I should have stated plainly that I was speaking metaphorically but I was so busy with my blatent attack on the left that I didn't think. How can I ever live with myself? I'm sorry Reeves died, I think it's tragic, but I am not going to kiss his ass (figurativly) just becasue he died.

19 Superman was terribly bored with fighting crime, so one Friday night he decided to go out on the town to have some fun for a change. He dropped by Batman's house. "Hey Batman," he said. "Wanna' go out tonight?" "No, I can't," replied Batman. "The Batmobile is broken and I gotta' stay home and fix it, or else I won't be able to fight crime." "You loser," said Superman, and he flew away in disgust. He then decided to stop by Spiderman's house. "Hey, Spidey, how about hitting the town tonight, you and me," he said. "I'd love to, but I can't," replied Spiderman. "My web-slinger is jammed and I gotta fix it in order to fight crime." Superman, all disgusted, quipped: "You loser. Go ahead--stay home on a Friday night and fix your damned web-slinger." He again flew away. While flying around the city looking for something to do, his super vision spotted Wonder Woman lying on her back, stark naked and spread-eagle! Superman thought, "Hey, I'm Superman, so I can fly down there at the speed of light, have a quickie and she'll never know the difference!" Wonder Woman said, "What the hell was that?" The Invisible Man said, "I don't know, but it hurt like hell!"