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Actor Penn, Rep. Lee appear at town hall meeting on Iraq war { take your war and shove it }
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 3/24/7 | Carolyn Jones

Posted on 03/24/2007 6:21:17 PM PDT by SmithL

Hundreds gather in Oakland to discuss how to get U.S. troops home -

OAKLAND -- Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn was the star attraction at a town-hall meeting in Oakland today where hundreds of people gathered to denounce the war in Iraq and call for an immediate withdraw of American troops.

Neither Penn nor Rep. Barbara Lee, the Oakland Democrat who has opposed the war since before it began four years ago, offered much in the way of specifics for ending the war, and they were largely preaching to the choir. The enthusiastic, and occasionally boisterous, crowd of 800 or so crammed into the Grand Lake Theater wildly cheered as Penn excoriated President Bush.

"You and your smarmy pundits -- and the smarmy pundits you have in your pocket -- can take your war and shove it," Penn said.

The town-hall meeting came six days after peace marches were held nationwide to mark the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and one day after the House of Representatives voted 218 to 212 to withdraw combat troops by Sept. 1, 2008.

Penn reiterated a point often made by opponents of the war when he said he supports the troops but opposes the war.

"Let's make this crystal clear: we do support our troops, but. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: admiralspicoli; badactor; barbaralee; dims; dumbocrats; filmactorsguild; getahaircutpunk; liberalmeatheads; rats; sanfranciscovalues; seanpenn; shoveit; soiledunderwear
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To: SmithL

>> "You and your smarmy pundits -- and the smarmy pundits you have in your pocket"

And not to forget the smarmy pundits in the pockets of the smarmy pundits...

Sir Doofus Penn, what do you in mind for your new film about the Iraqi Killing Fields?


21 posted on 03/24/2007 7:18:58 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: Kozak

"By following the rules of the Film Actor's Guild, the world can become a better place; that handles dangerous people with talk, and reasoning; that, is the fag way. One day you'll all look at the world us actors created and say, "Wow, good going, fag. You really made the world a better place, didntcha, fag?"


22 posted on 03/24/2007 7:24:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Championship U)
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To: RichInOC

Bookends.


23 posted on 03/24/2007 7:42:25 PM PDT by doc1019 (Fred Thompson '08)
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To: SmithL

Looks like Penn is morphing into a bitter little cartoon character.


24 posted on 03/24/2007 7:46:16 PM PDT by headstamp (Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
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To: SmithL
HEY HOLLYWOOD IDIOT!

Take your Communist anti-democracy attitude..

and SHOVE IT!(mohammed-dam it)

25 posted on 03/24/2007 7:56:52 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs...nothing more than Bald Haired Hippies!)
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To: SmithL

World war II we had Jimmy Steward ,Clark Gable,Etc.......Now we have senn penn,timmy robbins,matt damon......God help us!


26 posted on 03/24/2007 8:09:54 PM PDT by ustanker (Secure the border!)
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To: SmithL

Gimme a L...gimme a O...gimme a S...gimme a E...gimme an R.

What does that spell??

L O S E R!!!!


BTW...funny note: Nancy Pelosi was so mad at Barbara Lee yesterday, for not voting FOR the Iraq supplemental..that she left for California without her. Lee was ditched by the witch.


27 posted on 03/24/2007 8:32:33 PM PDT by Txsleuth (I don't know who I am voting for yet...just window shopping.)
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To: SmithL
Sean Penn's dad, Leo Penn

"..He began his career with some stage work, then headed out to Hollywood, where he attended a pro-union meeting in which support for the Hollywood Ten was voiced. He soon found himself placed on the same blacklist. Unable to work in film, Penn returned to Broadway, where Actors' Equity had refused to go along with the ban..."

Sean Penn was radicalized early. There never was any doubt about which way he would go in life.

28 posted on 03/24/2007 9:16:39 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: 2nd Bn, 11th Mar

Say at that N. Cal mt. I was wondering where all that tainted dog and cat food we have been hearing about came from. Now I know.


29 posted on 03/24/2007 9:18:33 PM PDT by phillyfanatic
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To: ustanker
.......Now we have senn penn,timmy robbins,matt damon......God help us!

"Matt Damon!!"

30 posted on 03/24/2007 9:19:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Championship U)
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To: sgtbono2002

That was proven when Moore's pile of dung won an Oscar. I wasn't surprised at Gore. Documentary, indeed!


31 posted on 03/24/2007 9:23:12 PM PDT by greccogirl
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To: SmithL
"You and your smarmy pundits -- and the smarmy pundits you have in your pocket -- can take your war and shove it," Penn said.

Up YOURS?

32 posted on 03/24/2007 9:25:22 PM PDT by Just Lori (There's nothing democratic about Democrats.)
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To: sgtbono2002

Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn

Who?

Never heard of Him.


33 posted on 03/25/2007 12:21:11 AM PDT by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: SmithL

You know something...About this picture...

To me, it really looks like both of them just took a big hit off a bong at that podium before someone took this picture...

I'd tell them to keep hitting it hard and often, it would do us a big favor...


34 posted on 03/25/2007 8:47:59 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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To: SmithL

"We do support the troops ... in this illegal and unwinnable war."

Straight from the mouth of the horse's ass!


35 posted on 03/26/2007 7:11:32 AM PDT by Disturbin (Welcome to society -- morons with keys)
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To: Disturbin

That's an insult to the horse.


36 posted on 03/26/2007 12:32:21 PM PDT by seanmerc
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To: SmithL
You and your smarmy pundits -- and the smarmy pundits you have in your pocket -- can take your war and shove it," Penn said.

They edited the quote a little...here it is in all it's original glory:

Well, you and the smarmy pundits in your pocket, those who bathe in the moisture of your soiled and bloodstained underwear, can take that noise and shove it.

37 posted on 03/27/2007 5:36:22 AM PDT by murdoog
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