Jessica Lange Bashes Bush, Iraq War

CBS 2 CHICAGO ^ | 24 MAY 2008 | AP

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

BRONXVILLE, NY (AP) ― Oscar-winner Jessica Lange bashed the Bush administration and denounced the war in Iraq during a Friday commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College.

The star of "Tootsie" and "Blue Sky" was applauded by students at the small liberal arts college after comparing the conflict with the Vietnam War.

She said the graduates -- including her 22-year-old daughter Hannah Shepard -- have "a heavy burden" to chart a new path for the country.

"We are living in an America that, in the last seven and a half years, has waged an unnecessary war, established prison camps, condoned torture, employed corporate armies, eliminated the right of habeas corpus, practiced extraordinary rendition, and believe me, this is only a partial list," Lange said.

Lange asked the graduates to commit themselves to the "pursuit of peace."

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Somebody ought to commit HER to an institution!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Sounds like someone needs a serious brain flush.

[John123]

Lange asked the graduates to commit themselves to the "pursuit of peace."

And the price for freedom is sometimes high.

If you don't want to pay for it... may I suggest relocating to North Korea, Venezuela or Iran?

[A message]

What this court jester thinks matters how?

[Alas Babylon!]

So Jessica....Do you remember that little something on September 11th, 2001?

No?

Thought so.

[Free ThinkerNY]

It’s nice to see that Jessica Lange is still brain-dead.

[SandRat]

and the jackass she rode in on!

[bert]

Jessica Lange
was she somebody?

[mrsmel]

Why do people give people who pretend in front of a camera for a living, credence in political matters? How do they all of a sudden know so much more about political matters, than when they also were just another American, before some quirk in the American psyche, granted them fame? Did the conferring upon them of that fame, also magically endow them overnight with great political and philosophical insight? It doesn't make sense to me. If anything, most of the ones I've heard, are more stupid than Joe Public, not less. A lot more stupid.

[faithinchaos]

There’s a shocker. A hollywood lib/socialist, elitist a**hole trashing the President and the war.

Funny how these idiots were silent when Clinton was bombing the pi$$ out of Serbia/Yugoslavia for no real reason.

[WackySam]

Since use of the C word here is verboten, I have no comment.

[A_perfect_lady]

That woman has had so many face lifts and lip injections, her face looks like a red innertube on a white trampoline.

[MNJohnnie]

I guess anything to stay on that Hollweird celebrity F list

[Dr. Scarpetta]

"The 53-year-old Oscar-winning actress lambasted the U.S. government at a press conference at the San Sebastian film festival (September 25, 2002), where she received a lifetime achievement award on Wednesday. "What Bush intends to do with Iraq is unconstitutional, immoral and illegal," Lange was quoted as saying.

"I hate Bush, I despise him and his entire administration. Not only because of its international policy, but also the national. Today it makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States, it is humiliating."

"Bush stole the elections and since then we have all been suffering the consequences. The Iraq plan is absolutely mad, but what I do not understand is that nobody tries to stop it, neither inside nor outside the United States," the actress added.

"The atmosphere in my country is poisonous, intolerable for those of us who are not right-wing, so thank you for inviting me to this festival and allowing me to get out for a few days," Lange said on receiving the Donostia Prize, which was presented by Spanish actor Jose Coronado.

Lange also said she did not think much of Hollywood and preferred to work in Europe. "How could I be interested in Hollywood? Studios only make movies which will earn them a lot of money. Hollywood is ruled by accountants and not film makers."

[Bubba_Leroy]

The pinnacle of her acting career:

[kjo]

Why ANYONE would care what some actress thought (assuming she can think) about world affairs is beyond me.

[pnh102]

Jessica Lange is still alive? Who knew?

[A.A. Cunningham]

Watching that mental eunuch try to act is torture.

[NormsRevenge]

Somebody ought to commit HER to an institution!

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She’s played a role or two as a resident of an insane asylum .. wouldn’t be that much of a reach for her.. She’s from Minnesota to boot.