So does he support him or not? I heard as much as I needed to hear from old TRUS Ted when he made that antisemitic dog whistle about New Yorkers in order to pander to the evangelical voters in Iowa. That right there is not just a deal killer, it’s a “Where did I put my shotgun again?” moment for anyone who is Jewish because HISTORY.

For better or for worse, the choices celebrities make as to which politicians they appear with matter in this country. If it was merely “curiosity,” that motivated your Oscar-winning father’s attendance at the Cruz event, one would expect him to stand in the back, where he could listen in relative anonymity, not in the *front* seat, where his attendance could and would be photographed and exploited in support of the candidate, which the reprehensible Breitbart wasted no time in doing:
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2016/02/02/actor-richard-dreyfuss-attends-cruz-event-iowa-im-interested-say/

Your defense of your father’s attendance is as disingenous and smarmy — although motivated by love for the old man, good for you! — as the candidate about which you claim he is merely “curious.”

And the apparent support for a candidate of Cruz’ antisemitic ilk by an Oscar-winning Jewish actor is all the more dangerous. No wonder the attempt, however failing, at attempting to rationalize the choice and its impact.