MRC's Bozell on George Clooney Advising Obama


MRC President and NewsBusters Publisher Brent Bozell appeared around 10:15 a.m. EDT on Fox News Channel's "America's Newsroom" to discuss actor George Clooney's role in advising presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama.

Imagine, Megyn, what would happen if it transpired that in 2000 George Bush's foreign policy advisor was Billy Ray Cyrus, or if this year, McCain was being advised on foreign policy by Ted Nugent. The media would have a field day with something like that.

Audio available here.


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Well in all fairness...

I'd rather Clooney be advising him on foreign policy than Winnie the Pooh.

Ridiculous

An article I read about this quoted George as saying, "I don't want to spook middle america voters into thinking Obama is a puppet of the Hollywood elite."

Too late!

Purdue

Do I detect a hint of codespeak in Mr. Clooney's remark?

I'm just saying I really can't imagine him saying something so insensitive.

I ♣ my seal

did Clooney say "spook"

did Clooney say "spook" that could be miscontrused, after all some "racist" back in the day used that work to describe american-africans. so where are the good revs Al and Jesse when you need them?

On behalf of working puppets

On behalf of working puppets everywhere, I resent that slur.

- Lamb Chop 

Even though I was not

Even though I was not surprised by this, it still made me sick to my stomach when I heard about it.  How elitist is this?...

I'd rather Clooney advise on foreign affairs

than on making good movies!  What a self-absorbed tool!  The Angry White Dude wrote about Clooney making his next movie about Bin Laden's driver last week.  For anyone interested, here's a link:

http://angrywhitedud...

Jeff Lebowski

I'd rather Clooney advise on foreign affairs

than on making good movies!  What a self-absorbed tool!  The Angry White Dude wrote about Clooney making his next movie about Bin Laden's driver last week.  For anyone interested, here's a link:

http://angrywhitedud...

Jeff Lebowski

Who cares?

When even Paris Hilton has a better energy policy than you do, exactly how much can George Clooney hurt?

Ask Nick Clooney

How much can George Clooney hurt Obama? George's ties to the Hollywood leftist elite played not a small role in his dad's congressional run defeat. Nick Clooney, although left leaning, is held in high regard in the consrvative district where he was running. He was crushed in the election.

Since Obama is already further left of the Clooneys, George's jumping on the obamawagon won't hurt. It isn't going to help either.

i guess this hasn't been picked up by the MSM yet, but ...

mr. obama dispatched george clooney to atlanta to broker a peace deal between with the russians.  apparently mr. obama thought the state of georgia was invaded ... and upon hearing this, fled  the mainland to a bunker in hawaii (nicely disguised by the media as a "vacation")

to prepare for this imporant task, clooney felt the need to arm himself with as much information as possible in order to cover all aspects of negotiation.  in a briefcase, clooney carried printed copies of text messaging between him and the casts of "the unit" and "24" for both military and political strategy.  obama is said to have faxed clooney several wikipedia articles on russian military uniforms, the 2003 georgia peach harvest and jimmy carter's UFO sighting as supporting documentation.  clooney, the consumate historian and perfectionist, specifically requested that the flight to atlanta include a viewing of "gone with the wind" to ensure he had a firm grasp of georgian culture when developing a plan for peace.

so far, no news from clooney ... he was last seen on the side of a road in valdosta, georgia, holding a map and asking a farmer for directions to the city of Gori.

meanwhile, mr. obama is still hiding in his hawaiian bunker, reportedly working on a "windfall gold hauling tax" he plans to introduce to the senate once mr. clooney completes his mission in georgia.  yes, obama has shifted his ire from "big oil" to "big olympians" ... apparently, he is livid that some greedy american athlete has horded all the gold and actually has the audacity to try and take more! 

also, charles manson has supposedly ended up on obama's short list of running mates.  mr. obama is apparently impressed with mr. manson's appeal to the youth of america and felt that his charisma, hypnotic eyes, wisdom and open views on race relations would be beneficial in unifying americans on all levels.  obama is reported to be unfazed by mr. manson's permanent incarceration and is confident he can schedule manson's 25th parole hearing before the election.  obama was quoted as saying he "hopes" the parole board will "change" its mind so mr. manson can get his message out as a free "citizen of the world".

BRAVO, pmohbuck!!! 

BRAVO, pmohbuck!!!  BRAVO!!

Excellent, pmohbuck!

Excellent, pmohbuck! Excellent!

"we should immediately give every working family in America a
$1,000 energy rebate, and we should pay for it with part of the record
profits that the oil companies are making" Barak Obama, Communist

Very very well done! The

Very very well done!

The major media report only half the news. Why are they surprised they have only half the potential audience?

Can't be serious

I just can't take this report seriously. It strikes me, instead, that Obama is just trying to "channel" JFK, and JFK's hob-nobbing with the rat pack. Clooney is just Obama's Danny Ocean, where Sinatra was the same for JFK. Like his fellow Democrat said the other day, when you get so much attention as a presidential candidate, you tend to think you're special. You come to think that the rules don't apply to you. In the most extreme form, you come to think of yourself as the messiah they all think you are.

And if Obama finds a Sinatra, can a Marilyn Monroe be far behind?

But Bozell is right. It doesn't much matter whether the report is correct, the point is the disparity in how the media treats the rumor. If this was a Republican, the media would be howling.

"I'll see your George and raise you a Charo"

McCain should counter by immediately appointing Charo his foreign policy advisor. She is as much an "expert" on foreign policy as George Clooney, and plus, she is foreign.  "Cuchi cuchi' anyone?

She would lock up alot of

She would lock up alot of the Mexican vote, too!

It is laughable the Obama

It is laughable the Obama is using a Hollywood star as an 'advisor' on foreign policy or let the media think that it was.

If acting on the "Facts of Life", producing box office bombs, and dropping out of college are the necessary requirements for foreign affairs advisors then Clooney is your man.

Was Britney Spears not available?

Clooney and Jewish vote in Florida

Clooney is strongly pro-Palestinian, makes excuses for terror bombers, and supposedly communicates with Obama several times a week. If this doesn't give Jewish voters pause - I don't know what would. And Florida is a likely swing state with a fairly large Jewish population. Hmmmmm. Maybe its time for Obama to throw yet another close friend under the bus of political expediency.

Imagine, Megyn, If Cyrus

Imagine, Megyn,
If Cyrus and Nugent were not little leaguers next to Clooney.

Say it aint so!