Posted on 04/16/2006 7:46:54 AM PDT by fanfan
Harper called a 'Bush Baby'
Tories' election victory a serious disappointment to comic Williams
NEW YORK -- Canada elected "a Bush Baby" when Stephen Harper became prime minister of Canada, according to U.S. comic Robin Williams.
Lamenting the choice, because he is no fan of U.S. President George W. Bush, the politically active Williams told the Sun in an exclusive interview that: "You basically elected a Bush Baby -- and you did it openly!"
But it is too soon to lampoon Harper, Williams said. "Oh, not yet."
The Oscar-winning actor is a social satirist as well as a slapstick comedian. He is savvy on Canadian politics and does a wicked impression of Jean Chretien.
When the federal election was held in January, Williams was in Toronto shooting an American political satire, Barry Levinson's Man of The Year. Williams paid attention and even watched one of the televised debates.
"No. 1, there was no personality that I could latch on to," he said of the difficulty of sending up Harper.
On a serious level, Williams was concerned about the apathy of many voters. "I talked to a lot of Canadians who said: 'I don't know who to vote for -- and I don't care!' But you have to say: 'In Afghanistan and Iraq, if you vote, you're putting your life in danger. It meant something to them.' "
GRITS 'WEREN'T BLAMELESS'
Williams, of course, knows why many traditional Liberal supporters did not vote -- or turned to the Conservatives, as they did in Quebec.
"The past administration had foibles. They weren't blameless. They had screwed up huge on that and, when you do that, you're going to get smacked. The good news is that you have what we don't have. You have that vote of confidence (to bring down a minority government in a crisis)."
Williams said that if the U.S. had the same system, Bush would be threatened: "Right now, if we had that, he would be gone, you would hope."
The comic, who is seriously critical of Bush's foreign policy since 9/11, is also angry about the White House's failure to act decisively in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and is convinced that the White House is grinding the U.S. down with a staggering debt load. He worries that Canada will follow the same road with Harper.
Canada, Williams said, is too civilized and precious to be messed up.
"You are like in a parallel universe. It's almost like an alternate universe. It's America but not. It's a weird thing to be in Canada. It's like we're two children separated at birth. We left home early. You stayed with Mom.
Williams said unlike the U.S., which fought a War of Independence against Britain, Canada signed the BNA Act and was "still part of the Commonwealth, still part of the family, and it was all good and well, and then eventually you got your nationhood. And we were like: 'F--- you!' "
Obviously.
Robin Williams is the least funny person on the planet. He's like the idiot class clown on speed. Beyond obnoxious.
Maybe if he eats a bit more, when he grows up, he could be the next Michael Moore.
When referring to Robin williams, don't they mean to say "former comic."
"Robin Williams is the least funny person on the planet. He's like the idiot class clown on speed. Beyond obnoxious."
Thank you. Cocaine-induced, incoherent ravings are NOT funny.
My late Canadian father-in-law always flew the American flag along with the Canadian flag...claiming that there would be no Canadian flag without American sacrifices.
When the federal election was held in January, Williams was in Toronto shooting an American political satire, Barry Levinson's Man of The Year. Williams paid attention and even watched one of the televised debates.
Wow, someone who's *savvy* on Canadian politics and managed to watch a debate on TV ... shoot, I'm impressed. [/sarc]
"Alleged comic"
I find Robin Williams literally "un-funny".
The only thing he's ever done that I've found the least bit amusing is his bit about the beginnings of golf. Other than that, he's never made me even smile.
Williams is foremost a loudmouthed, foulmouthed, egotistical jerk.
He is high on my list of Hollywood No-nos--don't watch 'em; don't listen to 'em; don't acknowlede 'em except as done here.
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He was right!
The Dork from Ork.
"The past administration had foibles. They weren't blameless."
Ah, Robin . . . the previous government was corrupt on a Third-World scale. They made the US Democrats look like paragons by comparison. They sold out their country to Saddam Hussain so the son-in-law of their former PM could get rich. They were paying for votes IN CASH, and not chump change, either. They were the sleeziest government to rule an English-speaking nation since the North government that ran Britain in the early part of the American Revolution.
What in the world according to Garp is Robin Williams talking about?
Just what America needs now, another Holly Wood elitist so full of himself. His kind are a dime a dozen and I think the average American can over look these desultory kind of people, Holly Wood is full of them.
And as he left, was he heard shouting, "Nanu Nanu"? I often think he wasn't playacting as Mork--I think he really IS an illegal alien from outer space, and we should deport him on the next shuttle off the planet.
It is sad when a very talented actor like Robin Williams (and politics aside, he IS talented) squanders that talent by branching out into areas that he has no idea what he's talking about. Williams is about as qualified to pontificate on Canadian politics (let alone U.S. politics) as I'm qualified to lecture Dr. Stephen Hawking on quantum mechanics.
Williams needs to stick with what he knows.
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