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Gere slams Bush for runaway pride
NY Daily News ^ | April 22, 2004 | Rush & Malloy

Posted on 04/22/2004 10:41:44 AM PDT by presidio9

Richard Gere's quest for spiritual enlightenment has yielded one epiphany: Bush must go. The longtime disciple of the Dalai Lama took issue with what he sees as Dubya's faith-based war in Iraq on Tuesday when the actor was honored by the American Museum of the Moving Image. "One thing I've learned in my life is never to trust anyone who thinks that he exclusively has God on his side," Gere told a Waldorf-Astoria crowd that included Denzel Washington, Kim Cattrall, Tim Robbins, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney and Matthew Modine. "Especially when he's the President of the United States."

Gere told us that testimony before the 9/11 commission shows "there were some serious mistakes made. Like everyone else in this country, I would just like to know the truth. ... I think we deserve a regime change."

Most of the evening saw Gere in a merrier mood. Climbing on his chair, he clenched a napkin in his teeth after a clip was screened showing his hot tango sequence with Jennifer Lopez in the forthcoming "Shall We Dance?"

Diane Lane called him "your silver-haired sexiness." Hector Elizondo said that between "American Gigolo" and "Pretty Woman," Gere "helped the entire prostitution industry."

Louis Gossett Jr. recalled that his combat with Gere in "An Officer and a Gentleman" left him with "a hairline fracture in the ribs. But we never had a cross word. Deborah Winger took care of that."

Winger was conspicuously absent. But Winona Ryder, who was said to have feuded with Gere on "Autumn in New York," came and called him "my favorite person."

Sharon Stone looked great but needed five takes to get out a simple introduction for the USA Network taping. "Now you know why I'm not on Broadway," she apologized.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gerbil; lemmiwinks
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1 posted on 04/22/2004 10:41:44 AM PDT by presidio9
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To: presidio9
I guess when you don't know God personally it is hard to imagine that anyone else can and does. Too bad for Richard.
2 posted on 04/22/2004 10:45:04 AM PDT by LiteKeeper
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To: presidio9
Yo Dickie Gere, go spend more time with the Dalai Lama to achieve more enlightenment because you sure need a reality check bad.
3 posted on 04/22/2004 10:45:44 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: lilylangtree
And take your gerbel with you.
4 posted on 04/22/2004 10:46:46 AM PDT by Patrick1
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To: presidio9
How can you take a man seriously who uses his colon as a habitrail for Gerbils.
5 posted on 04/22/2004 10:47:12 AM PDT by Bommer (John Kerry = "You mean I can get a Purple Heart for cutting myself shaving?")
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To: presidio9
What happened to his pet gerbil?
6 posted on 04/22/2004 10:47:38 AM PDT by JohnMac
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To: LiteKeeper
Richard spends more time talking to Raggot the gerbil.
7 posted on 04/22/2004 10:47:49 AM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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Hey, not so fast! I wanna hear if the gerbil would like to make a comment.
8 posted on 04/22/2004 10:47:58 AM PDT by FormerLib (Feja e shqiptarit eshte terorizm.)
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To: FormerLib
Over/under on the number of gerbil jokes is 17
9 posted on 04/22/2004 10:48:55 AM PDT by TheBigB (FINALLY got my FReepin' profile page done! :))
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To: presidio9
"Gere slams bush".....not according to the underground; it sounds likely his preference in slamming is anatomically different.
10 posted on 04/22/2004 10:49:10 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (Because Democrats are liars, they assume Republicans are too...)
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To: presidio9

Help!
11 posted on 04/22/2004 10:49:46 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: presidio9
Well, I was a fan of his. And I thought he was hot. No more. The man is lacking in the smarts category.
12 posted on 04/22/2004 10:50:08 AM PDT by codyjacksmom
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To: presidio9
Richard Gere can take his opinion and give it to his gerbil. Think about it.
13 posted on 04/22/2004 10:50:34 AM PDT by techcor
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To: LiteKeeper
The American people slam Gere for runaway ignorance.
14 posted on 04/22/2004 10:51:26 AM PDT by Moby Grape
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To: presidio9
To quote another FReeper from yesterday, "An Officer and a Gerbilman!!"

LOL...MUD

15 posted on 04/22/2004 10:52:33 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
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To: presidio9
never to trust anyone who thinks that he exclusively has God on his side, especially when he's the President of the United States."

We've all heard this accusation made many times against W. The only thing we haven't heard is an example of W saying anything along those lines.

17 posted on 04/22/2004 10:54:08 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Yehuda
LEMIWINKS,,,run, run.~~ Sout Park
19 posted on 04/22/2004 10:56:34 AM PDT by mlbford2
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To: TheBigB
Over/under on the number of gerbil jokes is 17

Where can I put $1,000,000 on the over?

20 posted on 04/22/2004 10:58:03 AM PDT by Always Right
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