Posted on 09/29/2004 3:38:11 PM PDT by Land_of_Lincoln_John
CHICAGO -- Friday night, Grammy award winner Stevie Wonder and comedian Robin Williams, two outspoken critics of President Bush, will be in Chicago to raise $500 per person for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama.
Pop and soul singer Stevie Wonder, who campaigned on behalf of Al Gore in 2000, will be joined by Robin Williams, who has been an outspoken critic of President Bush.
Earlier this year at the Berlin Film Festival before a group of international journalists and film critics, Williams criticized Bush's decision to rid Iraq of Saddam Hussein and questioned the search for WMDs.
"Bush is complaining about a lack of intelligence, which seems sort of redundant," Williams, a native of Chicago, said. "They say they don't know if Iraq had any WMDs - well, all they have to do is ask [Vice President Dick] Cheney for the receipts."
Williams, 53, has criticized Bush for the past four years. In 2000, when Bush was running as a "compassionate conservative," Williams joked that Bush sounds like someone who drives "a Volvo with a gun rack."
In one performance, Williams and good friend comedianne Whoopi Goldberg used unfiltered vulgar language when talking about the President, causing a national uproar.
"We have a president for whom English is a second language," Williams said. "He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's pretty much one himself."
Obama has been equally strong in his criticism of the President's decision to enter Iraq in the war on terrorism, but has parted with other Democrats earlier this week when he said he would consider bombing Iran to rid the country of possible nucleur weapons.
The state senator who won in a tough primary and was flung into national ranks at the Democratic National Convention in August has raised almost $13 million dollars for his U.S. Senate campaign as of the last report to the Federal Election Commission. He is leading in statewide polls over his Republican opponent Alan Keyes by a margin as wide as fifty percentage points.
The next campaign finance reports will be submitted on September 30.
Obama has not publicly distanced himself from comments made by Williams concerning the president.
At a concert earlier this year, Williams said, "We're here tonight because of the Shrub, you know who I'm talking about. George W. Bush, Jr.," Williams stated. "The W stands for 'where the Hell is it?' You know, you look at George W. and you realize some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some get it as a graduation gift. So sad. I just want to ask the Secret Service, is it true that his Secret Service code name is Gilligan?"
Key paragraph:
Obama has not publicly distanced himself from comments made by Williams concerning the president.
Obama bin Laden?
Williams is about as smart as Martin Sheen.
They've never been pictured together
Osama bin Bama.
Robin Williams is also performing tonight at a Handgun Control, Inc. (currently known as the Brady whatever) anti assault weapon rally/awards ceremony honoring gun grabber Los Angles police chief Bratton, David Kelly and Working Assets.
"Robin Williams, who has been an outspoken critic of President Bush."
Wow. I'd be real concerned about Robin Williams' opinion were I GWB.
And Williams is eminently qualified to critique the President since Bush never went to Vietnam. Williams, on the other hand, was in a movie where he played someone who actually went to Vietnam.
Hmmm.
Considering Kerry played a guy named Kerry in a movie made by Kerry about a guy named Kerry in Vietnam then I guess it all makes sense.
Saw him on the Oprah show and he did one whole segment weaving around the subject of "Mr. Happy". That's usually a give-away sign.
"Have you seen Stevie's new piano?"
Nope.
Neither has he.
Stevie can't see what Obama stands for.
Damn, two more jackasses on my list.
Steve Wonder - another artist of high caliber comitting himself to the low side. Shut up and PLAY, Stevland.
This is completely in keeping with his character...or lack thereof.
The real tragedy of Stevie Wonder's life is that he was born blind and not deaf.
Stevie Wonder and Bill Clinton shared a bimbo named Lencola Sullivan. Perhaps they'll loan her to Obama.
Truth, like reality, is only a concept to them.
"Performance"?? That what is was?
Is there a more despicable human being than Whoopie Goldberg?
Williams hasn't been funny since his coked-up 'Mork' gig, and the next time Goldberg is considered "funny" will be the day she gets shoved off a cliff.
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