GERE TAKES ON BILL (Richard Gere says Bush has done more for Aids than Clinton!)

NY Daily News ^ | 2/5/03

[areafiftyone]

Gere takes on Bill

Richard Gere stunned fellow liberals Monday by suggesting that President Bush is doing a better job of fighting AIDS than President Bill Clinton did.

Introduced by Sharon Stone at a fund-raiser at Cipriani 42nd Street for the American Foundation for AIDS Research, the "Chicago" star hailed Bush for his State of the Union proposal to contribute $15 billion toward the AIDS battle in Africa and the Caribbean. Gere then addressed the track record of Bush's predecessor in the White House.

"I'm sorry, Sen. [Hillary] Clinton, but your husband did nothing about AIDS for eight years," Gere said.

By that point, Sen. Clinton, who joined Mayor Bloomberg and honorees Anna Wintour and Lorne Michaels at the event, had left the restaurant. But a spokeswoman for the senator said yesterday that Gere's claim was "simply not true. The Clinton administration increased funding for AIDS research, prevention and treatment by over 400% and tripled funding for international AIDS programs."

Meanwhile, veteran Clinton-basher Christopher Hitchens is suggesting that the former President was a CIA informant at Oxford University, where the two were students in the late 1960s.

"I think he was a double," the author of "No One Left to Lie To" claims in the latest issue of the conservative quarterly Doublethink. "Somebody was giving information to [the CIA] about the antiwar draft resisters, and I think it was probably him."

Clinton's spokesman Jim Kennedy declined to comment on Hitchens' spy story.

[Kip Lange]

Strange days indeed.

[Stew Padasso]

Not a ringing endorsement for conservatism but anything to bash Clinton is appreciated.

[areafiftyone]

Hey it goes to prove that the liberal so-called "I feel your pain" ex-BlowJob in Chief is finally getting his comeuppance! Pardon my French!

[Constitution Day]

"I'm sorry, Sen. [Hillary] Clinton, but your husband did nothing about AIDS for eight years," Gere said.

Shocking news from the Axis of Gerbils™!!

[areafiftyone]

I know - first the Washington Post and now Richard Gere - Did I really wake up this morning or am I still in bed?

[finnman69]

Holy LW Bat-erang Batman!

[hobbes1]

I just looked out my Window, and saw it was raining Frogs....

[meandog]

Meanwhile, veteran Clinton-basher Christopher Hitchens is suggesting that the former President was a CIA informant at Oxford University, where the two were students in the late 1960s

Hey Chris, I generally like your reporting, but...imagining Beelzebubba a CIA informant is like imagining Der Fueher as a member of B'nai B'rith. Beelzebubba was more likely an informant for KGB or GDR!

[Guenevere]

#6....probably an alternate universe...:)

[areafiftyone]

LOL - I kinda find that hard to believe too. It makes for intersting reading though!

[syriacus]

"I think he was a double,"

Is "double" a synonym for "counterspy"?

I'd hate to think there's yet another Clinton out there.

[xsmommy]

Axis of Gerbils™!!

LOL!!!

[FeliciaCat]

I believe Gere is basically left-wing, but not in a rabid partisan sort of way. He is way into the Tibet/Buddah thing and I have always felt that his public statements on world events (while "out there") were spoken from the heart and his true convictions. Just my two cents.

[areafiftyone]

HEY - That's it!! I'm in the TWILIGHT ZONE!!!

[tractorman]

Hey! Clinton's done a lot for AIDS. He's done an stupendous job of promoting sexual promiscuity.

[battlegearboat]

Mayonaise Buddhist barbs Bill's hillhole as stuttering Stone shudders shamelessly.

[eastsider]

[riri]

but your husband did nothing about AIDS for eight years

Alas he did alot of that but as Ross Perot said "Along comes the luckiest man in the world" referring to inheriting a good economy.

But MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY let's not forget he did nothing about Iraq for 8 years either. I recently read the official motto of the Clinton state department re: Iraq was "Don't give us sweatly palms" meaning don't give us anything that might cause a crisis.

[txzman]

As a Christian all I can think is that Bush's forthright stance on issues, and his clear dependence on God, is making arguments that many Liberals can no longer deny.

As a previous poster said, Strange Days Indeed.

[finnman69]

Now that should be a NY Post headline!

[Guenevere]

#15..don't worry, you're not alone....:))

[chilepepper]

Richard Gere is one of the very few Hollywood liberals (come to think of it, the ONLY Hollywood liberal) I have any respect for. Criticizing Red China over Tibet shows some gumption on his part, that which is sorely lacking amongst the usual Leftist elite hypocrites...

[Constitution Day]

Outstanding!

[Wil H]

Hey Chris, I generally like your reporting, but...imagining Beelzebubba a CIA informant is like imagining Der Fueher as a member of B'nai B'rith. Beelzebubba was more likely an informant for KGB or GDR!

Don't get confused with idealism here, it just depended on who paid the most.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Shocking news from the Axis of Gerbils™!!

[Alberta's Child]

There's something a little different about Gere when it comes to some of these political positions. I saw an interview with him back when Clinton was visiting China in the late 1990s, and he seemed surprisingly well-informed and very reasonable about his expectations for improvements in China's human rights record.

[BADROTOFINGER]

I was on a website for an upcoming superhero computer game called City of Heroes, and there was a thread called 'Superhero movies you would like to see'. Someone posted that they thought that Richard Gere would make a good Dr. Strange (Marvel Comic's Sorcerer Supreme), and someone responded with: 'Hey Spider-Man! Watch me make this gerbil disappear!!!'. I just laughed my butt off, then the mods pulled it...JFK

[Paul Atreides]

I am wondering if the tide is beginning to turn on Bubba. Are the lefties beginning to see him as a drag on the party? I saw an article in which someone in the DNC claimed to have told Hillary to divorce Bubba. It is clear that his endorsement means nothing. More criticism is being voiced as to his post-Presidential attacks on the current president. I would love to see these people turn on him.

[Alberta's Child]

Oops -- you beat me to it! See #27.

[DoughtyOne]

Any guy that can stand on a podium directly after 09/11 and damn the US for it's plans to rectify the situation, is so far out there they don't have a zip-code for his location. In fact, they don't have a quadrant name for that sector of the universe. This man gets booed by the left he's so friggin far out there, and I'm not talking about when he expresses what seem to be conservative views. Gere is brain damaged. Think with the big head...

[Paul Atreides]

If he only knew when to shut up. I swear, he may be a nice guy, but he wears out his welcome with his blathering.

[God luvs America]

"I'm sorry, Sen. [Hillary] Clinton, but your husband did nothing about AIDS for eight years," He almost had it right; the correct statement would've been:
"I'm sorry, Sen. [Hillary] Clinton, but your husband did nothing for eight years,"
Still, we'll give him partial credit as a liberal finally emraces the truth.

[Paul Atreides]

Well, now we know who Sharon Stone WON'T be starring in a movie with.

[FeliciaCat]

"Richard Gere is one of the very few Hollywood liberals (come to think of it, the ONLY Hollywood liberal) I have any respect for. Criticizing Red China over Tibet shows some gumption on his part, that which is sorely lacking amongst the usual Leftist elite hypocrites..."

yep.

[lawgirl]

Meanwhile, veteran Clinton-basher Christopher Hitchens is suggesting that the former President was a CIA informant at Oxford University, where the two were students in the late 1960s.

"I think he was a double," the author of "No One Left to Lie To" claims in the latest issue of the conservative quarterly Doublethink. "Somebody was giving information to [the CIA] about the antiwar draft resisters, and I think it was probably him."

PING!!!!! ROFL!!!!!

[Puddleglum]

No kidding - strange days indeed!

[Alberta's Child]

I saw an article in which someone in the DNC claimed to have told Hillary to divorce Bubba.

A major Democratic supporter in New York once told me the opposite. The Democratic Party had to keep her from dumping Bill back in the late 1990s -- in exchange for "standing by her man" she demanded an uncontested spot on the Democratic ticker for a seat in the U.S. Senate.

And get this -- after they did extensive polling throughout the country, they determined that New York was the only state she could possibly win.

[putupon]

Expertise on STDs

No way Dubya knows more than Bubba.

[danneskjold]

and saw it was raining Frogs....

Wise Up...

:)

[LayoutGuru2]

[FeliciaCat]

I am not endorsing his views, and yes I watched his speech after 9/11 at the benefit. He was boo'd because he was silly enough to voice his personal views at an event where everyone there was still very raw and rightfully so. I still dont think he is in the same league as Streisand/Baldwin/Sarandan. And I am THINKING with my big head thank you very much.

[Puddleglum]

PS - I think even some liberals are tired of being subjected to the Clinton bullying and intimidation. Tickling at the back of their memories is some idea of free speech they still love, I think...

[Centurion2000]

HEY - That's it!! I'm in the TWILIGHT ZONE!!!

After seeing this plus the reading the Washington comPOST embrace Bush's policy on Iraq ..... maybe we both are.

[JohnGalt]

It [Clinton and the CIA at Oxford] was covered rather convincingly in Roger Morris's Partners in Power. Rather makes sense that CIA knew which Southern governor to turn to when they were interested in finding a state with a secluded air strip to fly guns out of, no?

[rintense]

Yep, hell must be getting pretty chilly...

The Washington Post endorses the Bush Doctrine...

Gere favors Dubya over Clinton...

And the Lions hire a great coach.

Yep, hell must be around 32 degrees right now.

[areafiftyone]

Most of Hollywierd won't turn on Clinton that quickly. Hollywierd will endorse their Democratic Candidate in 2004 - you can be sure of that! It won't be Lieberman because he flipflopped on them. It will be Kerry or Dean. Don't forget Bubba and the Hildebeast will be at the Democratic convention in Boston with the Hollywierd crowd in tow licking their boots! Hollyweird is too much in love with the Clintons.

[hobbes1]

Lighten up Pharaoh

[areafiftyone]

Hopefully Powell's presentation to the U.N. will make it complete! I am gloating a little too much today - I gotta stop - but I don't want to - Heh Heh!!

[JohnGalt]

Ambrose Evans Pritchard 3/1996 on Morris allegation:

http://www.assumption.edu/WebVax/ETnew/wclin09Jun96.html