Mel Gibson: Obama Doesn't Have What It Takes to 'Fix' America

[CatWoman]

Never one to shy away from voicing his opinion, actor Mel Gibson has declared that he doesn't believe President Obama has the means necessary to "fix" the United States.

“ is a man with an impossible task on his hands," Gibson told Pop Tarts at the Hollywood premiere of his latest drama thriller "Edge of Darkness" on Tuesday night. "He got left a mess and I wish him all the best but I don’t think he’s going to fix it in five minutes and probably not in his entire tenure."

Gibson's thoughts come as no surprise, as his new film explores the dark side of politics. He stars as homicide detective Thomas Craven, who is embroiled in an investigation into the murder of his activist daughter. In the process, Craven uncovers a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/01/29/mel-gibson-obama-doesnt-takes-fix-america/?test=faces

[Lyric]

1. Mel Gibson would "fix" America by turning into 16th century Spain.

No thanks.

[Dappleganger]

2. Turning to a drunken bigot is always a start.

[Robb]

70. Hey, it worked for Cheney. nt

[Jim Sagle]

3. Mel Gibson ain't nuthin' but Nazi filth. So any knock from him is a boost to Obama.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. by that does he mean, burning antisemitism?

because, if so, he is right, unlike him, Obama is not a gross anti-semite asswipe

[krispos42]

15. Probably "burning antisemitism" in the literal sense, too. n/t

[Arkana]

5. No, Mel, he doesn't.

That would take getting rid of all the J-E-W-S, right?

[spanone]

6. one more reason to boycott his movie....a man who speaks politics thru 'Pop Tarts' bwaahahaha

[Bicoastal]

7. To give the devil his due....

...Gibson was actually way more generous with his appraisal than the headline would suggest.

[krispos42]

True.

And his movie is exactly about what happens when governments act to protect and defend corporations that are politically and economically powerful. Or at least that's what the blurb about his movie was.


I'll probably see it next week as a matinee. :shrug:

[EFerrari]

13. It's a misleading headline from FOX and the knees start jerking.. Geeze.

[uppityperson]

8. I agree with Gibson that it is an impossible task. Doesn't mean Pres Obama shouldn't try

but that everyone realize how difficult it is. For once, I agree with Mel.

[Strelnikov_]

76. Agree. We have been digging this hole for 30 years

It is gonna take more than a couple of terms to dig out.

[krispos42]

9. Obama has the tools.. the Repubs won't let him use them

Cuz, yanno, it would distort the free market and interfere with good capitalism.

[liberal N proud]

10. Give that man another drink

He will fall back down and STFU

[rucky]

11. It's the Jooz!

[NYC_SKP]

12. Their headline "doesn't have what it takes" doesn't match Gibson's actually words.

How very consistent of them.

Why not the more accurate headline, "Obama got left a mess."?

[snooper2]

14. My question is - why is Mel talking to pop tarts again?

is he back off his meds :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[newtothegame]

21. Hahaha mental health isssues are fuckin HILARIOUS!!! n/t

[soleft]

16. I guess I don't have what it takes to see his movie

[DainBramaged]

17. What a completely BULLSHIT line by FOX, he said NOTHING at all like that

Obama is a man with an impossible task on his hands," Gibson told Pop Tarts at the Hollywood premiere of his latest drama thriller "Edge of Darkness" on Tuesday night. "He got left a mess and I wish him all the best but I don’t think he’s going to fix it in five minutes and probably not in his entire tenure."

Does anyone see Obama Doesn't Have What It Takes to 'Fix' America anywhere?

[anonymous171]

18. Especially if he continues clinging to old ideas about the economy

[DainBramaged]

19. FAUX IS LYING, Gibson did NOT say that

o holy shit, laying sacks of shit.

[ddeclue]

20. Like I really care what Mel Gibson thinks .. especially on politics...

he's an expert now?

:eyes:

[Scout]

37. you obviously cared enough to post and kick the thread!

i love posts about how little people care about the topic they just posted about...!

[ddeclue]

45. so? kicking it again out of spite...

[Brother Buzz]

22. You just keep thinkin' Butch. That's what you're good at.

[keroro gunsou]

23. hmmm

and aussie telling an american what to do. pardon me if i am not overcome with wanting to listen. piss off mel. stick to making movies and cheating on your wife.

[Zomby Woof]

25. Gibson was born in New York state

He's American, and I won't even ask for his birth certificate.

[treestar]

62. Crap! That's bad news!

You mean we are responsible for him? :rofl: :rofl:

[DainBramaged]

24. OK those of you who can't bother to read the link, HE DIDN'T FUCKING SAY THAT

FAUX is fabricating yet again.


Those of you with your snide remarks should be ashamed of themselves and mad at FOX, but of course, this is DU, where any opportunity to try and score points as a radical lemming is encouraged.

[1awake]

77. Do you think some here care if its true or not? n/t

[sandyj999]

26. Mel who?

[yellowcanine]

27. Mel Gibson doesn't have what it takes to produce a movie without filling it with violence.

[Name removed]

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[euphoria12leo]

46. Excuse me

I don't think you're suppose to use two of those words in your post. Another thread was locked because the word
after sugar in your heading was used. I might be wrong. I just thought I'd tell you.:shrug:

[Toasterlad]

47. He's Quoting Mel Gibson. That's What Mel Said To the Female Officer When He Was Arrested.

[Cheap_Trick]

48. "Sugar tits" was a reference to Mel Gibson

It's what he called the female police officer who arrested him.

[euphoria12leo]

54. Ok

I just didn't know whether we could use the words (tits and republi*****) at all.
Things get a little confusing around here. Some rules are tested.

[Marr]

29. Amazing. Gibson essentially says Bush left a mess, and Fox reports it as:

'Obama sucks'.

[CreekDog]

30. Gibson didn't say that actually

FOX did.

What Gibson said was hard to disagree with:

“ is a man with an impossible task on his hands," Gibson told Pop Tarts at the Hollywood premiere of his latest drama thriller "Edge of Darkness" on Tuesday night. "He got left a mess and I wish him all the best but I don’t think he’s going to fix it in five minutes and probably not in his entire tenure."

[DainBramaged]

52. The haters in this thread ar clueless they can read one fucking line up

let alone click on a link and get the true story.

[hileeopnyn8d]

64. I think people

"haters" as you call them, read that and they still dislike Mel Gibson. And that's okay. All it proves is Fox is dishonest, and DU collectively and with good reason, dislikes Gibson.

[DainBramaged]

66. I just don't understand the venom BECAUSE of a FALSE headline

it says more about the people responding than FAUX.

[JoDog]

31. An Mel Gibson

doesn't have what it takes to entertain America.

[Scout]

32. look at the knees jerking from DUers who see Gibson's name....

don't bother to READ the article...

and then go on and make themselves look really stupid by hating on Gibson!

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

33. you can hate Gibson, just not for *this* comment

:rofl:

[Scout]

39. oh yeah, no argument there...

didn't mean he was admirable or anything, just find it funny how people don't bother to read before commenting. then they look stupid.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

34. this comment is hardly why i or anyone else hate gibson. to reiterate

that his opinion, good or bad, is immaterial & that he is an antisemite hardly makes one look stupid.

except i suppose to the incredibly dull.

[Scout]

35. ooooh is widdums little feelings hurt?

"except i suppose to the incredibly dull"

:rofl:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. yes, you are clearly in the position to hurt my feelings. nt

[Scout]

38. of course i couldn't do that, i'm just too incredibly dull

for "La Lioness"

:rofl:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

42. are people's feelings usually hurt by what random people on the internet say?

how fragile do you think people are?

[Forkboy]

58. Not just for her.

[Scout]

84. so dull for you, you had to reply

:rofl:

[apocalypsehow]

40. I thought I heard a sound of rushing feet - and it turned out to be knees flailing. Spot on reply.

:thumbsup:

Edit: clarity.

[Sheepshank]

41. ITA n/t

[treestar]

63. Should the headline not approximate the article?

Maybe it's gibson who should sue Fauz Nooze!

[DainBramaged]

81. It's the jerks, period. How sad the bandwagon filled up so quickly.

[MerryBlooms]

43. Fox chumming for suckers

with yet another crap headline. Shocking.

Mel Gibson is an ass of biblical proportions already, it's not like Fox needs to help him out with a deceptive headline.

[laylah]

44. ...

:puke: Used to like and respect him...THAT'S been gone for some time. Hypocrite!

[mitchum]

49. That's the booze talking

[LeftinOH]

50. I hated Braveheart; he should have stayed in Oz.

[DainBramaged]

51. Shame on all of you with disparaging remarks, you can't even read

clueless, all of you for what you've written. FAUX is trying to make him look bad, bit too many of you are too ignorant to read between the lines.

I give up. This place has just become a toilet.

[CatWoman]

53. HOWEVER, DB

This is an excellent example of Fox's nefarious "journalistic" practices, isn't it?

[DainBramaged]

65. Yes, but I don't think most of the people in the thread understood

they took it at face value.

[Javaman]

55. And just where is "mr. racist tirade's" street cred when it comes to things important?

he makes films so therefore he's got major insight?

Like someone else said in this thread, if it was up to mel, we would be 16th century Spain.

[gleaner]

56. Mel Gibson is a religious extremist and ...

an all around nut case. I don't like Obama or what he is doing in the name of "fixing" America, but I don't think Mel Gibson has an inside track to reality, much less complicated political equations.

[Forkboy]

57. What do you think of Charlize Theron as the new Mad Max?

I'd comment on Mel, but fuck the jammy goit. :)

[DainBramaged]

67. The venom in this thread amazes me, OVER a FALSE headline

I really expected better of the DU community.

[hileeopnyn8d]

83. I think you're wrong.

I think if the thread title and OP said "Mel Gibson" and nothing else, you would still see the same type of responses.

And most of what I'm reading isn't venom, it's snark.

[DainBramaged]

85. It's not what I expected from the community at large. I am disappointed

I have said LESS and had posts deleted. I could probably take personally half of the 'snark' in this thread and have it deleted because it is offensive.

[Forkboy]

86. I read the article last night.

My comment had nothing to do with it, and as for any venom, article aside, Mel is still an asshat. :shrug:

[librechik]

59. the real question is does Mel Gibson have what it takes to stop being an A-hole

he's almost as big a mess as the country. Fix yourself, actor man.

[Ardent15]

60. Go back to making shitty movies, Gibson

You're better at that.

[treestar]

61. I was just waiting for Mel Gibson's opinion

Before making up my mind!

:rofl: :rofl:

Now I know what to think!

I'll go register Republican now. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[varelse]

68. It's been said by others on this thread

I don't seem to see the phrase "Obama doesn't have what it takes" anywhere but in their own title. "Fair and Balanced" my ass.

[area51]

69. Mel Gibson ...

is a sack of misogynist, anti-semite shit.

[The Midway Rebel]

71. And I Don't Have What it Takes

to see his fucking movie.

[Hamlette]

72. The headline in no way reflects what Gibson said

I'm not trying to defend Gibson but he didn't say Obama did have what it takes to fix the country. He said he was left with a mess and he does have the MEANS to fix it.

Fuck Pravda/Fox

[Quantess]

73. Ugh. That's one film I won't be watching.

[Grand Taurean]

74. Obama is still better than your theocratic fascist friends Mel.

[Jamastiene]

75. It seems the people at Faux have a problem understanding simple English.

What Gibson said was quite different than what they implied.

[NoFace]

78. Did you all read what else he said? Seems to just be profiting from Anti-Gov sentiment...

"(The movie) picks the scab off the governmental, corporate paranoia - the under the table workings that happen," Gibson explained. "I think we've lost our naiveté, I don’t think we have any pretension that what most of our leaders are doing is leading us to the slaughterhouse."

Mel !
The Health Care Bill...900 pages and the first few are in English but the rest Mel... is a cookbook! You gotta tell 'em Mel! Soylent Green... is people!
It's made out of Peo-o-o-p-ple!!!!
Etc.






:+

[donheld]

79. Mel can go to Hell

[Kievan Rus]

80. At least he's not harping on about Jews causing all the wars this time

[lonestarnot]

82. Mellonhead is better left to his own devices in a secluded location.

I couldn't be drug into one of his stupid movies, let alone pay to get into one.

[old mark]

87. I was just getting over his drunken anti semetic outburst and we

were thinking of seeing his new movie, but fuck that ignorant pig-bastard-trash.
I haven't even watched one of his old movies for years, and I don't plan to start again.


mark

[Yurovsky]

88. I have to read his quotes in a Foster Brooks voice...

can just imagine this drunkard railing on the President in a racist rant...