Appeal by Pretty Woman Star Perplexes Palestinians

[Scurrilous]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&e=2&u=/nm/20050105/en_nm/people_palestinians_gere_dc


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"He's been a prostitute's rich beau, an officer, a gentleman and a gigolo, but Palestinians can't fathom Richard Gere latest incarnation as a cheerleader for their elections this weekend.

Well known for his vocal support of Tibet's Dalai Lama and celebrated for his captivating good looks, Gere urged Palestinians in a television commercial broadcast ahead of Sunday's poll in the West Bank and Gaza to get out to vote for a new president to succeed Yasser Arafat, who died in November."

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"But many voters, already struggling with the labyrinthine politics of the West Bank and Gaza, say they have never heard of the actor who swept Debra Winger off her feet as a dashing Navy officer in the 1982 film "An Officer and a Gentleman" and were even less interested when they were told he's an American.

"I don't even know who the candidates are other than Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), let alone this Gere," Gaza soap factory worker Manar an-Najar told Reuters.

"We don't need the Americans' intervention. We know who to elect. Not like them -- they elected a moron."

[Demit]

1. shrewd comment from the Gaza soap factory worker!

[Forkboy]

2. LMAO

That last line says it all :)

[QueerJustice]

3. ha ha ha,,,,

Richard who?

[Kire]

4. Hi, I'm Richard Gere and I'm speaking for the entire world.

Richard, who?