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Another U.S. star flips off America (James Cromwell)
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Posted on 03/12/2007 6:39:14 PM PDT by pctech

Another U.S. star flips off America
James Cromwell, Jack Bauer's father in '24,' says he 'can't handle' living here any longer

You've seen him in some endearing roles – such as the paternal figure to the shepherding pig "Babe."

You've seen him in the role of the "heavy," like playing the criminal father of "24" hero Jack Bauer.

But you may not know the real James Cromwell – the 6-foot-7-inch, 67-year-old Oscar-nominated American actor who is also featured in the upcoming "Spider-Man 3."

Here he is speaking to the London Telegraph: "I can't handle living in the United States of America when I know the last two elections were rigged, and that we were denied our right to vote, where we live in a country where 32 percent of the people vote and even those people's votes don't count, and the people who should really have a stake, kids, don't have any say at all – people of color, very little to say, unions, practically nothing any more … we're losing our jobs. …"

No, that's no Alec Baldwin. It's James Cromwell, another U.S. star who chooses to flip off America on foreign soil.

"His diatribe is liberal boilerplate, but it's mesmerizing nonetheless, thanks to years of formal actor-training, his charisma and sincerity," explains reporter Susan Dominus.

So why would a man who views the world – and his country – this way agree to play in the hit series "24," which is the focus of much criticism from others who see evil when they look at America?

"I am on the horns of a dilemma – I can walk away if I think it's really bad," Cromwell explains. "It's hard to explain. It's a job."


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To: NurdlyPeon

If memory serves he was pretty much of a jerk in that movie as well.


21 posted on 03/12/2007 6:47:34 PM PDT by pctech
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To: pctech
["...and the people who should really have a stake, kids, don't have any say at all..."]

What the hell is he blathering about? Like we should consider the input from children when establishing economic or foreign policy?

22 posted on 03/12/2007 6:47:35 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Veritas. Gravitas. Ohmygas.)
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To: pctech

He can always move to Zimbabwe.


23 posted on 03/12/2007 6:47:38 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: sionnsar
I'm guessing that maybe that is or was a TeeeVeee show...?

The life and times of one Archie Bunker.

24 posted on 03/12/2007 6:48:25 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: pctech

This doofus was Archie Bunker's drinking buddy.


25 posted on 03/12/2007 6:49:07 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Good night Chesty, wherever you are!)
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To: pctech
"I can't handle living in the United States of America when I know the last two elections were rigged, and that we were denied our right to vote,


I guess he didn't get the latest DNC memo that the election of 2006 was not rigged...because they won. You take a script out of a moonbats hands and they are forced to repeat the lines they memorized from another time and place.
26 posted on 03/12/2007 6:49:34 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (The faithful will keep their heads down, their powder dry and hammer at the enemies flanks.)
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To: pctech
Ever since I found out that Stretch Cunningham was Jewish, I knew there'd be something wrong with this guy.

Don't worry, Zephrame, we won't be building any statues of you.

27 posted on 03/12/2007 6:49:59 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a Liberal when I married her.)
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To: pctech

Can't you see the pain I'm in making all that money in the U.S?

28 posted on 03/12/2007 6:50:09 PM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
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To: pctech

You poor, tortured soul! Guess you'd better pack up and go. Good luck finding a country as great as the USA, though.


29 posted on 03/12/2007 6:50:53 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (Rudy? Hunter? McCain? Tancredo? Romney? Presenting WWF FR style.....)
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To: pctech

Mr. Cromwell was a guest on CNBC's Power Lunch today.

He seemed delighted to be an American investor.


30 posted on 03/12/2007 6:51:07 PM PDT by i_dont_chat (I have the right to offend. You can take offense or not.)
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To: pctech

He probably prefers a "queen" over a president.


31 posted on 03/12/2007 6:53:19 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When I was a kid, "global warming" was known as "the weather.")
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To: pctech
we're losing our jobs. …"

Which of his jobs went overseas or moved south of the border? We were losing jobs under Clinto, too. Sometimes, I wish there were a way to view what the future might have been like under Bore or Skarey. I can't even imagine the mess.

32 posted on 03/12/2007 6:54:49 PM PDT by Netizen (More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war 2,158 ea year - Center for Immigration Studies)
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To: NurdlyPeon

Well, he can just warp his ungrateful butt out of here.


33 posted on 03/12/2007 6:55:02 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Veritas. Gravitas. Ohmygas.)
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To: pctech
I thought he was well known as a moonbat.

BTW, I liked him as the nerdy dad in Revenge of the Nerds.

34 posted on 03/12/2007 6:55:24 PM PDT by SIDENET (Now selling carbon offsets. Get some today!)
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To: pctech
""I am on the horns of a dilemma – I can walk away if I think it's really bad," Cromwell explains. "It's hard to explain. It's a job.""

Yeah it's hard being a liberal hypocrite who makes money because of a talent you exploited thanks to this country and yet spits on Americans.

It's a real dilemma making more in a month than most Americans will ever see in their life times then turning around and sh**ing on their country.

It's no wonder I can't go to a movie anymore. These guys make me sick.
35 posted on 03/12/2007 6:58:09 PM PDT by samm1148 (Pennsylvania-They haven't taxed air--yet)
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To: VictoryGal

These people live in an echo chamber. Besides, they are actors who generally know no more than what they read in a scripe or hear at a party.


36 posted on 03/12/2007 6:59:28 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: VictoryGal

These people live in an echo chamber. Besides, they are actors who generally know no more than what they read in a scripe or hear at a party.


37 posted on 03/12/2007 6:59:29 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: Parley Baer
Go James Cormwell. This country is better off without you.

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38 posted on 03/12/2007 6:59:36 PM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (The answers remain available; Wisdom is obtained by asking all the right questions!)
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To: pctech

And to think, they got the commie to play Efram Cochran....


39 posted on 03/12/2007 6:59:38 PM PDT by cincinnati65 (Lucky participant in 189 different Nigerian business deals......still waiting on payment.)
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To: buccaneer81
"I'm guessing that maybe that is or was a TeeeVeee show...?"
The life and times of one Archie Bunker.

Sounds vaguely familiar. A TeeVee show back in the 70s (when I was in college), right?

40 posted on 03/12/2007 6:59:57 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com†|Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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