Clooney relishes 'traitor' attacks

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US actor and director George Clooney said this morning he was proud to be denounced as unpatriotic for questioning US policy because he wanted to be on "the right side of history." Interviewed on BBC television's Newsnight about his latest films Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck Clooney said that not only did he accept the right to be attacked for his views but he even relished them.

Clooney, who has weathered attacks since opposing the 2003 Iraq invasion, said at one point that it was "frustrating" to be listed as a "traitor" on a set of playing cards, but he also accepted people's right to free speech. He later admitted he relished the attacks. "I think it's important to be on the right side of history," Clooney said.
I want to be on that deck of cards. And I want to be able to say that they boycotted my films... I want to be able to say I was on the cover of a magazine called a 'traitor,"' he said.

"I'm proud of those because those were badges of honour for me because that was when you did it when it was hard to do," the actor and director said. Clooney has received critical acclaim for Syriana - about oil politics and Islamic extremism - and for Good Night, and Good Luck a reminder of the threat to civil liberties through a story about the anti-communist hysteria in the US of the 1950s. Clooney said Syriana did not single out US President George W. Bush's administration for attack, though it "certainly goes at this administration" as well as at 60 years of failed Middle East policy.

"If it's an attack, it's because you're asking questions," Clooney said. Clooney has said the chilling effect of the September 11, 2001 attacks on US politics had inspired SyrianaA and its unflinching look at the ways extremism and political instability are fostered by the interests of big oil.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18268256%255E1702,00.html

[Wetzelbill]

1. Clooney Rocks!

:)

[Maccagirl]

2. George, honey, you can be my traitor any day

Sigh!

[Wetzelbill]

7. ..... you might need this

To cool down and all. :)

[Auntie Bush]

8. George, honey, you can park your shoes under my bed any time

you want. Boy, Am I showing my age! I think that saying first came out when Harry Belefonte was doing Calypso.

[Generator]

3. LOL I read it first as Cheney

I'm thinking of course he does-he's proud!

[Ilsa]

4. Fortunately, when you see them, there is no mistaking them! eom

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. That exactly how I feel! I am PROUD to be a LIBERAL! A LEFTY LOONIE

LIBERAL because I KNOW I'M RIGHT. I stand for good. I stand for those less fortunate. I stand for no war for oil. I stand for no war for greed. I stand for Medicare for the elderly. I stand for SS for the elderly. I stand for Head Start for young underprivileged children. I stand for workers rights. I stand for fairness in the workplace. I stand for fair wages for a days work. I stand for things that are GOOD! I'm PROUD to stand tall and say I'm a LIBERAL. If I were a repuke, I'd hang my head in SHAME. Honestly. Wouldn't you?

[AX10]

6. Clooney is a TRUE AMERICAN.

[MuseRider]

9. It took me a while to

warm up to him. I was never into the handsome Clooney thing for some reason. However, he makes me proud. We need many more people like him who will say what he says and stand up for the right side of history. I loved his interview with Larry King, I turned on CNN just that once to see it. I guess Monday I will do it again for Jon Stewart.

[DemoTex]

10. "The right side of history."

I agree. That's my stance, too. But I prefer to call it "the correct side of history." Know whut I mean, Vern?

[newyawker99]

11. George Rocks!!

:thumbsup:

[Neil Lisst]

12. I got your Clooney right here

[chat_noir]

13. The Guardian: If only George Clooney would run for president.

snip

Clooney has one divorce in his background, but no scandal beyond clipping David O Russell round the ear on the set of Three Kings, which is the kind of thing that plays well in the Red states - much like shooting lawyers in the face. His youthful indiscretions pale against the current incumbent's binge-drinking, DUI convictions, perpetual bailings-out, not to mention draft-dodging.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/patterson/story/0,,1717051,00.html


love it! :evilgrin: