I was fascinated (and pleased) to discover today that Clint Howard– the goofy-looking bit actor who pops up in big brother Ron’s movies– is an out-and-out conservative.

Howard described himself as a “conservative minded citizen” in an interview with the Daily Caller:

“I understand that show business people can wear the public a bit thin when it comes to politics. I know they wear me thin,” Howard said. “I’m not a policy wonk and I don’t dream of being a political operative. My goal as a citizen is to do what I can to help the causes that I personally believe in. To me, it is the same as walking the precinct.”

Of course, it is no mystery that Ron Howard carries water for the Democrats and merrily proselytized the Hopenchange mythos.

So why is Clint (b. 1959) a conservative and Ron (b. 1954) a liberal? For me, this photo from the Daily Caller article says it all:

See also: constrained vision, unconstrained vision

One of these men looks sunny, self-satisfied and a little credulous. One of them looks like Clint Howard.

Bill Whittle in another excellent segment of Afterburner.

I love that there’s a place where he can have 10 minutes at a time to speak semi-comprehensively about something. It’s not at all like CNN or MSNBC where one barely has time to say, “Wait– no. I’m not a racist. I thought we were talking about– seriously, please stop saying I’m a racist–”