Peacenik Garofalo Upset at Harassment, May Quit Protesting

NewsMax.com ^ | 3/11/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[Jean S]

Antiwar activist Janeane Garofalo announced Monday that she may quit protesting U.S. plans to make war on Iraq, saying she's being harassed and complaining that Hollywood leftists who speak out don't get enough respect.

Addressing a panel on media coverage of the war in Manhattan, the comedienne-turned-foreign policy expert said that she may "just bow out for the rest of my life," according to New York's Newsday. Garofalo complained that she's had to change her home phone number after getting several harassing calls.

The bespectacled Bush basher blames the media, which she said ridicules antiwar actors "as a way to trivialize" the concerns of those who oppose the war. [Garofalo herself, however, admitted two weeks ago that the peace movement stayed dormant during U.S. troop deployments in the 1990's because "it wasn't hip" to protest President Clinton.]

Fellow panelist William McGowan, author of "Coloring the News: How Political Correctness Has Corrupted American Journalism," disagreed. He said antiwar activists are belittled because of their "silly, vacuous slogans."

[Timesink]

From this moment forward, these people ... these losers that are all talk and brvado until a single person dares call them on their BS and then they slink into the dark ... are now to be known as:

HUMAN YIELDS!

[AmericanInTokyo]

The only US troops that little moron is 'fit to entertain' are those through the holes in the chain link fence down by the base in Okinawa, for '10 bucks a pop'.

[Consort]

Garofalo (comediannicus assholius)

[Teetop]

Sucks to be on the wrong side of an issue, like the socialist in Hollyweird are. My heart bleeds for them....NOT!

[stanz]

So she had to change her home phone.....now she has lots more free time to stay home and chat instead of making an ass out herself on nationwide television. Moron.

[sarasmom]

Big BUMP for #34!

[strela]

The only US troops that little moron is 'fit to entertain' are those through the holes in the chain link fence down by the base in Okinawa, for '10 bucks a pop'.

"I love you no s***, take me to home of Big PX!"

Yup - sounds just like her.

[Billthedrill]

She, and they, aren't after "respect," they're after adulation, in fact, they figure they're entitled to it. After all, they're celebrities, aren't they?

There is a certain level of self-dramatization expected of those who emote for a living, but clearly a preference for posturing as a martyr loses its luster when one is faced with actually becoming one. Even here the comparison is ludicrous - Janie's only been yelled at, not shot at. There are a number of young people in uniform who soon will no longer be able to make that claim.

[mystery-ak]

Anybody have her new number?..LOL

[spodefly]

I still think she is kinda cute.

[SamAdams76]

Is there anything we can do to make her reconsider? She's been doing for the "anti-Bush, er, anti-war" movement what Steve Case did for Time-Warner and what Bill Clinton did for the Democratic-controlled Congress. It's a beautiful thing she's doing and I don't want anything to happen to keep her from her fine work.

[noutopia]

After a few days and a few lines of coke she will be back.

[TC Rider]

She's like a moped, looks like fun, but would you want your friends to see you on her?

[I still care]

Fellow panelist William McGowan, author of "Coloring the News: How Political Correctness Has Corrupted American Journalism," disagreed. He said antiwar activists are belittled because of their "silly, vacuous slogans."

Example from another thread - "The White House is definitely afraid of women in pink and the power of love," said CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans.

[noutopia]

Like always the majority of the peaceniks are fruits and nuts.

[Chi-townChief]

Man, this is too funny!!

[Palladin]

I used to like Janeane...when she used to be cute and funny. Like in "The Truth About Cats and Dogs".

Now she is just another boring sourfaced Commie-wannabe.

With big dark horn-rimmed glasses to make her appear intelligent.

Pathetic little girl....you've lost much of your fan base, Janeane.

Bad career move.

[Paulus Invictus]

No, Garofalo, "it wasn't hip" because you all loved the Felon and would never criticize your lover. Face it, you Hollyweirds and the media are all proven RATS and simply cannot abide Pubbies. Tough cookies! Stop your inane protests! They do you no good and the does the nation harm.

[OldFriend]

How sweet.....she can dish it out with the most outrageous comments but she gets offended when there is an adverse reaction!

[IronJack]

she may "just bow out for the rest of my life,"

How about bowing out OF the rest of her life?