Bruce Willis in full rant is best show in town

CanWest News Service ^ | March 03, 2006 | Jamie Portman

[La Enchiladita]

Bruce I think qualifies as an iconoclast. He's got a mixed bag of views, sure isn't the typical Hollywood bimbo and just a Joisey boy at heart...

[Publius6961]

"Hey Oprah -- you had President Clinton on your show. And if [he] didn't lie about a couple of things, I'm going to set myself on fire right now.

Funniest quote of the year, and a keeper.

Bruce willis BUMP!

[jocon307]

"Hey Oprah -- you had President Clinton on your show. And if [he] didn't lie about a couple of things, I'm going to set myself on fire right now."


Now there's a suggestion!

I love Bruce, don't get me wrong.

[WV Mountain Mama]

"Hey Oprah -- you had President Clinton on your show. And if [he] didn't lie about a couple of things, I'm going to set myself on fire right now."


LMAO! BTW, I want the government he wants...

[montag813]

"I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down."

Sounds good to me!

[Lancey Howard]

I always liked Willis. I will be interested to see if his new movie is as good as the original Clint Eastwood version ('The Gauntlet').

[La Enchiladita]

I like the way he keeps saying, "Write that down."

His little way of sticking it to the press. Hehe.

[frankiep]

"I'm a Republican only as far as I want a smaller government. I want less government intrusion. I want them to stop pissing on my money and your money -- the tax dollars that we give 50 or 40 per cent of every year, and I want them to be fiscally responsible, and I want those goddam lobbyists out of Washington. Do that and I'll say I'm a Republican.

I see that he and I have almost the exact same views on the subject.

[trubluolyguy]

I'm a Republican only as far as I want a smaller government. I want less government intrusion. I want them to stop pissing on my money and your money -- the tax dollars that we give 50 or 40 per cent of every year, and I want them to be fiscally responsible, and I want those goddam lobbyists out of Washington. Do that and I'll say I'm a Republican.

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I am 100,000% with you Bruce. Add toss the f*cking illegals out on their a$$es and we really have a party.

[mysterio]

"I'm a Republican only as far as I want a smaller government. I want less government intrusion. I want them to stop pissing on my money and your money -- the tax dollars that we give 50 or 40 per cent of every year, and I want them to be fiscally responsible"

Well, Bruce, you won't get that from Republicans, and you damn sure won't get it from dems.

[stm]

Never a dull moment around Willis. Right from the "Moonlighting" days.......

[Denver Ditdat]

I see that he and I have almost the exact same views on the subject.

Ditto, except for the logical disconnect between these two statements:

I'm a Republican only as far as I want a smaller government.

I want them to take care of the elderly and give them free medicine, give them whatever they need.

[frankiep]

Well, Bruce, you won't get that from Republicans, and you damn sure won't get it from dems.

Sad but true. I am getting the feeling though that in the next few years we will see a true conservative party emerge that has the ability to challenge the rebublicrats. Maybe just wishful thinking though.

[Larry Lucido]

I certainly don't agree with everything he says (hey, I don't even agree with everything my best friends say), but I can relate to a whole lot of it and wouldn't mind at all having a beer with him sometime.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Willis was also drawing attention to Michael Yon and all our heros in Iraq that Yon wrote about. I hope he makes a movie about them.

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/

[geopyg]

50% of the budget is already spent on "the elderly" (Social Security, Medicare, prescription drugs, etc.). And I'm sure that figure will only continue to rise.

[La Enchiladita]

He doesn't seem beholden to any ideology; has his own take on things. I'm sure the H'wood leftie crowd gets nervous when he's around but they put up with him cuz he's a BIG money-maker!

[JennysCool]

I don't think there's that much of a disconnect. "Provide for the general welfare" is, after all, one of government's first responsibilities. I think what Bruce is getting at is what we all want: an end to pork barrel projects, ludicrous multi-million dollar research grants, and the monolithic bureaucracy. THEN we'd have plenty of bucks to do things like helping those who CAN'T help themselves.

[La Enchiladita]

Thanks for including that. He's a big supporter of our troops from what I hear; don't know exactly how.

[ashtanga]

Well, Mr. Willis seems to be in his right mind, at least. A little muddled, perhaps, but light years ahead of his peers. Since when did actors need to discuss politics? I'm just a nobody from the innards of the deep South, and I don't. "Pictures are for entertainment. Western Union is for messages." I forget which director said that.