Still the Sundance Kid: Redford gets heated about Chimpy's policies

[govegan]

I am not a big Hollywood fan, not a movie-goer, but Robert Redford has been consistently progressive in tackling environmental issues. Recently he was interviewed for Grist Magazine. The article can be viewed at http://www.gristmagazine.com/maindish/redford111303.asp.

"Still, even the great horse whisperer has a few environmental skeletons in his closet. A onetime racecar driver and former owner of various all-terrain vehicles (not to mention a major player in notoriously eco-insensitive Hollywood), Redford freely admits to having been "extremely hypocritical" in the past. After reading the following Grist interview, though, even the purest of environmentalists will have to admit that few celebrities -- or politicians and activists, for that matter -- have shown as much dogged dedication to the environmental movement as Robert Redford."

"Redford: The Bush administration has advocated the most destructive policies I've seen in the more than three decades I've been working on these matters. From the moment Bush stepped into office, not only has he been leading a vast and disciplined campaign to cripple environmental protections and enforcement across the board, he's been manufacturing more immediate crises -- war, for one -- that have kept the American public distracted and completely in the dark. And what makes our Republican leadership, both in the White House and Congress, seem all the more stupendously ignorant is that they're implementing these backward policies at a time when they could be pushing forward a new era of solutions -- tremendous technological advancements related to things like energy efficiency, renewables, sustainable building, and agriculture that are so incredibly exciting. It's as though they can't even see the historic opportunity they're passing up."

Besides his obvious acting abilities and successes, he takes the time to learn about environmental issues and to think about solutions for improving public policy and individual commitments. Yeah, Robert!

"Redford: It's a bit of a domino thing. The overwhelming picture is that we simply don't have any high-level moral leadership."

Another reason to support Kucinich: real moral leadership, today!

[MrSoundAndVision]

1. He would make a very

nice endorsement for the DMan.

[denverbill]

2. He should run for office, IMO.

He has a LONG LONG track record of political activism.

If Schwarzenneggar and Ventura can do it, and Gopher from the Love Boat, then why the hell not Redford. And Newman too.

[sventvkg]

3. Most people like Redford don't want to hassle with Politics..

I mean, unless you are power-hungry or you seriously have absolute passion for trying to help people out and to make a difference, who the heck wants to be in politics? Iget the sense Redford would not do it for the ego and he has so many other thing going on in his life that he is devoted to like Sundance, and his films, that he feels it's not his place to be a direct represenative in Government. But he is an advocate and could be a very effective one at that.

[dusty64]

4. I wish he would have too,

but he is very involved behind the scenes.