billboards thanking Hollywood for giving smirk 4 more years

[donsu]

http://mediacitizen.blogspot.com/2005/02/thanking-tinseltown-for-four-more.html





Thanking Tinseltown for Four More Years

Right-wing activists at Citizens United have raised enough money to erect at least three billboards within spitting distance of the Kodak Theatre, host to this month’s Academy Awards ceremony. The billboards, which thank liberal Hollywood for driving voters to Bush, are a publicity stunt that's playing well in conservative circles. They're just one part of the right's relentless campaign to paint the movie industry as elitist and anti-American, and Hollywood stars as bumbling actors out of touch with the red-state reality of the American heartland.

The mastermind behind the Tinseltown taunt is right-wing hatchet man David Bossie. His Citizens United Foundation, a subsidiary of Citizens United, bills itself as "a non-partisan, non-profit research and education foundation. . . . dedicated to informing the American people about . . . traditional American values, including: the Constitution as the supreme limit on federal power, a strong national defense as the primary role of the federal government; free enterprise as the economic system that has enabled the American people to attain and maintain an historically high standard of living; belief in God and Judeo/Christian values as the fundamental attribute of our way of life; and the recognition of the family as the basic social unit of our society."

Bossie, is actually a dirt mover for the Republican Party; and he has a history to prove it. In 1998, he was fired from his job as an investigator working for Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) on the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee in 1998. Bossie was canned, as the Washington Post subsequently reported, for his role in releasing doctored transcripts of former Clinton administration official Webster Hubbell's prison conversations -- an ethical violation that caused even Newt Gingrich to blush.
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[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Anyone want to pony up money for competing billboards

that have Cheney's Bush's and Ken lay's pics that say..thankyou conservatives for 4 more years of looting and corruption?

[i miss america]

21. I too want to see it modified to show a little more truth in advertising

original


... by thanking the celebs instead of blaming them

improved

[Cha]

24. I like that second billboard a Lot!

How did you do that?!

[i miss america]

29. Photoshop. It's a great tool for enhancing reality

[zbdent]

30. Some blue on the finger would be a nice touch

doncha think?

[i miss america]

31. You are 100% correct. How's this?

[zbdent]

33. Subtle, but it works

wonder how many freepers would understand?

[Cha]

23. That would be so Freaking Fantastic!

I would say the caliber of this shit is non parallel but I'm sure we can come up with some parallel shit the dirty repugs have done.

THe swift boat liars come to mind.

[RubyDuby in GA]

2. Nothing that some well aimed paint won't fix

:evilgrin:

[Webster Green]

5. Really, let the games begin!

Shouldn't take too long for some enterprising artists to modify that shit.

[Sparkle]

3. Wrong!

They should thank the voting machines and the republicans that own them. Idiots.

[Stop_the_War]

4. It'd be hilarious if this billboard idea backfired on them...n/t

[Cha]

25. It should..cause that's just plain

evil shit. They're trying to divide america even furthur..I hope the beautiful men and women(I only see Streisand but I heard Susan Sarandon was going to be on too) who are on those billboards have something elegant to say about it.

[RT Atlanta]

6. thoughts

Hopefully those celebs will file an immediate injunction against the "group" to have billboards enjoyed from improperly using their images without authorization.

[Downtown Hound]

7. These nuts have now officially lost all touch with reality

what little of it they had left anyway. If they really think that Hollywood is what gave Bush his second term...oh forget it. Idiots.

[Cha]

26. THey don't think that for a second..it's

all about divide and conquer.

[sam sarrha]

8. it is PATHETIC that they are still Sore Winners 4 months later, charity

could have use the money they wasted in bad taste.

but then the GOP never gave a shit about anything but sucking rich dick.

[jokerman93]

37. They're just warming up

They've marginalized us. Next comes demonizing.

[Piperay]

9. Heh, that doesn't say much for chimp's

vote bringing in ability if it was a few celebs in Hollywood that made the difference in his getting another four years, morAns. :silly:

[tridim]

10. How about a billboard with a picture of a BBV machine

with the text, "Dubya thanks you Diebold".

The thing about this BB that gets me is these 4 celebs did nothing that would help Bush "win" the election. Especially Affleck.. All he did was show up at a few Kerry rallies to give a few speeches about the benefits of Democrats. Really tame stuff. I don't think Streisand said anything. She's just the catch-all Hollywood Liberal. Chevy Chase made a joke about Bush.. Oh my Gawd, how dare he! And Penn went to Iraq before the war.. Yes, and?

[WLKjr]

11. WoW, It's the 50's all over again!

RED COMMIE SCARE BABY!

I never thought I would ever seen such shit.

[Stirk]

12. Yeah- thanks, Ronald Reagan.

I love that old "celebrities should shut-up" complaint. Especially when it's coming out of the mouths of conservative pundits. They're just media whores, so by their own reasoning, they should shut-up as well. The fact that they idolize Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzeneggar only makes their mewling more ridiculous.

[donsu]

13. fighting back is a life saving option

nt

[Cha]

27. I have a feeling these particular

people will fight back and I'm following this with eagle eyes.

Don't mess with Hollywood!

[Eagle_Eye]

14. Some people spend money on noble causes like

giving to the Red Cross for disaster relief. Other people spend money on causes like childish name calling after the election is over. Who rates higher in your book?

[spooked]

15. Link to a thread on this with pictures of the Billboards

Isn't there enough SARCASM in the world without these repugs putting it on display??

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=309029

[zbdent]

16. How about some pictures of dead iraqies

and the phrase "Still no WMDs - Thank you Bush"?

[spooked]

17. OMG!!! THAT is the BEST idea!!!!

Right under their billboards

[Dawgs]

18. "Still No Osama"

"Still No end to WAR"

"Still No New Net Jobs"

"Abortions on the Rise"

"Tax Cuts for the Rich, Budget Cuts against the Poor, Needy, and Veterans"

"Still High Gas Prices"

Shall I go on...

[ClarkRcks]

19. People that go to the Oscars will

see them.

[Piperay]

32. They will see them

and that is only going to make people here in the blue state of CA madder and madder at the repukes.

[Generator]

20. Wrong. That would be Mohammed Atta. He did the trick.

fear fear fear fear fear fear fear,BIN LADEN,WMD, weapons,terrorists, planes into buildings, bombs, nuclear BOMBS, fear, fear, AL QAEDA, cells in the US, fear fear fear

Ben Affleck? what they were voting against J.Lo?

No matter how much they want to focus on the shiny happy people in Hollywood, their clout is not the real threat. That would be the people in the offices of power. The hollywood haters is just a ruse. Try looking at your Congress for someone to blame instead of Sean Penn.

This is the O'Leilly bullshit school of politics. Blame Hollywood first.

[Cha]

22. I've been tellling friends about this..

I would be so proud to have my picture up there as an anti-busher.

I hope Chris Rock says something really funny about this at the Oscars!

[KharmaTrain]

28. Where Are These Boards At?

Wilshire Blvd? Orange County? Greenberg, Texas?

Having been in and around Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Westwood & Santa Monica in recent months...and still seeing Kerry stickers on cars and even on front gates, I think it's be a great conversation piece.

Methinks someone should call all these wingnut losers and ask them to appear in the next remake of "Revenge Of The Nerds".

[hollywood926]

34. This was on the local L.A. news this morning...

which really annoys me. Do you think they'll cover the responding billboards that we will inevitably put up?

[walldude]

35. Yeah they'll cover them

and they'll call it left-wing propaganda and liberal media lies. Unlike these "patriotic messages" we are seeing from Clear Channel.

[Autobot77]

36. They do this so people buy into the myth of the "liberal elite"

...and the lie that the repukes are for the "common man". Also they need a boogeyman since they control the government; Repukes are motivated by fear and hate. It's just more divisive bullshit.

[txaslftist]

38. I love it!

Smart politicians used to court Hollywood and the media. Stupid politicians used to smear the media and Hollywood.

You think Hollywood won't respond? You think Hollywood is without influence? Think they are marginalized?

You better think again, Republican dumbasses. Declaring war on the 'elites' of Hollywood for no reason other than being poor winners is just about as dumb a political move as I can think of. Who does this sort of thing play well to? Idiots who are already so far up shrub's hinder that you couldn't pull them out with a tractor chain.

Who will this piss off? Oh, just about every liberal in the country, along with a bunch of billionaires.

Typical freeper stupidity.

[Sterling]

40. Typical freeper stupidity.

I agree this is the kind of jump the shark type move that will really get the entertainment industry fired up. If these people think celebs like this are repelling to Americans why do they pay to buy their product. It's amazing pukes will complain about this stuff but then go out and buy their little girls the slutty clothes clebs wear and spend billions pumping up Hollywood. They worship Hollywood it's hilarious. Just wait til Hollywood actually does go out of their way to assassinate the character of the fundi douche dags,

[Sterling]

39. This is great!!

I hope holywood wakes the fuck up and actually does really gets in the fight. Fundies are under the illusion that Hollywood has been out to get them That has not been the case but I can see all the execs on their way to work seeing this kind of shit and wanting to start fighting.