Posted on 10/16/2003 1:46:18 AM PDT by kattracks
Ben Affleck gives as good as he gets. The scorn that critics heaped on his movie "Gigli" is nothing compared to the actor's withering review of President Bush's performance."The Bush administration has continued to push a dangerous right-wing agenda which has included increasing encroachments on civil liberties, particularly with the questionable and aggressive use of the Patriot Act," Affleck fumed on Tuesday night when he accepted a Spirit of Liberty award from the People for the American Way, a liberal political action group, in L.A.
Affleck, who came with Jennifer Lopez, was honored for his work on behalf of children's rights and voter registration.
"I accept [the award] in the hope that the absurd amount of publicity I received lately - which, as far as I can tell, is chiefly because I have a pretty fiancée - might be directed at something more significant."
Affleck, who wrote his own speech, jokingly decried "the dawn of the Schwarzenegger era in American politics," comparing it with "the fall of the Roman Empire."
The actor added that he hates the Republican tax cut. Even if "I save a million bucks," he joked, "the deficit grows like [conservative commentator and gambler] William Bennett's credit line on a one-armed-bandit bender at Bally's."
Also at the Beverly Hilton event were Harrison Ford, who presented an award to actress Heather Thomas and her husband, Skip Brittenham, and Bill Maher, who introduced the Dixie Chicks. Norman Lear, founder of People for the American Way, led a tribute to Gregory Peck.
The Equine Posterior Achievement Award (otherwise known as the "horse's patootie award") went to Attorney General John Ashcroft, who did not attend.
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I wonder if he really thinks I give two flying $hits for his opinion.... ??
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