Posted on 06/28/2004 2:46:04 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
John Kerry raised about $5 million for his campaign at a couple of events in Los Angeles on Thursday night, the second of which featured performances by Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Billy Crystal and Willie Nelson. Amongst those who contributed in order to attend: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, Jamie Foxx, Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro. Crystal "joked" about President Bush, according to multiple media accounts, "I realize that 9/11 is also his SAT scores." The New York Times touted how "the much-heralded highlight was the Barbra Streisand-Neil Diamond reunion duet, 'You Don't Bring Me Flowers,' which they had not performed together since Jimmy Carter was in the White House."
Streisand also performed her famous song 'People,' but with parody lyrics: "Rumsfeld, we must get rid of Rumsfeld/He's the spookiest person in the world....This war we're lost in/Don't ask what it's costing/What's a trillion or two to rule the World?...When the White House Stationery/Reads President John Kerry/We'll Be the Luckiest People in the World!"
On her Web site, Streisand posted the full text of her "special" lyrics she performed at the Kerry fundraiser: ( http://mrccyberalert.c.topica.com/maacoxyaa7YYZbWhUKOb/ )
PEOPLE I MEAN G - O - P - EOPLE - WHO'D BELIEVE THERE'S SUCH PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD? BUSH SEEZA LOTTA CONDOLEEZA, THEY'RE DIVIDING THE PLANET'S OIL ACCORDING TO RICHARD "POIL" AND THEY'RE ALL JUST TRAINEES OF CHENEY'S.
RUMSFELD, WE MUST GET RID OF RUMSFELD - HE'S THE SPOOKIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD. AS FOR POWELL - HE'S NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL. HE'S IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, WHILE THEY'RE ALL FIDDLING WITH DOOM. NO ONE'S MINDING THE STORE. WHAT'S MORE, LET'S DISCUSS THIS WAR WE'RE LOST IN, DON'T ASK WHAT IT'S COSTIN' - WHAT'S A TRILLION OR TWO TO RULE THE WORLD?
(Second chorus) THE SENATE HOW I WANT THE SENATE! ALL WE NEED IS TWO PEOPLE IN THE WORLD! I SEEA ANTONIN SCALIA. HOW I DREAD EV'RY TIME HE SITS - SCARED OUT OF MY WOLFOWITZ. TIME THOSE NEO-CON GUYS WERE GONE GUYS.
THEY'RE LYING - WHILE THE GLOBE IS FRYING - AND THE FISHES ARE DYING IN THE WORLD. THEIR SOLUTION FOR ALL OF THE POLLUTION: IS JUST TO BEAR IT AND GRIN, AND PRACTICE NOT BREATHING IN. BUT THINGS ARE GONNA BE GREAT. JUST WAIT - WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE STATIONERY, READS PRESIDENT JOHN KERRY - WE'LL BE THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!
END reprint of parody lyrics
Since it appears that news cameras were not allowed to tape the event, we probably won't ever see Streisand's performance (if I see it anywhere I'll let you know), but in 2002 FNC showed video of her singing, at a September 29, 2002 fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, a "special" version of 'Memories' from the movie The Way We Were:
"Scattered pictures/Of the House we left behind/Lovely Democratic mem'ries/Of the way we were.... "Unprecedented Growth in the Economy/The Dow was up, the deficit was down/As long as Democrats were the majority/I could sleep nights, not weep nights."
(Excerpt) Read more at mrccyberalert.c.topica.com ...
I almost wish some terrorist had targeted this fundraiser. Then, and only then, would those numbskulls understand what the WOT is all about. These celebrities are self-absorbed buffoons that have no grasp of reality.
Yeah, they both need to take an extended vacation from the film industry. My own personal suggestion is that they drop the whole acting/screenwriting/directing thing, and try to return to their prior careers as custodial managers.
Ben, no one is coming to see your movies anyway. Your career has tanked and you really need to lay off the donuts.
I didn't think they were strong enough to pick up a bucket.....
I'm just not sure that they're swift enough to know what to do with it once they have it in their hands though.
If I had a quarter for every Harvard educated ignoramus.
Well, I'd be a hell of lot richer than I am right now, that's for sure!
Yes, but it was fixed by the Bin Ladens, who secretly controlled the Testing Service.
If it was so inappropriate, why doesn't Ben write a check this very minute to the IRS.
Between his moronic ramblings and the thought of Neil Diamond dripping red sequins......I'm feeling queasy.
That's why I rarely watch current movies anymore. Can't bear to watch them.
he's an idiot... i guess he doesn't realize he can hire one more housekeeper, or build a home or buy another rolls... or even by a few rolex watches--or whatever... all giving people jobs... pouring money back into the economy... gosh, these people are so unthinking... even my eight-year old son has this figured out...
MUWAHAHAHAH! Yes, my evil friends. We will manipulate the methodology of the Educational Testing Service, so that no person shall ever discover that George W. Bush is really a 'droid preprogrammed to fulfill the heinous wishes of his avaricious flesh-and-blood masters. MUWAHAHAHAH! THE WORLD IS OURS MY FELLOW EVIL OLIGARCHS! THE PEOPLE BE DAMNED! MUWAHAHAHAH!
So Algore, who wrote "Earth In the Balance" got a 'D' in natural science and an 'A' in French. What can we deduce from this?
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