Redford talks to Scarborough re personal opinion of bush

[AnnInLa]

SCARBOROUGH: And why do you think the Bush administration has such a blind spot on the environment?

REDFORD: I mean, look, this is a personal opinion, so it will have to sit that way. I‘m not a politician. I think you have a leader that, in my opinion, comes from a privileged place, is somewhat spoiled, narrow, limited, and arrogant.

And that‘s my personal view. And the policies that come from that, the people he puts around him, attitudes about the environment display a kind of ignorance, more than anything else. They seem to be enjoying shredding the environment to create support for something that might be yesterday‘s news, rather than tomorrow‘s future.

So that‘s hard for me to witness. I don‘t think you‘re going to change it because of the arrogance. They seem to enjoy it. I don‘t know beyond that why this is. I think that the thinking in Washington right now is old. It seems like they‘re operating in the ‘50s rather than the year 2000. It‘s a new world we‘re living in and a new future. And a lot of our resources have already disappeared. And communities are now living closer together. Cultures are living closer together. Somebody better start paying attention to foreign culture and history and what the environment really means, rather than something treated like an enemy.

It just is mystifying. More at:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8387039/

[eissa]

1. I saw that!

No, I don't watch Joe Scab -- just channel surfing and saw Redford so I had to stop; perfect timing, too! Just as he began saying all those wonderful things about *!

[dogday]

2. Damn he looks even better saying that

I love that man....

[OneBlueSky]

3. sure would make an attractive presidential candidate, imo . . . n/t

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[Beaverhausen]

8. WOW!!! That's a great idea!

well...I'd like it.

[Poiuyt]

11. from your mouth to Hollywoods ears

[rucky]

12. maybe he should star in a movie about an attractive candidate!

oh, wait.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. That is an excellent statement! I wonder if he would appear on TV...

more often?

[AlCzervik]

5. i like what he said by why the hell is he talking to Scarborough?

[Catfight]

6. He's so right, if you allowed the "N" word back on radio and TV you'd

really believe we were living back in the 50's. The only difference is the political doubletalk dance the republician pundits do on AM Hate radio and this administration does on TV. It's beyond me why even Bill Clinton slums around with the Bush's, the line between the Clintons and the Bush's are creating the new era of Blintons. That's why Americans better wake up and say no more powerful families to rule our country ever again! And start by ousting this little bratboy ruining democracy while I type this sentence.

[ComerPerro]

7. Wow, very well said

And the policies that come from that, the people he puts around him, attitudes about the environment display a kind of ignorance, more than anything else.

[MelissaB]

9. He is an intelligent and beautiful man.

I'd vote for him for president. Watch the video if you can.

:kick:

[nicknameless]

10. Bush's own words on the Environment:

In Alexandra Pelosi's documentary, ”Journeys With George", she tags along with Bush on his 2000 campaign trail. At one point, when they’re on his bus and the bus driver announces that they’re entering such-and-such forest. Bush turns, looks out the window and says, “Kill it.”

...THAT is Bush’s true position on the environment.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Redford puts his dollars whhere his money is

or something like that... he HAS A RIGHT TO THAT OPINION... even if YOU DON'T LIKE IT....

By the way, nice talking point

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[nadinbrzezinski]

16. He has far more touch wiht reality than Bush does

and he runs a busines, and employs many people... among other things he runs the Sundance Festival and the Sundance Chanel. He uses his access to the microphone to speak for a cause he believes in. So he shoudl not be able to do such because he works in Hollywood? (Mostly Indie movies these days, giving oportunities to NEW directors and actors taht otherwise would not have those chances)

but hey, whatever trips your trigger.

By teh way, the talking points you are using are out of Rush Limbaugh... who has access to the microphone, has far more money than Redford, far less of an achievment, is a coward, but a faux populist...

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[nadinbrzezinski]

18. So you hate hollywood because they are rich?

boy that is rich....

Again another Limbaugh talking point, we are good at smelling them here

next thing I know they drink lattes and use limos... oh and are elitist, have I hit all them yet?

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[sandnsea]

22. oh brother is right

Do you think everybody in Hollywood grew up rich? Most of them grew up as poor as you and I. In fact, Hollywood is MUCH more emblematic of the American values of fairness and equal opportunity than politics. So the real question should be, why do you trust the word of a politician who needs campaign money to get reelected over the word of an actor who has absolutely nothing to gain from speaking out on an issue.

Facts are facts. Our environment is in massive trouble and it doesn't matter whether I say it or Robert Redford says it or Robert Kennedy JR says it, it's still the truth.

[Sather Gate]

20. Do you think Republican

actors like Reagan and Schwarzenegger are OK? You think the ideas of Joe Schmoe should trump the ideas of a man of achievement, talent, and capability like Robert Redford? See what Rushbo says about that.......:hippie:

[anarchy1999]

21. Whoops, you blew your welcome. Sorry.

n/t