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Ted Danson: George W. Bush a Drinker, Clark “Inspires Hope”
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| 10/03/03
Posted on 10/30/2003 10:56:17 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Actor Ted Danson, who when last interviewed on a CBS show a couple of weeks ago admitted that though he is a founder of the American Oceans Campaign, he has relieved himself in the ocean, on Tuesdays Early Show praised Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark as he denigrated President Bush: Instead of, you know, hiring the guy you want to go out and have a beer with like we did last time, I think having somebody who genuinely looks like he could lead us in a, he inspires hope in a very fearful time." Dansons reference to George W. Bush as a guy people wanted to have a beer with befuddled CBS host Harry Smith, the MRCs Brian Boyd noticed, since, as Smith pointed out, Bush doesn't drink." Unswayed by the factual correction, Danson plowed forward: "Good point. But nevertheless, people wanted to go have a beer with him and so we hired him."
The exchange in the last half hour of the October 28 Early Show came during an appearance by Danson to plug his Wednesday night sit-com on CBS, Becker.
After Danson expressed support for Clark, who hails from the same state, Arkansas, as does his wife, Mary Steenburgen, Smith wondered: "We're not doing this so much in a political sense, but I'm just interested in you as you look at this group of nine people. Why him [Clark] as opposed to anybody else?"
Danson: "I think the politics are probably roughly the same on all of the Democratic candidates. He's a liberal, he has had incredible, you know, foreign policy opportunities being the head of NATO. And I think that you know instead of you know hiring the guy you want to go out and have a beer with like we did last time, I think having somebody who genuinely looks like he could lead us in a, he inspires hope in a very fearful time."
Smith: "Right. Now I'm trying to you know have-"
Danson: "What?"
Smith: "What. I just, you mean two guys ago or the last guy?"
Danson: "This, the guy we have right now."
Smith: "Oh-"
Danson: "Wasn't that the billing? He's somebody you want to go out and have a beer with."
Smith: "Right, except for he doesn't drink."
Danson: "Good point. But nevertheless, people wanted to go have a beer with him and so we hired him."
Smith: "There you have it."
Yes, there you have the shallowness of a Hollywood liberal exposed.
As revealed in the October 15 CyberAlert, Danson, a founder of the American Oceans Campaign, a group which since merged with Oceana, an advocacy organization on whose Board of Directors he sits and which has a campaign devoted to stopping cruise ships from discharging sewage into the ocean, admitted to Craig Kilborn that he has relieved himself in the ocean. For his admission to Kilborn and links to Dansons ocean group: www.mediaresearch.org
For the Internet Movie Database page on Danson, with a picture and bio: us.imdb.com
TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; clark; danson; hollywoodleft; lefties
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
How can anyone actually be quite that stupid?
Come to think of it, the same guy used to date Whoopie.
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posted on
10/30/2003 10:57:42 AM PST
by
Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"Ted Danson is a moron: Clark inspires laughter"
better headline!
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posted on
10/30/2003 10:58:43 AM PST
by
jmaroneps37
(Jersey GOP needs your help we can win back the Assembly two weeks to go, step forward)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Who is Ted Talking too? Didn't we all die 10 years ago as he proclaimed we would if we didn't clean the oceans up?
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posted on
10/30/2003 10:58:44 AM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"Or do I inspire hope? Umm...well, I would've inspired hope....no, no I DO inspire hope, but only if...wait, ummm...MARY!!! HELP!!!"
To: Sam Cree
the same guy used to date Whoopie.
What's that old saying?..."There's just no accounting for bad taste".
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:00:35 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(Santa Ana wind and fire season runs thru late November..we're just beginning)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Did Ted make this profound observation while wearing black face?
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Who's Ted Danson?
Sounds like a has been or a nerver was.
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:04:38 AM PST
by
chiefqc
To: PBRSTREETGANG
I doubt it but I'm sure his toupee was there.
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:05:16 AM PST
by
xp38
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Danson predicted the end of the world would happen by 1999.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
He's just another reason to boycott CBS.
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:07:53 AM PST
by
Naspino
(I am in no way associated with the views expressed in my posts.)
To: Sam Cree
He not only dated Whoopie, but showed up in Black face to honor her birthday or some such event. The guy is a total idiot.
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:08:01 AM PST
by
Eva
To: Phantom Lord
It's also ironic that his rise to fame was playing an ex drinker in the guise of Sam Malone. All you ever saw the character drink was bottled water in that place where everybody knows your name.
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:09:15 AM PST
by
xp38
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Why does CBS always come up in these stories?
*ducking*
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I think having somebody who genuinely looks like he could lead us ...Hmmm, sounds like "actor's mentality". The most important thing is to "look" the part.
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:11:08 AM PST
by
laredo44
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
WADR to the MRC, this is pretty lame. Dansons a jackass, but to imply hes a hypocrite for wanting to prohibit sewage discharges from cruise ships because he peed in the ocean is just plain stupid. And FWIW, I would rather have a beer with W than with Algore, even if he doesnt drink.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"Good point. But nevertheless, people wanted to go have a beer with him and so we hired him."
At last. A real intellectual heavyweight.
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:11:37 AM PST
by
Serb5150
To: Sam Cree
When George Bush was running for president, many pundits and spinners said he's the type of guy you'd like to have a beer with. This was to show Bush in contrast to the "wooden" Al Gore. Even freepers touted Bush's likability as a plus, and many around here said he's the type of guy they'd like to have a beer with.
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:14:13 AM PST
by
halfdome
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I confess....I have relieved myself in Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Also in the Mediterreanean Sea, The South China Sea and the Dead Sea. Also in numerous lakes and rivers around the world.
And it felt good.
And I wil do it again.
oh yeah...and all of the Great Lakes and the St. Laurence Seaway...
...and a neighbors pool when I was 8 years old...
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:15:20 AM PST
by
Khurkris
(Scottish/HillBilly - Revenge is an Art Form for us. Ranger On...)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Because of W's past drinking days, good old Ted is implying that Clark would be a better and stronger leader. Considering the wonderful physical condition the President is currently in, W would take Clark in a nano second in the first round.
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posted on
10/30/2003 11:15:29 AM PST
by
maplenut
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