Posted on 06/28/2010 1:48:33 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Sheryl Crow: Tea Partiers are too ‘Uneducated’ to ‘Understand What’s Happening on Wall Street’ By Alana Goodman Created 06/28/2010 - 16:39 Pop-star and courageous anti-toilet-paper crusader [0] Sheryl Crow apparently has a new political concern: Tea Partiers.
The country crooner told CBS journalist Katie Couric that Tea Party members are uneducated, angry and potentially dangerous in an interview [1] with Glamour magazine this June.
After Crow complained in the interview that Americans have become too blasé about politics, and that nobody has taken to the streets to cause "a riot or a revolution," Couric correctly pointed to the Tea Party as an example of modern day activism.
"What do you think of the Tea Party movement? Because that is the specific sort of group of people who would say we're out there, we're getting involved in the process...," asked Couric.
"I appreciate the fact that those people are out there and that they are fired up," responded Crow, before adding that Tea Partiers "haven't educated themselves...they're just pissed off."
"My main concern is that [the Tea Party is] really fear-based," said Crow, a cancer survivor and environmental activist. "What's coming out of the Tea Party most often, especially if you go onto YouTube, and you see some of the interviews with these people who really don't even know what the issues are, they're just swept up in the fear of it and the anger of it."
"They're not sure what they're angry at," Crow continued. "[T]hey don't understand what's happening on Wall Street."
The singer also worried that the "uneducated" and "angry" Tea Partiers could even become dangerous. "[K]nowledge is power, and anything less than that when it comes to anger can be dangerous," said Crow.
But before she snubbed the education level of Tea Partiers again, maybe Crow should have checked out this New York Times poll [2], which found Tea Party members to be "more educated than the general public."
The Grammy-award winning songstress could also serve to learn a thing or two from the Tea Partiers - in the past she's come under fire for her own bone-headed remarks. In 2007, Crow was mocked across the political spectrum for suggesting in a Huffington Post column [3] that people should use "only one square [of toilet paper] per restroom visit" in order to conserve trees.
Other ideas in Crow's 2007 column included using a reusable "dining sleeve" instead of a dinner napkin, and a creating a "greenest lifestyle" contest for aspiring musicians.
Crow later backed away [3] from her statements, claiming they were merely brilliant satire written in order to bring attention to the dire threat of climate change.
Later in her June Glamour magazine interview with Couric, Crow slammed Karl Rove and other conservatives for harping on her toilet paper idea. She claimed this was done "[j]ust to discredit me and to make me look silly."
My gawd these people are so stupid. They just rattle off the same tired talking points, don’t have a clue about The Constitution or the economy. Such poor business and professional judgment. No wonder no one wants to buy recordings or see movies nowadays. They turn out crap and alienate their audiences all at the same time.
And this gal can’t carry a tune in a paper bag either.
That would be an accurate description!
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LOL!
Looks like your parody animated graphic hit her right in the butt!
I’ll bet she uses 1/2 a roll of HD paper towels!
She is a big buddy and traveled with algore’s girlfriend:
Mrs. Laurie David
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I had to dig that one out of the archives!
Half a roll of paper towels!! LOL.
You are informed about Albore’s girlfriend, I didn’t know her name.
Probably not very well, since her only formal education is a degree in making up pop songs from a matchbook-cover college somewhere.
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albore had a longtime affair with Laurie David - a Greenie Groupie
Laurie David is producer/actor Larry David’s wife
Larry David is a friend of Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld was onstage recently with Barack Hussein Obama Junior
mmmm - mmmm - mmmm
Crow made a joke of herself and encountered unintended consequences
Well said. The miserable Hollywood losers have failed miserably at life. They think that electing Gnostocrats will make up for their failures as fathers, husbands, mothers if they use their acting ability to get people to care about the planet and quit smoking.
[Crow made a joke of herself and encountered unintended consequences]
But people forget fast, many probably don’t remember the T-tissue thing.
Lol, the hipbone’s connected to the leg bone.....if you follow all those people connections back they may be related to you!! mmmm mmmm mmmm...!
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Many of that crowd have that perveted “guilt thing” they inherited - or adopted
Wealthy egotists that want to do dreamy things -
With other people’s money
Then when the glory pours in it all goes to your head, lol.
That's why we dislike pretentious people.
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That is why certain groups are drawn to and/or even create Communism, Socialism, Progressivism, liberalism, the democrat party
Those that vote in overwhelming percentage for those that have attempted to destroy them before - and still do
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I shall stop here -
I do not abide those idiots
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On another thread a liberal said something about conservatives not knowing Hawaii is a state!! What about the liberal woman speaker who thought Arizona's illegal law might be ok if Arizona was on the border!!
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Liberals all think Communism/Socialism woud be wonderful -
It just has never been done right
They only needed to double the mega-millions they killed
There are certain ethnic groups that have queer romantic dreams about a perfect and fair political system
Guilt ingrained in them and their ancestors before is much of it
But do not mistake their weirdo private guilt and fantasy dreams for someone who will be dreamy or guilty in all things -
There is always those SOBs at the top in Communism who must have nothing but the best of everything
Fidel Castro - Brack Hussein Obama Junior -
Wagya beef anyone?
Never been done ‘right’! They’re nuts, lol.
Yes, you’re right, the ones at the top don’t give up a thing.
Once again she accuses other people of what she’s already guilty of. SOP of the democrat party.
Conservatives did not have to lift a finger to make YOU look silly.......b/c stupid Croaksters like you really are silly.
Wadda ya say conservatives? It's time we "Dixie-chick" this idiot.
” I worked in CMO (derivatives of mortgage-backed securities) trading and risk management for 14 years at UBS, Bear Stearns, and Merrill Lynch. I also worked at a hedge fund, and had my own middle-markets fixed income trading business.”
Impressive ...you have Dodd, Frank and Biden buried. They only learned enough to steal. Tim was just connected, and is an incompetent.
Cheryl has you beat though. She has an honorary doctorate in PDQ Back, from the late Victor Borge.
Ooooooooo that be profound!
This chick is way beyond “Dixie Chick” dumb ;-)
Serrially, I see many of these new age 'hipsters' as really unhip and square.
Sort of a new old conventionality.
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