Ben Affleck's Vulgar Tirade About Cowardly [Bleeping] Democrats Caving on Iraq

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If you had any questions about how antiwar liberals were going to respond when the Democrats didn’t withdraw American troops from Iraq like they promised during the 2006 campaign, you got your answers last night on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

When the host moved the discussion to what the panel thought of “the Democrats, you know, caving in on this Iraq spending bill,” actor Ben Affleck went on a tirade about these “f***ing people,” saying that the “Democrats live in fear of basically, you know, being called cowards” and of “looking like p***ies.

Affleck concluded his attack on his Party by marvelously saying, "And they wonder why people call them f***ing weak" (video available here courtesy of our friend Ms Underestimated).

What follows is a partial transcript of this raucous rant, with warnings to the reader that a great deal of vulgarity is involved:

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BILL MAHER, HOST: Now, what did you think of the Democrats, you know, caving in on this Iraq spending bill? Yah, I mean…

BEN AFFLECK, ACTOR/ACTIVIST: These fucking people. You know what it is? Democrats, this is the fucking problem with them.

MAHER: Let it out, Ben. Let it out.

AFFLECK: I’m going to do it right now, because, you know what’s funny about this fucking giveaway? The Democrats live in fear of basically, you know, being called cowards. Of looking soft on military. Of looking like pussies, basically. We’re afraid that somebody’s going to call us a pussy. That someone’s going to criticize us. And these people got elected basically on opposing the war. They got sent to Washington to oppose the war. They went there to make a vote on opposing the war. And then, when they got sent back the bill to, you know, and they were told, “Look, you know, the President’s not going to, you know, you have to put these, uh, you know, timelines in there, you know, you’re either going to vote for or against this measure that says, you have to, if you want this money, you have to give us timelines to get out of Iraq. Are you going to be for this or against it?”

They were afraid that if they basically sent it back to the President and said, “No, we need the timelines,” and they left, for Memorial Day vacation, that when they left, the President would criticize them when they went on vacation for not supporting the troops. In other words…While they were on vacation, they were afraid of being criticized. So rather, out of a fear of being criticized, they sacrificed their core political beliefs. And they wonder why people call them fucking weak.

—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.


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OH! That "C" word h

OH! That "C" word has been making the rounds in the last couple days, eh?  Is coward the new mud-sling for the libs?  I mean, Rosie threw it at Elizabeth, but Liz threw it right back in her mug and Rosie quit.

If only it had the same effect on the dhimmicrats in Congress...

As for "BEN":  His self-imposed expertise on Iraq and war and foreign policy is really quite laughable.  He and the rest of the "glitteratti" (sp) seem to know so much about weather science, earth science, war, foreign policy with little or no education.  How wasted these people are in the entertainment industry.  They really should be running the world.  Hell, we should consult them on all things medical too.

drill-- I'm with you----

drill-- I'm with you----I am on  my way out the door for the weekend, but when I read your post--it struck a nerve. Who needs Congress and voters when we have Assleck (sp) and crew. They pay tremendous taxes to our government and they think this gives  them a bully pulpit and more rights than other Americans. They do, of course have the right of free speech. Thank God we are a one man, one vote republic.

And, Oh yes, he makes tremendous money from us the American audience, which is why he pays hig taxes.

Where’s the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land?  And the parent that wouldn't be honored by the sacrifice?

Sir  Walter Scott & Noel Sheppard

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck never finished his political thesis there at Politically Incorrect.

 Shouldn't he conclude that the demolibs he helped get elected to stop the war in fact are chickens and wimps ?

He says they are so afraid of being called soft on terror, that they failed to oppose Bush as they were elected to do, because they were afraid Bush would criticize them.

 So, they don't want the war in Iraq - outlining how chicken they are to begin with, but they cannot even stop it because they are afraid of criticism from the person they've been hating and bashing for so many years ?

 If they are afraid of President Bush's criticism, the dummy who can't speak or put together a single sentence and is opposed by the entire American public according to them, HOW CHICKEN IS THAT ? IN FACT, IT IS IMMENSELY STUPID, TOO.

 I guess even the blibbering idiots like Affleck, whining and crying they didn't get their way, and their hated nemesis Bush the Republican BEAT THEM again, for like the umpteenth time, never seem to get any inkling that the democrats are NOT what they have said they are.

 I've tried to tell them before - the democrats sit at ground zero DC,and by no means are they going to be any different than John Kerry was on 911 - as he wandered around the capitol hill area alone and in a dazed and shocked fashion for 45 minutes as the attacked smouldered within view...

 Their OWN SKIN is clearly on the line, and although they will repeat every partisan line and lie in the national media ten thousand times over, when it comes down to saving their own a**, all that blathering idiocy and hatred takes a back seat.

THAT'S why they authorized the War in Iraq. 

The only problem we have is when the Rino's align with the libbos (all the democrats) and spew something out that is a national horror - and somehow the whole train of ugly gets slammed through anyway. That's what I call Constitutional Danger.

 Tip to Affleck : They've been lying to you, a lot, almost always. Their first thought is " How do I make sure my skin isn't cooked to a crisp here in DC, then after they babble lies to you, they go vote their conscience. "  LOL

drill-- I'm with you----

ooops --dupe post--sorry.

boycott this pin head, and hi

boycott this pin head, and his stupid movies, he will fady away bye bye!

 1300 IRANIAN PLUTONIUM  GAS CENTRIFUGES OPERATING 24-7 ,opps it's now 8,000

Yes. Boycott this pinhead, AF

Yes. Boycott this pinhead, AF-FLACK, and his stupid movies along with the "other" disaffected foreign policy and Iraq war "expert" , Sean Pig-Penn, and his stupid movies.

My list of forbidden actors & actresses continues to grow.  Some of my friends think I'm nuts for refusing to watch movies starring these anti-American misanthropes, but I just can't stand the sight or sound of them after I've heard the vemon they've accumulated...........for the country which made it possible for them to get rich!

No Intleligence...

Can these Hollywood types voice their opinions without NEEDING to use curse words?  Can they not articulate with them?  The argument doesn't really resonate with me when half of the words are "F".

If the Libs are unhappy with the Democrats, I say, leave the party and push for 3rd parties.  Weaken the A.S.S. Dems!

Ben missed the easiest point

Ben missed the easiest point the Dems are cowards for not debating on FOX

(Even Leno got that one)

Supreme Court,  National Security,  Borders,  Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.   

WHO VOTED FOR THE WAR!!! M

WHO VOTED FOR THE WAR!!!

Max Baucus (D-efeat, MT)
Evan Bayh D-efeat,IN)
JOE BIDEN (D-efeat, De)
John Breaux (D-efeat, La)
Maria Cantwell (D-efeat, Wa)
Jean Carnahan (D-feat, MO)
Tom Carper (D-Feat, DE)
Max Cleland (D-feat, Ga)
HILLARY CLINTON (D-feat, NY)
Tom Daschle (D-feat, SD)
Christhopher Dodd (D-feat, CT)
Byron Dorgan (D-feat, ND)
JOHN EDWARDS (D-feat, NC)
DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D- feat, Ca)
Tom Harkin (D-feat, Ia)
Fritz Hollings (D-feat, SC)
Tim Johnson (D-feat,SD)
JOHN KERRY (D-feat, MA)
Mary Landrieu (D-feat, La)
Joe Lieberman (Democrat, CT)
Blanche Lincoln (D-feat,AR)
Zell Miller (Democrat, GA)
Bill Nelson (D-feat, FL)
Ben Nelson (D-feat,NE)
HARRY REID (D-FEAT, NV)
Jay Rockefeller (D-feat, WV)
CHUCK SCHUMER (D-FEAT, NY)
Robert Torricelli (D-feat, NJ)
Patrick J. Kennedy (D-feat, RI)

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

all of whom claim 'Bush trick

all of whom claim 'Bush tricked us' in spite of all the quotes from the Clinton administration; I think there are two options 1) Bush tricked them in which case they are too stupid to be in office OR 2) they are lying in which case they are too corrupt to be in office.

Supreme Court,  National Security,  Borders,  Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.   

spot on! These are the boy

spot on!

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

That damn TV is not allowed

That damn TV is not allowed in my house. Don't own one. Never have.

(Neither are compact flourescents - but for a different reason. I will not have any poilitician tell me what kind of light to buy)

Neither are compact flouresce

Neither are compact flourescents - but for a different reason

Is your lighting, like your tuna?  (mercury free)

Supreme Court,  National Security,  Borders,  Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.   

Good point. Isn't it odd h

Good point.

Isn't it odd how Gov't evolved from a function of "protect the people from foreign threat" to "save people from themselves."

And how many people can't seem to get enough of it.

And how many people (like Albert Gore Junior), with intellect defect made up with ego, are more than happy to give them all they want and more

Here we have a recurring bo

Here we have a recurring boy toy in the image of Rosie on the Oscar Mayer show playing with their hot dog.

Two or three guests and a host that just by virtue of getting tube face time are somehow anointed as oracles of truth.

Look at the circle of probably less than 20 shows that occupy this site for critical review.

Yup they are important to debunk, but that still leaves a hell of a bunch that can do subtle damage that doesn't get brought up because there aren't enough hours in the day.

It is the combination of it all that is how this plays out.

Some can put themselves forth as the vanguard , which they don't even realize they are being suckered in to be the sacrificial anode.

It is the broader market that offers the death by a thousand cuts.

I feel like Flounder in &qu

I feel like Flounder in "Animal House": "Oh boy, this is GREAT!" Let's pop some corn and watch the Democrat party scratch itself to death.

Dervish, that's just plain fu

Dervish, that's just plain funny!

I swear there are some show

I swear there are some shows and things out there that are just planned as events to draw fire to distract from the bigger view.

Not a bad tactic.

Affleck is so right to be an

Affleck is so right to be angry.

If the Democrats cut off the funds for that evil simpleton Bush and the neocons and we redeploy (ahem) our troops, the war will be over. Iran and Syria and al-Qaeda will simply leave. The Shi'a and Sunni elements waging war will sit down in peace and brotherhood and settle their differences (because after all, our presence their is fueling their animosities). Other outside Sunni powers will similarly leave Iraq alone.

The radical Islamists in the world will see the soundness of our decision and likewise give up the ghost of driving the crusaders from their lands.

It's all so simple.

People who will never get a p

People who will never get a penny from me!
Alec Baldwin
Barbra Streisand
Ben Affleck
Cher
Danny Glover
David Clennon
Dixie chicks
Dustin Hoffman
Ed Asner
Edward Norton
George Carlin
George Clooney
Harry Belafonte
Hanoi Jane Fonda
Lindsay Wagner
Jeneane Garofalo
Jennifer Aniston
Jessica Lange
John Cusack
Joy Behar
Julia Roberts
Larry Hagman
Madonna
Martin Scorsese
Martin Sheen
Michael Moore
Make Farrell
Meryl Streep
Oliver Stone
Richard Gere
Rob Reiner
Robert Altman
Sally Field
Sean Penn
Sheryl Crow
Spike Lee
Susan Sarandon
Tim Robbins
Whoopi Goldberg
Woody Harreison
Zoey Deschanel
So I don’t watch many movies or TV. I read a lot! And better off for it.

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

Spot on, 4 freedom. Great lis

Spot on, 4 freedom. Great list of such "influential" traitors.  Zoey Deschanel? Who's that?

NEVER, NEVER trust a liberal

One more...

There's also Maggie Gyllenhaal, one of the stars of "World Trade Center" who, at the premiere, said that the US was at fault for the events of 9/11.

Add to your list:Ed HarrisJoh

Add to your list:

Ed Harris

Johnny Depp

Steven Spielberg

Thankfully they don't need yo

Thankfully they don't need your money.

Not thankfully, unfortunately

Not thankfully, unfortunately.  They rule the airwaves along with their Anti-Christ, George Soros.

I knew there was something od

I knew there was something odd about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

war with affleck would be over

So Benny is angry ? Here's the proven remedy for anger: let him stick his middle finger up his @ss.

Your best post ever." 'F

Your best post ever.

" 'Fred's Slacks'  is a winner!!"

Thanks SMGalbraith

Thanks SMGalbraith , I mean like wow man you tuned me right in to where it's all at. I'm like floating now, on this sea of love and harmony, and I don't want to come down.

Role Reversal

Next week the Dems will be on Maher offering their rebuttal, describing how Affleck was weak in his last role, how he should stand more firm in his character portrayal, insist Affleck demand the director use Ben's script or he will refuse to act and that Affleck is only worried about being criticized on the next Access Hollywood if he refuses.

Ben The Afflicted

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but is there not a Confucian type saying out there somewhere that says something to the effect that it is better to let them think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt?

This republic will not survive the continued neglect of its people.-Neal Boortz

I don't know about Confucius

I don't know about Confucius but, that statement was written in the OT. 

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise;When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent. Proverbs 17:28

“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

dscott,So, that was where my

dscott,

So, that was where my dad got that from.  :-)

This republic will not survive the continued neglect of its people.-Neal Boortz

Many attribute that quote to

Many attribute that quote to Mark Twain.  Either way, I love that line.

I take hidden glee in the Dem

I take hidden glee in the Dem's woes.
They are learning what they forgot 2 decades ago:

the party in power has to lead, and that is alot harder that claiming to have "all the answers" as the minority party and shouting, "if only we werent the minority party..."
Reality bites.

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jenlopez?
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Every male has their proble

Every male has their problems with "girls" in their adolescence

people forgave me for mine

jondelwiche

Hey, jondelwiche... you ol' schadenfreude, you! Great quote, too.

jondelwiche

Sorry for the dupe...

Whether or not you agree on

Whether or not you agree on the reason why with Ben for being angry at the Dems, one thing is for sure, I agree on his characterizations of their Party.  What the Ben, Michael Moore and Cindy Sheehan have realized is that they were sold a bill of goods by the Dems.  Howard Dean, the chief of the Dem spinners right after the 2006 election results balked at the idea of immediate troop pull out.  They never had any intention of pulling out the troops because they knew they would be held responsible for thousands of deaths as a result of their actions.  They lied to the ultra left to get their votes and money.  So what's new for the Dem Party, the Salesmen's Party????

What in all probability happened as admitted by some of the Dem congressmen, they voted for the measure knowing full well it would be vetoed, they admitted that much.  They spun their admission to saying it was the opening rounds to negotiation, we know this is an outright lie, look how easily they caved to W.  This was a calculated effort only done to further damage W and those who support the war effort and to slip in their useless minimum wage hike so they could go home crow that they stood up to W to save face with the ultra left and increased the wages for the poor.  They did neither.  They knew they never would be able to stop the war and in fact they were banking on W to be the only reasonable person in the room.  They could be irresponsible all they wanted with no consequences.  Sounds familiar?  That's what Dems do.

“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

They knew they never would be

They knew they never would be able to stop the war and in fact they were banking on W to be the only reasonable person in the room.  They could be irresponsible all they wanted with no consequences.

Sums up the 2006 elections perfectly, dscott.  Those chickens are coming home to roost now, aren't they?

The Republicans, with all their faults, are at least the only ones even closely resembling adults in Washington.  I have little patience for the adolescents in the Democrat Party.

So is Ben saying that the D

So is Ben saying that the Democrats should look like pussies but they're afraid to look like pussies? Is that his recommendation?

"The Democrats live in fear of basically, you know, being called
cowards. Of looking soft on military. Of looking like pussies,
basically."

He should consider keeping his mouth shut on important matter and just stick to the whole acting thing.

Well I finally agree with B

Well I finally agree with Ben Afflek...Liberals are pussies, and their weak. Way to go Ben.......

Funny, I don't remember see

Funny, I don't remember seeing Ben Affleck in Team America -- I heard he failed the screen test for being too wooden.

Gary Johnston: We're d**ks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid d**ks. And the Film Actors Guild are pu**ies. And Kim Jong Il is an a**hole. Pu**ies don't like d**ks, because pu**ies get fu***ed by d**ks. But d**ks also f**k a**holes: a**holes that just want to s**t on everything. Pu**ies may think they can deal with a**holes their way. But the only thing that can f**k an a**hole is a d**k, with some b**ls. The problem with d**ks is: they f**k too much or f**k when it isn't appropriate - and it takes a pu**y to show them that. But sometimes, pu**ies can be so full of s**t that they become a**holes themselves... because pu**ies are an inch and half away from a** holes. I don't know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don't let us f**k this a**hole, we're going to have our d**ks and pu**ies all covered in s**t!

Come on Ben, you already think Democratics are pu**ies, now accept they're also d**ks, a**holes and s**ts!

The debate is over: so-called "manmade global warming" is a crock.

So it's fucking weak to sup

So it's fucking weak to support the troops?

wiwf - hmmmmm? coulda ya reph

wiwf - hmmmmm? coulda ya rephrase that?

Let me see if I can transla

Let me see if I can translate that for him. He said :

"jwfhuih if hfru jusj hdhfjfhuisd"

(is that right? I hope I'm not losing anything in the translation)

Ben is just showing off his m

Ben is just showing off his maturity and intellect, courtesy of his liberal education.  He's sooooo cool for using the f-word!  How hip and edgy he be. 

People, boycott anything and everything this maggot is in or slightly touches.  What bothers me most is that this jerk has a child.  God help her.

" 'Fred's Slacks'  is a winner!!"

lest we forget

It was only months ago Barbra Streisand uttered the same word from the stage down at a heckler. Sure; we suppose the word takes imagination and creativity to use by such great minds as inhabit Hollywood.

Whatever happened to the imag

Whatever happened to the imaginative creative insult?  You know the truly funny ones that brought home the point.  E.G.  Barbara if you are so smart why then do you have to "act" like it, why not just be smart?

“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

Ben is a typical Hollywood democrat

He has an elementary school understanding of how the government works and he doesn't follow his own thoughts out to their logical conclusion. He doesn't seem to understand how a veto works and what happens if the House or Senate cannot override it with a 2/3 majority. He also doesn't understand what would have happened had congress left for their Memorial day recess without funding the troops.

The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic

A ban on Affleck

Thanks, Ben, for convincing me to not pay any more of your salary. I have seen your last movie.

Never dance on an empty stomach unless it's a liberal.

I always knew his brother got

I always knew his brother got all the brains ... You know, the one that does the insurance commercials ... looks sort of like a duck.

Rackie: rather than rephras

Rackie: rather than rephrase, I think an explanation is due.

This is the one time the Democrats supported the troops in taking out any deadlines and simply approved of funding (a good thing!)

So Democrats, while massive anti war protestors in fancy suits, were able to approve a bill that is relatively decent. It doesn't embolden the enemy or give the bird to the troops.

So... The Democrats "supporting the troops" = Something Ben Affleck hates and calls fucking weak. Ben Affleck says that Democrats "supporting the troops" is fucking weak.

It was a poor attempt at a joke in retrospect.

Hopefully that cleared it up... a bit :P

wiwf, I believe the request t

wiwf, I believe the request to rephrase was not because of the sentiment, but rather because of the f word.  Just because Ben Afflacking Intelligence can't express himself without dropping the f-bomb every other word doesn't mean we need to emulate him.

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

Ben Af***, A**F***

These dems and liberals have been very succesasful in lowering accepted standards of anything and everything in the US, be it the language used in everyday person to person communications to filthy low rent entertainment whether it be music or movies or anything they produce.

They've turned our once proud stellar country into a swirling cesspool of filth and I am very far from a prude as you can witness on my blog any day of the week and can slime it up with the best of them, be it Ben Affleck or RosieSaurus O'Donnell believe you me.

However there was a day when civility in public and even in private for those with any character was the norm, and that time and day has sadly long disappeared. Thanks to them and their creative bankruptcy the US has become by far the number one exporter of low class ghetto type behavior that pervades our entire society from top to bottom.

This type of vocabulary used to be associated with ignorance and low class but now eminates from a group of peoples that somehow claim to be the social and intellectual elite of this country!!!

This has become a real embarrassment for the millions of people in this country that still give a da** about decorum which they obviously don't . This problem is only getting worse and worse with each minute and is a sad statement for the future of this country as we visitors to this site and room at least seem to know very well.

However he is right about one thing, the Democratic politicians are indeed cowards and the left constituency got played like fiddles in the last election backing these spineless traitors. It would be da** funny except sadly we now all suffer for this with a congress that cannot even get out of their own way and George Bush has crushed like bugs so far...lololol