Posted on 05/06/2004 7:55:14 AM PDT by sauropod
Please be specific. I was. And I did not "put words in [your] mouth!!!!!!!"
Just sucked in the O'Franken video.
This, to me, was the most ironic question she asked. Considering the anti-Bush T-shirt that she and her co-stars from Charlie's Angels wore at some function that currently escapes me, she certainly believes that protesting makes a difference. And the amount of time and effort that the rest of the Hollywood crowd puts into protesting, they certainly believe it as well. The only difference is that we get our message out to maybe a couple of hundred people, or maybe a few thousand if we make the media, theirs makes it to millions. But, we have the truth and the facts to back it up on our side.
My suspicion is that this "documentary" is going to be one giant pro-left propoganda protest piece - but I could be wrong, so, at this point, I will give her the benefit of the doubt. Those from the DC Chapter that spoke to her provided thoughtful responses to her questions and everyone was very respectful. I think that the whole encounter put conservative activism and activists in a positive light - especially when compared to the juvenile and repugnant behavior of the left I have witnessed at the their protests in DC. She seemed genuinely interested in what we were doing and what we had to say so I don't see any reason why it would not be included (other than for purely political reasons). I'll probably watch her documentary just to see if we made the final cut.
Sue her. Slander.
My suspicion is that this "documentary" is going to be one giant pro-left propoganda protest piece - but I could be wrong, so, at this point, I will give her the benefit of the doubt...See also, from the Associated Press:
Web-posted Sunday, May 9, 2004
People In The News: Actress films documentarySELMA, Ala. - Actress Drew Barrymore toured Selma, the birthplace of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as part of a documentary she's filming on the importance of voting.The actress visited the National Voting Rights Museum on Thursday before traveling 20 miles to the tiny community of Suttle, where she met with children involved in youth leadership.
Barrymore and her crew taped interviews with state Sen. Hank Sanders and his wife, activist Faya Rose Toure, at the youth leadership center.
Barrymore, 29, declined interviews, saying the details of her project will be announced later.
Selma civil rights leaders said they were impressed with Barrymore's knowledge of the voting rights movement as she toured a museum at the base of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge, where marchers clashed with state troopers and sheriff's officers in March 1965.
during filming of documentary.
Drew is an uber-left-winger. She is working on a documentary on voting and activism.See also, from www.selmatimesjournal.com:
Published: May 08, 2004 - 11:54:26 pm CDTDrew Barrymore visits Black Belt
By John Gullion/Times-Journal News EditorThe children of 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement in Perry County received a special treat Thursday as actress Drew Barrymore stopped in for a visit.
Barrymore came to Selma filming a documentary about voting, focused on youth. She spent the better part of the afternoon at the National Voting Rights Museum before visiting with the future leaders.
"That publicity is invaluable," the museum's Joanne Bland said. "We're also glad that a conscious young woman got to see what we do and what the children do."
Barrymore requested that her meeting with the kids be private. But afterward she appeared with the children for a group photo. They obviously took to the actress quickly.
"They were really relaxed, I couldn't believe it. I guess because she was so laid back," Bland said.
Celeste Faison was impressed.
"It was cool, I mean she was really down to earth," Faison said. "She didn't present herself as a movie star, she just presented herself as someone who cared about the community."
The crew had hoped not to be noticed while they were in town, but word of their arrival spread.
"She asked that it be very low key," Bland added.
State Senator Hank Sanders drove over from Montgomery to meet Barrymore and speak to the children as well.
Sanders said it was important for the students to be inspired by successful people.
"When you grow up poor, when you grow up black, it becomes far more important to see people who have succeeded because that has impact on you," Sanders said. "I became a lawyer not because I met Thurgood Marshall, but because I read about him. Had I seen him, I probably would have been a lawyer much earlier and a much better lawyer. It's just so important to see people that have overcome odds."
The 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement is designed to help young children grow up to become leaders. Bland said the program stresses an exchange of ideas.
"We don't lecture them, they feel they can express themselves," Bland said.
The program is filled with children and young adults and runs the gamut from 9 to 26 years old.
According to Bland, Barrymore explained to the group her motivation for the documentary and spoke from the heart.
"It was a very emotional time," Bland said. "She said this was the first place she had gone and something tangible came out of it. Selma, Alabama was the only place she felt at home and felt she talked to real people."
The documentary, which will focus on voting and youth, is scheduled to appear before the November election.
The issue is close to Sanders' heart. After leaving the meeting, he spoke about the pervasiveness of government in our lives and how it's crucial for young people to get involved.
"Even when you die you've got to have a death certificate," Sanders said. "Even religion (is affected)... Every aspect of your life is impacted and those are the kinds of things we talked about. See what that does is truly educate a person on why they vote."
Barrymore and her crew spent much of the early afternoon filming in the Voting Rights Museum as Bland and Sam Walker gave them a guided tour.
"This will bring awareness to us," Bland said.
Copyright © 2004 Selma Newspapers Inc. All rights reserved.A Boone Newspapers Inc. publication.
ROFL! Ouch.
Kristinn: It's the one on one experience with people, when we were outside of the White House for the last two and half years of Bill Clinton's term, probably close to a million people saw us, just by us being there on Saturday afternoons, because it's such a huge attraction for people.
Wow.
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