Posted on 03/24/2003 7:24:43 PM PST by L`enn
"…[W]e live in fictitious times-a time when we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president-a time when a man is sending us to war for fictitious reasons."
--Michael Moore, accepting his Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Don't get suckered into believing that Moore's anti-Bush, anti-war rant is an isolated viewpoint on the far-left of the Democrat party. The dirty little secret is that most Dem-elite intellectuals agree with stupid white man Moore but are afraid to say so publicly.
The truth is that leading Democrat "thinkers" have at one time or another explicitly or implicitly conveyed the same sentiments. Take the "fictitious election" comment. Bill Clinton, still the titular head of the Democrat Party, has made similar cracks. Ditto for recovering politician Al Gore. At a speech in the Dominican Republic in December, Gore asked the crowd, "In your presidential election here, does the candidate who gets the most votes win the election?"
As for Moore's "fictitious reasons" for war comment, Senators Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd have made comparable charges in recent weeks. When Moore refers to Bush as a "fictitious" president, what he really means is that he is a stupid president. When Tom Daschle last week blamed the President's "miserable failure" in diplomacy for forcing war, he too was really saying that Bush is dunce. Tom the Towering Intellect believes President Bush is woefully incapable of maneuvering in our complex, interconnected world. He's no Jacques Chirac.
The Dem-elites in Hollywood and Washington, utterly convinced of their intellectual and moral superiority, are hopelessly out of touch with the public whose welfare they claim to care so much about. Take the Oscars. On a day when we learned that American POWs were being humiliated before Iraqi television cameras, ABC decided the Academy ad revenues were too big to pass up. For the Academy, toning down the red carpet was an adequate sacrifice. Chef mogul Wolfgang Puck, who was catering the big after-party bash for the Academy, wailed that if the awards were cancelled, hundreds of pounds of imported sea bass would go to waste.
Well, Americans spoke last night. Ratings for the broadcast were down 23 percent from last year. Some proudly boycotted the Oscars, others opted to focus on what was happening in the real world. Turns out that the 70+ percent of those stupid Americans who support the President and the war in Iraq were smart enough to tune out Hollywood's ill-timed narcissistic exercise. Actor Tom Hanks was classy enough to bow out, undoubtedly uncomfortable with the spectacle. On this channel, see our brave military men and women in harms way, donning chemical suits. Flip to ABC and see Oscar nominees and presenters air-kissing one another for their artistic sacrifices, clutching their $25,000 "goodie bags," decked out in couture. Their idea of an MRE is a take-out order of capellini with white truffles from the Ivy.
Democrats' confused, muddled foreign policy message isn't playing any better with the American public than the Oscar ceremony played with American television viewers. The reason is that, except maybe for Joe Lieberman and Dick Gephardt, Democrats have made it clear that they believe that France should have veto authority over US national security decisions. Listen to Rep. Nancy Pelosi before for war, and it's clear that if France had agreed to the war, then she would be for it, too.
To heck with the fact that the American president, the intelligence community, the entire Cabinet, believe the war is necessary for our security! To heck with the American people who support President Bush's decision! Guinea and Cameroon aren't on board!
That so many liberals see this as an "illegitimate" or even "illegal" war is why liberalism is on life-support. The Michael Moore sympathizers in the Democrat party actually believe that the French (who helped Iraq build a nuclear plant) and the Russians (who sell unauthorized radar jamming equipment to Iraq) are acting in "good faith," but the President Bush and Vice-President Cheney are not.
The Dem-elites trust the judgment of the "international community" on foreign policy. Americans trust the judgment of their president. The Dem-elites are enamored with the UN. Americans see the UN as a forum for America-bashing. The Dem-elites believe America has become too "arrogant." Americans think France is too arrogant. The Dem-elites don't like the idea of America as a "super-power." Americans are proud to be the strongest, freest country in the world. The Dem-elites think this war is our fault. Americans think that it's Saddam's fault.
It would be refreshing if more in the entertainment industry confronted the idiocy of Michael Moore. Dennis Miller can't do it all. As for the Democrats, their ability to win national elections in the near future will depend on their own willingness to confront their own versions of Michael Moore. Don't hold your breath.
oOo... song lyrics poppin in my head..
"Ready ready ready ready...ready to run
All I'm ready to do is have some fun..."
Jeez, just look at J-Lo.
"The fictition of duct tape", said the intellectual.
So, to paraphrase Hillary!, "Michael Moore said publicly what many Democrats have said privately over the years on the backlots of Hollywood."
-PJ
Who's Smarter?
The Hollywood celebs are at it again. Holding anti-war rallies, screaming about the Bush Administration, running ads in major newspapers, defaming the President and his Cabinet every chance they get, to anyone and everyone who will listen. They publicly defile them and call them names like "stupid", "morons", and "idiots".
So, just how ignorant are these people who are running the country? Let's look at the biographies of these "stupid", "ignorant", "moronic" leaders, and then at the celebrities who are castigating them:
President George W. Bush:
Received a Bachelors Degree from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He served as an F-102 pilot for the Texas Air National Guard. He began his career in the oil and gas business in Midland in 1975 and worked in the energy industry until 1986. He was elected Governor on November 8, 1994, with 53.5 percent of the vote. In a historic re-election victory, he became the first Texas Governor to be elected to consecutive four-year terms on November 3, 1998 winning 68.6 percent of the vote.
Vice President Dick Cheney:
Earned a B.A. in 1965 and a M.A. in 1966, both in political science. Two years later, he won an American Political Science Association congressional fellowship.
Secretary of State Colin Powell:
Educated in the New York City public schools, graduating from the City College of New York (CCNY), where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in geology. His further academic achievements include a Master of BusinessAdministration Degree from George Washington University. (Note: He retired as Four Star General in the United States Army).
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld:
Attended Princeton University on Scholarship (AB, 1954) and served in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as a Naval aviator; Congressional Assistant to Rep. Robert Griffin (R-MI), 1957-59; U.S. Representative, Illinois, 1962-69; Assistant to the President, Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, Director of the Cost of Living Council, 1969-74; U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1973-74; head of Presidential Transition Team, 1974; Assistant to the President, Director of White House Office of Operations, White House Chief of Staff, 1974-77; Secretary of Defense, 1975-77.
Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge:
Raised in a working class family in veterans' public housing in Erie. He earned a scholarship to Harvard, graduating with honors in 1967. After his first year at The Dickinson School of Law, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he served as an infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star for Valor. After returning to Pennsylvania, he earned his Law Degree and was in private practice before becoming Assistant District Attorney in Erie County. He was elected to Congress in 1982. He was the first enlisted Vietnam combat veteran elected to the U.S. House, and was overwhelmingly re-elected six times.
National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice:
Earned her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974; her Master's from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1981. (Note: Rice enrolled at the University of Denver at the age of 15, graduating at 19 with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science (Cum Laude).
So who are these celebrities? What is their education? What is their experience in affairs of State or in National Security? While I will defend to the death their right to express their opinions, I think that if they are going to call into question the intelligence of our leaders, we should also have all the facts on their educations and background:
Barbra Streisand: Completed high school Career: Singing and acting
Cher: Dropped out of school in 9th grade. Career: Singing and acting
Martin Sheen: Flunked exam to enter University of Dayton. Career: Acting
Jessica Lange: Dropped out college mid-freshman year. Career: Acting
Alec Baldwin: Dropped out of George Washington U. after scandal. Career: Acting
Julia Roberts: Completed high school. Career: Acting
Sean Penn: Completed High school. Career: Acting
Susan Sarandon: Degree in Drama from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Career: Acting
Ed Asner; Completed High school. Career: Acting
George Clooney: Dropped out of University of Kentucky. Career: Acting
Michael Moore: Dropped out first year University of Michigan. Career: Movie Director
Sarah Jessica Parker: Completed High School. Career: Acting
Jennifer Anniston: Completed High School. Career: Acting
Mike Farrell: Completed High school. Career: Acting
Janeane Garofelo: Dropped out of College. Career: Stand up comedienne
Larry Hagman: Attended Bard College for one year. Career: Acting
That's a good analogy. Maybe we should hope these a$$holes keep squirting this diarrhea.
That is not true. Clinton did not trust judgment of the international community in most cases when he was in office -- neither did Daschle, Albright, and many other democrats when Clinton was in office. Therefore, a more accurate statement would be, "The Dem-elites trust the judgment of the "international community" on foreign policy when a Republican is the president".
I weigh more than 200 pounds, and look half decent. If that blob of crap doesn't go 400, I'll eat that ice cream I had stashed until Easter...
PS: If not now, WHEN is the NRA going to REVOKE his life membership? He only bought it to use against us. I want to see Wayne LaPierre publically announce and then send him a full refund check!
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