Bush's Hollywood Stronghold

According to Ireland On-line:

Sharon Stone blames US President George W Bush for the absence of a lesbian kissing scene in Catwoman - because of the current conservative climate in America.

I was beginning to wonder if there was an explanation for the recent onslaught of pure, holy, moral, family-oriented films coming out of Hollywood the past 3 years!

It's funny that I can't think of any right now, but never mind that. Apparently it's all because of President Bush. At this rate, I bet there won't even be any Rated R movies after Bush's next term.

Let me get this straight. We're supposed to believe:

• First, that the country's conservative climate is because of President Bush (I don't remember him electing us)
• Second, that the country's alleged puritanical streak is a bad thing
• Last, that Bush now has a stronghold on what Hollywood produces?

I'm having a hard time, um... swallowing that.

Comments

[Merrick]

The last time I checked...WE, the people, didn't vote George W. Bush into office. Thanks to a "technical" error in Florida and a rash decision by the Supreme Court, WE were stuck with George W. Bush. Also, it seems that I'd rather have a President who spent the better part of the last 20 years working for our Government than a President who spent the past 20 years saying things like "I don't think I was clinically an alcoholic; I didn't have the genuine addiction. I don't know why I drank. I liked to drink, I guess." Or this for instance:
"Bush continued his life of hard drinking and was finally arrested for drunk driving in October 1976, this time with his teenaged sister Dorothy in the car. But it would be another decade before he finally realized that alcohol was a problem for him."

Talk about hypocrisy.

[Jeff]

Awesome... more comments. This time on a 3-month old post. Not sure why my site got so much attention all of the sudden.

Actually, we the people DID vote George W. Bush as president.

If you'll recall, the Supreme Court ruled on the basis of Equal Protection Under the Law; basically said that Gore was not entitled to recount for some ballots in some counties without recounting all ballots in all counties. Not doing so would mean that some ballots were more equal than others.

Then consider the countless independent recounts performed by the Miami Harold, Washington Post and others. All came to the same conclusion: No matter, how the votes were spliced, Bush won. The lead was slim, yes, but the result was the same.

I can see you're still bitter about it though. Cheer up. Kerry's team of 10,000+ lawyers will make sure that every ballot (including those of convicted felons, illegal aliens, and dead people) is counted (so long as they're not in the military) this time around.

I didn't know we were talking about hypocrisy, but let's do that:

To me, hypocrisy, is DOING something while CONDEMNING that something (or condemning someone else for doing that something) at the same time.

Was Bush setting a good example for his daughter? No, and he admits that. Was drinking and driving good? Nope. He admits that too. I would argue that getting drunk, period, isn't such a bright thing to do. However, it's a weak argument to call him a hypocrite for something he clearly stopped doing almost 20 years ago.

On the other hand, it IS hypocritical for Kerry and Edwards to say that "the rich" aren't entitled to tax cuts, but use their riches to pay lower tax rates than us common folk. For example, Edwards has an S corp that pays him in dividends so that it doesn't have to be reported. He's avoided paying nearly $500,000 in Medicare taxes this way.

Is it illegal to take advantage of loopholes? No.

Do Bush and Cheney do this too? Maybe, I haven't heard as such... but they're not out there saying that the rich need to pay more taxes either.

It's arguable, given Kerry's attendance record and lack of legislation, that he's actually been doing anything in the senate the past 20 years (does collection a paycheck count?), but I digress...

Where were we? Oh yeah, hypocrisy. Need another example?

How about Kerry's insistence that Bush release all of his military records. Meanwhile, Kerry, won't sign the military release form 180 to release his own records. This, even after promising to do so.