Actress Dern: 'Loved' Making Katherine Harris Look 'Clueless' in HBO Film

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It's not often that a denizen of Hollywood is so crass as to admit that they enjoyed using their film work as a bludgeon with which to beat up a living person, but Reuters is reporting that the folks that made the upcoming HBO film "Recount" -- and actress Laura Dern in particular -- really relished making at least one person look like an idiot. Apparently Dern really enjoyed skewering Katherine Harris, the former Florida Secretary of State responsible for certifying the 2000 general election results.

Reuters helpfully informs us that actress Dern is a "self-described liberal" who "loved portraying (Harris) in the new HBO movie." And, why was it so fun for our "self-described liberal" to portray Representative, then Florida Sec. of State Harris? Because they made her look "clueless about the workings of her office," of course.

So, how is Harris depicted?

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Throughout the TV movie, writer Danny Strong characterizes Harris as clueless about the workings of her office but shrewd about decision-making that would favor Republicans. Harris' dual nature, Dern said, is why she loved the role.

Yeah, she "loved" it alright. In fact she even resorted to that well-known style of denigration while talking about her victim.

"That's what made it even more fun to be honest, to get inside the head of that sort of person, to examine her look and be like her -- all those challenges make it more fun," Dern told Reuters in a recent interview.

You can easily see how Dern approached her portrayal of Harris with her "that sort of person" comment, can't you? To practice the politics of personal destruction is something that had Dern saying that she'd "..never had so much fun" in her life.

Just a reminder that "self-described liberals" think they are the most civil, caring, and tolerant examples of humanity. Naturally, all that gets tossed out the window when they have a political enemy to destroy.

Unsurprisingly, Reuters is attempting to make it seem as if this fictional depiction of the entire recount saga is an historical retelling as opposed to a dramatized, fictional account.

"Recount" goes behind closed doors and inside the minds of Republicans and Democrats to attempt to show how party leaders tried to manipulate the counting of votes to their favor.

In the end, after Florida and U.S. Supreme Court decisions, it was Harris' job to stop the recount and end the process. As the movie tells it, she did everything legally and within her government-sanctioned power to see that Bush won.

It "goes behind closed doors and inside the minds"? Behind the scenes of their made up story, and into the minds of their fictional assumptions of what was going through those minds to be sure.

But, wait a minute. This one line needs more focus: "As the movie tells it, she did everything legally and within her government-sanctioned power to see that Bush won." What does this really mean? OK, she did "everything legally and within her government-sanctioned power to see that Bush won." Let's think about that sentence. Doesn't this mean she was RIGHT? So, why did Reuters just write that sentence as if something nefarious and shifty was perpetrated? Bush won, fair and square. It was LEGAL and WITHIN HER POWER. Period.

Just as unsurprisingly, this film was written and acted without those involved in the movie actually talking to Katherine Harris herself.

This movie is shaping up to be just another example of BDS and hatred for conservatives and Republicans. Will the left and Hollywood ever just get over it?

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Imagine that.A liberal

Imagine that.A liberal ACTING clueless.Yawn.

Laura Dern should have a

Laura Dern should have a pretty good idea on how to act clueless.

Dern

Dern's father is so proud.  What?? Another waste of film, money and time.  Please can we see the scene as Wolf Blitzer cries on CNN when Gore conceded...I doubt I will even rent this one. Another Mikie Moore film for the Libs...

 

 

No acting necessary.

No acting necessary. ;-)

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

Typical leftist blather

Typical leftist blather from the press, msm, and of course Hollywood with Spacey case leading the way....I just wished everyone would not give Recount so much mention/attention...alas it is too late now though...

Harris was maligned, belittled, everything you could think of with the DNC and the press..including Saturday Night Live...it got real old.

Now I want to add on a few observations here...I heard Harris was invited to add to the movie or work with the character of her...no response I guess if this is true...which I can't say that I blame her...

Now I really hate to add this on here...I watched Harris with great anticipation during her run for office and her debates...she was really disappointing to me...as I posted here on NBs at the time...she really isn't the brightest there is out there...just being honest here.

As far as the leftists being kind and compassionate to others....oh please...give me a break...everyone knows the party only wants dependency on them by the voters...it's the socialist agenda. 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Dern

This from an actress whose most memorable role involved handling dinosaur poop.

different memories

I dunno.  I think 'Laura Dern' cookies are pretty memorable.  Isn't that the kind of cookie they use in Twix bars? 

When a liberal speaks, the truth is busy elsewhere.

Oh, and her performance was just riveting!

Yes, I remember seeing her in that role for the first time (along with that other twit, the tall, geeky one who played the forever nattering scientist-who has even LESS acting ability than Dern, if that's possible) and just being amazed that someone who is so BAAAAAAAAAAD at acting would actually land that job-or any job in that field.

Thus the phrase...who did she sleep with to get that role?

And funny how SHE talks about someone else being clueless about THEIR job.

The Skinny

I saw Laura Dern on Jon Stewart's show recently. She is tall, gangly and big boned. She reached, with big hands, across the table to shake Jon's smaller paw.

In the brief clip I saw of Dern as Harris, she looked like a hulking, rawboned oaf.

Katherine Harris is petite, if I remember correctly. Yes, with a little too much makeup, but very pretty.

Self-Described Liberal


And, why was it so fun for our self-described liberal to portray Representative, then Florida Sec. of State Harris? Because they made her look clueless about the workings of her office, of course.

So maybe some of us "self-described" conservatives should put together a little film about the cluelessness of Hollywood. It's not like the script would be a challenge, and I"m sure there are some goodlooking conservatives out there who wouldn't mind mimicking the foolishness of the Hollywood mafia. Possible script points:

  • The flood of sequels they've pooped out over the past decade because they're bereft of ideas
  • The fatuousness of the recent spate of box-office dud anti-war films
  • The string of celebusluts with whom they're obsessed
  • The hypocritical gum-flapping about global warming by those living the highest carbon lifestyles in the country

Yeah, should be a piece of cake.


"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

www.conservativeboot...

gg... Great idea...Plus

gg...

Great idea...Plus it would be a big Box Office hit!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

I'm Convinced It Would...

...make more than most of the crap that gets released from Hollywood. Wait a sec, does this trash get released or does it just escape? After all these years, I'm not sure.

You in, BT?


"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

www.conservativeboot...

gg... You

gg...

You betcha'!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Small handful of conservatives in Follywood

You might be able to get a few conservatives to bite, but Hollywood is very fickle about people who participate in "conservative" projects - look what happened to Mel Gibson after "Passion of the Christ" (though he didn't help himself with his drunken "Jew slurs"). I found a website with a surprisingly large number of conservatives, though some seem borderline or "one-issue" conservatives. Actually, I'm a one issue conservative myself - national security. The rest I'm libertarian - though my conservative foreign policy views often conflict with "pure" libertarianism. I just don't confuse my ideals with the way the real world is - often nasty.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius

Reasonjester, Interesting

Reasonjester,

Interesting link, but also missing from the list are Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue) and Tony Sirico (Sopranos). I'm sure, however, that there are a lot more closet conservatives in Hollyweird.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell

I am sure if conservative actors are too vocal

It will be tough to land roles in the land of reverse "McCarthyism".

BTW have you ever notice that liberal actors love to play the roles of those hated conservatives. Maybe to add that little extra kick to provide a more evil portrayal.

»→ Ya think?

Jon Voight has an Oscar and a famous daughter, and he couldn't get a square next to Whoopi.

  • LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Seriously, Cool?...Voight

Seriously, Cool?...Voight is having trouble getting work because of his conservative views? I'm not as "on top" of the Hollywood scene as I was at one time, but I thought he was doing okay.

Jer

I'll take Jon Voight to

I'll take Jon Voight to block.

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

Too bad

Too bad I will never see this movie.  I cancelled my HBO (and all other movie channels) a couple years ago.  Looks like I made the right decision.

 

There are 10 types of people.  Those who understand binary and those who don't.

Okay That's it.....

time to cancel this channel full of crap. And I'm going to tell my cable company why too.

 

 

 

 

This town needs an enema! - The Joker

Sometimes the Hollyweirds make it easy.

When concentrated crap like this comes out all one need do is glance at the cast for future reference on what not to waste time and money on.

I would love to see

I would love to see Katherine Harris sue the hell out of them.

How sweet would that revenge be, say.. $20 million.

 

 

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

Romney / Jendil  2012 (if,we survive)

USA

Katherine Harris doesn't need the money.

She's the heiress of a vast Citrus fortune (IIRC)....from a politically influential family in North Florida.  She's a witch on wheels though, as I remember reading about her during her (failed) Senate bid two years ago.

Having said that, she did her job as the Florida SecState, as described by her constitutional role. 

I think she's extremely wise to just ignore this whole idiot movie.  It will be just as successful as the Redford/Streep/Cruise bomb about the Iraq War last year.  Stupid libs. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Yes, it was citrus-money

And speaking of that money...Coincidentally, the year her Dad donated a new weight room, the average weight of Gator defensive linemen went up by something like 20 pounds. :)
JMR

The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.

Thanks, sarc

Any time I can start the day with a Gator reference...well!  Thanks.

Oh....the Shuttle is scheduled to fly next Saturday. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

This must..........

.........have been an easy role for Ms. Dern..........

Laura Dern was on Late Late

Laura Dern was on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night.  Nearly her entire time as a guest was spent expressing DNC talking points, including Bush hate and Obama love.  Of course, not everything she said was accurate, but Ferguson could hardly get a word in edgewise even if he knew what was correct or not.  Craig actually looked uncomfortable - hard to imagine from a guy that talks about farting and the dumb things he's done while drunk/on drugs.

Laura Dern's views give the old saying "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" some reality.  Daddy Dern is a real pill when on the topic of politics.  He could be the political father of Alec Baldwin.

To make the evening extra special, kd lang was a guest as well.

Factoid:  I was channel surfing and came across Cops - Bad Girls edition on Fox.  There was a transvestite in a wig.  I then surfed to the next station, CBS, and saw Laura Dern.  Not much of an improvement over the transvestite.  Overall, I thought the drag queen's performance more authentic and less rehearsed.

RRAM Tough! 

Laura Dern is a nepot? 

Laura Dern is a nepot?  Hollywood is an inbred cesspool of 3rd generation neosocialist-hedonists.

90% of what they do is propaganda, the rest is re-make of old ideas.

One of Her Best Roles

Dern and her mother, actress Diane Ladd, became the first mother-daughter team to be nominated for Oscars, for 1991's "Rambling Rose". That was one of her better performances, especially the hilarious scene where she tries seducing Robert Duvall.

Dern's Depiction of Harris

Ironically, Dern admits that she is completely unprofessional and doesn't take her job seriously by intentionally portraying a real-life flesh and blood human being as a walking paragon of idiocy. Not only is that an ill homage to her trade, that role has already been taken - by Nancy Pelosi.

Perhaps Dern's lack of seriousness is an example of what Ann Coulter means when she lambastes Hollywood for being full of those "drama club" kids from high school who play make believe for a living and subsequently never grow up.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius

This is how Hollywood

This is how Hollywood liberals define speaking truth to power, making some figure like Katharine Harris look like a complete, clueless ass. They can wrap their condescension and cruelty in piety and the pose of "artistry."  And make a whole of lot of money and earn prestige doing so.  Remember, Schadenfreude is just sadism without the calories. 

OK, I'll say it. This is

OK, I'll say it. This is worded as if Dern _actually_ said "I relished making Harris look clueless! That's what made this fun."

And guess what: she didn't.  

That's true.

But the author of the article referenced seemed to make the point that Dern agreed with the writer's characterization of Harris' supposed dual traits of cluelessness and shrewdness, as if she was directly responding to the point made by the interviewer. If she didn't, then shame on the interviewer for connecting the dots that don't exist.

That, and Dern's other loudly voiced opinions of the movie, the election and her oft-displayed BDS paints a very vivd picture that's hard to misinterpret.

But you are correct on that point...and your post made me go back and re-read that entire article. After which I could not avoid seeing this:

"I check my ballot so many times, my 6-year-old checks it for me," she said.

And the six-year-old has a better grasp on both the process and the issues...and is likely a better actor as well.

Bal...

Bal. you have to remember I was talking about the Reuters report here. Not JUST Laura Dern. I was quoting and discussing the whole report.

I know, but if truly

I know, but if truly discussing the whole report, you should have mentioned that her "cluelessness" was just one facet of Harris that Dern enjoyed portraying, not the only thing that was particularly singled out by Dern.

It's just me. I know. :-)

Oh please balboa - it isn't just you - it's most liberals

who are incapable of being critical of such obvious propaganda.

Please tell us what she had to say that was nice and flattering about Harris? I'm sure to a liberal like you "shrewd about decision-making that would favor Republicans" is the compliment right?

Right. Give me a break!

It's biased left, no doubt

It's biased left, no doubt about it. What do you want me to do? Go off on a long-winded screed about it?

no just stop defending it or Laura Dern

and stop nit picking WTH with points that have no relevance. You act like he is the one being misleading and he's said nothing that mischaracterizes anything about her or the movie. The movie and Laura Dern on the other hand, are filled with mischaracterizations that you are silent about.

It's fine if you want to continue to support and vote for Democrats who can only win with this kind of unbalanced brain washing of the public, but don't treat us like we don't have legitimate grievances. We do.

I don't think I'm

I don't think I'm nitpicking.

Well you've yet to explain How Laura Dern said anything

positive about Republicans or Harris that would justify your criticism of WTH. So if it's not nitpicking then lets here why not. This "I don't think" stuff is old. If you aren't then why? Explain yourself.

First, I never was trying

First, I never was trying to prove Laura Dern said anything positive about Republicans. My criticism might be seen as nit-picky I suppose. But right up front the headline leads you to believe one thing, when the article makes it seem like a much more benign comment. That's all.

Happy, pappy?

Get him Dee

Bal, I've got Dee on ya now! No escape!! Just resign and slink off into the night.

LOL

GET 'IM DEE!

All I know is that if there

All I know is that if there was a WaPo headline like this, with similar accuracy, you guys would go through the roof.

He's doing it again...

Dee, he's doing it again. (I'm telling on you, bal)

I ain't yella'. Bring it!

I ain't yella'. Bring it!

You look pretty "yella" to me

Anyone can repeat nonsense over and over but that doesn't make it true and it certainly doesn't make one courageous. I guess I'm supposed to be a "happy pappy" because you admitted that the movie is biased and neither the writer of the movie, the article or Laura Dern had anything nice to say about Republicans.

Sorry - no deal. My main point is that WTH was not misleading and you keep repeating that over and over and think that it's cute. It's not. It's not only wrong, it's rude. You haven't been able to give any valid logic as to how it's misleading, yet you keep repeating it. That's "yella'.

The only one misleading here is you and possibly (but not likely) the person who wrote the article WTH refers to. He talked about the characterizations and then quoted her as if she were responding to what was said.

The bottom line is, everyone involved in this story has contempt for Republicans and so do you. Only a person with contempt for Republicans could call WTH misleading on this. It's absurd.

How's that WTH?

TAKE THAT BAL! I love you

TAKE THAT BAL!

I love you Dee.

When ever you call me

I'll be around - do do do do ; )

Well that may not be true, but when ever I'm around, I'll be there. I'll be there taking liberals to task for their baseless attacks especially when they are against NB contributors.

Sorry, disagree. I've

Sorry, disagree. I've explained why. I don't really need your approval of my argument. 

And I stand by my earlier statement: If WaPo had done something similar, you guys would be apoplectic. 

Disagree all you want. No one said you need my approval

of anything. You have nothing but a strawman argument. Actually it's worse than a strawman argument because Warner never said she said it.

As to WaPo - It's nice that you compare WaPo to Newsbusters. We do see it the same way only opposite. Their mission statement should be "keeping liberal bias in the MSM" The problem we have is that they pretend to be something different.

If and when some MSM outlet writes an article about a film made by a conservative who admits they made a Democrat look "Clueless" and the actor playing that Democrat responds to that quote by saying that they loved doing that and one of us nitpicks and says that the actor didn't actually say that and ignores the fact that they implied it, by all means criticize us. Then you would have a valid criticism. Here you don't.

As I said to Jer below. If you are concerned with poor Dumb Laura Dern being duped into looking like she agreed with the quote and duped into playing Harris the way the writer of the film wanted, take it up with those two. Your criticism of WTH and Republicans who agree is bogus.

Warner...It is fair for you

Warner...It is fair for you to pre-emptively criticise this HBO movie which, if one accepts the Reuters article at face value, may indeed reflect an anti-Republican bias in its re-examination of the 2000 Florida recount controversy.

But, in doing so, you strongly imply that Dern made certain anti-Katherine Harris remarks which she, in fact, did not, or at least are not established by the Reuters piece.

You state:

Reuters helpfully informs us that actress Dern is a "self-described liberal" who "loved portraying (Harris) in the new HBO movie."  [My note: This apparently was a direct quote from Dern.]  And, why was it so fun for our "self-described liberal" to portray Representative, then Florida Sec. of State Harris?  Because they made her look"clueless about the workings of her office", of course.  [My note:  This seems to be another direct quote from Dern.]

Yet a reading of the actual Reuters article reveals that while the first quote ["loved" the role] is correctly attributable to Dern, the purported second quote of Dern["clueless"...] are not her words at all.  She "loved" the role because of "Harris' dual nature...[it was fun] to be honest, to get inside the head of that sort of person, to examine her look and be like her..."

Now, it may be true that Dern--the passionate liberal--thinks Harris is clueless, and enjoys conveying that trait.  She never says that, however, and at the very least is also intrigued by Harris' "shrewdness".

Jer

 

surprise surprise - Jer has the same strawman argument as balboa

If anyone was misleading it was the writer of the article (but I don't hear Laura Dern complaining about it). You guys are so unbelievable. The Reuters guy quoted the writer of the film as calling her clueless and then quoted Dern as if she were responding to that quote. Warner never said she said it.
The fact that the two of you nit pick around about whether she actually said it is absurd. Warner is talking about the ridiculousness of all of them. If you guys have a problem with the implication then why don't you take it up with the Reuters writer? Laura won't, but you should. Or better yet, why don't you take it up with the film writer who wrote Harris to be the clueless person and duped poor dumb Laura Dern into playing her that way and loving it.

And just like bal you think the "shrewdness" comment is some how mitigating. Yeah. That comment was soooo flattering. NOT. That statement was completely derogatory also.

The Reuters writer, the movie writer, Laura Dern, everyone involved in the film and everyone in the MSM who cover it in this way have contempt for Republicans. So do you and Balboa when you not only defend this kind of stuff from those people but then act like we have no reason to be offended.

Dee...Do you actually read

Dee...Do you actually read my posts [or Bal's] in their entirety, or do you simply launch into attack mode once you decide they may even slightly disagree with Warner's commentary?

Unfortunately, the latter seems to be the case.  Otherwise, you would recognize that mine is not a "strawman" argument, nor an attempt to "defend this kind of stuff"--[which should be patently obvious from my statements in the opening paragraph].

Furthermore, I would suggest you read the Reuters article more closely.  "The Reuters guy" did not quote "the writer of the film as calling [Harris] clueless" as you allege in your post.

I am not questioning the movie's possible bias.  Nor am I questioning Warner's decision to raise that issue based on the Reuter's article.  But I am questioning his characterization of Dern's comments about her performance.  That's all.

Jer

Yes Jer - I read your post and it's nonsense

It's the very definition of strawman - taking some weak technically true argument that isn't part of the persons main point or argument and attacking it. He never even said she said it, and the fact that you feel misled is preposterous because even if he did say it, it wouldn't be a very big error to the theory of his point.

What is patently obvious is that you are nitpicking with a strawman argument and that I did read every word of the nonsense.

 

Furthermore I would suggest you read the article more closely- this is the relevant passage.

"Throughout the TV movie, writer Danny Strong characterizes Harris as
clueless about the workings of her office but shrewd about
decision-making that would favor Republicans. Harris' dual nature, Dern
said, is why she loved the role. "

So is your next strawman argument that the Rueters person didn't actually put quotes around the term clueless and is mischaracterising Danny Strong Also? And now I'm misleading like Warner because I take what he said as an accurate depiction of what Strong said and that Dern is responding to that?

Geeze  - It's obviously all you guys can do is nitpick because you have no good arguments. As I said, Dern is not complaining, Strong is not complaining, the movie does in fact portray her as "Clueless about the workings of her office but shrewd about
decision-making that would favor Republicans" and Laura Dern did in fact say she loved it. All of those things combine to prove that neither I or WTH are misleading about anything and you and balboa most definitely are.

Understood, Dee...You're

Understood, Dee...You're not particularly interested in accuracy...as long as the general 'feelings' (according to your perception) are conveyed.

Jer

No Jer - You don't understand

You are not interested in substance only in nitpicking about stuff that doesn't matter and isn't relevant to the point. In WTH's case - HE DIDN'T SAY SHE SAID IT. In mine - oh boy you got me, I'm such a bad bad girl who said that the Rueters guy quoted the guy when he actually just described what he said. Never ever ever trust anything I say Jer - I'm just a big fat liar. What a joke.

Big F'ing deal Jer - It makes zero difference to my argument or to WTH's. As always you have nothing of substance to argue and can't handle the fact that I attack you on substance. You and balboa have no "accuracy" claim against WTH and you only have the flimsiest of strawman arguments against me. It's really sad.

EDIT - I forgot to add the hysterical irony of your statement above Jer. You are the one who FEELS a certain way about WTH's accurate statement. So you don't have him on either - it's all about your FEELINGS and nothing else.

 

Are you crying

Are you crying, Dee?  I think you're crying.  Turn that frown upside down...and smile, darn ya, smile!

Jer

oh boy that's a good one Jer - you make me cry? Dream on

whimp. You have nothing still so this is what you give. Well here's more back at you jer. Your spineless inability to admit you are a big baby about stupid stuff is funny for me. Oh I get it, because I said it's sad - you took it literally - there's that accuracy thing again - so clever - like I was crying. Now I'm a liar because I said it's sad when I really meant it's funny. Funny - oh so funny.

Dee... LMAO here... Jer

Dee...

LMAO here...

Jer always... and I mean always has to get the last word in, no matter if he is proven el wrongo...somehow he thinks it makes him feel like he has won something, like the prize in the cracker jack box.

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Do not!

Do not!

Jer

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BT - it's pure craziness

you have to laugh. All the liberals here have been attacking WTH with this kind of lame stuff and I'm sick of it. I think they think that when people are silent about their attacks that they are justified.

It's the same concept with the mess we are in in the House and Senate and Presidency. The Dems yell and scream about stupid stuff and mis characterize what people say and because our Reps want the yelling to stop and just get along, they don't fight back. Not me - I'm fighting back. I know you are too.

No one is "attacking." We're

No one is "attacking." We're criticizing, which is a much different thing.

Oh come on boa...you know

Oh come on boa...you know exactly what Dee means and she is right...plus it is getting old, really old.

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Well, if you want to be able

Well, if you want to be able to comment in a conservative vacuum, then you should state that up front.

I say tomayto you say tomahto

It's the volume of inaccurate claims that occur on a regular basis by a number of you that make me characterize it as attack. If this were the first time, I wouldn't be coming on so strong. It's been going on way too long.

Jer is calling my criticism of you guys an attack so again, it's my tomayto your tomahto.
I'm coming on stronger because I can't be here every time you guys do it. So when I'm here and I notice it, I'm going to be loud about it.

volume of inaccurate

volume of inaccurate claims

There's that "tomato / tomahto" you were talking about. :-) 

There you go....Now,

There you go....Now, doesn't smiling make you feel a lot better?

Jer

I consider the headline of

I consider the headline of the story to matter a lot, actually.

The headline of a blog on media bias balboa?

Wake up - this isn't the WaPo first of all. And as I've stated and neither you or Jer has been able to refute, is that it's an appropriate headline that deals with the substance that all these idiots involved have conveyed either explicitly or implicitly. The Reporter, Dern, the writer all agree with the characterization. It's unbelievable how you guys keep trying to defend it.

And as I've explained, to me

And as I've explained, to me it's a misleading headline that emphasizes a facet of the interview that Dern never actually said to make Dern look malicious.

She is malicious balboa - that's the point

She didn't have to utter the words. She implicitly agreed to them by saying that she enjoyed playing her the way the writer described her as "clueless". Her actual portrayal, as pointed out by Jack below matches that.

She's malicious when it comes to portraying Republicans. Pure and simple. She's malicious, the writer is malicious and so is the Reuters reporter who doesn't even question it. WTH is complaining about all of them.

C'mon Jer.. have you seen

C'mon Jer.. have you seen the clip of Dern prancing around like some nutjob cackling "the whole world's eyes are on MEEEEEE!"

She's more OTT than Glenn Close as the bunny boiler, and Cruella de Ville combined.

It's a joke. If that's maintained throughout, I think she based her performance on Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.

Vote 4 change. Vote 4 anything. See Jack & Mr Shy's first campaign ad for the ONLY viable 3rd party candidate.

Haven't seen it Jack...but

Haven't seen it Jack...but I'll keep my eye out for it.

Jer

What are these folks in

What are these folks in Hollywood going to do when they don't have President Bush to kick around anymore?

That's easy - just kick

That's easy - just kick around the Limbaugh-Hannity-Savage-Steyn machine.

LOL Foolican...heck they

LOL Foolican...heck they are all used to that by now...and they still keep on truckin'...ratings and all. 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Hey Warner Todd Houston I

Hey Warner Todd Houston
I heard Limbaugh mention your name today....SCORE!

Yeah...

And I was actually listening this time. The last couple of times he mentioned me and read one of my articles, I wasn't listening!

I said "hay, that name sounds familiar!" And my wife just rolled her eyes.

WTH...Oh come on now...21

WTH...Oh come on now...21 million listeners, he says your name three times I think...you both had to be tickled too..or are you still celebrating...hehehee...

Btw...that was a good story to-boot.

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Oh, me and Rush...

Oh, me and Rush go way back, so it's all just old hat! So ho hum, so blasé.

(and if you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell ya)

Actually this is about the fifth time he has read my work crediting me. My Dad is the only one left that I know of who hasn't heard my name yet. He just keeps missing it. Today, he got out of his car 10 minutes before Rush did his thang! LOL.

WTH...well I know I

WTH...well I know I mentioned it when I heard you mentioned before two other times I think it is now...I was out of town and had just got in the car one time and heard your name...it really made my day considering where I had just been...lol.

Keep up the great work and the fame.

I truly am happy for you and yours.

Btw...when you go to the BBQ he is having this week-end since you go way back, get another autograph for me from him....say hi from bt, he'll know who I am...lol.

Catch ya later...got to get to bed. 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

What did Rush say about WTH? Can anyone please share

for those of us who didn't hear it?

Rush read my article about

Rush read my article about how the state of Tenn. has basically told all homeschooled and religious schooled kids that they are unqualified to take state jobs because they didn't go to a government school.

Tenn. Declares Only Dumbest Kids Wanted for State Jobs

Said my name three times and even pronounced it right. (my last name is said like the city in Texas, Houston. Not Hus - ton like some pronounce it)

Great article Warner - I'm glad I asked. That is outrageous

It's too bad that Newsbusters doesn't think they should also get in on the Education angle. I think it's just as important (if not more) than the media bias.

How about a companion site brainiacbusters ?

I know, it's not going to happen, but can't stop me from wishing.

Congrats on your mentions they were well deserved for a great article.

IndoctrinationBusters

Dee,

A better name might be IndoctrinationBusters ;-)

 

"Don't forget to vote this fall. Not for McCain, not ever, but there might be a Conservative Rep or Senator that Needs Your Vote" --Free Stinker

That would be good too Free

That would cover everything because all government institutions are biased against conservatives. Conservatives can be fired for their political or Religious beliefs or discriminated against for them everywhere.

Dee...

Dee, you are welcome. I write a lot more stuff than shows up on Newsbusters. That site I sent you to is my own site where all my political and social stuff goes. I also write for:

stoptheaclu,com
renewamerica.us
new media journal
new media alliance
red state

And a host of others.

Idol hands is the devil's workshop, ya know?

Just CANCEL HBO

Seriously. It's the only thing they understand. Why support them in any way. Show some initiative, save some money, and watch some other channel. Do it now. Don't wait. Call your cable company. It just takes a few minutes. It's the only thing they will understand. Screw em.

But not as clueless as when

But not as clueless as when Ms. Dern was blindsided by the love of her life, Billy Bob Thornton, when he moved up in life and unceremoniously dumped her and began dating Angelina Jolie.

It's Not That Hard To Marginalize Harris...

She's said a couple of comments that actually are embarrasing to her career, such as the notion that anyone who is elected to a political position and is not Christian legislates sin. I suppose she meant those that support gay marriage and abortion, but she never clarified it, and as an agnostic Jew, it makes me feel uneaasy. Yet all these producers can think about is a non-issue from eight years ago? Even for Hollywood producers, that's insanity.

Laura who?

Well dern, I neva' heard of 'er. :-)

We are being smothered by government in this country. - Neal Boortz

Don't be so cold

It's another made for tv movie.  They already know it's not capable of pulling in a crowd.  sad waste of money.   They could purchase hollywood a brain.

Bush won my wider margin than reported

The whole issue over the initial Bush-Gore count in Florida was flawed from the start. Bush supposedly won by several hundred votes, but actually won by about 1000 more than that, which the liberal press ignored and never reported.

Remember, Al Gore repeatedly said no vote should be uncounted, etc, etc. Yet he challenged in court, and lost both in the trial court and on appeal, the absentee votes of 3000 soldiers from overseas, who were authorized to vote in the Florida elections. (Its was shown that the understaffed military postal service did not have time to rubber stamp the official envelopes with the absentee ballots within. So it was not the fault of the soldiers. But their dated signatures were sufficient affidavit.)

Now even after the Court of Appeals ruled the absentee votes had to be counted, they still had not been counted when the hanging chads business went all the way to the US Supreme Court. Because this court stopped the recount and there was nothing left Gore could do, and Bush already had enough to win, there was no need to "add insult to injury". So the Bush lawyers left it alone.

So then, had these votes been counted, it would have been that since all the soldiers in Florida who did vote, voted 2:1 for President Bush, that would have meant about 2000 more votes for Bush and 1000 more votes for Gore. This means, Bush really won by well over a thousand votes. And even when groups of staff from press organizations tried to count the hanging chads and dimples, using 9 different methods, they were only able to favor Gore by about 15 votes over Bush in only 1 of the 9 methods used, but then Bush's net of another 1000 votes would have offset this too.

What you had was a lot of sore-head, Democrat losers, who did not want any Democrat votes to go uncounted, but sure cared not and even fought tooth and nail to hinder counting Republican votes, especially from our military. And on top of that, the recounts were mainly picked by Gore, where they would likely be most favorable to him in the final analysis. He did not pick districts for recount that favored Bush.

This really shows you the true nature of some Democrats and their really sick idea of fairness. Its like kicking another ice skater in the knee in order to a world championship skating event.

Much of today's BDS probably

Much of today's BDS probably traces back to that scenario.

 

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Grizzly Bear '08

1 of 9 Scenarios

The one scenario where Gore gained votes was a scenario that he himself didn't ask for, and one which the courts had never approved.

Of course, Gore would never have needed to win Florida-if he had simply been able to win his own state of Tennessee, he would have become President.

The best book I've read (and I've read most of them) about the 2000 Florida recount was by a couple of college professors, called "The Perfect Tie". Check it out sometime.

I didn't even know Laura

I didn't even know Laura Dern still worked as an actress. Hell, I didn't even know she was still alive!

Still Around

She'll be back next year in the 3rd remake of Jurassic Park. It was delayed by the Hollywood writer's strike.

Which should no doubt be as

Which should no doubt be as lousy as the previous ones. Even the first was a huge disappointment compared to the book, but there's nothing new about that.

The First One

The real star of the first movie was the island of Kaua'i, where it was filmed. Too bad that Manawaiopuna Falls is only able to be seen from a helicopter, as it's privately owned by the Robinson family, who also own the "Forbidden Island" of Ni'ihau off the south coast. But many of the other filming locations are accessible, especially the tree roots where the dinosaurs hatched, which are in a National Botanical Garden near Poipu Beach.

perfect type casting

Let's see... we need someone to play a clueless dipwad... hmmmm... I know, we'll use Laura Dern. No need to do a type study. She's perfect for the role as is. </sarc>

[ but then there are so many choices for that role in Follywood, it must have been difficult to choose ]