Don't know if this was posted. Streisand is delusional.
Streisand Blasts Bush in
Memo Sent to Top Democrats
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Calling President Bush a "destructive man," singing
legend Barbra Streisand on Monday fired off a blistering three-page memo to top
Democrats in Washington calling for a "strong, strategic, targeted offense against the
Republican revolution."
"This is not the time to be weak," Streisand writes in the memo titled "Nice Guys
Finish Last" sent last week to several dozen top Democratic legislators and released
to media outlets Monday through her publicist.
"Unless we win, we'll be consistently on the defensive with our fingers holding the
dike against the resurgence of the far right. ... You don't have to be ruthless like the
Republicans, just be strong."
In her note she blasts Bush's record on environmental issues, reproductive rights
and the protection of people with disabilities, children, and U.S. workers. She
lambastes the record of Bush's father, former President George Bush, on pardons,
and urges Democrats and journalists to investigate Republicans vigorously, charging
that they are controlled by big business.
Streisand writes: "We have a president who was selected rather than elected. He
stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing
Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising
thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities."
Streisand's publicist Dick Guttman said on Monday that she has no aspirations to
become a politician and her motivation to send the memo was concern about the
issues and the American people.
"She said people confuse political passion with political ambition," Guttman said,
adding that since releasing the memo to Democrats last week Streisand has been
flooded with offers to speak publicly.
"She sent it to top Democrats who responded very favorably, to it calling it a very
important wake up call," Guttman said. |
