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Clooney sick of 'liberal' being 'bad word'
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| December 11, 2005
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Posted on 12/12/2005 5:02:31 AM PST by thegreatbeast
Hollywood's George Clooney is making no apologies for being a political liberal.
"Yes, I'm a liberal and I'm sick of it being a bad word," the actor-director tells the Sunday Times of London.
"I don't know at what time in history liberals have stood on the wrong side of social issues. We thought that blacks should sit at the front of the bus, that women should be allowed to vote, that maybe McCarthy was a jerk, that Vietnam was wrong and strip-bombing Cambodia was probably stupid. We've been on the right side of all these issues."
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Miscellaneous; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: clooney; clownish; hillary; hollywood; hollywoodleft; liberal; obama; obasms; rightcorrect
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Besides the studied ignorance of Clooney's musings on Iraq, 911 and WMD, he lauds Barak Obama as being the Great Uniter that will lead the Democrats out of the political desert. This caught my eye because hours earlier I caught a snippet of the hideous Maureen Dowd championing her dream ticket of Hillary & Barak. If BO is to be a serious player in Democrat schemes of the future, it is best that Republicans expose him for the communist thug that he undoubtedly is. Do it now before this guy's "legend" grows.
To: thegreatbeast
Clooney:
"Yes, I'm a liberal and I'm sick of it being a bad word,"Memo for Clooney: You are no liberal. You are a socialist. Get it straight.
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:05:27 AM PST
by
markomalley
(Vivat Iesus!)
To: thegreatbeast
"Asked if he felt any sense of vindication that two years after he was denounced as a traitor, he says his doubts about the war have become mainstream: "
Mainstream according to whom?? Everyone I know wants us to kick ass in Iraq..
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:05:47 AM PST
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(Islam is a religion of peace and they'll behead 13 year old girls to prove it...)
To: markomalley
This guy George Clooney is a head case. His films go nowhere but into the black hole of obscurity, only patronized by the lunatic left. This idiot just doesn't get it, and never will!!!
To: thegreatbeast
To: thegreatbeast
And I'm just sick of liberals period.
To: thegreatbeast
Liberal is not a bad word. Conservatives don't use it as a bad word, we use it as a word to accurately describe people on the left.
It has a meaning about big government and social order that I believe is accurate.
It is those who subscribe to liberal "theology" that treat it as a bad word, because they recognise that a majority of americans don't LIKE that particular "theology".
I've never used liberal as a "prejorative" in the sense that you were a bad person if you were a liberal. I do frequently say that liberals are wrong, and that the liberal mindset is bad for the country, and fails to address or provide solutions for the problems we face.
To: thegreatbeast
Hmm, a self-answering question: history has shown us that Vietnam was right, and, with the opening of the KGB archives, that McCarthy was, too.
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:09:17 AM PST
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
To: thegreatbeast
To some degree, I agree with him. Let the MSM start to call liberals, well, liberals. We leave it to the people whether it's 'bad' or 'good' word.
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:11:24 AM PST
by
paudio
(Merry Christmas)
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To: thegreatbeast
"Yes, I'm a ""liberal"" and I'm sick of it being a bad word,"OK lets try this on for size, Clooney, you're an ""a$$hole"".. now that works for me.. :)
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:15:05 AM PST
by
carlo3b
(http://www.CookingWithCarlo.com,)
To: thegreatbeast
"I don't know at what time in history liberals have stood on the wrong side of social issues.--that Vietnam was wrong and strip-bombing Cambodia was probably stupid. That's good for a start. Then we can move into vivisection of the unborn, affirmative action, gun control, socialized medicine, moral relativism, promiscuity, peacenikism, etc., etc., etc.
Clooney would be toast in a debate, wouldn't he?
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:15:46 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: thegreatbeast
There's nothing wrong with the word Liberal. Joe Lieberman's a Liberal and he isn't ashamed to tell people. There is a world of difference between Liberals like Lieberman, and Leftists like Clooney and the leadership of the modern Democrat party.
The only problem with Liberals is that there are very few them around anymore.
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:15:52 AM PST
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: markomalley
How does a high school educated man whose only job has been acting get to be an expert on so many topics. He claims expertise in Politics, foreign affairs, civil rights, the constitution and of course war and the federal government. WOW, what a guy. He makes me want to puke. Amen.
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:16:06 AM PST
by
gakrak
("A wise man's heart is his right hand, But a fool's heart is at his left" Eccl 10:2)
To: thegreatbeast
We thought that blacks should sit at the front of the bus, that women should be allowed to vote, that maybe McCarthy was a jerk, that Vietnam was wrong and strip-bombing Cambodia was probably stupid. Let us break this down.
We thought that blacks should sit at the front of the bus,
That was Republicans dear. Not your "liberals".
that women should be allowed to vote
That ALSO was Republicans dear.
that maybe McCarthy was a jerk,
And totally correct I might add.
that Vietnam was wrong
That was why a Democrat president started it, a Democrat president expanded it and a Republican president ended it.
and strip-bombing Cambodia was probably stupid.
The ghosts of 4 million murdered Cambodians think you are a flaming moron. And I totally agree with them.
Not to mention a complete historical illiterate.
Every single thing that he says is wrong including "is" "and" and "the".
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:16:22 AM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(When the First Amendment was written dueling was common and legal. Think about it.)
To: thegreatbeast
Tell us George, is supporting pulling babies to pieces the right side of the argument?
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:16:30 AM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: thegreatbeast
Liberal isn't a bad word ... but George, you're a simpleton.
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:18:23 AM PST
by
sono
(They misunderestimated me.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
"strip bombing"? Perhaps he meant carpet mining.
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:19:16 AM PST
by
p. henry
To: thegreatbeast
I'm sick of George Clooney.
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:20:01 AM PST
by
maggief
To: Borax Queen
"Yes, I'm a liberal and I'm sick of it being a bad word," In American politics, "liberal" is synonymous with "communist/socialist" and "progressive." Of course, so is "liar," "hypocrite," and "morally deficient."
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posted on
12/12/2005 5:20:34 AM PST
by
nicmarlo
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