Sean Penn Discusses Oscars and Politics

[NVMojo]

it isn't just us ....

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AP: Has corruption in government grown worse since Nixon?


Penn: No question about it. The arrogance with which it's played out. I think you'd have a very difficult time Watergating George Bush. The spin and the manipulation of media, the distraction of planned emergencies, is on a whole new level. And there's a kind of general lack of diversity of principle within the Congress. So I think when you can get something like the Patriot Act passed, it would be kind of like child's play to pull off a Watergate ...

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AP: What did you think of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11"?


Penn: All of that footage — how long was it, seven plus minutes (when Bush sat in the classroom)? ... That's who George Bush is. I think it speaks very specifically to something that not everybody has. Forget politics, forget Republican, right, left. But it speaks to his unfitness to lead anything.


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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&u=/ap/20041228/ap_en_mo/film_q_a_sean_penn&printer=1

[WMliberal]

1. seriously, this is Asinine Breaking News, not LBN

[NVMojo]

2. well, excuse me!!!

[ccarter84]

3. Uh whatever, I think it's not a bad article, shows some

of the celebrities aren't just spacing with regards to whats happening around them.

[imenja]

14. belongs under entertainment

not under LBN

[donheld]

4. I love Sean Penn

:hug: He's done a lot for our side the last few years.

[Daisey Mae]

5. right on donheld !

[oasis]

6. Sean Penn is saying what 95%of the world already knows. Sadly

1/2 of the U.S. population has their heads up their asses.

[gatorboy]

7. Get ready for the O'Reilly 'outrage'

For a guy that despises celebrities, he sure can't get enough of them... :eyes:

[bpilgrim]

8. NO ONE can tell HOW they would have REACTED in his shoes...

we all know that we at least REACTED.

that is the TELL.

peace

(on edit: now that is a man i would love to have a beer with, and i don't even keep alcohol in the house ;->

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[bpilgrim]

12. welcome to DU

and yes, it is =)

kurt vonnegut is one of my all time favorite american writers.

:hi:

peace

[Cookie wookie]

9. The man is not only beautiful

creative, and talented, he's brilliant intellectually. Add to that a man with a human heart and a soul.

Yep. This is a man!

Smooch I wish.

[mitchum]

11. I respected him when he was merely the best actor of his generation...

and my respect grows

[Swamp Rat]

13. Kick ass Sean Penn!

:kick:

[ObamaFan2500]

15. sean penn was good in the sting.

I liked when they did the horse race him and paul newnam.. no wonder it won the best picture.. Very good movie, and the rags was wonderful. I grew up playing those in Mississippi, and I ain't never fgrot a single note of them rags.

[imenja]

16. he was better in Gone with the Wind

[genieroze]

17. But it speaks to his unfitness to lead anything.

like zipping up his own zipper. I wonder who leads him to the bathroom? I bet it's Rove.