On November 2nd aka “election day” Sly sent out the following tweet:
I voted did you? Gotta get the Manchurian Candidate out of the drivers seat before were ALL soaring off a cliff into Oblivion…Be smart.
Followed by…
the Manchurian Candidate was a movie about fake president who was put there by foreign enemies to destroy America . Scary concept. Rise up!
This started a firestorm of tweets, posts and articles that Sly was badmouthing President Obama, that he shouldn’t be posting political statements and on and on and on. Since this wasn’t a Presidential election, Sly’s tweet couldn’t have been an attempt to vote President Obama out of office. At any rate, Sly tweeted some more on the subject…
To emotional,people, I’m just mixing it up.Getting the blood going ! Makes ya passionate, don,t it .Good! Happy with things? OPINIONS?
I am going now and I hope no one was offended, just trying to find some twisted humor during these difficult times,never give up HOPE..Love.
As you can imagine, several sites picked up the story…
- Southern California Public Radio: Sylvester Stallone Sounds Off…
- Big Hollywood: Stallone Voted to Get the “Manchurian Candidate”…
- NY Mag: Did Sylvester Stallone Just Tweet…
- Politico: Celebrities Tweet to Vote
- Toronto Sun: Sly Denies Anti-Obama Tweet
- MSNBC: Stallone Denies Ripping Obama in Tweet
- Film Shaft: Stallone Clears Up Manchurian Candidate…
- Movieline: Sylvester Stallone Wasn’t Actually Calling…
- LA Times: Sly Stallone Voted and Tweeted…