Mel Gibson just slammed Shrub

[VelmaD]

He was talking to Diane Sawyer about going where no one could find him. He literally said he could pitch his tent next to the weapons of mass destruction and no one would ever find him.

*blink*

*blink*

Color me stunned.

[wheresthemind]

1. ... hmmm things are really that bad for Bush huh?

[PVnRT]

2. I don't know if that's a Bush slam

He could just be saying that they're hidden so well that no one could find them, or something like that.

[VelmaD]

5. I suppose but I don't think so...

there was a whole lotta sarcasm in the comment. I don't like Mel AT ALL so I'm not inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt...but it came across to me as a slam.

[codegreen]

9. the Pope is against the war, and Mel is the type of catholic...

that strikes me as agreeing with the Pope.

maybe he isn't pro-Bush

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

25. Er, not quite.

He's one of those anti-Vatican II Catholics. JP2 isn't reactionary enough for those folks.

[codegreen]

3. oh crap, Mel is going to hell

if he's not fully standing by our Leader!

that was actually pretty cool of him

[Droopy]

4. That's odd

I remember seeing something on here that said that basically Gibson was a fundie. I hope he is on the light side of the force. God knows we could use more people with his kind of power on our side.

[kalian]

6. Mel is far from being a fundie....

he's an "old school" Catholic which has absolutely NOTHING to do with
the "born again" nut cases that have taken hold of our country.

[Womblestuffer]

13. fuck I hate the born again premise

anyone tells me they're "born again" they immediately go on my shit list

[alittlelark]

22. Bush was 'born again' in a skull and bones coffin

I think that was the last time.

[ChoralScholar]

16. I have read articles about him

saying that he is a real "family man" and has very strong morals.

But I'm not sure how strong your morals are if you play Martin Riggs for 4 movies (not to mention he's pretty much Martin Riggs in every other movie too)

[Hubert Flottz]

28. Charlie Manson was a real family man too!

Bush's morals are oral! Gawd isn't so easily fooled as the money changers suppose IMHO!

[Taeger]

20. Note of fact

Fundamentalists and Catholics do NOT get along. Never forget what a "protestant" is protesting against ;-)

[SoCalDem]

21. I never liked mass after they switched to English

and had guitars & back-slapping & handshakes etc..

I know they felt the need to "modernize", but it was fine the way it was..
Of course, this is from a fallen-away Catholic, turned agnostic:)

[pinkpops]

7. I hadn't heard that

but watching and listening I started thinking he was. Then as I listened I realized it is a religious belief he has but with no wingnut politics attached. That was my impression, anyway. I agree, wel put Mel.

[VelmaD]

8. Oh, he is kinda a nut...

and he was a little scary at some points of the interview. But at the end he did make that slam. Maybe things are worse for the boy king than we thought. :-)

[proud patriot]

10. LOL .... Funny

Good for him ...

[Kat45]

11. I caught that too.

I was quite surprised myself.

[JI7]

12. he once made fun of linda tripp also

it was around the time of the clinton lewinsky crap. he saw some scary looking thing on a movie set and said something like "i think that was linda tripp" and laughed. but he isn't a clinton supporter either.

[Sannum]

14. In his last film

the remake of "The Singing Detective" there were several refrences to Bush being a moron.

[dweller]

15. Hijack...

how'd you like that movie? It played like one nite here and i'm looking for the video release...

dp

[Sannum]

18. singing detective

LOL. The film was written by Dennis Potter before his death, so any changes to the film were done by the guy who wrote the miniseries. Certain lines were changed and here was a more optimistic tone, which many people did not like, but to tell the truth, I thought it was nice how they edited it down to the bare bones of the story, which is the story of a man fighting against himself, who has to "pick up his own bed and walk". I still like the miniseries better, but the film IMO was fantastic as well, even if you only watch it for the performances. I recomend it. It was unfairly criticised as was the original was when it came out 20 years ago. I think it is out on DVD soon. I think that Downey, Gibson, and Penn were deserving of Oscar nominations. The make-up is much more graphic, so be prepared for that.

[Goldberg]

17. This coming from a man who said his wife is going to hell

because she isn't a Roman Catholic. :eyes:

If he did slam *, then way to go. :)

[LTR]

19. He doesn't give a shit about politics

He's a devout Catholic, and that's about it.

Most likely, he's indifferent.

BTW: Velma, love the avatar! Hilarious!

[SoCalDem]

23. Here ya go, Mel.. enjoy

[Kamika]

24. hah that was a good one

You guys seriously needs to stop your "all fundies are bush supporters" etc

[onebigbadwulf]

26. Catholics aren't fundies

I only consider protestants as fundies.


Catholics don't take the entire bible literally- and therefore dont support fundie things like pollution, death penalty, and the ending of social programs.

[soleft]

27. But Gibson does take the bible literally

so much so that he believes his wife is going to hell. He's also extremely homophobic and is quite vicious in his expression of it.

[Womblestuffer]

29. i guess you missed the interview, He said Catholics had a free pass

but other religions were not excluded from Heaven.

[geniph]

30. The Houston Chronicle had an interesting article

on Catholic Traditionalists and Gibson's movie:

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/ae/movies/jump/2321098

The article also points out that Hutton Gibson, Mel's dad, unquestionably belongs to the anti-semitic far-right lunatic fringe of the Traditionalist movement.