Loved the guy. He once said that he firmly believes that everyone learns from experience "and those that don't should be drug out and shot". https://www.google.com.kw/amp/s/www...lobe-nominee-full-metal-jacket-was-74-1102863 Ermey also was one of the rare conservatives in more liberal Hollywood. In 2010, he did a commercial for Geico but later said he was fired from that gig after bashing then-President Barack Obama at a Toys 4 Tots benefit. At the time, he said that Obama's administration was "destroying the country" and "driving us into bankruptcy so that they can impose socialism on us." He apologized, but two years later, he toldTMZ he was fired by Geico over those remarks: "If you're a conservative in this town, you better watch out.