Revelations of phone tapping by the Bush Administration "virtually compels the conclusion that the president of the United States has been breaking the law repeatedly and persistently."
"...A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government."
"... An executive who arrogates to himself the power to ignore the legitimate legislative directives of the Congress or to act free of the check of the judiciary becomes the central threat that the Founders sought to nullify in the Constitution - an all-powerful executive too reminiscent of the King from whom they had broken free. In the words of James Madison, "the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."" -- from Former Vice President Gore's recent speech on constitutional Issues
"When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation, and you know what I'm talking about. It has been run in a way so that nobody with a contrary view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument, to be heard."
"... This administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed our country." - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at a speech sponsored by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network
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Congrats to George Clooney for winning the Golden Globe for best supporting actor for Syriana. His performance was compelling and shows that movies don't have to be empty Hollywood crap to do well. And unlike most other artists, he's not afraid to poke a little fun at the political machine ... making a joke about Jack Abramoff. It would have been nice if he had won for Good Night and Good Luck also.
The Golden Globes are entertaining because you see a lot of the odd meetings during the breaks between awards. One such meeting that I caught a glimpse of was between Clooney and Tim Robbins. Hopefully they were discussing a future collaboration. That's a combo that I'd pay to see ... and so would a lot of progressives.
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I would love to hob-nob with the stars at an event like the Globes, just once. I probably would have been thrown out for one of two things:
1. Yelling out to Drew Berrymore to pluck her eyebrows and buy a bra
or
2. Clapping my hands wildly that the award went to someone other than the ladies from Desperate Housewives.
Yeah, I'm usually a Drew fan, but she definitely had the au naturel look going on last night.
As to Desparate Housewives, I'm probably one of the few Americans to never have seen it. And I really don't have a desire to. I was glad that "Lost" won.
I don't know what the appeal of Desperate Bimbos.. er I mean Housewives is... really.
I'm glad Joaquin got something for Walk the Line. Didn't watch the rest.
As for Gore & Hillary's comments - I'd like to see those comments coming from potential 2008 (and 2006 interim) candidates... if a politician who's not running for anything says controversial stuff, it's not courageous. It's only courageous when you stick to your guns and principles during a campaign when you have something to lose.
Sadie Lou - lay off my true love, Drew! Ain't nothin wrong with her boobs!
I am glad to hear the Clintonites finally getting their dander up!
And i wish clooney would have won for Good Bye and Good Night also
I believe Gore's speech is one of the best ever at outlining exactly what our freedoms are and how this administration has taken them away. And in true Bush fashion, they resorted to typical high-schoolish behavior ... attacking the messenger instead of the message. The list of people they've tried to Swiftboat for speaking out against this administration ... Paul O'Neill, Richard Clarke, Lawrence Wilkerson, Pat Fitzgerald, John Murtha, etc. ... is long. All of them brought up important, truthful points and when the administration knew they couldn't respond to those points, they attacked. Usually I'm pretty optimistic and have faith in the American public, but this is a case of people being distracted by shiny objects and Bush and the gang knowing that. And the main-stream media, as always, is complicit.
Gore, to his credit, immediately saw this and called out Bush apologist Gonzalez. Hopefully Gore's speech will be a rallying cry.
dback & Papa--don't get me wrong, I love Drew Barrymore as an actress but it looked like she crawled out of a hippie van to come present the award.
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