Absurd Quote of the Day: Obamas "Rare" Bow to Hollywood

An online site reporting yesterday that Obama would appear at a fundraiser with Hollywood moguls, said his appearance would be "a rare bow" to Hollywood. I have to ask if writer Ira Teinowitz lives on this planet. Ira, just google the Hollywood types routinely invited to the White House to lobby or enjoy taxpayer cocktails...please. See a George Clooney video below.

Hollywood

However, the event for Obama last night was likely an uncomfortable moment for some, as Hollywood has been silently falling away from their support of The One, or have they? Perhaps an example: co-host of the event Barbra Streisand was a no-show.

Here is a partial list of Hollywood, Music, TV, Sports and Writer-types publicly supporting this president.

May the list live in infamy as Obama goes down in flames:

Halle Berry, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer aniston, Jessica Alba, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kirsten Dunst, Matt Damon, Ted Danson, Larry David, Renee Zellweger, Jodie Foster, George Clooney, Garry Marshall, Michael Moore, Bill Cosby, Kevin Costner, Daniel Craig, Jaime Lee Curtis, Sean Penn, Will Smith, Scarlett Johannson, Angeline Jolie, Brad Pitt, Celine Dion, Bob Dylan, Andy Griffith, Melanie Griffith, Danny Glover, Jay-Z and Beyonce, Dennis Quaid, Cindy Crawford, J.J. Abrams, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Allison Krauss, Billy Joel, Sugar Ray Leonard, Christie Brinkley, Oprah, Rob Reiner, Lindsay Lohan, Barbara Streisand, Josh Brolin, Steven Spielberg, Leonardo DiCapro, Jennifer Lopez, Dave Matthews, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Justin Timberlake, Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Merle Haggard, 50 Cent, Christian Applegate, Pierce Brosnan, Stevie Wonder, Diane Keaton, Jason Alexander, Will Ferrell, Judd Apatow, Robert Redford, Ron Howard, Magic Johnson, Sarah Silverman, Jamie Foxx, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, George Lopez, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobey Maguire, Julianne Moore, Eddie Murphy, Edward Norton, Al Pacino, Tyra Banks, Perez Hilton, Howard Stern, Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Rock, Susan Saradon, Martin Sheen, Kathy Griffin, Jon Stewart, Alicia Keys, Carol King, Wanda Sykes, Russell Brank, Margaret Cho, Ben Stiller, Meryl Streep, Donald Sutherland, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Buffet, Natalie Cole, Charlize Theron, M. Night Shyamalan, Stephen King, Garrison Keillor, Toni Morrison, Christopher Hitchens, Hulk Hogan,J.K. Rowling, Kareen Abdul-Jabbar, Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Craig Robinson, Emmitt Smith, Quentin Tarantino, Marisa Tomei, Kathleen Turner, Denzel Washington, James Whitmore, Forest Whitaker, Debra Winger, Henry Winkler, Afre Woodard, Jennifer Hudson, the Late Dennis Hopper, Valerie Harper, Harry Connick, Jr.,  Pete Carroll, Sheryl Crow, Tom Hanks, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kal Penn, Jack Black, Ellen Burstyn, don Cheadle, John Cleese, James Cromwell, Larry David, Laura Dern, Cameron Diaz, Danny Devito, Robert De Niro, Ashley Judd, Natalie Portman, Sidney Poitier, Queen Latifah, Caroline Kennedy, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

There are so many more. Check them out here.

Watch this video of George Clooney making a fool of himself. Like everyone in Hollywood, it's all about how things look.



George Clooney on Barack Obama (video)

West Point is Enemy Camp? Cool Audience for Obama? Chris Matthews Enemy Video

The West Point cadets were quietly respectful as the President spoke tonight. Not once did I see a head nod in agreement. There was no rousing or resounding applause for the mission laid out ahead. This had to apparent to anyone paying attention, but this is how MSNBC's Liberal hack Chris Matthews saw it - and he saw West Point as "the enemy camp:"

Matthews said, “He went to maybe the enemy camp tonight to make his case. I mean, that’s where Paul Wolfowitz used to write speeches for, back in the old Bush days. That’s where he went to rabble rouse the “we’re going to democratize the world” campaign back in ‘02. So, I thought it was a strange venue.”

 Only a far-leftist would see West Point as a strange venue for a war speech.

NRO's Kathryn Jean Lopez said a "shameful low" was reached tonight when Matthews referred to West Point as an "enemy camp." Lopez received, and published, an email which puts tonight's audience in perspective:

Whether out of professionalism (the vast majority of cadets) or fear of punishment (the rest of them), the Corps of Cadets would never be disrespectful to the Commander-in-Chief.  In fact, West Point may be the only place in America where President Obama can simultaneously trash George W. Bush and announce an increase in troop levels in Afghanistan and not be booed from the right or the left.

 Here's the Matthews video






Chris Matthews West Point is Enemy (video)


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Obama's West Point Afghanistan Speech Transcript: Breaking it down

George W. Bush vs Barack Obama West Point Speeches