Good Morning Iraq - Robin Williams Puts on a Show

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Wednesday, February 9, 2005 | Phil Bronstein

[Santiago de la Vega]

Robin is one of the funniest people on the planet. He went to Iraq and Afghanistan recently to entertain the people there, both warriors and civilians.

Read the interview carefully, and slowly. You can read into the article all the energy he puts into everything he does. The troops love him, because he talks their language.The commanders are scared witless, cause he's a one man wrecking crew.

Phil Brownsteen did the interview; he's the editor of the local Blatt. I don't know him. Through the interview he keeps trying to steer Robin into condemning the war, and Robin just refuses to get into it till the end, when they discuss wounds and death.

Robin's a good guy.

[MTD]

I thought he was a maniac lefty??

[Semper Paratus]

Robin's a good guy.

He is a total liberal but any entertainer going into war zone to help our troops gets a thumbs up.

[Bogey78O]

He is.

[RockinRight]

He is, but he has been supportive of the troops.

He's hilarious, either way.

[MTD]

Bogey780, I like your sig, LOL!!

[RasterMaster]

He's rabidly anti-Bush (although probably not quite as much as Whoopi).

[RoseofTexas]

He is and HATES W! He's done good as far as supporting our soldiers, since practically all HELLywood have turn their backs on them, but I have a problem when he insults our prez with curse words. BTW, I've seen Robin's interviewers and he can't stay quiet or sit still, is he on drugs or something?

[peacebaby]

what's his political position? how does he feel bout the Iraq war?

[noblejones]

>>
I thought he was a maniac lefty??
<<

He is, but there used to be a real decent streak in him.

[BikerNYC]

He may be, but he also loves to poke fun at power and authority, and that's one of the reasons why the troops like his shtick.

[MTD]

Glad he is making the troops lives a little lighter--and it seems like his heart is in the right place, unlike his politix

[peacebaby]

is Williams on drugs? doubt it, but remember, he was the last to visit Belushi the night he ok'd.

[areafiftyone]

He is a manic lefty but he goes and performs for our troops and they just love him. He may be a manic lefty but unlike most of them in Hollywierd he cares about our troops.

[RasterMaster]

Toby Keith and Ted Nugent do more for troop morale than MORK ever could!

[irish_links]

"...Phil Brownsteen did the interview; he's the editor of the local Blatt...."

For what it is worth, Phil Bronstein is the ex-Mr. Sharon Stone. Kudos to Phil for surviving the ordeal, if for nothing else. Considering the fates of Ms. Basic Instinct's other San Francisco boyfriends, he's done well.

[LibFreeOrDie]

"Phil Brownsteen did the interview; he's the editor of the local Blatt. I don't know him."

Phil Bronstein is the ex-Mr. Sharon Stone. I believe Phil's basic instincts are leftist.

[MTD]

I find Nugents music to be unlistenable garbage, personally.

[SF Republican]

Bronstein is the Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and the ex of Sharon Stone; is it me but this article reads very poorly, I mean it is really sloppy writing for a journalist much less an editor.

[StoneColdGOP]

what's his political position? how does he feel bout the Iraq war?

Does it matter? Do you ask that question of anyone who tells you a joke so know if its OK for you to laugh?