A furious George (actor Clooney) hits gutless Dems
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George Clooney has a message for Democratic office-holders who voted
for the war in Iraq, only to claim later that they'd been misled by
President Bush:
"F- you!"
The movie star's argument - directed at the likes of presidential
wannabes Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Kerry and John Edwards - is
actually more nuanced than that.
But not by much.
"The fear of being criticized can be paralyzing," Clooney writes today
on Huffingtonpost.com - pumping up the volume after banging the drum
of Hollywood liberalism in his Oscar acceptance speech.
"Just look at the way so many Democrats caved in the runup to the war.
In 2003, a lot of us were saying, where is the link between Saddam and
Bin Laden? What does Iraq have to do with 9/11? We knew it was
bulls-.
"Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying,
'We were misled.' It makes me want to shout, 'F- you, you weren't
misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic.'"
Clooney exhorts the lily-livered Dems to stop being cowards and put
some steel in their spines.
"It's not merely our right to question our government, it's our duty.
Whatever the consequences," he lectures.
"We can't demand freedom of speech, then turn around and say, 'But
please don't say bad things about us.' You gotta be a grownup and take
your hits."
The actor vents frustration that "liberal" has become a dirty word.
"Too many people run away from the label. They whisper it like you'd
whisper, 'I'm a Nazi.'"
But as for Clooney, "I am a liberal. Fire away," he taunts.
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