NEWS: George Clooney is a Liberal. He said it.

CULTURE: George Clooney is a Liberal. He said it.

George Clooney switching gears to blogging might not be as drastic a departure as Macaulay Culkin, the author, especially given it's Arianna Huffington's site. Clooney would appear to be among family there as The Huffington Post is no stranger to celebrity bloggers. As luck would have it, I learned nothing new in George’s first post as he simply reiterated what most of us already deciphered from seeing any one of his films: He’s a smug liberal and proud of it. In this vein, here’s George’s first blog entry, "I am a liberal. There I said it.":

But be warned. If you "fire away," he might make a film about it.

yay for george clooney!

i ♥ liberals! and george clooney!

fucking teflon, man.

George, please just keep making good pictures.

Behold, Ladies & Gentlemen....I give you a lousy, 9th grade essay on civil rights.

Teacher's note:

C+ George, I think if you apply yourself you can do better.

Ah George.

Good on ya mate.

Huh. I was really wondering about his poli9tical affiliation.

Maybe someone should ask him if he is a classical liberal.

Well that's no effing surprise. Did he actually need to say it?

He's awsome, and I would expect no less. That reminds me, I gotta go out and buy Good Night and Good Luck tomorrow.

If it were half as good as Good Night, And Good Luck. than I'd be happy to go conservative for a little bit for it.

You're like that girl in High School who rejected me by spellchecking my love letter and sending it back.

Correct...you won't get a handjob under the bleachers from either of us.

hey everyone i'm a liberal
... there i said it.

The best part is that I've always said the same thing as in that second paragraph about running away from the label. I knew I liked Clooney.

A liberal actor...what's next?...Hollywood is embracing teh gays?

As much as I love the fact that GC isn't afraid to proclaim his "liberal-ness". This first blog entry was pretty High School. Though i will say its interesting to see how someone famous writes when they just punch up an essay and put it out there.

yes.



best guy ever.

Coming up next:

"Richard Simmons is gay. He said it."





[Edited on Mar 14, 2006 by FireBomber]

There isn't a cooler man in the world. Not a single one. George is the zenith.

When I think of smug liberals, it's totally George Clooney I see. I mean, just look at him.

Uh, who exactly is it that's running away from the label "liberal" or trying to turn it into a bad word? He reminds me of Bill O'Reilly with his delusional "war on Christmas." Everyone wants to feel like they're under attack and they're some great courageous warrior. There, George, you said it. No one cares what you are one way or the other (except other liberals, I guess, but they really should look for their heroes somewhere other than Hollywood.)

*head asplodes*

im starting to really respect that dude

Like it or not, "liberal" is a label most Democrats run and hide from. It's used as an insult by Republicans. Democrats even came up with a new term for themselves: "New Democrats," whatever that means.

Anyway. He didn't say anything that really amazed me or that I didn't know already, but what the hell. I think Clooney's really awesome, and have been rooting for him since his ER days. After Peacemaker and Batman & Robin, I thought he was done for and was sorta sad. And then he made Out of Sight and it's all been good from there. Well...most of it, anyway.

I'm sure Mr. O'Reilly will use this statement in one of his talking points memo this week. He'll denounce Clooney and ask for some sort of boycott of his work like the fucking McCarthyite that he is, he should just go back to jerking off to his collection of Mel Gibson movies.

George Clooney...one of like three liberal people (I'm another of course) to come out of Cincinnati. His dad ran for congress in Kentucky a couple of years back but lost in a landslide.