Is He Really That Crazy? Why Would Mickey Rourke Defend George W. Bush?
by Andrew BreitbartAfter years of suffering the downside of a career in an industry that is famously vicious and unforgiving, Mickey Rourke is now back near the top. Last night he won the Golden Globe for “best actor in a drama” in “The Wrestler.” (Guess that means I gotta go see it.)
But would the Euro-waiters, otherwise known as The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who vote for Oscar’s overinflated pre-cursor take back their votes knowing that Rourke is guilty of filmdom’s ultimate sin: Defending the President of the United States, George W. Bush?
And will Hollywood’s partisans pull back their forthcoming Oscar votes for not toeing the “Bush is Evil” line?
Apparently, Mickey Rourke is not lobbying for Hollywood’s acceptance. In GQ (the British version) this month he takes on the most politically incorrect cause of all.
“President Bush was in the wrong place at the wrong time, I don”t know how anyone could have handled this situation… I don”t give a f**k who’’s in office, Bush or whoever, there is no simple solution to this problem… I’m not one of those who blames Bush for everything. This s**t between Christians and Muslims goes back to the Crusades, doesn’t it.”
Rourke also takes on western aquiescence to radical Islam to the Brits who basically gave up without a fight:
“I was in London recently and I couldn’t believe all these hate-talking fanatics you have over here who are allowed to carry on doing their thing even when a bus full of women and children gets blown to pieces… I know you’ve deported one or two of them, but it seems crazy. I think there is worse to come, something terrible will happen to either America or the U.K., or France even. I don’t think these fundamentalists should be allowed to talk all this crap, and brainwashing these young kids.”
Want more proof that Rourke’s life on the skids gave him a devil-may-care attitude in dealing with Hollywood’s pre-ordained opinion on everything?
According to Gerald Posner at the Daily Beast, Rourke in a text message to a friend ripped flavor of the epoch, Sean Penn, as a “homophobe” and an “average” actor.
Any not friend of Sean Penn is a friend of mine.
Perhaps Rourke is reading our own Jamie Kirchick, who has had the guts to call out the “Milk” actor for supporting Fidel Castro’s historically repressive anti-homosexual regime.
The thing is, some of the best artists do have an admirable and fun-to-watch rebel streak in them. Penn is not one of them. He is as safe as tying Madonna up. What Rourke has just done is come to hell and back with an attitude that says, “You can’t destroy me or my career. I’ve already been there.”
Hollywood needs more Mickey Rourkes. It’s just more interesting.
Anyway, glad to see he’s back on top — at least for a while. Bush supporter or not.
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"The Wrestler" is a fine movie, but Rourke is great. Really, the only reason to see the film. And now, with his pro-Bush opinions, all the more reason to support him.
I suddenly like Rourke a whole lot.
Good. Another actor who is man enough to give an honest opinion that isn’t PC. I hope to see Mickey in a lot more films.
Attaboy Mickey!! Spoken like a true American…
The Wrestler is definitely on my “To See” list!
That is awesome. I am thinking perhaps having to live in the actual real world for a while and seeing life as it is has allowed Mickey to have a grown up idea of what reality is and is not. And his words about Sean Penn are sure poetry. You one tough guy Mickey. Honesty may not be everyones fav. thing in Hollywood but its so needed right now.
I live in a part of the south where professional wrestling is still popular. I can’t wait to see “The Wrestler” and am surprised they are doing a staged release of this movie. I predict the movie will get zero respect at Oscar time due to the class war in this country.
Well, it was nice to see Mickey back kickin’ ass again in The Wrestler, but like Andrew mentioned about the Oscar nom, don’t envision the decent roles this comeback merits now coming his way. Eh, if nothing else, Jerry Bruckheimer, David Zucker or Robert Rodriguez’ll hire him.
Rourke’s stock way up in our book. Glad we invested our sttention in him back around Barfly. “Here’s to all my friends!”
Maybe that’s why Aronofsky gave him the finger last night.
I would imagine you’re correct. Rourke’s been to hell and back — if being in Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man won’t kill him, what can Sean Penn do?
One of the fun things about the internet is that you can pass on gossip without having any idea whether or not it’s true. Hey. If it confirms your own ideological biases, then it’s good for your readers — who share those biases — and good for business too.
Which I guess is reason enough for Andrew to forward the Rourke/Sean Penn tale without a clue as to whether or not it’s true. Here’s a somewhat more, uhm, nuanced view, from one of your own linked sources, Patrick Goldstein:
“Posner’s story–which is still up on the site’s front page, billed as an “exclusive”–is pretty much a textbook example of how little quality control we get in online showbiz journalism these days. Posner’s sources are all anonymous, one of them being “an entertainment honcho,” another a “veteran Hollywood lawyer,” another billed as a “longtime acquaintance” of Rourke. According to Posner, Rourke wrote a text message to the aforementioned honcho, which Posner saw on Dec. 28. It reads [this is its original, unedited form, so typos included]: “Look seans an old friend of mine and i didn’t buy his performance at all–thought he did an average pretend acting like he was gay besides hes one of the most homophobic people i kno.”
The only person who vouches for the authenticity of the text message is the unnamed “entertainment honcho,” who, of course, could be anyone from a Hollywood caterer or out-of-work actor to a studio chief. Posner pads the story with a long recitation of previous Oscar badmouthing incidents, going back to the Miramax-DreamWorks feud over “A Beautiful Mind.” However, he disingenuously claims that Rourke’s bashing of Penn is “the first time anyone can recall an actor dissing another actor so openly” for his performance. The key word here is “openly.” As in: How could a private text message to a friend possibly be “openly” dissing someone else’s performance? It’s only out in the open because Posner chose to turn it into a story.
To further weaken Posner’s case, Rourke is quoted in the upcoming Jan. 7 issue of The Envelope, where he singles out Penn’s performance in “Milk” for special praise. He says: “I thought [Sean] made some very brave choices as an actor and I don’t think it was that easy of a character for him to do. He really did some great work in it.”
Posner managed to contact Rourke’s publicist, who is quoted as saying “there is no Oscar feud between Mickey and Sean. They have been friends for a very long time,” adding that Rourke is “completely unaware of the text.” In today’s era of corner-cutting Web journalism, I guess that wasn’t a firm enough denial to get the story killed. But I think Posner, and the Daily Beast, should be embarrassed. If this is the kind of reporting that Tina Brown thinks is going to help her carve out a niche in the blogosphere, she’s well on her way down the slippery slope into tabloid swampland.”
Yes, Bush is to blame for everything bad and evil! The assasination of Harvey Milk? Bush did it! (Find out the truth for yourself; go and watch “W” and “Milk”!)
“Kick and Screaming”, “The Producers”, “Bewitched”, you name it, all Bush’s fault (or have you never seen Saturday Night Live?”)
I haven’t yet figured out how Bush is personally responsible for the problems of those poor people in “Revolutionary Road”, but I know he did something.
Finally, an American male actor who doesn’t have to squat to pee. I always like Rourke’s gritty, raw characters and his willingness to take on the roles few in Hollywood can. More power to ya Mickey, welcome back. We have been needing some real people in Hollywood for a very long time.
Andrew is right – after what Rourke has been though in his career he probably has the attitude “what can they do to me?”
He has actually done twice what most hopefuls can’t do in their lifetimes – claw there way from the cellar to the top
Being a Hollywood “star” and proclaiming your hatred for Bush isn’t exactly courageous – going against the prevailing current is…
BARFLY!!!! He may look wack but sounds like his brain is in there somwhat straight….besides, ya gotta love the dog-lover!!!!
Breitbart….I just LOVE your new site. Alot of great opinion/info. Congrats!!
It’s interesting that actors who go through a career low and a personal hell often come back with a more conservative view on things (Robert Downey Jr., anyone?).
You know how they say, everyone’s a liberal on crime until they get mugged. Well these guys got mugged by life, went through hell and back, and came out of it with quite a perspective, I’d say.
Mickey was always intriguing to watch. First off not a pretty boy which gives him a leg up in my opinion against nearly everyone of his peers and the idiots who are coming behind him. Secondly, he can act. And again though Harley has to do what people always do when they don’t have the facts, post gossip, that Mickey publically called out Penn proves he takes no crap and doesn’t care what people think. That my friends is FREEDOM! When stop not giving a care what people think all of the time and remain true to yourself you are truly a free human being. And that in Hollywood is courageous. I salute him.
Good for Rourke!
Glad to see him back and better. Defending Bush, the cause against radical Islam, and a dog lover in addition, making him top in my book.
I see him very close to his dogs because they are loyal companions. Seems to me that many people in Hollywood abandoned Rourke and he was friendless and in a low point in his life. I remember reading that Sylvester Stallone clean him up and guided him (Rourke will be in Stallone’s new film), as well as the young Darren Aronovsky giving him a great film to revitalize his career.
Now this is a feel good story in Hollywood. Many stars should stop caring about being part of a liberal community and start being themselves.
And the Oscar goes to… Somebody else.
Andrew, go see The Wrestler. Rourke is fantastic.
Funny thing is, he’s not being pro-Bush, he’s just being fair. It’s a tough situation with no easy answers, etc. Such a simple statement…and yet even that sounds like Hollywood heresy!
I thought Rourke was amazing in Sin City, by the way.
HARLEY
So you’re saying the story is not true, correct? If he’s a long time friend of Senn Penncil then it seems more plausible this was a cooked story.
Hollywood can lick my nuts. I got my pension! I’m going home to Texas.
GEORGE BUSH
most people in Hollywood would be willing to honor your request for a price
Rourke and Penn ran together back in the day. Now Rourke is both tough and gentle. And very loopy. So there’s not much I’d be surprised to hear him say, or in this case, text. But this seems like an urban legend, and there’s certainly no reason to believe it’s true as it stands.
Other than ideological wishful thinking, of course.
Stephanie, I understand it’s hard to read comments while stamping your feet and shaking your fists at the unforgiving (and far too liberal) heavens, but even a cursory familiarity with the English language would enable you to understand that the point of the above comment, ahem, is that Breitbart is posting gossip as fact. Pointing that out is not, you know, gossip.
Resume stamping!!
Mickey is absolutely correct, right on the money with his truthful comment, “President Bush was in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The White House was definitely the wrong place for Bush. There would never be a right time for Bush in the White House. What a Shame, as the Stones said.
Yeah, you know the quaking Hollywood libs won’t know what to do with Mickey Rourke’s comment, no matter how true it is. Bill Clinton cited the WMD’s in Iraq many times during his presidency, even using Saddam’s refusal to comply with UN sanctions as a reason to bomb Iraq. Do any of you remember that (trust me, look it up!).
While his statement in no way shows approval of all Mr. Bush’s policies, at least Mr. Rourke is an honest enough individual to realize the situation as it really was. Maybe all of those “beautiful people” in Hollywood should get some Chihuahua’s to bring them back to reality.
Mr. Rourke, great job in “The Wrestler”, and thanks for a big dose of plain truth.
Gee, Dave, I don’t remember Clinton illegally invading Iraq, do you. Do me a favor. Look it up.
He just dug his grave in Hollywood. The liberals will blacklist him till the end of time
Nice job Harley… You don’t like the message, attack the messenger!! Glad to see in lock-step with the Marxists…
Pat, you don’t know Stephanie like I know Stephanie. But if the ad hom bugs you, I apologize. But the point remains the same. And that wasn’t a message she sent, it was an insult. Which is different.
As for making fun of someone and Marxism? Geesh. Who knew?
Harley – January 12th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Stephanie, I understand it’s hard to read comments while stamping your feet and shaking your fists at the unforgiving (and far too liberal) heavens, but even a cursory familiarity with the English language would enable you to understand that the point of the above comment, ahem, is that Breitbart is posting gossip as fact. Pointing that out is not, you know, gossip.
Resume stamping!!
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No Harley sweetheart I don’t stomp. You and your friends are stomping. I am merely pointing out a fact. if you don’t like it what can I do about it? I shrug. You people are the ones planted here and complaining when anyone even says something remotely off reservation aren’t you? I would say you are the ones with the anger issues. I think its pathetic the way you all act but then I do have neices younger than 6 so I see it all of the time.
About Mickey being fair. OK Saintly I’ll give you that. He was being fair and telling the truth. Thats something from what I gather you have never done since you became aware of political issues. So does Joe Lieberman and I know how much your kind LOVES him. What about going off on the Brits for bending over and taking it from Islamic Extremists in their country? You know Pencil wouldn’t say that now would he? No. And you know that. No Hollywood actor besides a few have come out and called people on their suicidal political correctness but Mickey Rourke has. Can’t wait to see the Fatwas being tossed at him.
My wife loves to watch the celebrity narcissism-fests so of course she watched the GGs.
An odd aside. I like movies. I don't give a rat's patooty about the opinions of the self-anointed class. My wife was watching some morning show when they replayed Rourke gaving his acceptance speech. I listened for a second and was impressed by what seemed to be a genuine modesty and sense of perspective. I mentioned that to my wife this morning.
That may or may not have anything to do with this thread.
I have to agree with Harley on this one – the whole “text message to person or persons unknown” may be a wonderful Schadenfreude inducer, but it wouldn’t hold up under even cursory scrutiny. Of course, I’d love it if it were true, but our desires should outrun our scepticism.
I’m still trying to digest Harley’s suggestion that the Penn story is “ideological wishful thinking” seeing as it was a throwaway included on the premise that Rourke has balls. Whether it is accurate or not is almost irrelevant since the GQ quote is above question and is the only ideological aspect of the post.
Just watched “The Wrestler” last night. Great flick. A lot of single camera shots, natural lighting and straight cutting. As a film school “nerd” (albeit, a Conservative one) we notice and appreciate those things. Oh yeah, Mickey’s acting was spot on. Hollywood, give this guy more work.
BACK ON TOP ‘n’ HOT — First Robert Downey Jnr, and now Mickey Rourke.
Help… there are 4 Horesemen flying around, muttering something about the apocalypse soon
If Michael Richards gets a hit show and four picture deal this year, can locusts be far behind?
George, fair point. And it was more or less a throwaway in the piece — but then again, Penn is a very big target, and if you go back thru the comments, you’ll see how he draws the usual fire.
The wishful thinking worked like this: Penn is a favorite target of the Right. Mickey Rourke criticizes Penn. Therefore Mickey Rourke is a plain-speaking hero. For criticizing Penn. Even tho’ it turns out he probably did no such thing.
The wishful thinking part of the latter is obvious. The ideological part is hardly all that hidden. There’s a reason Ann Hathaway’s “plain speaking” is seen as vapid dimwittery in here and Rourke’s is not.
You know. Ideology.
But yes, the main point was Rourke’s statement about Bush.
Why not? What’s he got to lose? His career?
Harley:
I appreciate your input. You could be absolutely correct but I really like to have my myths. There are so many myths in the MSM that a few of our own are valued.
When the truth and the story differ, they publish the story. At times myth is all a previously silenced minority has.
I’ve not seen a celeb yet, who is even marginally young, stand up to the democrat machine that is Hollywood. Mickey is older and can do what he wants.
George, fair point. And it was more or less a throwaway in the piece — but then again, Penn is a very big target, and if you go back thru the comments, you’ll see how he draws the usual fire.
The wishful thinking worked like this: Penn is a favorite target of the Right. Mickey Rourke criticizes Penn. Therefore Mickey Rourke is a plain-speaking hero. For criticizing Penn. Even tho’ it turns out he probably did no such thing.
The wishful thinking part of the latter is obvious. The ideological part is hardly all that hidden. There’s a reason Ann Hathaway’s “plain speaking” is seen as vapid dimwittery in here and Rourke’s is not.
You know. Ideology.
But yes, the main point was Rourke’s statement about Bush.
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Harley my dog has more going for him between his ears than Anne Hathaway. A woman who spends more time getting fetted by Anna Wintour, and the fashionista, media set of shallow pond swimmers is a target. Unless you have something intelligent to say beyond I want to have a word with Obamamwan because of the simple fact that the rev. who is designated to give the innvocation at the ONES annointing doesn’t agree with gay marriage is an insipid vapid little girl.
Anne Hathaway is as serious as a fluffy bunny and has less brain matter. Mickey Rourke at least has some serious acting chops and whether you like the fact he was FAIR (mind you FAIR doesn’t mean SUPPORTS it means FAIR) towards President Bush he also backed it up with more than cliches. The guy saw things in London that he made a statement about beyond saying he thinks W got screwed. But hey Harley demean the man some more. I know its what peole like you do best. ITs all you have. Rubber bullets. Wow. So go one trying to force everyone to be just like you. Good luck with that.
Sorry, just re-read my comment, and the last line should have been “our desires SHOULDN’T outrun our scepticism.”
Saint Ignoramus,
Clinton killed his fair share of people and has a fair share of blood on his hands. It’s hard to be in charge of the most powerful country in the world and not. Whether directly or by proxy war, American presidents will always have difficult choices to make. Here are some of Clinton’s: Missle into Iraq, enjoying merciless bombing in the Balkans. Doing nothing about genocide in Rwanda. Blackhawk Down. Supporting China over Tibet. Doing very little about human rights anywhere. Doing very little about AIDS in Africa.
I’d still have a beer with him or Bush. They both make me laugh. Can’t say that about Obama yet, but I’m sure he will eventually.
I don’t worship politicians like my peers. They are humans.
Good for the Mick.
The only problem I have with what you’re saying Harley is that people are enjoying what Rourke is saying because we understand how politically disadvantageous it is for him to do so on the one issue, and the other quote about Penn, real or imagined, is enjoyable because most here think he’s a jackass. If you wish to be intellectually honest rather than simply a well-mannered liberal troll then you’ll have to deal with the fact that this site’s raison d’etre is focused on a very real issue. And rather than trying to draw some trumped up equivalence between Ann Hathaway (who is merely symptomatic) and Mickey Rourke (who is clearly aberrant) you’d be taken more seriously if you dealt with that. If you want to argue that conservatives wouldn’t much mind if Hollywood was enveloped by with loudmouth, oppressive groupthink if they were mostly on the right then I doubt many here would disagree. But that isn’t reality. And persisting in this kind of dismissive prattle is sort of like the jackassery which leads the left to obsess about Fox News when liberals infest every other national news organ.
>I thought Rourke was amazing in Sin City, by the way.>>
Ditto that, Michael. Smaller role, but also dug Rourke in Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
Rourke was absolutely terrific in the Pope of Greenwich village. So was Eric Roberts. “They took my thumb Chahhhhhly! They took my thumb!”
First off, congratulations to Mickey Rourke. Not just for the win last night but for battling his demons and reclaiming his soul…his life.
I wish the man the best of success and good health.
Thanks Harley @ 9:59 for bringing in Patrick Goldstein’s response to the Posner article. I remember when I first read about it on the Daily Beast how it seemed to lack credibilty and had a foul smell to it. I don’t buy it.
I believe years ago, Mickey may have had a beef with Penn regarding the way he treated certain members of the press and as such Mickey called him a ‘punk’ however seems like both men did some growing up and in turn, came together to collaborate on Penn’s 2001 film, ‘The Pledge’
It was for me, the best part of the movie. In a very brief scene, Mickey Rourke did what he does best, laid it out there, giving a piece of himself in the process.
The best kind of film acting. A quiet intensity that beaks your heart.
Although the film as a whole didn’t work for me, I would highly recommend it for Mickey’s performance alone.
I find it difficult to believe given Sean Penn’s decision to cast Mickey Rourke in ‘The Pledge’ when the man was clearly at a low point in his life, that he would now talk BS as reported by Mr. Posner.
It doesn’t add up.
I guess in the weeks to come we’ll get to see if things are ‘cool’ between the two of them as they are both certain to be nominated for their performances in ‘The Wrestler’ and ‘Milk’
At which point I’ll be pulling for Mickey to bring it home on Oscar night.
Way to go Mr. Rourke. I can support a man that tells it like it is. Besides Penn is exactly what he says he is.
Ahhh a dog lover too. What else is there.
God I love Mickey Rourke.
Good for Mr. Rourke. Some common sense in the crazy hollyweird world is refreshing. Even though I typically dont care about any “stars” views, its nice to see someone stand up against the main stream and speak what the other half of america thinks.
HARLEY: You must be one friggin’ tool. You are overtly concerned about disproving the validity of a text message. It is pitiful. In actuality, it matters little if that message is true. You act like the whole article was based on that text message. As Michael Hutchison noted, Rourke was simply being fair and did commit “Hollywood Heresy” by speaking fairly of Bush. And it is truly sad that being fair-minded to Bush in Hollywood is actually news.
Frankly, don’t care two-bits if Rourke called Penn a homophobe. It’s just that Sean Penn has so divided the public for/against him, that you shouldn’t act surprised if anyone jumps at the least inkling that could reflect badly on him. Sean Penn was a good actor. However, he has one major kink in his armor: it’s right above the chin & below his nose. Penn’s good acting days are gone. He’ll get the accolades from those whose lips are fairly chapped anyway, but he’s not going to expand his fan base. Penn was once edgy, but now just preaches to the choir. Love how stars like Penn don’t grow a pair until they have succeeded. If ol’ Penn had so publicly espoused his admiration for Castro & disdain for his own president when an aspiring actor, about the only fame he’d be laying claim to is having a name that rhymes with the capital of Cambodia.
Amazing how Mickey would say something so controversial (that extremists shouldn’t be allowed to march the streets calling for murder and brainwashing children to kill). I wonder if he’ll get invited to any parties because of his heresy.
We really have become a culture of low expectations.
Maybe he is starting the new counter-counter-culture in Hollywood.
Remember, these guys gave the coveted Oscar to 3-6 Mafia for a song titled “Hard Out Here For A Pimp.” Why would any actor serious about his craft care whether he won or not?
Mickey, it may not be simple for you and I, but it is for them: America is Evil. Bush is Evil. We welcome our new Islamic masters.
So Holden, when did Clinton invade Iraq? I would think you would be overjoyed about Clinton personally firing a missle into Iraq. Isn’t that what you like to see. Iraqis being killed?
Well, for all you Rourke lovers (he has been one of my fave actors since “Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man”), Rourke is playing the bad guy in IRON MAN 2. That is as high profile a gig as you can get. We’re going to be seeing a lot of my man Mickey.
More proof as people grow up they leave the liberal lifestyles and ideology far behind in the scrapheap with the drugs and alcohol that seemed so appealing when young and restless. So Rourke has now grown up after getting run through the mill of self destruction liberalism leads to and bless him for finally growing up and seeing Bush for what he is, a man who did the best he could under the circumstances he faced and kicked some terrorist a** while doing it.and also seeing Islam brings death to everything it touches.
Reader,
Not sure what you’re all fired up about. As I said when corrected earlier, the Penn tale is a minor part of the post. And I also said, and will repeat it for you, I don’t have a single problem with Rourke’s opinion about Bush. Maybe you missed those comments. No problem.
And no, I’m not surprised to see you jump “at the least inkling that could reflect badly on him.”
Danggit Rourke, now you just blew your Oscar.
Sean Penn is a pathetic actor. Spicoli was his best acting, at close range was good……downhill since then.
Who will these libtards blame after Bush is gone for 6 or 12 months.
Since Dirty Harry moved over to this website I try to put comments here, but they are always refused. I don’t know why. I asked the Webmaster, but no answer…
Well, I just wanted to tell you that Mickey Rourke is really a sexy bitch, much more sexy than Donatella Versace. I wonder what his old pal Charles Bukowski would tell if he saw him now with his shaven chest and armpits and speaking out for Bush…
Bush will get the last laugh, he was right and now obama knows it, We will see WMD’s uncovered in Iraq & Syria
Hi Harley,
As you doubtless know, it is important to remember to always keep in mind that, on sites like these, what is most important is that someone is either bashing _you people_ or _your kind_, and/or is praising someone on _the right side_. No brain power whatsoever is needed to partake in this simple form of cheerleading – as long as it allows one side to point and say “hahaha” at the other, to allow liberals to sneer at conservative’s intelligence, or the latter to snicker at the lack of cajones on the left. It’s that #1 punditry hit that never, ever seems to get tired or overplayed.
The main thing to keep in mind is how aggrieved conservatives feel against Hollywood. What is important is that they hear inhabitants of that fabled liberal realm saying the _right_ things, not necessarily _true_ things. This sad manner in which so many conduct themselves is endemic to both sides in this ridiculous, destructive _Culture War_; and while I appreciate you politely taking the time to say it, it will always fall on mostly deaf ears.
Cheers.
Saint Ignatius
Let me refresh your memory. Clinton ordered a bombing of Iraq code named Operation Desert Fox. Why? Because Saddam was refusing to co-operate with inspections they felt he had..wait for it…WMDs. It was Clinton who supported regime change in Iraq.
By Bush “illegally” invading another country I guess you mean after he got the approval of congress and sent Colin Powell to the U.N. to present the case which involved Saddam’s continued violation of U.N. resolutions.
You don’t remember because you like the rest of the left don’t want to remember because it shatters the lie you’ve been making for eight years.
Saint Ignatius
Let me refresh you memory. Clinton ordered the bombing of Iraq which was code named Operation Desert Fox because Iraq was refusing to let weapons inspectors in and they felt he had…wait for it…WMDs. It was also Clinton’s policy to support regime change in Iraq.
By illegally invading I guess your not including Bush getting the approval of congress and sending Colin Powell to the U.N. to present the case which involved Iraq violating several U.N. resolutions.
The reason you don’t remember is because like the rest of the left you don’t want to because it shatters the lie you’ve been making.
I have the utmost respect for Mickey Rourke, he’s dead on in his beliefs and not afraid to say it. If only others had the same set of balls.But no,Politicans on the other hand are just a bunch of gutless wimps, a bunch of fake Hollywood Democrap Liberal actors on a stage spewing lies. You democraps can’t handle the truth. God bless Mickey Rourke and God bless the USA !
Iggy, Earlier you stated that President Bush didn't care about Africa. You might want to look up what that radical right winger Bono had to say on that subject. He said that Bush has done more for Africa than any other U.S. President.
This is not the first I’ve heard of Penn being a homophobe. Here’s more gossip in that vein (tenth comment in the thread):
http://nancyrommelmann.typepad.com/nancy_rommelmann/2008/12/sean-penn-for-senator.html#comments
Holden, you don’t really think Bush cares about anyone in Africa, do you. He doesn’t care about them anymore than he cared about the people in New Orleans after Katrina. Guess what they have in common. The great cowboy was at the ranch in Crawford, Texas punching doggies during the greatest natural disaster ever to hit America. Remember how his aides had to make a DVD for him to watch the aftermath of Katrina. He couldn’t have been less interested. Good Job, Brownie. Good Job, Holden. Pandax, don’t forget the 935 lies told by Bush and his administration that led to his great adventure in Iraq. Powell deeply regrets having to lie to the UN. Look it up. A word of advise, don’t ask that overblown gasbag, Rush for any facts. I imagine thats where you are getting your “information” What a joke you and Holden are. Still trying to defend that incompenent cowboy. Try thinking for yourself sometime. Try to analyze the facts. God bless and aid you both.
Holden, you don’t really think Bush cares about anyone in Africa, do you. He doesn’t care about them anymore than he cared about the people in New Orleans after Katrina. The great cowboy was at the ranch in Crawford, Texas punching doggies during the greatest natural disaster ever to hit America. Remember how his aides had to make a DVD for him to watch the aftermath of Katrina. He couldn’t have been less interested. Good Job, Brownie. Good Job, Holden. Pandax, don’t forget the 935 lies told by Bush and his administration that led to his great adventure in Iraq. Powell deeply regrets having to lie to the UN. Look it up. A word of advise, don’t ask that overblown gasbag, Rush for any facts. I imagine thats where you are getting your “information” What a joke you and Holden are. Still trying to defend that incompenent cowboy. Try thinking for yourself sometime. Try to analyze the facts. God bless and aid you both.
Always liked Mickey. Glad he’s back.
Well this is great news! I started the day down on Mickey because he’s not aged so well and he has Chihuahuas . Pardon me while I put in my 9 1/2 weeks DVD.
Saint Ignatius go away. I’ll defend Bush from people like you till the day I die
in Dallas
BRAVO! Who would’ve guessed that Mickey Rourke is actually a right-minded thinker and not just another liberal Hollywood drone walking in march step? It’s no coincidence that actors are liberals. Most of them are completely uneducated…having become ACTORS…and should keep their tiny-brained opinions to themselves. But no, their egos are so VERY large many feel the need to impart their wisdom to the masses through their activism. Sean Penn is THE prime example. He got his glorious education from Santa Monica College studying auto mechanics and SPEECH:)Everyone is entitled to an opinion and “speech”, but these people should try to recognize their limitations. They are entertainers and should make an effort to recognize their relative vocational insignificance and practice a bit of humility.
Saint Ignoramus I don’t think you should be admonishing anyone else to think for themselves. Now that Katrina is less raw it really needs to be said that the responsibility lies with a lot of stupid, ignorant civilians, an incompetent mayor, a hapless, feckless governor, an hysterical media and, yes, the federal government. In a rather typical display of Bush Derangement Syndrome you have managed to prove that politics and your scumbag worldview are more important than reality, more important than Americans coming together in times of crisis – and learning from mistakes – and that you really aren’t smart enough to understand just how divisive and reckless your kind have been in the last eight years. Of course in keeping with your utter lack of intellectual honesty the left defines divisive as anyone who doesn’t bend over to accomodate – or humor – the left, but that is an absurdity. And that’s why I will laugh my tail off as Obambi reverses course from campaign rhetoric on all manner of foreign policy matters now that the Democrats have the burden of leadership and have to at least feign interest in being grown ups.
Kudos to you Mr Rourke for the courage to say what you believe. This gives me yet another reason to see “the Wrestler.” I pray that Mickey meets nothing but success on his road back to the top.
I was kinda neutral about how I saw Mr Rourke over the years. He was really good in that Louisiana flick, but I didn’t see much after that. From his comments though, I have to say I really like him. Thanks for posting the article. Once less actor I have to despise makes my life easier.
So, just as an opinion here. What do you folks think of that janine garofalo lady on the new 24 series? I keep hoping she gets killed by muslim terrorist every scene she’s in. I’m not sure why. It’s kinda weird. I think I don’t like her very much. Sorry for the off topic. I just had a liberal freakshow flashback for a second.
Saint Ignatius
So you conveniently ignore the my stuff about Clinton. I figured you would it destroys the “Bush lied and people died” the left has spread because that would imply someone other then Bush started Iraq and you guys can’t have that.
Hurricane Katrina where the Democratic governor and mayor of New Orleans completely bungled things so bad they should have been brought up on charges but instead they spent their time putting the blame on Bush that was eaten up by the liberal media in one of the most shameful moments of the media, until this last election. Yeah I remember that.
Colin Powell was such a stand up guy that only after he left did he decide to mouth off. Yeah his conscience must have really been brothered.
So your advice is don’t believe Rush but you will gladly be spoon fed your information by the liberal media and parrot it without question. More like your the saint of liberal ignorance.
It’s good to know that all a celebrity needs to do is make one vaguely right leaning comment, or be rumored to have done so, and all is forgiven. Had MR made a left leaning comment he’d be a crazy, filthy, foul mouthed, washed up, freak of plastic surgery that is indicative of all that’s wrong with Hollywood, right?
Doubtful that Patty and co. would defend Bush ’til the day they die if he suddenly had another conversion and took a sharp left.
Hey Mickey, good for you. You have the cojones to say it like it is!!! BTW, you were great in the “Pope of Greenwich Village”…
Hey Mickey, good for you! It’s about time someone in Hollywood has the cojones to say it like it is. BTW, you were great in the movie “Pope of Greenwiich Village”.
ps… Saint Ignatius, you’re a mean spirited imbecile…
“It’s good to know that all a celebrity needs to do is make one vaguely right leaning comment, or be rumored to have done so, and all is forgiven. Had MR made a left leaning comment he’d be a crazy, filthy, foul mouthed, washed up, freak of plastic surgery that is indicative of all that’s wrong with Hollywood, right?
Doubtful that Patty and co. would defend Bush ’til the day they die if he suddenly had another conversion and took a sharp left.”
Don’t OD on the crazy pills lady. Conservative comments in Hollyweird are about as common as vegans who aren’t morons. It’s only natural that any vague indication of sanity in a thespian will make us giddy.
When you can “see” someone’s acting as you invariably can Sean Penn’s, the word “average” is a charitable attribution. Rourke, on the other hand, is so honest and real – the concept of “acting” doesn’t even come to mind. Last night was a triumph well deserved. Get thee to “The Wrestler” and see for yourself how it is done!
Seems Harley has a hard-on for Sean.
Look Harley a new web site for you to drone on about the party line.
God woman read a book.
Elaine,
WTH ya talking about Bushie did take a hard turn left, and Patty still denfeds him. I still admire him and and greatful he was our president the past eight years..
WOW. Such negativity. Try not to blow a gasket within your feeble minds. I’m starting to get a little concerned for your emotional stability. Hey, I got it. Why don’t you try one of those chill pills? Here’s what you can do. Sit down, take a deep breath, count slowly to ten, have your boyfriend bring you a chill pill on a silver platter, and then gulp it down with a glass of Black Bushmills neat. Try to follow these directions and then I think you will feel a tiny bit happier. Don’t worry. Be happy. Joy to your and yours. As always, with fond affection, Saint Ignatius.
Mickey Rourke has always marched to his own drummer and it’s nice to see he’s smart as well. His comments are dead on, which is more that you get from the majority of high profile movie stars these days.
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Saint Ignatius – you are entitled to your own private universe (as you’ve clearly shown you live in with this silly posts you’ve made) but you are not entitled to your own set of facts.
Take your own advice and look things up and actually consider reality instead of your private fantasy universe. NO ONE ILLEGALLY INVADED IRAQ. When you decide to get a clue, it would be nice to know.
I am trying to figure out why after continuously being proved wrong Saintly still keeps coming on.
Mickey Rourke has had a long hill to climb and seeing a guy who has been through a lot through the choices he made and to see him back, winning recognition for being the artist that he is awesome. I think that is the thing that Saints, Harely and the rest of the Leftists miss…its not about your politics, its about the art of acting. And Mickey Rourke has been one of the best. Instead of posting garp lets celebrate the fact he was given this second chance. The guy deserved it. Saints you and Harley should be so LUCKY!
War critics astonished as US hawk admits invasion was illegal
* Oliver Burkeman and Julian Borger in Washington
* guardian.co.uk, Thursday 20 November 2003 08.29 GMT
* Article history
International lawyers and anti-war campaigners reacted with astonishment yesterday after the influential Pentagon hawk Richard Perle conceded that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal.
In a startling break with the official White House and Downing Street lines, Mr Perle told an audience in London: “I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing.” Dear Jerome, I suppose you think you know more than Richard Perle. Talk to him about it.
Righteous Mickey.
Ignatius,
In 1992 Senator Al Gore (running for VP), on Nightline, in a video clip now on YouTube, stated that Saddam Hussein was developing WMD’s, and had about 1,400 terrorists, at that time, in Iraq.
In President Bill Clinton’s 1998 State of the Union address, also on YouTube, he also stated to the American people that Hussein had spent the better part of the 1990’s seeking and developing WMD’s.
So, also in 1998, Clinton signed into law the Iraqi Liberation Act, making regime change in Iraq U.S. POLICY.
All this before you ever HEARD of George W. Bush.
Will we also be charging Clinton and Gore for war crimes? Did they LIE to the American people about WMD’s in Iraq?
Bush simply had the audacity to ACT ON and ENFORCE Bill Clinton’s existing policy.
“Bush lied” is a mantra for leftist simpletons.
Gee Ignoramius, I suppose by your argument Clinton isn also a war criminal since Wesley Clark made the same kind of comments with regard to Kosovo. Then again we are not a scumbaggy lot like you leftists so we decided to be Americans first and rather than cheap political simpletons.
Forgive the horrid garmmar/spelling in the post above as I typed and posted rather quickly.
I don’t recall Gore and or Clinton illegally invading Iraq. What sort of alternative history are you living in? As far as the Iraq invasion is concerned consult NeoCon Richard Perle about it. In a Vanity Fair article that was first published online in November 2006, Perle expressed regret of his support of the invasion and faulted the “dysfunction” in the Bush administration for the troubled occupation. “I think now I probably would have said, ‘Let’s consider other strategies for dealing with the thing that concerns us most, which is Saddam supplying weapons of mass destruction to terrorists’. The decisions did not get made that should have been. They didn’t get made in a timely fashion, and the differences were argued out endlessly. At the end of the day, you have to hold the president responsible.”
Saint Ignatius
So let me get this straight bombing someone is O.K. in your book. So if we bomb Iran we can use your logic “Hey what are getting bent out of shape for? We only carpet bombed you not like we invaded or anything.” I always find it funny how many ways the left twists itself to make this Bush’s war. Your illegally invaded stuff is done, Bush got the approval of congress end of story we’re not buying that lie either.I see your not going to argue you the point of Clinton saying there were WMD in Iraq so that pretty much undercuts your arguement on that. Of course your leaving noted liberal and leader of the U.K. Tony Blair who supported Bush and Christopher Hitchens no conservative by any means who has supports the war. Has President Bush ever claimed he wasn’t responsible for the running of the war? In fact he was the who admitted our the current approach was not working and gave the go ahead for the surge which secured Iraq. What it boils down to is you liberals hate Bush and you will do anything to undermine him spreading your lies. What’s funny is future ex-president in 2012 Obama is now pretty much sticking to Bush’s withdrawl time table. So I’m sure you’ll spread the new lie of how Obama saved Iraq.
Elaine,
While I appreciate your point of view, I don’t think you should be so quick to judge. I’m conservative and I’m not rushing out to buy a Mickey Rourke Fat Head to hang on my wall in worship. I think most of us are more surprised than anything by his comments and more importantly the timing of his comments. It is awards season after all. I don’t think his comments were pro-Bush but I think he did a reasonable job at defending our president and possibly poking fun at those out there that blame GW for the most insane things like getting 2% instead of soy milk in their lattes. More to the point, it will be interesting to follow Mickey Rourke from this moment forward to see how Hollywood now treats him. Will he get the oscar? Will he get good reviews for IronMan 2? Will critics remember what he said? Big Hollywood is just the place to follow that story.
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You can FORGET not involving Clinton and Gore.
They are as responsible for the Iraq War as George W. Bush.
Bush took them at their word, along with the same intel they saw.
Again, Clinton kept telling us Iraq was a growing threat – Bush did something about it.
The Clinton administration is as guilty as the Bush administration.
Don’t dodge that – it won’t work.
PANDAX, you are correct Bush had nothing to do with the invasion of Iraq. Clinton invaded Iraq March 19,2003. I was wrong to assume Bush was president at the time. Your extraordinary logic has defeated me. Please accept my apology for being so stupid. God bless.
Saints your gratituous shrill screetching about the War is getting to be disgusting. Tell me woman do you have a life beyond posting here? You insult our intelligence with your constant loop of leftist propaganda which your bealch out like the Engerizer Bunny. Joe Weldon you are correct in what you stated above.
Rourke’s honesty trumps the vile twitterings of this troll, Saints.
Thanks, Stephanie.
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