Linda Ronstadt Posted on 11/18/2004 1:18:45 AM PST by ChristianDefender
Singer Linda Ronstadt, who made headlines during this year's presidential campaign by expressing solidarity with filmmaker Michael Moore, is now comparing current U.S. political trends with events in Nazi Germany.
Linda Ronstadt
"People don't realize that by voting Republican, they voted against themselves," Ronstadt told USA Today regarding the race for the White House.
On the issue of the ongoing battle in Iraq, Ronstadt added, "I worry that some people are entertained by the idea of this war. They don't know anything about the Iraqis, but they're angry and frustrated in their own lives. It's like Germany, before Hitler took over. The economy was bad and people felt kicked around. They looked for a scapegoat. Now we've got a new bunch of Hitlers."
The comments are just the latest in a string of controversial remarks the singer made this year. In July, her dedication of a song to Moore during a concert in Las Vegas prompted her to be escorted off the Aladdin Casino and Resort property.
Looking back on the incident, she told the paper, "No one threw drinks or anything in the concert hall. I don't know what people did in the lobby, but if they behaved like naughty schoolboys, that's not my fault. I doubt it was the first time they had drunk people in Vegas, you know?"
She added she has no regrets about the incident.
"It made me look rather good, I think."
The 58-year-old also raised eyebrows in an interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune with a verbal assault on Christians as well as members of the GOP.
"This is an election year, and I think we're in desperate trouble and it's time for people to speak up and not pipe down. It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know."
Despite her high-profile statements, Ronstadt admits the impact of her words is debatable.
"I have very little power," she told USA Today. "I've been blessed with an unusually long career, but the peak was in the '70s and '80s. I think you just have to carry on – and do what you can to get information out to people. Do what you can."
NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE...
As if Linda Ronstadt were literate and versed enough in history to actually know what she's talking about...the idiot.
What a half-wit. Calling Jerry Brown. Calling Jerry Brown.
Didn't her 15 minutes of fame end a decade or two ago?
If Ronstadt gets any fatter, she'll either become Mrs. Michael Moore or replace Sally Struthers. She has no respect for herself.
Don't over-estimate her.
Interesting that this vapid, empty-headed, pseudo-intellectual fears intolerance on the part of others, but will not suffer the presence of anyone not of her own ilk.
Who's the Hitler now?!?
..and another one bites the dust. ....
LOL!
You know, I just can't take this bubble head seriously. What she says doesn't bother me. I just consider the source.
Schadenfreude anyone???
;-)
The picture does a good job of hidding the blubber.
I still love her duet with Aaron Nevill "Don't Know Much"....
Damn! That title fits her to a tee!
*sigh*
It's morons like this who make me gloat and laugh even louder.
two words : FAT HAS-BEEN
Good one.
The real miracle of Linda Rondstadt is that her head hasn't caved in yet, from being an empty void. Even Jerry Brown has more commen sense that that jackass.
Four more years of suffering for Linda and all the other no-talents in Hollywood who created an historic backlash in the Heartland.
Any young people today who keep hearing all these Hitler comparisons must be wondering whether Hitler was truly evil or just misunderstood. Bush is Hitler. Cheney is Hitler. Rumsfeld is Hitler. Ashcroft is Hitler. The Neo-cons are Hitlers. It must be quite confusing to all the children currently imprisoned in our public school systems.
"No Fat Chicks."
Linda's image was made with the new Kodak DCS-SLR/c Digital Camera using the new patented "Levis Jeans" filtering system.
It's a good thing her music appeals to radical left-wing whackos. Oh, wait. It doesn't! Bye, bye audience.
Pingggggggggggggggggg...
Being remembered for your "Good Name" is one of the most wonderful legacy you can leave this earth and its people...
...but leaving with such a "Bad Name" is such a great insult unto yourself... hope Linda will think further about her words...
***Linda's image was made with the new Kodak DCS-SLR/c Digital Camera using the new patented "Levis Jeans" filtering system.***
well, ...impressive... she looks good on that image but if her statements are reflected in that image what do you think she'll look like?....hmmmmmmmmmm
Dennis Miller riffed on that once: "Bush is Hitler. Blair is Hitler, Cheney is Hitler. Everyone's Hitler except for the guy with the mustache shoving people into wood-chippers."
About chicks,what happened to the DIXIE CHICKS,did they not say they were moving to somewhere perhaps to Ireland with Robert Redford?
Yes, indeed. I remember hearing Miller say that on one of his frequent appearances on The Tonight Show. I try to watch Miller's CNBC show as often as possible.
Last night, Dennis interviewed Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison from Texas, and she sounded like she would be in favor of using the nuclear option (changing Senate rules to prevent filibusters on judicial nominations) if that's what it comes to in the next few years.
They probably know very little about Hitler. I am quite certain they know nothing at all about the millions murdered by the various communist regimes. And, even if they did hear about any little problems with the Soviet system, it would all be laid at Stalin's feet. I'm sure they know little about him, either. "He was the guy at Yalta!"
Robert Redford has already changed his mind. Nooo, the Brave One is going to stay here in these Fascist United States and "fight". I get the feeling that his staying has more to do with exorbitant European tax rates, but I'm just a dumb ol' hick who voted for Bush. What the hell do I know? Hyuk, hyuk.
Don't know about the Dixie Twits.
Just changing my tagline.
hahahha... better...
SHUT UP AND SING!
A more recent photo of Linda would be appropriate for her comments.
I can't remember who said this, but it shows a ring of truth for this poor singer:
"The way fascism returns to major political movement in our time is to disguise it under the banner of anti-fascism."
i.e. call your opponents fascists when you are in fact the real one.
What information does she have to get out to the sheep????
Robert Redford isn't leaving anytime soon. He's got himself involved in a copyright lawsuit against some clothing maker.
Is John Edwards representing him?
I will turn up the radio when 'Blue Bayou' is on. I will hit the changer buttons when she talks.
You're right- at some point, "overload" occurs, and these accusations become just so much white noise in the background. I think that point has been passed already.
When I was a kid, entertainers & celebrities usually had enough sense to keep their opinions to themselves- perhaps realizing that they risked alienating at least half of their fan base if they took positions on controversial matters.
The newer ones seem to lack this sense of self-preservation.
Roses are red, Violets are blue, you're fat, and thats about it.
"It made me look rather good, I think."
BWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWOOHOOHOOHOOHOOHOOHOOOOoooo
HEEHEEEHEHEHEHEHEHWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhaheheheh
Not even a carnival mirror could make her look good.
Not even a case of beer and a quart of Jack would help.
Not even plucking out my own eyes would make a difference.
Oh, she was talking about her image.....
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa.
Who's Linda Ronstadt? Wasn't she some woman who gained national prominence because of a surveillance camera incident in Kmart, or something like that?
/INCONSEQUENTAL MODE OFF/
I think that picture was taken thirty years ago.
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