Jack Abramoff's Dad Blasts George Clooney

NewsMax.com ^ | 1/20/2006 | NewsMax.com

[Mike Bates]

The father of embattled lobbyist Jack Abramoff has lashed out against George Clooney for what he calls a "glib and ridiculous attack” on his son during the Golden Globe awards presentation.

Clooney, during his acceptance speech for the best supporting actor award on Monday, thanked Jack Abramoff "just because” and made a comment about the lobbyist’s name.

"Who would name their kid Jack with the last words ‘off’ at the end of your last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up,” Clooney told the audience.

Abramoff’s furious father Frank, in an open letter sent to the Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs, Calif., said his son is named after Frank’s beloved father, and scolded Clooney for his "lapse in lucidity.”

[Mike Bates]

Another example of what passes in Hollywood as thoughtful commentary.

[Feiny]

I didn't watch the Globes, but have to admit that I laughed when I read that line. I fully acknowledge I have a 7th grade sense of humor.

[dmz]

Yes, Master.

[StarCMC]

George Clooney was so over when he left ER -- funny that no one told HIM!

[TX Bluebonnet]

I saw this earlier on Yahoo, but it hadn't been posted here yet. Pretty juvenile attack for Clooney to make "on air", but I guess that's not surprising.

Let me stoop to his level: Clooney ends in "looney" - so it all comes out in the wash.

[GaltMeister]

You can always count on dumbasses like Clooney to say something incredibly stupid or vulgar every time they flap their gums.

[My2Cents]

Clooney can rot in hell. I'll never forgive him for his insentive comments about Charleton Heston.

[My2Cents]

Phonetically, his name is "See looney."

[Atlas Sneezed]

From George C. Looney...

[American Quilter]

Clooney can rot in hell. I'll never forgive him for his insentive comments about Charleton Heston.

I'm with you. I will never see a Clooney movie, watch a Clooney show, or support him in any other way. The man is scum.

[atomicpossum]

Wow. Clooney's inane, even for Hollywood. And that's inane even for Clooney.

[Stark_GOP]

How about some fun with George Clooney's name?

Hey George are ya curious?

[mtbopfuyn]

As for name calling, how about Looney Clooney?

[Sister_T]

George cLOONEY is an idiot. That comment he made wasn't even funny. And he STUNK as Batman!!

[Jack Hammer]

Sort of a horse's a$$, isn't he.

[jbwbubba]

In other shocking news, Tootie still has a crush on him. This is a man who thought Attack of the Killer Tomatos would be a good career move.

[Sans-Culotte]

Hmmm...I never would have thought of a pun on Abramoff's name due to "Jack" and "Off". In fact, I think it's a stretch to have made the joke. Took a real jerk-ff like Clooney to come up with it.

Now, had the joke involved Abramoff meeting with Sink Emperor B.J. Clinton, he might have been onto something.

[Doogle]

other gems from the narcissistic one


After doing One Fine Day and playing a pediatrician on ER, I'll never have kids. I'm going to have a vasectomy.
George Clooney

America can't beat anyone anymore.
George Clooney

Do you want the truth or the politically correct version? The truth is that I go plastic, it's so much easier. And I like to put the bags over my head at night when I sleep, which I think all the kids at home should try. Kidding!!
George Clooney

I decided if I walk outside and get hit by a bus, everybody'll say, 'He crammed a load into 34 years.'
George Clooney

I don't believe in happy endings, but I do believe in happy travels, because ultimately, you die at a very young age, or you live long enough to watch your friends die. It's a mean thing, life.
George Clooney

I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him.
George Clooney

I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.
George Clooney

I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad's sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on.
George Clooney

I resolve not to drink liquids before donning the Bat-suit.
George Clooney

I'd think,'In a relationship, we should never have his kind of fight.' Then, instead of figuring out how to make it work, I looked for a way to get out of it. The truth is, you shouldn't be married if your that kind of person.
George Clooney

I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film.
George Clooney

I'm certainly the last person to give advice on, well, anything.
George Clooney

I'm not smart enough and I don't know enough about what's going on.
George Clooney

I'm only two years older than Brad Pitt, but I look a lot older, which used to greatly frustrate me. It doesn't anymore. I don't have to fit into that category and get trounced by Tom Cruise and Brad.
George Clooney

I'm really white trash.
George Clooney

I'm the flavor of the month.
George Clooney

People thought I was Tom and Nicole's bodyguard. They'd come up and go, "Is it okay if I go up and ask for an autograph? It was good. I'd charge 'em three bucks a person. Yeah, you gotta make some money off of that."
George Clooney

Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs, and I've been to too many parties.
George Clooney

The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues.
George Clooney

The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.'
George Clooney

The only failure is not to try.
George Clooney

There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.
George Clooney

They say I was a bad Batman, that it was my fault, that I buried the franchise. But the truth is, it was a big project. I was pretty intimidated in that world. I did the best I could in the situation I was given.
George Clooney

We moved away from what we were going after which was the al-Qaeda and there's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq, which we know, we spent a lot of time trying to prove it and it didn't happen. And we're going to go into a war and we're going to kill a lot of innocent people.
George Clooney

We're picking on people we can beat.
George Clooney

When you're young you believe it when people tell you how good you are. And that's the danger, you inhale. Everyone will tell you you're a genius, which you are not, and if you understand that, you win.
George Clooney

You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.
George Clooney

You make a lot of films, do you? You make a lot of films yourself? Yeah, I'd like to see you make a film first before you get to talk about it. What a jerk.
George Clooney

[freeperfromnj]

George Clooney was so over when he left ER

It's amazing what passes for "movie stars" these days.

[Veto!]

Looney for sure.