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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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posted on
04/22/2004 10:41:44 AM PDT
by
presidio9
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.
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.
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posted on
04/22/2004 10:45:44 AM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: lilylangtree
And take your gerbel with you.
4
posted on
04/22/2004 10:46:46 AM PDT
by
Patrick1
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?")
To: presidio9
What happened to his pet gerbil?
6
posted on
04/22/2004 10:47:38 AM PDT
by
JohnMac
To: LiteKeeper
Richard spends more time talking to Raggot the gerbil.
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posted on
04/22/2004 10:47:49 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does)
To: Patrick1; lilylangtree; presidio9
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.)
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! :))
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...)
To: presidio9
Help!
11
posted on
04/22/2004 10:49:46 AM PDT
by
jimbo123
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.
To: presidio9
Richard Gere can take his opinion and give it to his gerbil. Think about it.
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posted on
04/22/2004 10:50:34 AM PDT
by
techcor
To: LiteKeeper
The American people slam Gere for runaway ignorance.
To: presidio9
To quote another FReeper from yesterday, "An Officer and a Gerbilman!!"
LOL...MUD
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posted on
04/22/2004 10:52:33 AM PDT
by
Mudboy Slim
(RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
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.
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: Yehuda
LEMIWINKS,,,run, run.~~ Sout Park
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posted on
04/22/2004 10:56:34 AM PDT
by
mlbford2
To: TheBigB
Over/under on the number of gerbil jokes is 17 Where can I put $1,000,000 on the over?
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