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Donald Sutherland Thwacks Hillary Clinton in Web's Least-Essential Political Commentary
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 8:55 AM on May 30, 2008
Presidential politics is but a blip on our radar most days at Defamer HQ, but every now and then a ping so rattles us from our afternoon stupor that we can't help but take notice. Today's wake-up call comes from angry activist and sometime actor Donald Sutherland, who just joined the stirring realms of downmarket punditry at The Huffington Post:
It is incomprehensible to me that Mrs. Clinton can seriously be touting the notion, with the support of the punditocracy of CNN and Fox, that she is leading in the popular vote and should therefore be seriously considered as the most electable candidate in the November election. ...
[W]hat about us? What about the American people? Haven't we had enough of Mrs. Clinton's mad antics in her pursuit of the realisation of venal personal ambition; her "say anything, do anything, no matter what" effort to manipulate our all too willing media to gull this country's populace into believing that her wretched illegitimacy is indeed legitimate. How much mendacity do we have to suffer, how much brazenness do we have to swallow before someone, anyone, has the decency, the common sense, to relieve us of this terrible trifle, this pathetic madness?
Such vitriol — from a Canadian! Anyway, if you're reading this, Kiefer, your Dad's OK. You can pick him up at Arianna's.
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WGARefugee
Posted 9:43 AM 30/5/08
Los Angeles is the biggest Canadian city outside of Canada and Canadians secretly rule the entertainment industry. You have to have a special pair of sunglasses to see them as they go aboot their nefarious business.
WGARefugee
NoWireHangers
Posted 9:40 AM 30/5/08
Dare I say, that is the prettiest way I've ever heard anyone scream, "DIE B*TCH DIE!"
NoWireHangers
hughman
Posted 9:19 AM 30/5/08
"How much mendacity do we have to suffer, how much brazenness do we have to swallow before someone, anyone, has the decency, the common sense, to relieve us of this terrible trifle, this pathetic madness?"
Indeed, Madame! I rebuke you and your modern fancies! Be gone, I tell you, be gone! Forsooth!
hughman
Benovite
Posted 9:18 AM 30/5/08
Great pic once again.
Benovite
gwendemarco
Posted 10:12 AM 30/5/08
So he's for McCain then right?
gwendemarco
OldTowneTavern
Posted 11:28 AM 30/5/08
Arianna: "Yes, it's lovely, but I don't see how 'this Earth, this realm, this England' quite fits, so I'll just take a red pen to that, Donald. And, also, if we may ditch the iambic. That would help. Please, don't take every criticism so personally."
OldTowneTavern
uncle_wiggly
Posted 11:38 AM 30/5/08
I visit Huffpo about once a month to see which seniors have blown a gasket and have taken to the site to vent their rage about their loosening grasp on life by over-reacting to mundane topics that they've seen on CNN the evening before. What baffles me is when you see relatively young people like John Cusack or Adam McKay on there ranting like a senior whose lawn has been trodden on.
uncle_wiggly
Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 2:02 PM 30/5/08
I don't know if I would take advice from the man who did not take points on "Animal House"...but then again his son did tackle a Christmas tree...Damn you, politics. Damn you.
Little Mintz Sunshine
raincoaster
Posted 4:42 PM 30/5/08
@raincoaster: Present company excepted, of course.
raincoaster
raincoaster
Posted 4:42 PM 30/5/08
Pointing out that Americans are mendacious losers is a fine Canadian tradition, I'll have you know!
raincoaster
regisgoat
Posted 8:44 PM 30/5/08
Jeeeeezus, that still! I've never been so frightened by a film in my life! Ayyiyi! I got baked in the parking lot outside the Los Cerritos Towne Plaza or whatever it was called before seeing that version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and I got so freaked out I couldn't watch the movie! I had to make a teary-eyed long distance call to my girlfriend in Santa Cruz like an absolute total pud, right from the lobby of the theater! And then the people I went with took me home afterwards, and Devo's "Are We Not Men" was on the car stereo and it completely calmed me down. That gang of Akronites were always good at presenting the upside of robotism.
I'm with the great Canadian thespian on this issue, by the way.
regisgoat
STV
Posted 9:56 PM 30/5/08
@hughman: Come to think of it, "Mr. Sutherland" would have made a great Dickens character.
STV
CourageousCoward
Posted 1:33 AM 31/5/08
If he was auditioning for a part there, I'd say he nailed it.
CourageousCoward
Greganda
Posted 2:48 AM 31/5/08
Good day, madam! I SAID GOOD DAY!
Greganda