No forgiving Charlton Heston

OneNewsNow ^ | April, 8, 2008 | Brian Fitzpatrick

[Perseverando]

My grandfather was a college football star who even played for the NFL champs back in 1928, so I was looking forward to seeing George Clooney’s new 1920s football movie, Leatherheads, this weekend. That’s before I found out how Clooney, like many lefties in Hollywood and the news media, had treated the late Charlton Heston.

Clooney’s offense took place a few years back. According to Life Site News, “For his conservative stands, however, Heston was attacked and reviled by his Hollywood colleagues. In 2003 actor and leftist political activist George Clooney joked about Heston’s illness [Alzheimer’s disease], and, after Heston criticized him for the remark, he retorted, 'I don’t care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him.'”

[GOP Poet]

Great essay! So many truths!

[crusty old prospector]

That is why I haven’t entered the theatres or rented their wares for over twenty years. I don’t care how “star-studded” or how many “thumbs up” it gets. When you patronize their movies, you might as well be giving a donation to Howard Dean. I myself would rather rent Ben Hur or The Greatest Story Ever Told but they are becoming so hard to find at the rental places.

[Tennessee_Bob]

I can’t forgive Charlton Heston either. I mean, the man was a great actor, a great citizen, a World War II veteran...what’s there to forgive?

[NRA1995]

I myself would rather rent Ben Hur or The Greatest Story Ever Told but they are becoming so hard to find at the rental places.

Just buy them

[KoRn]

"That is why I haven’t entered the theatres or rented their wares for over twenty years."

Just download the movies for free. :p

[Parley Baer]

He was one of the last of the “real men” remaining in Hollywood.

[cubreporter]

george clooney...little man with a grudge. He couldn’t hold a candle to the great Charleton Heston.

[Know et al]

Anyone who belittles a person with Exhumer's disease, can't possibly realize how demeaning it is to themselves. Unless you have had to deal with a loved one with the condition, there is no way you can conceive how devastating it is the the afflicted as well as the care giver(s).

I do not believe Mr Clooney is so crass as to mean what he has stated. I pray that his subsequent actions will prove me right. I apologize for the rant.

[Know et al]

Exhumers = Alzheimer’s sorry

[LtKerst]

Clooney’s movies are garbage he is a Leftist Scumbag

I never watch anything with Clooney in it.

piss on that Commie rat

[napscoordinator]

I do not believe Mr Clooney is so crass as to mean what he has stated. I pray that his subsequent actions will prove me right. I apologize for the rant.

I hope he was just kidding myself. Ever sense he started saying stupid things, I have not had any desire to see his movies. I sorta wanted to see Ocean 13 but decided not too. Maybe it will come on tv someday and I will watch it but unless some absolutely incredible movie comes out that he is in (must be Titanic type) than I will not see his.

[Bommer]

He ment it. Said it out loud to the public, but supposedly apologized for it in a letter to Heston in private. Chickensh!t coward like all Liberals. But no matter. 50 years latter we still watch Ten Commandments and Ben Hur. 5 mins after Clooney dies we’ll say. “What was he in?” or “I thought Rosemary Clooney died years ago?” George Clooney like most of all Hollywood is utterly meaningless and produces nothing of substance!

[Sue Perkick]

Amazon is your friend. You can find almost anything you want.

http://www.amazon.com/Ben-Hur-Charlton-Heston/dp/B000056BP4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1208622468&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Story-Ever-Told-Movie/dp/B0002BO05S/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1208622515&sr=8-1

[Hot Tabasco]

they are becoming so hard to find at the rental places.,

Try your library......I can't get new releases because they are always on hold but any old ones are pretty much ready to be picked up.

Best of all, they're free.....

[devere]

Mr Heston was a great man.

[JohnLongIsland]

unfortunately when it comes to being a class act, george clooney is a complete opposite of how his aunt was.

[Hot Tabasco]

He ment it. Said it out loud to the public,

Anything I/ve ever said while sober I've meant. Anything I've ever said while drinking should be taken with a grain of salt..........

Clooney was sober......

[xkaydet65]

When asked his reaction to Clooney’s personal attacks Heston simply but effectively replied, “I guess class can skip a generation.” In reference to Clooney’s dad and most especially his Aunt Rosemary.

[LowOiL]

I myself would rather rent Ben Hur or The Greatest Story Ever Told but they are becoming so hard to find at the rental places.

Netflix.com ... get just about any movie you want delivered to your front steps.. Save yourself the liberal crap hype from the local video rental store. Keep it and view it as often as you want... share it with a friend... just can't beat it except the occasional cracked disk that arrives at time via the US mail.