The useful idiots among us

Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | 2/20/2003 | Betsy Hart

[Utah Girl]

As America sits on the edge of war with Iraq, I find myself thinking of all the liberals who still demand, in spite of the evidence of Saddam Hussein's horror machines arrayed against the West, that we give "peace" - or in this case "inspections" - a chance.

[goodnesswins]

Here's a list of some "USEFUL IDIOTS" who are pretenders in REAL life:

Affleck, Ben
Altman, Robert
Anderson, Gillian
Asner, Ed
Baldwin, Alex
Bardem, Javier
Basinger, Kim
Begley, Ed, Jr
Behar, Joy
Belafonte, Harry
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Brenneman, Amy
Brosnan, Pierce
Browne, Jackson
Campion, Jane
Carroll, Diahann
Cheadle, Don
Clayburgh, Jill
Clennon, David
Clooney, George
Coyote, Peter
Cromwell, James
Cross, David
Crouse, Lindsay
Crow, Sheryl
Cruz, Penelope
Curtis, Jamie Lee
Cusack, Joan
Cusack, John
Daly, Tyne
Damon, Matt
Danson, Ted
Dave Matthews (Band)
Davis, Ossie
Dawson, Rosario
Dern, Laura
Diaz, Cameron
Donahue, Phil
D'Onofrio, Vincent
Driver, Minnie
Duchovny, David
Dukakis, Olympia
Dutton, Charles S.
Earle, Steven
Elizondo, Hector
Elwes, Cary
Farrell, Mike
Farrow, Mia
Fishburne, Laurence
Flanery, Sean Patrick
Fonda, Jane
Franklin, Bonnie
Garafalo, Janeane
Gilbert, Melissa
Glover, Danny
Gould, Elliot
Guillaume, Robert
Hagman, Larry
Harrelson, Woody
Harris, Ed
Havens, Richie
Hawke, Ethan
Hoffman, Dustin
Howard, Ken
Hunt, Helen
Huston, Angelica
Jackson, Samuel
Kaczmarek, Jane
Kanakaredes, Melina
Kasem, Casey
Kirkland, Sally
Kristofersen, Kris
Kudrow, Lisa
Lahti, Christine
Lange, Jessica
Lee, Spike
Leoni, Tea
Madonna
Malick, Wendie
Manheim, Camryn
Mason, Marsha
Masur, Richard
Matthews, Dave
McKellon, Ian
Moby
Moloney, Janel
Moore, Michael
Morales, Esai
Mortensen, Viggo
Moss, Kate
Norton, Ed
Noth, Chris
O'Neill, Ed
Ono, Yoko
Oprah
Paul, Alexandra
Penn, Sean
Pepper, Barry
Pounder, C.C.H.
Raitt, Bonnie
Redford, Robert
Reiner, Carl
Reiner, Rob
REM
Robbins, Tim
Roberts, Eric
Roberts, Julia
Rosenquist, James
Sarandon, Susan
Sarsgaard, Peter
Scorsese, Martin
Seeger, Pete
Shalhoub, Tony
Sheen, Martin
Spacey, Kevin
Steinem, Gloria
Stone, Oliver
Strassman, Marcia
Streisand, Barbra
Swit, Loretta
Terkel, Studs
Tomei, Marisa
Tomlin, Lily
Turner, Kathleen
Underwood, Blair
Vierra, Meredith
Weaver, Dennis
Whitford, Bradley
Whitmore, James
Woodard, Alfre
Wyle, Noah
Yarrow, Peter (of P, P & Mary)
Zinn, Howard

[Capitalism2003]

this post deserves a little BUMP! ;)

[Utah Girl]

WOW, what a list. Great job of compiling.

[JulieRNR21]

Excellent article.....BUMP

[Valin]

Question, when was the last time the left was right..about any of the big questions?

[arasina]

Leftists have always seemed like people who somehow got stuck in their high school years. Still: competing for the Class President's attention (BJ Clinton); cheering on the team and showing off their big ol' phony smiles (Couric); passing notes in class and giggling about it ("The View" on ABC); rebelling against their parents (All of 'em); throwing temper tantrums (Baldwin); etcetera, etcetera. They have yet to become adults. They like it too much being among the "In Crowd" clique. And some of them are willfully being useful idiots just for the continued fame and fortune it will bring them.

[nickcarraway]

BUMP

[nickcarraway]

BUMP

[mountaineer]

Check this out. British foreign secretary Jack Straw explains why the useful idiots are, well, idiotic: 'I joined the peace protesters in the Sixties. Believe me, this is different'.

[GeekDejure]

HEY . . . I OBJECT !!!!!!!! . I am not now, nor have I ever been, a "USEUL IDIOT". . . nor a pretender in REAL life.

Rather, I am a "USELESS IDIOT" and I have NO REAL life wherein pretense might even be possible. Period, end of argument !!!

--- Alec Baldwin

.

[GOPJ]

Liberals: a cornicopia of "gotchas".

She serves up a feast of one delicious "gotcha" after another, finally holding these people accountable for what is, in the end, their treachery.

[GOPJ]

How many on your list are also drug abusers?

[mountaineer]

Who needs drugs when you're as naturally stupid as just about everyone on that list?

[GOPJ]

Good point:

Who needs drugs when you're as naturally stupid as just about everyone on that list?