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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (731369)	3/13/2006 10:45:40 AM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Look it up yourself. I only provided that documentation to prove that she was lying when she said the whole thing was made up. That is a lie. And it's not holding a job, it's profiteering from your position of influence, that is corruption.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (731369)	3/13/2006 10:54:12 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

One of the great minds of the century A furious George Clooney hits gutless Dems nydailynews.com George Clooney (above) says top Democrats like Hillary Clinton (below) should be held accountable for not speaking out earlier against Iraq war. George Clooney has a message for Democratic office-holders who voted for the war in Iraq, only to claim later that they'd been misled by President Bush: "F— you!" The movie star's argument — directed at the likes of presidential wannabes Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Kerry and John Edwards — is actually more nuanced than that. But not by much. "The fear of being criticized can be paralyzing," Clooney writes today on Huffingtonpost.com — pumping up the volume after banging the drum of Hollywood liberalism in his Oscar acceptance speech. "Just look at the way so many Democrats caved in the runup to the war. In 2003, a lot of us were saying, where is the link between Saddam and Bin Laden? What does Iraq have to do with 9/11? We knew it was bulls—. "Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, 'We were misled.' It makes me want to shout, 'F— you, you weren't misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic.'" Clooney exhorts the lily-livered Dems to stop being cowards and put some steel in their spines. "It's not merely our right to question our government, it's our duty. Whatever the consequences," he lectures. "We can't demand freedom of speech, then turn around and say, 'But please don't say bad things about us.' You gotta be a grownup and take your hits." The actor vents frustration that "liberal" has become a dirty word. "Too many people run away from the label. They whisper it like you'd whisper, 'I'm a Nazi.'" But as for Clooney, "I am a liberal. Fire away," he taunts. We'll see how much incoming Clooney takes as a result of these fine sentiments.