Sarandon plans to act up before State of the Union

New York Daily News ^ | 1/28/03 | Kenneth R. Bazinet

[kattracks]

WASHINGTON - Just before President Bush delivers his State of the Union address tonight, activist actress Susan Sarandon plans to upstage him.

"Before our kids start coming home from Iraq in body bags and women and children start dying in Baghdad, I need to know, 'What did Iraq do to us?'" the 56-year-old New Yorker asks in a 30-second television spot that will air just before the 9 p.m. speech.

Edward Peck, a former ambassador to Iraq, tells her in the bit: "The answer is nothing. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, nothing to do with Al Qaeda. ... Invading Iraq will increase terrorism, not reduce it."

The White House has signaled it may soon lay out evidence proving him wrong.

The spot is being paid for by an anti-war group called True Majority, run by Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's ice cream fame. It urges Bush to seek a peaceful resolution and to allow the inspections to continue.

Kenneth R. Bazinet

[cardinal4]

It boggles my mind that some Americans can hate the US so much.

[bayareablues]

I cannot believe how misguided and uneducated the Hollywood crowd is. The tired message has not changed since the 60's, they just have more money to buy airtime now.

[goldstategop]

Susan Sarandon will be Saranwrapped in the State Of The Union Address by President Bush. :)

[Calico Cat]

Sarandon's generation of sad, over-the-hill former sexpots-turned-activists/America-bashers are out of style, and will soon, I hope, be lounging, in the full glory of their dementia, in wheelchairs in Sun City.

[lorrainer]

Sarandon plans to act up before State of the Union

It's kind of late in the game to start acting now, isn't it?

[Mo1]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm ... so what stations are going to air this???

Next question .. where are they getting all the money to do this ..

[goldstategop]

I wonder if Ms. Sarandon will leave nothing to the imagination... ;-)

[Fraulein]

"Before our kids start coming home from Iraq in body bags and women and children start dying in Baghdad, I need to know, 'What did Iraq do to us?'"

It's for the children!

[hellinahandcart]

You mean, will she "bare witness" for peace? LOL.

[Mo1]

The spot is being paid for by an anti-war group called True Majority, run by Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's ice cream fame.

OK .. forget my second question

But I'm still interested to see who air this

[goldstategop]

LOL!!! Bare Witness for Peace? We've seen raunchier scenes on cable...

[hellinahandcart]

"True Majority" is an org. with diverse appeal. It is endorsed by Greenpeace, Global Exchange, and LaRaza, among others.

In other words, freepers of all stripes can hate it.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

OHHHH how i hate COWARDLY PACIFISTS theres a special place BELOW hell for these SCUMBAG LIBERAL DUNG.

[Fraulein]

"I need to know, 'What did Iraq do to us?'"

That means she does not know.

Well, at least she admits her ignorance...

[raisincane]

These unimformed has been peaceniks, don't hate our country, they hate our president. No peaceniks on Klintoon's watch.

[glock rocks]

[hellinahandcart]

http://www.truemajority.org/

TO BUILD A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD.

The TrueMajority campaign was started by Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben and Jerry's. It is endorsed by:

Campus Greens
Co-op America
Employees International Service Union
Global Exchange
Greenpeace
Infact
The Interfaith Alliance
National Council of La Raza
National Head Start Association
Peace Action
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Rainforest Action Network
Rock the Vote
Sojourners
United for a Fair Economy
Women's Action for New Directions

Gungrabbers too!

As I said, this is an org we can ALL "get behind" (and push)...

[kattracks]

Another member organization is United for Peace and Justice. Some of their members:

American Muslims for Jerusalem

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)

Anti-War Operations League

Environmentalists Against the War

Green Party of the United States

International ANSWER

Left Turn

Not In Our Name Project (national)

Queers For Peace And Justice (list-serve)

RANT (Root Activists Network of Trainers)

Voices in the Wilderness

Socialist Party USA

[goldstategop]

About the only coalition member MIA are our good friends from DU. :)