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Bush invites Mel Gibson to White House for screening of Vietnam War movie
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| 2-26-02
Posted on 02/26/2002 2:55:58 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:39:45 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush invited Mel Gibson to the White House on Tuesday to take in the Hollywood star's new film about a historic battle in the Vietnam War.
"There seems to be such a thing as collective unconscious, because there's a plethora of war films right now," Gibson told reporters at the White House. His movie, "We Were Soldiers," about a Nov. 14, 1965, battle in Vietnam's Ia Drang Valley, before the terror attacks in the United States and the ensuing war on terrorism.
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To: dennisw; mtngrl@vrwc; rintense
A big, slobbering **BUMP** for Mel, my #2 man, second only to W. What I wouldn't pay to be at the WHite House tonight--my two favorite guys in one room!!!!!!!!! :-P________
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posted on
02/26/2002 7:21:47 PM PST
by
lawgirl
To: Texaggie79
That's sad.
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posted on
02/26/2002 7:23:26 PM PST
by
cactmh
To: PhilDragoo
"I have had the pleasure of helping in prepublication work for Aid and Comfort: Jane Fonda in North Vietnam
by Hank and Erika Holzer."
Too bad Nixon didn't have the courage to prosecute her for the treason she committed while Nixon was President.
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl;
Here is a blow-up of one of Mel at the WH with the flag that is not posted above. Still, no W with him. Perhaps tomorrow they will release some.
Thanks for the ping SB. I can't believe so many people on FR did not know that Mel is a Conservative. Good that the word is getting out.
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Thank you Ronnie!!
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I love molasses cookies ....just put a few in your floppy disk drive and send me two...pretty please.....giggle.......I will have some.tee hee......
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
Too bad Nixon didn't have the courage to prosecute her for the treason she committed while Nixon was President. Per Ann Coulter, High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton, Nixon wasn't Nixon--Clinton was. The "danger to the Constitution" was under Clinton. Nixon was anathema to the left which had a feeding frenzy over the botched burglary.
The political climate would not have allowed any action to proceed against Jane Fonda at that time. At that time the left in government and the media was leading the sheep on the donkey trail of demeaning the U.S. military in general and involvement in Vietnam in particular.
The Senate was busy emasculating intelligence agencies and creating the hollow military which Reagan had to rebuild.
The times were dark. The national intelligence quotient was sub-Gump: Gerald Ford didn't know Eastern Europe was under Soviet domination; Call-me-Jimmy Carter thought American democracy was to give away like the family cow in Jack in the Beanstalk.
Now we can talk about adult matters. The children having been unmasked and dethroned.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
AHHHHHHHHH.......My dream team! Mel and W!!!!! I wish I were a fly on the wall of the White House tonight!
To: dennisw
Mel is sooooooooo cool!
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posted on
02/26/2002 8:05:42 PM PST
by
abigail2
To: cactmh
Hell, I wish he wouldn't keep his politics quiet! We need more vocal conservatives in Hollywood --- but I guess he wants to keep getting work.
To: janetgreen
Hi Janetgreen! Isn't he just a total babe!!
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posted on
02/26/2002 8:07:06 PM PST
by
abigail2
To: cactmh
Tom Hanks, sadly, is a RAT -- but he is a RAT with some character. By all accounts, he is a good family man, a nice guy and a patriot.
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Hi Ronnie-thanks for all the inside scoops...it must be satisfying after all these years to get the proper recoginition....
53
posted on
02/26/2002 8:09:45 PM PST
by
abigail2
To: RonDog
And to Rondog for all his wonderful posts..
54
posted on
02/26/2002 8:11:28 PM PST
by
abigail2
To: Aloha Ronnie;all
Thank you, Ronnie. I didn't understand so much before. I do now. Thank you.
To: lawgirl
Hmmmmmm....you sound like me! Great taste! (OK -- so I'll throw my hubby in and make it a top 3.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Mel Gibson is a wonderful family man, refusing to be in pictures which have sex scenes because of his kids, is what I understand. What a treat for him to meet the President, and an honor. What a slap in the face to someone like Arafat who used to get invited more than anyone to the White House under Klinton but has yet to receive an invitation from our President.
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posted on
02/26/2002 8:17:48 PM PST
by
nicmarlo
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
Thank you Tonkin.
To: soccermom
Tom Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln by his mother, Nancy Hanks.
Abe Lincoln, the very first Republican president.
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posted on
02/26/2002 8:29:16 PM PST
by
Slyfox
To: Slyfox
Wellllllll....it's time for Abe to slap some sense into his descendant!
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