Posted on 04/09/2006 5:41:46 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
Ben Affleck: Bush Can Be Hung for 'Leaks' in Plamegate By Josh Hart Apr 9, 2006
Actor Ben Affleck suggested this weekend on 'Real Time with Bill Maher' that President Bush “probably leaked” Valerie Plame's name and so “if he did, you can be hung for that! That's treason!”
The would be politician and Democrat went through this exchange according to News Busters that gives a brief and rough transcript on how Mr. Affleck came to this conclusion.
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The panel guests were Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) who was quite humorous as he let loose with some funny four-quotes. Bill Sammon of the Washington Examiner was on as well.
Here's the exchange:
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Bill Sammon, Washington Examiner: “A lot of critics are conflating the two and are saying that because Bush disclosed this piece of information, they're implying that Bush leaked the name.”
Ben Affleck: “He probably also leaked the name. There's just no proof of that.”
Sammon: “Even the prosecutor, even Fitzgerald is saying Bush didn't leak the name. So let's be clear, Bush didn't leak Valerie Plame's name -- not that we know of.”
Affleck: “Because if he did, you can be hung for that! That's treason!”
Bill Maher: “That is treason.”
Affleck: “You could be killed. That's not a joking around Tom DeLay 'I'll do a year, I bribed the state officials with corporate money.' That's like they shoot you in the battlefield for doing that. Don't you think we should find out who leaked that name?”
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Affleck did not come off well during the exchange or the rest of the program.
He seemed to be trying way too hard to look like the smartest guy on the panel. It didn't work well, but his quote made a forgettable 'Real Time' grab some headlines.
--Josh Hart
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I wish I were that washed up as a writer.
He also directed it.
I haven't been able to watch "Pearl Harbor", cause I was so disappointed in his performance in "Sum of all Fears".
Hey Ben, how's that acting career going?
These movie types who because they can pretend to be someone else, continually pretend they have brains.
Any investigation would reveal that is acting too.
Affleck and Maher.. discussing domestic politics?..
Maher evidently jumped the Goldfish.. Pity..
What you said, lol!
Bush certainly is hung--big brass ones judging by the clanging noise when he walks.
This is so typical of the Far Left. They speculate on what might have happened, repeat it over and over, discuss it at length in their own group and pretty soon it takes on a life of it's own - it becomes a de facto truth. You see this phenomenon all the time on the left wing blogs.
The problem is that for many people in this country it does become "the truth". Take for example the "Bush Lied To Us About the WMDs". That would probably get a 40% Yes Vote in a legitimate poll. But think for a minute what you have read that is actual evidence for this position. As far as I know there is none. It is simply based on the speculation that he must have had intelligence that he withheld from Congress AND that intelligence concluded that the WMDs were either destroyed or moved. If there is any more to it than that I would be very, very interested in hearing about it.
Unfortunately, millions of voters who get their "news" from Bill Maher and Jon Stewart. It's frightening.
Less. I think most diner patrons would have more common sense. A better analogy might be the guy in the next chair at a Las Vegas coke and hooker party.
What a bonehead! Remind me never to pay a cent to see anything he does.
Ben AFLAC--You know him. He's the bird on that insurance commercial.
Im going to make sure I avoid him like the plague.
Note: this topic is from . Thanks gopwinsin04.
The panel guests were Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) who was quite humorous as he let loose with some funny four-quotes. Bill Sammon of the Washington Examiner was on as well.
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