George Clooney in Esquire

[AngryLizard]

Which is news enough, but here is what he had to say:

"You know, my dad just ran for Congress. I did stump speeches for him, and I'd have to get up and apologize to everybody for being a liberal. For some reason, we've gotten to this place where 'liberal' is a bad word again, which is truly insane. Look at American history. Start with the Salem witch hunt. The conservative view was, 'Well, they're all witches and they should be burned at the stake.' But the liberal view was, 'Maybe there aren't any such things as witches.' Liberals thought that women should be allowed to vote. We thought it'd be okay for blacks to sit at any luch counter they wanted and wherever they liked on a public bus. We thought that'd be all right. We've always been on the right side of history eventually. So I don't understand how you lose the moral argument.

"We don't have to put the word 'compassionate' in front of 'liberal' the way conservatives do to prove that we give a shit about people. I think we should change what we call ourselves. I think we should be 'ruthless' liberals. We need to show that we're tough, that we really give a shit about people."

[crispini]

1. 'ruthless' liberals...

all the more reason to love The Clooney.... sigh.... :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Elidor]

2. Fucking-A well told

Just for that, I'll forgive him for Ocean's Twelve. :D

[roguevalley]

3. love that man. he's not just another pretty face. ;)

[AngryLizard]

5. Although the face does help

Especially the smile.

[Placebo]

4. President Clooney

[Rowdyboy]

6. He's a class act....

[tilsammans]

7. Wow!

I especially like how he said, "We don't have to put the word 'compassionate' in front of 'liberal' the way conservatives do to prove that we give a shit about people."

Now THAT'S a George I can love! :loveya:

[Jack_Dawson]

8. Clooney Rules

and not just cause he's my idol (being a bachelor late in life).

He's the same guy who said "we didn't elect a president, we elected a manager."