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Monday, March 13, 2006

George Clooney: I'm A Liberal

World reacts with shock and puzzlement!

Source: Huffington's Trash

I am a liberal. And I make no apologies for it. Hell, I'm proud of it.

Too many people run away from the label. They whisper it like you'd whisper "I'm a Nazi." Like it's dirty word. But turn away from saying "I'm a liberal" and it's like you're turning away from saying that blacks should be allowed to sit in the front of the bus, that women should be able to vote and get paid the same as a man, that McCarthy was wrong, that Vietnam was a mistake. And that Saddam Hussein had no ties to al-Qaeda and had nothing to do with 9/11.

This is an incredibly polarized time (wonder how that happened?). But I find that, more and more, people are trying to find things we can agree on. And, for me, one of the things we absolutely need to agree on is the idea that we're all allowed to question authority. We have to agree that it's not unpatriotic to hold our leaders accountable and to speak out.

That's one of the things that drew me to making a film about Murrow. When you hear Murrow say, "We mustn't confuse dissent with disloyalty" and "We can't defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home," it's like he's commenting on today's headlines.

The fear of been criticized can be paralyzing. Just look at the way so many Democrats caved in the run up 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 bullshit. Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, "We were misled." It makes me want to shout, "Fuck you, you weren't misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic."

Bottom line: it's not merely our right to question our government, it's our duty. Whatever the consequences. 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 grown up and take your hits.

I am a liberal. Fire away.

Allright, if you insist. I am an ideological conservative, I make no bones about that. What I am not is a Republican, why? Because I put ideology above party. Having said that I m more likely to vote for a Republican rather than a Democrat. My reasons are simple.

When I think of Democrats I am reminded that we can thank them for the war on poverty whose only casualty was any shred of personal responsibility, Katrina anyone?

When I think of Democrats I think of political correctness run amok. I think of Harvard's president run out on a rail because he suggested boys and girls might be different.

When I think of Democrats I think of wimps, utterly incapable of defending this country. Jimmah Carter comes to mind as does BJ Bill Clinton and his love of tossing around cruise missiles to no particular effect not to mention LBJ who was for taking the hill before he was against it.

When I think of Democrats I think of their hatred for the second amendment. The insanity that seems to breed in the Democrat soul that removing guns from law abiding citizens will somehow make them safer against armed criminals.

When I think of Democrats I am reminded that they fought against the equal rights amendment tooth and nail.

When I think of Democrats I am reminded that they would tear this nation apart using the vicious identity politics. Trying to keep different ethnic groups at each other's throats for their own gain.

When I think of Democrats I think of their comfort with Communism. Time after time the left has cozied up the Communists, Bill Clinton being an excellent example.

And finally, when I think of Democrats I am reminded of their love of death. Abortion being the most obvious and odious example. We can debate the need another time, what I'm talking about here is the unrestrained love of killing babies evinced by the Democrat party. There aren't enough babies in the world to satisfy this twisted longing, this alleged 'right'.

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