Don Cheadle Goes Off on Condi

[CatWoman]

Ubiquitous actor Don Cheadle shared an insider's view of the State Department Tuesday evening, while taking questions at a New York screening of his new film Talk to Me (out Thursday), presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Asked about his reported disappointment in George W. Bush's Sudan policy, the actor quipped: "Can you turn that camera off?! ... I didn't say it. She did!"

Cheadle, co-author of Not On Our Watch, about the genocide in Darfur, was recently called in to talk to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about the issue. And he wasn't impressed.

"She wanted to tell me what the U.S. was doing," Cheadle said. "First she said, 'We're doing all we can, but it's not us, it's the United Nations. They're bogged down with red tape, and trying to push anything through just takes forever. The bureaucracy is almost insurmountable, and it's the United Nations, not the U.S.' And then she said, 'It's like when we had this crisis in Lebanon, I had to send someone down specifically to push through all of our legislation and make sure that everything moved through efficiently.' I'm thinking, I thought you had no control over the United Nations. But I didn't say that, 'cause I wanted to leave!"

The audience erupted in laughter.

"And then she basically said, 'And I've heard a lot of you activists talking about George Bush needs to do more to stop the crisis in Darfur, and George Bush can't stop this crisis in Darfur. You guys need to back off of that.'"

The actor did eventually return to the subject of Bush. "Look, he's been hoisted on his own petard. I don't have to say anything about him. Everybody knows what's up with him."

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/07/don-cheadle-goes-off-on-condi.php

[KingFlorez]

1. But they can turn a country (Iraq) into a disaster?

They don't want to fix the problem in Darfur, because there is nothing in it for them and their friends.

[Tigress DEM]

16. Considering how they "HELP" countries, maybe it's best they don't try on this one.

Cause if *ush steps in and "HELPS" Darfur the way he's helped Iraq, nobody but the wealthiest 2% will have a pot to piss in when he's done.

[Javaman]

17. Oh there is plenty there. thats where the pharma corps test their drugs.

dont want to ruin things by stopping the war.

[Mandate My Ass]

2. I've always been a fan of his

She should choke on the word "Lebanon." She was more than a willing accomplice to that slaughter.

[MadMaddie]

3. oooohhhh....Condi is desperate....she is talking to prominant

Black actors....so beneath her...:sarcasm:

[jaysunb]

4. Good catch !

where you been ?? haven't seen you round much lately....:hi:

[CatWoman]

7. sinus infection

just got back from the doctor about an hour or so.

hopefully, the drugs will work their magic and I'll be back to my ole self soon :)

:hi:

[gatorboy]

12. Mmmmm sinus infection...

We want pics!

[CatWoman]

15. it's not a pretty sight, believe me

the entire left side of my face is swollen, and I look like someone punched me in the eye :-(

[gatorboy]

18. Poor thing!

I'm really sorry to hear about that. BUT if you get any great mucus shots, let us know.


Get well soon!

[Swamp Rat]

25. Here's CatWoman with a sinus infection.... I better get outta here!

:yoiks:





:D

[CatWoman]

26. ROFL!!!

Damn you, Swampy!!!!

:rofl:

[gatorboy]

27. Catwoman is C.H.U.D.???

That's kinda cool!!!

[Kingofalldems]

5. Don Cheadle--portrayer of the late great Petey Greene

Coming soon.

[Tigress DEM]

21. Not sure I want to see that movie, but loved him in Hotel Rawanda.

Petey Greene sounds like a black Don Imus to me. From another time when all that "pushing the envelope" and being "politically incorrect" got the ratings so it was anything goes.

Never watched that one where the guy comes as a phony good will ambassador from some tiny country...
Kyrgyzstan maybe. People think it is hilarious because it is able to say what we think people would say if they really aspired to the American Dream as it is now wrapped in horseshit and worse.

[Parche]

6. UN

Its official, its the UN's fault for Clintons Male unit.............:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:








OH MEOW

[Mandate My Ass]

8. those pics are hilarious

She sure is defensive when the subject of her husb...um, George Bush comes up.

PS: If that black cat is your baby, s/he's gorgeous.

[MuseRider]

9. He is smart,

he is talented, he is politically aware and does things to help others and he is cute. I have held a little crush on him for a while now. Can you beat all those things wrapped up into one person? Good for him.

[politicasista]

10. He really is!

:applause:

[babylonsister]

11. I love Don Cheadle! He 'gets' it, too! Nice try, Kinda. nt

[Faygo Kid]

13. Condi Rice is a war criminal who ought to be jailed, the hell with her rich golf friends

I am sick and tired of the "kid gloves" treatment Condi Rice gets. She is up to her neck in the criminality of this administration, and I would like to see a serious article about what she has done, instead of focusing on her piano playing and her childhood that was touched by the tragedy of the little girls killed in the Birmingham bombing. How the hell does that inoculate her from her criminality?

[Forkboy]

14. LOL

:applause:

[BurtWorm]

19. Well fuggin' said!

:applause:

[progressoid]

20. He's ubiquitous?

[Swamp Rat]

22. Damn! I thought this was a sex thread!

:(

[CatWoman]

24. you can't even dress her up

x(

[AspenRose]

23. Don Cheadle

:loveya: Love, love, love him.....