George (Clooney), you don't know Jack, says Abramoff's father

[sabra]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/22/wcloon22.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/22/ixworld.html

George, you don't know Jack, says Abramoff's father


The actor George Clooney has come under attack from the father of Jack Abramoff, the Washington lobbyist facing jail over influence-peddling charges, after making an "obscene" joke about his son's name.

In a crack delivered while accepting the best actor prize at the Golden Globes film awards in Beverly Hills last week, Clooney, an outspoken Democrat, made fun of Abramoff's father and mother for picking the name Jack.


George Clooney: 'No wonder that guy is screwed up'
"Who would name their kid Jack with the last word '-off ' at the end of your last name?" he asked. "No wonder that guy is screwed up."

The remarks, made in front of an audience at the Beverly Hilton and broadcast to 19 million television viewers worldwide, infuriated Abramoff's father Frank, 78, who was watching the show with his family at his home in Palm Springs, California.

[Cassandra]

1. Abramoff's father doesn't know Jack, either.

[zann725]

14. And (to borrow a quote) NEITHER of them 'are NO Jack Kennedy!"

What's the point anyway? George was only "Cloon-ing"...which he does so well. Get over it, Jack's dad. (Those Repugs have no sense of humor, unless of course THEY'RE the ones dishing it out.)

[daleo]

2. The right wing are such drama queen/kings

"Oh, how far Hollywood has fallen," said his letter to the Desert Sun. "Your glib and ridiculous attack on my son, Jack, coupled with your obscene query as to the choice his mother and I made in naming him brought shame and dishonour on you and your profession."

Mr Abramoff added that on hearing Clooney's remarks, his 12-year-old granddaughter - one of his son's five children - burst into tears. "Are you proud of that?" he asked. "One wonders how your father would respond, were the roles reversed.""

As if a twelve year old would burst into tears over that.

Clooney's dad responds with class.

"Clooney has so far ignored Frank Abramoff's protest, but his own father, the former television news journalist Nick Clooney, has weighed in robustly on his behalf. "I understand what it is like to have one's son criticised in a very public way," Mr Clooney Snr, who lives in Kentucky, told a Desert Sun reporter.

"It's very painful and it's very difficult. The difference here, and it must be said, is Mr Abramoff's son, instead of pursing some positive efforts to do what he hoped would change the climate of American politics, has confessed and has been convicted by that confession of subverting the political process.""

[0rganism]

6. Jeez, if her dad wasn't such a slimey ratfucker, she wouldn't have cried

Talk about blaming the messenger!

[daleo]

10. What 12 year old would cry about putting the words jack and off together

Every 12 year old I ever knew would just giggle.

[Divernan]

3. It's Abramoff's son who brought shame and dishonour on his profession,

not to mention his family. Frank Abramhoff claimed Clooney had brought shame and dishonour on his profession by poking fun at Jack's name. He also was upset that Clooney used the terms jack and off in the same sentence. Said his 12 year old granddaughter burst into tears. I'm sure she'll burst into tears many more times as Jack Abramhoff's name becomes about as despised as Benedict Arnold's. The man is the biggest swindler/crook in Washington's sordid history. Hopefully it's not too late for this 12 year old to learn that - CONTRARY TO THE EXAMPLE SET BY JACK ABRAMOFF- laws apply to everyone, even the very wealthy; that crime doesn't pay; that honesty is the best policy; and most importantly, ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!

On edit: George Clooney's dad, Nick, raised a son any dad would be proud of. Jack Abramoff's father did not. The apple does not fall far from the tree, Frank!

[NVMojo]

4. His father unleashed a morally unethical leech on our society ...

so there!

[DinahMoeHum]

5. Folks, you are witnessing a classic example of CHUTZPAH. . .

whereupon a man who murders his parents pleads for mercy on the grounds that he's now an orphan.

:evilfrown:

[thebigidea]

7. who gives a shit? We never hear from the parents when Dems are attacked

but its always the likes of Barbara Bush whining and Poppy snivelling when a rightwinger is under attack.

why would anything Frank Abramoff says be considered news? Unless he's talking to Rita Cosby about how shocked he is that Jack hung himself in prison, shut the hell up.

[quaoar]

8. I'll bet Jack's father is beaming with pride

at what his son has become.

[PatrioticLeftie]

9. Uh...Mr. Abramoff...

Do you even what your son's been doing?

[dchill]

17. All he knows is that...

Jack ...off was forced into it by the cowardly treason of the "Democrat" Party.

[rustydog]

11. What father hasn't told his son's: The only thingI can give you

is my NAME...Don't drag it in the mud?

Jack shit on his name, he didn't drag it in the mud.

[Ouabache]

12. Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

eom

[Dunvegan]

13. Dem Bashing of Hubby/Dad/Son Makes Repub Woman/Girl/Mom Burst into Tears

...During Supreme Court Nominee Questioning/Televised Joke Referencing Republican Party Felon/Mention of Wrongdoing.

Why...It's the new "Republican Fill-in-the-Blanks Crying Game" craze!

[Straight Shooter]

15. Palm Springs, California? Hey, Frank, did Jack buy that house for you?

I wonder what other fine, fine gifts have been bestowed upon you by your loving son, acquired through the efforts of his treacherous heart and vampiric ethics.

[joefree1]

16. Jack

off. EOM.

[fujiyama]

18. Shame and dishonor?

HAHAHAHAHA

How full of shit is this guy? He must still believe his son was pursuing some sort of noble cause. It's obvious Jack Off Sr. is even more clueless than his son.