Weigh in on Sarah Palin Yesterday at 12:39 PM by Rex Wockner
Hollywood is never short on opinions, but rarely have so many celebrities been willing to go on record with their opinions of a political figure. Some recent comments:
"Anytime they (the Democrats) touch her (Sarah Palin), it's going to be, 'Oh, she's a woman, be careful.' The Democrats have been so stupid through this whole thing. I can't even discuss it; bunch of fucking morons."
--Comedian Joan Rivers to San Diego's Gay & Lesbian Times, Sept. 11.
"I think there's a really good chance that Sarah Palin could be president, and I think that's a really scary thing. ... I think the pick was made for political purposes, but in terms of governance, it's a disaster. You do the actuary tables, you know, there's a one out of three chance, if not more, that McCain doesn't survive his first term and it'll be President Palin. ... It's like a really bad Disney movie. The hockey mom, you know, 'Oh, I'm just a hockey mom from Alaska' ... and it's like she's facing down Vladimir Putin and using the folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It's absurd. It's totally absurd and I don't understand why more people aren't talking about how absurd it is. It's a really terrifying possibility. The fact that we've gotten this far, and we're that close to this being a reality is crazy. Crazy. I need to know if she really thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago. That's an important -- I want to know that, I really do. Because she's going to have the nuclear codes. I want to know if she thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago, or if she banned books, or tried to ban books. I mean, you know, we can't have that."
--Actor Matt Damon on Sarah Palin to the Associated Press, Sept. 10.
"Don't get me started. She's the anti-Wonder Woman. She's judgmental and dictatorial, telling people how they've got to live their lives. And a superior religious self-righteousness ... that's just not what Wonder Woman is about. Hillary Clinton is a lot more like Wonder Woman than Mrs. Palin. She did it all, didn't she? No one has the right to dictate, particularly in this country, to force your own personal views upon the populace -- religious views. I think that is suppressive, oppressive, and anti-American. [T]his woman -- it's anathema to me what she stands for. I think America should be very afraid. Very afraid."
--Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) on Sarah Palin to Philadelphia Magazine, Sept. 11.
"I think (Sarah) Palin's great. I think she's awesome. I think she's honest, I think she's real."
--Out tennis great Billie Jean King to The New York Observer, Sept. 8.
"Last Friday, a reporter from The New York Observer asked me what I thought about Sarah Palin. I told her I thought Sarah Palin was honest and real. I believe that. But, that in no way should be viewed as an endorsement of any kind. I oppose many of the positions of Sarah Palin, particularly those tied to the LGBT community. I am supporting Barack Obama."
--Billie Jean King in a Sept. 9 statement.
"Anytime someone goes to the library and says, 'I want to ban books,' and the librarian says 'no,' and she threatens to fire them -- that's scary."
--Former New York Mayor Ed Koch telling Politico.com why he won't vote for Sarah Palin and John McCain, Sept. 9.
"How can a politician her age have never have gone to Europe? ... You don't need to be a pointy-headed elitist to travel abroad. You need curiosity and a hunger to see the world. What kind of a person (who has the money) arrives at the age of 44 and has only been out of the country once, on an official tour to Iraq? Sarah Palin's travel record is that of a provincial, not someone who is equipped to deal with global issues. But some people like that. She's never traveled to Europe, Asia, Africa, South America or Down Under? That makes her like them. ... I trust the American people will see through Palin, and save the Republic in November."
--Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert in a Sept. 11 column.
