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Posted on 02/23/2007 11:46:51 PM PST by tlb
Sources say the diminutive movie mogul is motivated by jealousy because his old friend Bill Clinton now prefers the company of supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle. Geffen's animosity is also fueled by Burkle's attempt to buy the Los Angeles Times, which Geffen had wanted to purchase for himself.
... said one West Coast source. "Geffen is on a jihad right now."
Bill Clinton used to stay at Geffen's mansion (once owned by Jack Warner), but now he stays at Burkle's estate (the former home of silent film star Harold Lloyd) whenever he's in town.
Another Democratic source scoffed at Geffen's explanation for his disenchantment with Bill Clinton, attributing it to Clinton's pardon of tax fugitive Marc Rich while failing to pardon American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of murdering two FBI agents.
"I never believed the pardon was the issue," said this politico. "Geffen is looking for a platform. He's frustrated and bitter. He's got all these billions, but he's still trying to prove his relevance."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The dark underbelly of Democrat party politics.
This one should be bumped for the morning crew.
Classic!
They didn't nick Obama so now they are going after Geffen and they are using the NY Post.
The NY Post has become the "Pro-Hillary Campaign Talking Point" Post.
Geffen's comments reverberated all over the country and I think they seriously hurt Hillary's campaign. He made it cool for Democrats to criticize the Clintons when they were too frightened to do so before. Geffen opened that door and other people are crashing through.
This might be the detremental turning point in Hillary's campaign.
This is so 1992.
Geffen broke the old leftist rule that "there are no enemies on the left". The leftists have been far better at reining in their dissenters than conservatives. Of course an ideology that is comfortable with Marxist totalitarian thought would be better at it.
They also should scrub the sinks
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Funny how they use the word "jihad" to describe this. A verbal attack on the Clintons must be the most horrible thing anyone can ever do. Meanwhile the MSM refuses to use the word to describe real terrorist activities, like uhm, jihads.
Does anybody know what "supermarket" Burkle owns .. I want to be sure and not shop there anymore .. anybody who gets in bed with Bill Clinton does not deserve my business anymore.
Wow! Thanks for that info .. I don't shop at Whole Foods - too expensive. But .. I have shopped at Wild Oats a lot - because they get their produce and meat from local farmers and ranchers and it's just the best food. I'm sorry to hear they are selling out to Burkle.
In San Diego County the stores are called "Henry's" and other folksy names. But .. the food is great and the prices are really wonderful. Guess I won't be able to shop with them anymore .. bummer!
Don't tell that to the Rudy fans on FReep. They're all certain that Hillary is going to be the Dem nominee for pres, and that therefore we must all vote for Rudy, no matter how much of a RINO he may be.
Will it still matter, if the dem nominee is someone else? Can we all look for a conservative candidate, then?
Peggy Noonan sees it this way:
At the Democratic forum in Carson City, Nev., on Tuesday, ABC's George Stephanopoulos asked Mrs. Clinton if Mr. Obama should renounce Mr. Geffen's remarks. She answered, "I want to run a positive campaign" and referred to "the politics of personal destruction." Every time she gets in a spot, she pulls that one out. And for good reason: It has always worked. It works because it confuses people. Is this the boys beating up the girl? Are they sticking her pigtails in the ink well? Is Geffen mean? If Obama is nice, shouldn't he make sure everyone is nice?
It's not so much a diversion as a non sequitur. Mrs. Clinton is like the little girl who steals the boy next door's candy and hits him on the head with a hammer. He runs, "Mommy, she stole my Snickers and hit me on the head!" She turns to the mother, hammer in hand, and gestures at the boy. "This...is the politics of personal destruction."
As I say, it's always worked in the past. The question is, will it work in the future? One senses one thing that is new.
In the Nevada forum Mrs. Clinton had a hard act to follow when she came on after Sen. Chris Dodd, who spoke with energy and concentration, and whose look is striking, sort of Old American Ethnic in a Brooks Brothers suit. He's like a cardinal with his thick white hair and furious eyebrows. He hit the crowd's erogenous zones on Iraq, and took a hard shot at Mrs. Clinton: "Why is it so hard to say you're sorry?"
Mrs. Clinton came out after him, and amid the Geffen flap, so it's not surprising that she was a little off her game. She spoke the way she speaks -- "renew the promise of America...give people the services and support they need...hardworking families" -- but the flat voice seemed flatter, more grating. She seemed diminished by the fact that the event hadn't been built around her, didn't star her, wasn't arranged by her. There were other people there, other candidates on the stage, and she looked like she was in a contest for a change.
Usually Mrs. Clinton is a tough little tank, but on Tuesday she seemed less large, less formidable. If only for a moment, less inevitable.
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I think she's on to something.
And it makes me sick to think that he is living in the home of such a wonderful (and rather conservative, BTW) actor as Harold Lloyd.
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