Richard Gere on CBS's Late Show: 'We Have a President Right Now Who Lies Constantly'

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[This first posted on March 15. CBS will re-run this episode tonight, Friday April 6] Appearing on Wednesday's (March 14) Late Show with David Letterman, actor Richard Gere declared: “We have a President right now who lies constantly and gets away with it apparently.” Gere's comment, which drew applause from the audience in Manhattan, came in response to Letterman asking Gere, who was on the show to promote The Hoax, a movie opening in April in which he stars as Clifford Irving who wrote and sold a bogus autobiography of the reclusive Howard Hughes: “Is this the kind of thing that can happen now?”

Gere also contended that “the second Watergate where they got caught actually had a lot to do with the material that's in this book, in the fake autobiography, because Clifford made up a lot of things about Hughes and Richard Nixon and they ended up being true. But Nixon was the only one that knew they were true and so the break-in was actually to find out how much the Democratic Party knew.”

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IMDb's plot summary for The Hoax:

“In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving (Gere) sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.”

Yahoo's plot summary:

“The writer Clifford Irving nearly pulled off one of the most audacious media scams in history, when his 'autobiography' of Howard Hughes was published. Irving claimed the book was based on in-person interviews with the reclusive billionaire, which were in fact completely bogus.”

Wikipedia's page on Clifford Irving.

A transcript of the relevant portion of the interview on the March 14 Late Show with David Letterman on CBS:

Richard Gere: “Hughes was involved with some money-laundering with Richard Nixon and Donald Nixon, which we get into in the film. But, in fact, it's pretty clear now that Watergate -- the second Watergate where they got caught -- actually had a lot to do with the material that's in this book, in the fake autobiography, because Clifford made up a lot of things about Hughes and Richard Nixon and they ended up being true. But Nixon was the only one that knew they were true and so the break-in was actually to find out how much the Democratic Party knew.”

David Letterman: “And is this the kind of thing that can happen now? Probably not.”

Gere: “We have a President right now who lies constantly and gets away with it apparently.”

[Applause]

Letterman: “But in terms of the specific fraud of selling a biography to a publishing house, that probably couldn't happen now.”

Gere: “Of course it could...”

—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center


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Gere's last line is true.Wond

Gere's last line is true.

Wonder if he ever got rid of that gerbil problem?

LMAO!

Let's see, Richard Gere spe

Let's see, Richard Gere speaks out and he's an intelligent voice for America, Fred Thompson speaks out and he's 'just an actor'. Right. I think they got it backwards.

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Gere gets it backwards

I think it is common knowledge that Gere gets it "backwards" regularly.

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Dr. Carpareus ASS.SK.

exactly WHERE is the crack?

I WOULDA BEEN IN TOWNSEND YESTERDAY BUT THE VESSEL WAS "CRACKED"

Dr. Carpareus ASS.SK.

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Carp...

You are cracked.

Geeeeeeesh...

Enough.

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Whew. It's a repost. I was

Whew. It's a repost. I was concerned this 100% content-free (possibly robotic) entity had been allowed back under its original handle, to continue spewing its constant noise-for-the-sake-of-noise... Once was more than enough.
JMR

Did Gere come up with a specific?

Did Gere come up with a specific instance? Or, is he just clearing his mouth of used gerbels?

David Geffen (former Clinton supporter) recently, was a bit bolder with the Clinton's:

"Everybody in politics lies. but they [the Clinton's] do it with such ease, it troubling."

Yes, we saw the statement in print, once. A couple of media outlets mentioned it the next day. Folks. That is the last time the media will mention it.

Sometimes a quote doesn't t

Sometimes a quote doesn't take many mentions to stick, when it fits so well. For example, on hearing what Geffen said, I immediately recalled: "Clinton's an unusually good liar. Unusually good. Do you realize that?"-
Sen. Bob Kerry, D-Nebraska. A fellow politician should know (and BTW, IMO you Republicans should be very-happy the Democrats didn't pick THAT Kerry to go-up against Bush).
JMR

Regardless of how I feel abou

Regardless of how I feel about certain political figures, if celebrities are going to start calling people liars then they should cite some examples. I don't feel too comfortable with Hollywood tooting its horn in regards to politics.

I agree it seems strange fo

I agree it seems strange for Richard Gere to say that without citing any proof or examples. Seems to me (yes, The James Gang) the hollywood elites don't bother with details.

As Rush Limbaugh is so famo

As Rush Limbaugh is so famous for saying;

"With Liberals, it is always the seriousness of the charge, and not the nature of the evidence that matters."

This is so true with modern day liberals. If you have a chance to do a drill down exercise with them, try and find the root of the accusation. And at it's root, you will find no facts or reality for that matter. They've got nothing save for the mud they sling.

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" The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason." ~ Thomas Paine

ridin' w/ Carp

0-120k just now in costmoes back yard.

how to get your lites to be green when you need 'em?

ride w/ Carp

The Trinity Session

It's a Cowboy Junkies kinda mourn

Dr. Carpareus ASS.SK.

mr b

keep up da work

Dr. Carpareus ASS.SK.

Jared

still has his buffalo head nickle just now...

do you have yours?

Dr. Carpareus ASS.SK.

media scam

Gere calling Clifford Irving the biggest media scam, how about algore and global warming.

Gorbal warming is a sickness, not a science.

Gorbal

call 911

i may not be able to myself, contain
Dr. Carpareus ASS.SK.
igotta stop laughing now
last nite generated local report
hate to make work

"Gorbal" warming ..

"Gorbal" warming ... classic.

Global warming isn't a science ... it's a sociopathic personality disorder.

richard gsneere

This is one of Hollyood's empty gourds who went around demanding the U.S. "Free Tibet," a while back. He promotes his flick, The Hoax while living that religious hoax they call Scientology.

Bush is too deceitful for these morons? Ask me if I care,

I would refer you to this art

I would refer you to this article to refute the rumer of "Gere and the Gerbil". I would think that no one could dispute the fact that his head is up there!

"I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets."
- Dave Edison.

define desperately

define desperately

des·per·ate –adjective

des·per·ate
–adjective
1. reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a desperate killer.
2. having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention.
3. leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous: a desperate illness.
4. extremely bad; intolerable or shocking: clothes in desperate taste.
5. extreme or excessive.
6. making a final, ultimate effort; giving all: a desperate attempt to save a life.
7. actuated by a feeling of hopelessness.
8. having no hope; giving in to despair.
–noun
9. Obsolete. a desperado.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L déspérātus, ptp. of déspérāre to despair; see -ate1]

—Related forms
des·per·ate·ly, adverb
des·per·ate·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. rash, frantic. 3. grave. See hopeless. 8. forlorn, desolate.
—Antonyms 1. careful. 3, 8. hopeful.

"Why don't they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff."
Steven Wright

Gere: “We have a President

Gere: “We have a President right now who lies constantly and gets away with it apparently.”

This guy is out promoting his movie and at the same time is implying we are too stupid to see through Bush's 'lies'.

  Don't believe I'll be standing in line for a ticket.

at least his airtime is free

at least his airtime is free

Dr. Carpareus ASS.SK.

Hamster boy wants to deliver

Hamster boy wants to deliver another hard speech against George Bush. What a fag.

Gee, where did I put that ger

Gee, where did I put that gerbil????

Well isn't that interesting,

Well isn't that interesting, because Geffen said that the Clinton's were liars: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman". Remember that Gere?

Yes, it is interested wheneve

Yes, it is interesting whenever some Hollywood type makes some wide-sweeping generic accusation, without the slightest hint of evidence, and expects their adoring public to eat it up.  I just want even one of these Hollywood bozos to provide even a hint of detail of what they are talking about---just a hint!  What is Richard Gere's inside source of information that proves Bush is constantly lying?  Is Gere blessed with some type of built-in lie detector mechanism which sends a surge of electrical power into his non-existent brain?

What a Hasbeen

So this Hasbeen knows what the TRUTH is on anything?  Someone told the hasbeen that he needed some new exposure and the best way to do that in La La Land is to bash the President.  He probably had to read that deep thinking remark off a cue card!  F#CK these Libs!

Gere and Letterman

I wish intelligent people would stop watching shows like Letterman who himself is one of the most uninformed and unintelligent people on TV. Gere is a high school grad who is bizarre. I once sat across from him on a flight to L.A. he was sitting next to no one and was muttering to himself on and off during the flight. He is just strange.

I don't watch Letterman becau

I don't watch Letterman because he's "informed." I watch him because he's funny and entertaining.

&quot;Funny and entertaining?

"Funny and entertaining?"  No kidding?  When did he start doing that?

RJ...NEVER!

RJ...

NEVER!

He was funny and entertaining

He was funny and entertaining.

In 1988.

You honestly find him fresh and laugh-out-loud funny?

I used to watch Letterman rel

I used to watch Letterman religiously for years and years.  I even watched when he had a morning show on NBC!  I saw him in New York at The Ed Sullivan Theatre a few times, too.   My husband and I stopped watching about 3 years ago.  I  will never be able to stomach that show again.  He's been mailing it in for too long.  He should be ashamed of himself for that fact alone, never mind the liberal crap that he's been spewing.  I wrote the show an e-mail after a particularly pro-Kerry, anti-Bush diatribe.  Not funny.  And, p.s, since when should politicians EVER be guests on late night talk shows that are supposed to be funny?!!!  

   The last good guest he had on was Bill Cosby who was absolutely hysterical about 3-4 years ago.  I'm getting old so who knows when it was, now that I think about that. 

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere"          -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph

It never ceases to amaze me w

It never ceases to amaze me when the Hollywood types become delusional and start "living" their past roles. "I portrayed a scientist, professor, politician, Dahli Lama toenail buffer, gerbel herder, etc., therefore I am all knowledgable and speak the truth." I'd believe my ex-wife before I would one of these "I'm going to change the world" actor-types.

Martin Sheen is another one of my "favorites" <rolls eyes>

Saw "Predator" again, the other night, and still shake my head ... Arnold and Jesse.

"Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." Mark Twain

WHAT ? Someone please tell Ge

WHAT ?

Someone please tell Gere that Wrestling on TV is FAKE, and so are MOVIES !!   And Movie Stars make their living Lying about who they are in a Movie.   Bush lives in the Real world, Gere lives in the Fake world of Hollywood.   

At Times like these, it becomes more than just a Moral Obligation to express ones opinion, it becomes a Pleasure.

Wrastlin is FAKE? OMG! Wha

Wrastlin is FAKE? OMG! What's next... no tooth fairy?

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Richard...who?, David...who?

Richard...who?, David...who? Two washed up demoleftoids, one comedian and one, has been. In short, losers.

&quot;Bush is a liar&quot; wa

"Bush is a liar" was the liberal mantra, first used, I believe, before he ever spoke a word as president. I think it was some kind of mindless "payback" for the charges against Clinton. As such, details or examples aren't needed. It's a pretty unsophisticated, cliched, and tired old attack.  However, considering that the source, in this case, is an actor - not very surprising.

The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

- Arabian Proverb

It's so obvious.  They calle

It's so obvious.  They called him a liar before he ever said anything.  They called him the worst president ever before he'd been in office for a whole year.  They started the scandal mongering BEFORE he even took office...

Of course it's about Clinton.  The Left can't afford for Clinton's legacy to be what it really is - the most inept and corrupt administration in history - so they have to make that accusation against Bush - over and over and over again until the sheeple buy their lies.

It's sick.

Gere

If the estimates are correct, America is a politically divided country, 49% liberal, 49% conservative, and 2% accounting for the rest.

Gere, an intellectual in his own mind, Dali Lama schmoozer, man-of-the-world, and charter member of the Hollywood liberal clique, has managed to snatch mediocrity from the jaws of success by alienating 49% of his potential audience with his liberal screed on Letterman.

The question is: Does he really care? The answer: I don’t think he cares, anymore.

At the mid-life of his career, and being a very rich man,  his politics seem to be more important than his movies. He, therefore, didn’t appear on Letterman to promote his movie, but to promote his political agenda.

Can a career in politics be far behind?

pocomoco

Gere is not an intellecutal. If he were, he would clearly understand that the Dalai Lama would not be so loose-tounged with such baseless and slimy attacks on another human being. The Dalai Lama practices the art of "right speech," if it's not usefull, don't say it.

Besides, the Dalai Lama has had several enlightening engagements with President Bush - and has suggested none of what Gere spouted.

Big Hitter the Lama... T

Big Hitter the Lama...

These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
Ronald Reagn- 40th Anniversary of D-Day

The country isn't divided t

The country isn't divided that way, it's about 20% Liberal, 35% conservative and the rest are afraid to tick anyone off, so they go along with whatever they deem the consensus is so as to not have to make a decision on their own, making the last 45% a bunch of wusses.

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"We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities." ~ Thomas Paine

lbzI guess a clarification is

lbz

I guess a clarification is in  order. I didn’t mean the entire county, I meant just the people who vote, which is about 100 million out of 300 million.

Granted, a lot of them don’t make a decision until they get into the voting booth, but, when all is said and done, the final count for President has been close to 50/50.

On Richard Gere

Ah, yes. Richard Gere is one of these "Free Tibet" types.  He thinks by wishing and talking about it, Tibet will be free.  Well, the reality is that there is ONE way for it to be free...and that is a way that Gere will NOT be the least bit comfortable with. 

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

Just like Abbie Hoffman in hi

Just like Abbie Hoffman in his effort to levitate the Pentagon in 1960's, Gere will free Tibet with positive thoughts, right?

&quot;We have a President rig

"We have a President right now who lies constantly and gets away with it apparently."  Richard, I hate to be the one to break this to you, but Bill Clinton hasn't been president in the last six years.

The easiest job in the U.S. would have to be weather forecaster in Phoenix, AZ, and Clinton would not be able to handle it.  All he would have to say would be, "It's gonna be hot and dry today."  He couldn't do it because he is incapable of telling the truth.

"A communist is someone who reads Marx.  An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx."  Ronald Reagan

He is an actor, an actor with

He is an actor, an actor with too much make-up on and a woman's hairdo. What is it with these men and women's hairdos?

I know if I was a Hol

I know if I was a Hollywood moneyman that backed these films, I would duct tape the mouths of these self-important morons. I one quick swoop you have turned off about half of the potential customers that your film would bring in. For what? The left believes every thing that happens is Bushes fault from the war to the cavities in their mouths. I have a mental list of which I will not watch, the list gets bigger and bigger. These A$$ Holes will never make a dime off of me, or my kids.
Alec (the wife beater) Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, George (little angry man) Carlin, Streisand (spelling champ), Oliver Stone, Martin Sheen, Julia Roberts, Martin Scorsese, Tim Robbins, Sean (I got a row boat and shotgun) Penn, Michael (looking for Roger, dam I sat on him) Moore-cheeseburgers, Madonna , spike (I never met a cracker that I liked) Lee, Jessica Lange, Dustin Hoffman, Woody (I like him playing himself on Cheers) Harrelson, Whoppie Goldberg (where do you start with her), Danny (I love a dictator) Glover, Richard (is that something moving in your pants) Rear, Jane (is that an airplane in the sights) Fonda, Dixie Chicks, (we wanted to change our music style), George Clooney. I cant even think of all of them. I read a lot and keep every penny in my pocket!! If you want to screw this great country do it on your dime.

America is best described by one word, freedom... Dwight D. Eisenhower

On Mr. Harrelson

Woody Harrelson's old man recently died in the slam some weeks ago.  Woody worked overtime trying to bust him out of there through various legal means.  So, what did the elder Harrelson do to get himself in a federal slam?  Why, whack a federal judge in San Antonio by the name of John Wood back in late May 1979. 

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

When has Bush told Americans

When has Bush told Americans the truth?

A free press is one of the first things to go in a totalitarian government. Montana Lyons

which lie do you wish to addr

which lie do you wish to address mr lyin'?

Tell us first what has he tol

Tell us first what has he told in the past year that has been truthful. Maybe that would be an easier question? or harder?

A free press is one of the first things to go in a totalitarian government. Montana Lyons

put down the talking points,

put down the talking points, give me a lie you want to address, if he is the Prince of darkness Lord of lies, comming up with one shouldn't be too hard.

****crickets chirping*******

****crickets chirping*******

Link or slink.

Since *you* made the accusation that President Bush lies, you need to back it up.

Link or slink.

http://www.bushwatch.com/bushlies.htm

First site on Google - of course, I expect you'll just make excuses for him.  http://www.bushwatch.com/bushlies.htm

Ronald Reagan would be a Democrat today - he'd be humiliated and mortified at the perversion that the Republicans have become.

 . . . very credible. Surpri

 . . . very credible. Surprised you didn't link to other geniuses like Rosie or Bill Maher.

Example of truth?  How about

Example of truth?  How about that islamic fascism must be confronted on its homeground.

Pretty truthful, that....

...or, that either military o

...or, that either military operation would not be a cakewalk.

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

Simple answer:  Eveytime he

Simple answer:  Eveytime he has opened his mouth to speak.

>Clang< 

That loud noise you just heard was a guantlet striking the floor.  Demonstrate that Bush has told a putative lie or be branded a liar yourself.

I think this thread is bringi

I think this thread is bringing out the worst of both sides of the aisle.

To the Bush supporters: come on, be honest. Bush has lied about plenty of stuff.

To the Bush bashers: come on, dumbasses. Name a president who DIDN'T lie.

In fact, name a friggin politician who DOESN'T lie on a daily basis.

So spare me the "well, cite examples, dates, and exact moments that the president has lied" and the "Bush's lies were so much worse than Clinton's" BDS crap. Gere is fundamentally correct: ALL PRESIDENTS LIE.

Roger, I am by no means a Bus

Roger, I am by no means a Bush supporter, I think his thinking has been seriously flawed in many areas.  But he doesn't strike me as a liar that Mr Lyin implies, which is why I want him to address a lie...who knows I just might agree with him, but I want him to go beyond the accusation talking point, or stop wasting our time.

Man the Dalai Lama must be si

Man the Dalai Lama must be sick of having his name associated with this guy.

I, too, would be interested i

I, too, would be interested in seeing a lengthy list myself. That we agree on.

And as Blonde noted elsewhere

And as Blonde noted elsewhere in this thread the night before, the crickets are still chirping.

On MT Lyons

Roger, we ARE talking about a guy who thinks he is the most superior human being on the planet because he WALKS to work.  Because of that, he cares about the environment more than anyone else. 

Also, from posts going back a year ago, he fervently believes the Rather-propagated conspiracy that Bush shirked his time in the TX ANG, and another conspiracy theory that via Prescott Bush, the current President has linkages to the Nazis.  So, to make a long story short, you will get nowhere with this whiny Socialist.

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

I'd just like to add my two

I'd just like to add my two cents... I know it's the bleedin' obvious but someone has to, may as well be me.

All sing along, I know you want to.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE GERBILS GONE
Where have all the gerbils gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the gerbils gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the gerbils gone?
Guys have shoved them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

A lib***l is a deluded person who thinks that what he believes is true simply because he wants it to be true.
Therefore reality must be shifted left to fit his odd perceptions.

Gere is no friend of PETA.

He is alleged to have said "gerbils are a pain in the ass!"

Letterman is as much a sissy-

Letterman is as much a sissy-like sphincter as any actor. He attempts to become a guy by getting close to race cars. He's scared to death to actually race a car himself.

His sniffing around Danica Patrick's bloomers is really humorous.

By the way, did he ever marry that woman he knocked up?

Rochester, Minnesota: A Fem_Leftist City!

Freakin' libs, they can nev

Freakin' libs, they can never stay on the subject. That's how they always get their treason out to the world.