Cher's call to C-Span(transcript, and lou dobbs is one of Cher's best friends)

C-Span, ProgressiveU ^ | 5/28/06 | Cher

[Dane]

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

C-SPAN'S "WASHINGTON JOURNAL"

Call from Cher on C-SPAN Sunday, May 28 at approx. 7:20 a.m. ET

CHER: HELLO?

Host: GOOD MORNING.

CHER: NO, THIS IS MALIBU, CALIFORNIA.

Host: GO AHEAD.

CHER: HI, I HAVE CALLED YOU BEFORE, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE REALLY CALM WHILE I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THIS REGIME IS -- I'VE BEEN ALIVE FOR 11 PRESIDENTS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. I BELONG TO AN ORGANIZATION CALLED OPERATION HELMET. AND THESE PEOPLE. THE SO-CALLED CHRISTIAN REPUBLICANS HAVE SENT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED FORCES INTO BATTLE WITHOUT THE PROPER HELMETS. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE KEVLAR INSERTS. I WOULD LIKE TO READ SOMETHING, IF YOU WOULD LET ME, FROM ONE OF THE SOLDIERS, HE SAID: "HI, MY NAME IS CORPORAL __, I AM IN THE U.S. MARINES THIRD BATTALION, 4th MARINES WEAPONS COMPANY. THANK YOU FOR THIS ENDEAVOR IT'S TRULY GREAT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. I HAVE BEEN IN IRAQ TWICE, WE ARE SLATED TO GO BACK, ALMOST ALL OF OUR SENIOR GUYS ARE GETTING OUT. WE HAVE AROUND 80% NEW GUYS IN DEPLOYMENT. WE DO NOT HAVE -- WE DON'T HAVE THE ARMOR FOR OUR HMVs. WE ALSO HAVE HAD TO USE OLD HELMETS, AND WE WOULD TRULY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD DONATE THIS TO OUR CAUSE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MEN WHO ARE GETTING -- THERE ARE SO MANY MEN WHO ARE HAVING HEAD WOUNDS. AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP US BUY THESE INSERTS." SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS GOVERNMENT CAN SEND MEN INTO WAR WITHOUT THE PROPER HELMETS, WITHOUT THE PROPER ARMOR FOR THEIR HUMVEES.

AND I HAVE PERSONALLY HELPED THIS DR. MEADER WITH HIS OPERATION HELMET, GATHER $116,000 SO THAT WE COULD PUBLICLY DO WHAT THE ARMY IS NOT DOING. I AM SORRY I'M EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS, I AM SO PISSED OFF AT THESE PEOPLE. I HAVE FINALLY JUST HAD ENOUGH OF THEM.

HOST: HOW DID THIS GET UNDERWAY?

CHER: DR. MEADE HAD A GRANDSON AND HE WAS SAYING THEY WERE REALLY NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING TO USE USED HELMETS AND HAD NO KEVLAR INSERTS, AND THE ARMY WAS SAYING THEY HAD RUN OUT OF MONEY FOR THIS PARTICULAR THING. THE WORST WOUNDS ARE HEAD WOUNDS AND AMPUTATIONS. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW OUR GOVERNMENT... I MEAN, THIS PRESIDENT WHO CLAIMS TO BE A CHRISTIAN, HOW CAN A CHRISTIAN SEND PEOPLE INTO HARM'S WAY AND NOT MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY TAKEN CARE OF? SO, YOU KNOW, IF HE BELIEVES IN HELL, I WOULD BE REALLY NERVOUS IF I WAS HIM.

HOST: THE WEBSITE IS OPERATION- HYPHEN-HELMET.ORG AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS?

CHER: I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT DONATED TO IT.

HOST: IS THIS CHER?

CHER: YEAH.

HOST: THANK YOU FOR CALLING THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU PHONED?

CHER: YEAH, I KNOW THAT I AM AN ENTERTAINER AND FROM HOLLYWOOD AND SHOULDN'T HAVE A CONSCIENCE BUT I AM AN AMERICAN AND I CANNOT BEAR THESE PEOPLE FOR ANOTHER MOMENT.

HOST: DO YOU THINK WE WILL SEE MORE OF YOU AND OTHERS SPEAKING OUT ON THE WAR?

CHER: ACTUALLY I HAVE TO GO WITH DR. MEADERS TO GO TO CONGRESS. HE HAS TO GO AND MEET THEM, BECAUSE SOMEHOW THE ARMY SEEMS TO THINK THAT HE IS CREATING A BREACH BETWEEN SOLDIERS AND THE ARMY AND NOT LETTING THEM HAVE CONFIDENCE, YOU KNOW, IN THE ARMY, SO HE'S HAVING TO MEET WITH PEOPLE OF THE PENTAGON FOR SOME OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND HE'S QUITE NERVOUS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE'S JUST DONE ALL OF THIS BY HIMSELF. HE'S JUST A GRANDFATHER.

HOST: WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN WASHINGTON?

CHER: I THINK IT'S THE 14th BECAUSE HE'S SO NERVOUS ABOUT GOING THERE, HE'S AFRAID OF WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH HIM AND ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IS LOU DOBBS SO I CALLED LOU TO GET THIS PREPARATION BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE AND I AM JUST GOING TO BE WITH HIM. SO, LOOK, HE'S JUST A GREAT MAN TRYING TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIS GRANDSON, AND HIS GRANDSON SAID, LOOK, I CAN'T TAKE THE HELMET INSERTS, UNLESS YOU CAN GET IT FOR ALL OF THE REST OF MY BROTHERS.

Host: HOW MUCH DO THESE INSERTS COST?

CHER: I THINK IT'S $79 AND $99, TWO DIFFERENT PRICES FOR THE DIFFERENT SIZE HELMETS.

HOST: WELL, WHEN YOU ARE HERE ON JUNE 14th, WHY DON'T YOU STOP ON BY AND TAKE SOME CALLS AND COME ON THE WASHINGTON JOURNAL.

CHER: OKAY, HE'S A VERY WONDERFUL MAN.

HOST: CHER, THANK YOU FOR CALLING BACK, WE APPRECIATE IT. KEEP WATCHING.

[txdoda]

Yeah and Cher's saying.....

and nobody here is supporting any of Cher's political views, simply giving credit for her involment in this "helmet issue".

you are the one that continually asigns guilt, by association.

So I'll ask again...."Did I miss your thoughts on Cannon & Safavian "snuggling" ??

[LoudRepublicangirl]

OUR FIRST CONCERN AND PRIORITY

would have been to care for our Military Personnel

FIRST, FIRST, FIRST, FIRST, FIRST, FIRST, FIRST, AND FOREMOST.

Then, after that's done trash Cher and all the other traitors.


Amen. The cool calm voice of reason prevails!!

[W04Man]

I'm not suggesting that any soldier suffer any at all.... I was just asking what the studies show. I don't care if Cher gets credit, I was just wondering what other info there is. You pointed to one neurosurgeon, thank you for that info.

[proudofthesouth]

Sonny was the one who discovered her back in the '60's and became her Svengali.

[TAdams8591]

"There will always be problems with the military, nobody or no entity on this Earth is perfect(except in Cher's mind of course)."

Agreed, nor do I expect them to be.

"Me, I will go with the hundreds of thousands of people who devote their daily lives each day to try to achieve military perfection, instead of instant Hollywood know it alls, such as Cher or jane fonda."

But Cher claims she has heard this from the very military men to whom you refer above. It is worth investigating - of course I would not go by her word alone. If it's true, I would like to make a small donation as I'm sure others would.

Regarding Jane Fonda....my cousin with whom I lived fought in the Viet Nam War. But even if he hadn't I would still strongly dislike her traitorous self for her actions during that time.

[Dane]

and nobody here is supporting any of Cher's political views, simply giving credit for her involment in this "helmet issue".

you are the one that continually asigns guilt, by association

And like Cher doesn't assign guilt by association(i.e her remark about Christian Republicans).

Like I said I will trust the hundreds of thousands of people who devote their daily lives to promoting the goal of military perfection.

It is your perogative to trust a President Bush hating Hollywood celebrity such as Cher and her best friend lou dobbs.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

You pointed to one neurosurgeon, thank you for that info.



Yes, and I wish I could remember which neurosurgeon it was who was discussing it. He wasn't affiliated with Cher or this doctor she mentioned-that's why I gave it more credence than if it were just Cher and one of her buddies talking about it

[Dane]

But Cher claims she has heard this from the very military men to whom you refer above. It is worth investigating - of course I would not go by her word alone. If it's true, I would like to make a small donation as I'm sure others would.

Actually she heard it from one unnamed Corporal. Hollywood is known for making up stories.

[W04Man]

Well, I guess we will just have to wait for more info to show up on FR..... Or you all can open your wallets and dish it out to operation-helmet.org. I'll need to do more checking.

[JCEccles]

Dane, you have a major screw loose. How your noggin stays perched atop your spindly neck without a fastener is a major mystery. It'd be easier to balance a three pound ball bearing on the point of a BIC pen.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Hollywood is known for making up stories.

So are you.

[Dane]

Dane, you have a major screw loose. How your noggin stays perched atop your spindly neck without a fastener is a major mystery. It'd be easier to balance a three pound ball bearing on the point of a BIC pen

LOL! And this woman, is the penultimate expert on helmet safety, according to you.

Lord help us all.

[Altura Ct.]

Gee Dane, Its obvious you haven't thought this one through too well. I hate to burst you bubble there buddy but I would imagine that the same person you are deriding here is actually on the same side as Mr Bush on the Illegal Immigration issue. At least if she follows suit with most of Hollywood. I have never heard her voice opinion one way or the other but assuming she follows along with the likes of Martin Sheen, Susan Sarnadon, Edward Olmos etc

[JCEccles]

Penultimate? You really shouldn't use words you don't the meaning of.

And what the he** does Cher have to do with anything of note?

[JCEccles]

Penultimate? You really shouldn't use words you don't know the meaning of.

And what the he** does Cher have to do with anything of note?

[Dane]

Gee Dane, Its obvious you haven't thought this one through too well. I hate to burst you bubble there buddy but I would imagine that the same person you are deriding here is actually on the same side as Mr Bush on the Illegal Immigration issue.

Please Cher admitted on C-Span that she is good friends with lou dobbs, President Bush's biggest critic on CNN.

I don't know where you learned your math, but 1 + 1= 2.

[Quix]

You pointed to one neurosurgeon, thank you for that info.

Yes, and I wish I could remember which neurosurgeon it was who was discussing it. He wasn't affiliated with Cher or this doctor she mentioned-that's why I gave it more credence than if it were just Cher and one of her buddies talking about it
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Sounds like Mr Dane owes a lot of us a rather abject, wholesale apology.

[JNL]

I saw her with the Doctor she montions on CNN. The army have already implemented these pads and she's pushing the marines to do the same. Overall she didn't seem to have another agenda, she's against the war but wants to make sure the guys and gals out there are O.K.

I really don't care if she insults the president (I don't see what this has to do with the troops noggins), her choice, free country and all that.

BTW She still looks hot (ducks)

[Altura Ct.]

And that means what?

[Dane]

Sounds like Mr Dane owes a lot of us a rather abject, wholesale apology.

I owe an apology? I ain't the one insulting hundreds of thousands of people at the Pentagon, with your devotion to as being the ultimate knowledge in helmet safety.