George Clooney endorsing HRC and calls Drumpf a xenophobic fascist

[PeaceNikki]

Clooney chuckles indulgently. “I am a Hillary supporter. I am doing a fundraiser for her.” That’s a big endorsement; Clooney’s 2012 event for Obama raised more than $12m (£8.5m) in a single night. But he has conciliatory words for her main Democrat opponent. “I really love Bernie Sanders, and am really glad he is in the debate. He is forcing the conversation to things that never get talked about in US politics: disparity between the rich and the poor, which is getting worse and worse every day.” He says he admires Sanders’ singlemindedness on the topic, but suggests it is the same character trait that is his “downfall” on the national stage.

Donald Trump’s increasingly likely elevation to Republican candidate is, he says, crazy; but course, being Clooney, he has had words with and been personally insulted by the other side. “I met Donald once. I was sitting in a booth and we talked for a while. Then he did Larry King, and he said I was very short. And I was like: ‘I was sitting down the whole time, Donald!”

However, Clooney’s geniality doesn’t extend to Trump’s political aspirations. “He’s just an opportunist. Now he’s a fascist; a xenophobic fascist.” But he is not entirely despondent. He repeats the old saw, usually ascribed to Winston Churchill: “You can count on Americans to do the right thing after they’ve exhausted all the other possibilities.”

“Let’s put things into perspective. You know, the truth of the matter is, in election season, things go crazy, and the loudest voices are the furthest and most extreme. So you hear a massively stupid idea, like we’re going to ban Muslims from the country. Now, we’re not ever going to do that.” He shrugs. “It says in the Statue of Liberty, bring us your huddled masses. It’s not what’s going to happen.”

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/03/george-clooney-donald-trump-is-a-xenophobic-fascist

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Another great endorsement.

Thanks.

[Cha]

2. Oh good! I saw he made some remark about trump and I wondered who he was endorsing

.. it's so cool it's Hillary!

Mahalo PeaceNikki~

[UtahLib]

3. Great endorsement by a politically savvy person.

[justhanginon]

4. If he gets thrown under the bus there are going to be some rather

happy ladies that preceded him.

[PeaceNikki]

5. .

Not if, when.

[Treant]

6. Not just ladies.

"Did it just get a lot hotter under this bus?"

"Yes. Yes it did."

[DesertRat]

9. LOL

TGIF under the bus!

[NurseJackie]

7. He's very easy on the eyes. (Swoon!!)

[BlueCaliDem]

15. For you, NJ

[NurseJackie]

16. SWOON!

Thank you! Great photo!

[DesertRat]

8. Love it!

[lunamagica]

10. K&R. YEEESSSS!

[Setsuna1972]

11. I've always liked Clooney !!

Now watch him get thrown under the bus like all of the other Hillary supporters..but you know what ? I'd consider that an honor !

[mcar]

12. Great endorsement!

For a corporatist sellout terrified of Hillary's vindictiveness.

[katmille]

13. Is there room for me

Under that bus???

[SharonClark]

14. K&R

[NastyRiffraff]

17. Excellent!

I'm not normally overly impressed by celebrity endorsements, but George Clooney is an exception. He's politically savvy (and a hunk!)

Okay, so I'm shallow. But he IS a hunk!

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. "singlemindedness.......the same character trait that is his “downfall” on the national stage."

It's become quite obvious that BS is a niche candidate. I think he initially entered the race to have a say, and seeing the yyuuggee crowds at his rallies, soon began to imagine that he could actually become this party's nominee. That was never going to happen, but his appearances on the national debate stage, just reinforced the notion that he's a one issue candidate.