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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (57537)	1/12/2009 2:09:50 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224774

<g> good one. On another topic -- More evidence there are some level-headed Americans among those who are obsessed with 'playing pretend': by Andrew Breitbart After years of suffering the downside of a career in an industry that is famously vicious and unforgiving, Mickey Rourke is now back near the top. Last night he won the Golden Globe for “best actor in a drama” in “The Wrestler.” (Guess that means I gotta go see it.) But would the Euro-waiters, otherwise known as The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who vote for Oscar’s overinflated pre-cursor take back their votes knowing that Rourke is guilty of filmdom’s ultimate sin: Defending the President of the United States, George W. Bush? And will Hollywood’s partisans pull back their forthcoming Oscar votes for not toeing the “Bush is Evil” line? Apparently, Mickey Rourke is not lobbying for Hollywood’s acceptance. In GQ (the British version) this month he takes on the most politically incorrect cause of all. “President Bush was in the wrong place at the wrong time, I don”t know how anyone could have handled this situation… I don”t give a fk who’’s in office, Bush or whoever, there is no simple solution to this problem… I’m not one of those who blames Bush for everything. This st between Christians and Muslims goes back to the Crusades, doesn’t it.” Rourke also takes on western aquiescence to radical Islam to the Brits who basically gave up without a fight: “I was in London recently and I couldn’t believe all these hate-talking fanatics you have over here who are allowed to carry on doing their thing even when a bus full of women and children gets blown to pieces… I know you’ve deported one or two of them, but it seems crazy. I think there is worse to come, something terrible will happen to either America or the U.K., or France even. I don’t think these fundamentalists should be allowed to talk all this crap, and brainwashing these young kids.” Want more proof that Rourke’s life on the skids gave him a devil-may-care attitude in dealing with Hollywood’s pre-ordained opinion on everything? According to Richard Posner at the Daily Beast, Rourke in a text message to a friend ripped flavor of the epoch, Sean Penn, as a “homophobe” and an “average” actor. Any not friend of Sean Penn is a friend of mine. Perhaps Rourke is reading our own Jamie Kirchick, who has had the guts to call out the “Milk” actor for supporting Fidel Castro’s historically repressive anti-homosexual regime. The thing is, some of the best artists do have an admirable and fun-to-watch rebel streak in them. Penn is not one of them. He is as safe as tying Madonna up. What Rourke has just done is come to hell and back with an attitude that says, “You can’t destroy me or my career. I’ve already been there.” Hollywood needs more Mickey Rourkes. It’s just more interesting. Anyway, glad to see he’s back on top — at least for a while. Bush supporter or not. Tags: george w. bush, Golden Globes, jamie kirchick, Mickey Rourke, oscars, sean penn Posted Jan 12th 2009 at 9:29 am in Celebrity News, Entertainment, Featured Story, News, Politics \| 22 Comments 22 Comments Pam L - January 12th, 2009 at 9:32 am Good. Another actor who is man enough to give an honest opinion that isn’t PC. I hope to see Mickey in a lot more films. Pat - January 12th, 2009 at 9:38 am Attaboy Mickey!! Spoken like a true American… The Wrestler is definitely on my “To See” list! Stephanie - January 12th, 2009 at 9:41 am That is awesome. I am thinking perhaps having to live in the actual real world for a while and seeing life as it is has allowed Mickey to have a grown up idea of what reality is and is not. And his words about Sean Penn are sure poetry. You one tough guy Mickey. Honesty may not be everyones fav. thing in Hollywood but its so needed right now. Robert - January 12th, 2009 at 9:53 am I live in a part of the south where professional wrestling is still popular. I can’t wait to see “The Wrestler” and am surprised they are doing a staged release of this movie. I predict the movie will get zero respect at Oscar time due to the class war in this country. EPorvaznik - January 12th, 2009 at 9:55 am Well, it was nice to see Mickey back kickin’ ass again in The Wrestler, but like Andrew mentioned about the Oscar nom, don’t envision the decent roles this comeback merits now coming his way. Eh, if nothing else, Jerry Bruckheimer, David Zucker or Robert Rodriguez’ll hire him.