Republicans can be peculiarly hypocritical

It's hard not to laugh at the results of a recent CBS poll on the question of whether Hollywood celebrities should get involved in politics.

Two thirds of Republican respondents say the Hollywood crowd should stay out of politics.

But is not the GOP the party whose adherents typically consider Hollywood celebrity Ronald Reagan among our greatest presidents?

Is it not the party of the late U.S. Sen. George Murphy, a song-and-dance man from the movies? Is it not the party of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Is it not the party of such outspoken Hollywood conservatives (past and present) as Charlton Heston, John Wayne, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis, Pat Sajak, Mel Gibson, Bob Hope, Gerald McRaney, Robert Stack, Fred Thompson, Doris Day, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart, Walter Brennan, Red Skelton, Roy Rogers, William Holden, Ginger Rogers, James Cagney, Pat Boone, Irene Dunne, Dick Clark and on and on?

Just asking.