How many times will Oscar winners bash the Chimp?

[tedoll78]

A Republican friend pointed-out that many of the nominees for the top actor/actress awards are outspoken liberals. So.. how many times will we hear the winner of an Oscar bash the Chimp this year in his/her award speech?

(Personal note: My Mom's a swing voter, she's leaning against Bush, and she LOVES LOVES LOVES Sean Penn. Hmm..)

[gyopsy]

1. None

They haven't the guts. I'm sure they would LOVE to do it but after the Michael Moore thing from last year, they'll shy away from it. It could mean bad publicity for them.

[Matilda]

11. Tim Robbins would, for sure.

n/t

[MrSlayer]

2. I doubt anyone will have the balls.

We shall see but I think none is a safe bet.

[Gringo]

3. There will probably be citicism, symbolic gestures

Probably no overt rants...

[tameszu]

4. Chris Martin of Coldplay gave props to Kerry at the Grammy's

So maybe at least once? Funny people might take little sideswipes, too...

[Qanisqineq]

5. If Jessica Lange or Michael Moore

were presenters/won an award, I think they would definitely bring it up.

[tedoll78]

6. Something tells me..

that if it were to happen this year, the attacker would not be booed like Moore was last year. The tide has definitely changed.

[gyopsy]

8. Good point

I really would love to see that. But you know, the press would still have a field day with it. I'm sure the national news would cover it as if the nation opposed the idea and would mainly show interviews from people who thought the speech was disrespectful to dubya.

Also, I heard a rumor it was mostly stagehands up front who booed at Moore. The vast majority of the audience (mostly liberals from hollywood) applauded him.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Well, if you listen to the recordings of Moore,

there is a lot of applause in the background, and the boos are rather supicious in the high volume level of which they are recorded. I'd never thought of it, but yeah, that would be totally consistent if the boos were coming from stagehands and others very close to the mikes.

odd, considering that the stagehands are union people, but that's the downfall of the union idiots - they think it's more important to have a president who is "moral" and "family values" and "american" than someone who actually cares about them, because the dems have ttoally failed to assure them that the only ones who care about them and theor families and their interests and the safety of America are the dems.

[Deja Q]

24. For a liberal president, yes.

Clinton's done plenty to show he's not as liberal as we all like to think.

DOMA
NAFTA
DMCA
1994 sacking of Jocelyn Elders
1995 welfare 'reform'
No "corporate welfare" reform
1996 telecom act
Monica (though infidelity has been pushed by repukes as being a solely 'liberal trademark' and some people are dumb enough to buy it...)
others...

Clinton was a bipartisan centrist. Not a liberal. While he did some good (balancing the budget), he's nowhere close to being a godsend to the universe... :-(

We need liberals. Now. No more centrists or other corporate lickers. They've done enough damage already.

[Voltaire99]

13. Booing Moore

On the Bowling for Columbine DVD, Moore says he heard more applause than boos.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. None of these chicken crap imbeciles will have the courage

except to make "covert" and "subtle" critiques, at best.

But I doubt anyone will have the courage to actually speak the truth like Michael Moore did.

[girl gone mad]

10. Sean Penn..

might have the courage, but I doubt he'll even go. I think he'll win, though.

[Voltaire99]

14. Maybe he'll do a Brando

And have a prepared statement read if he wins.

[LastKnight]

12. lets hope networks wont censor dissenting opnions again

well, try anyway, they tried turning the band volume up on Micheal Moore, but if theres ever something that wouldnt work its trying to outdo mike on volume, we need more people like him.

-LK

[Ash1981]

15. agreed

I agree, we do need more people with guts.

Well, I'm new to this site (I mean, I've been reading it for awhile, but just now registered)....over time I've been leaning more and more left, and the only reason I didn't register here months ago is because I was more right-wing, and I knew that people who leaned to the right aren't supposed to create accounts here, and that's cool.

It's not censorship, because you own the site.

Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself, hope to have a good time here :)

[Panda1]

16. Zero....

...because if any try to besmirch the Chimp they'll be edited and censored. Janet's boob made that a certainty.
Isn't it on time delay anyway?

[gator_in_Ontario]

20. My thought exactly...

THAT is what the delay frenzy is about...

[CRK7376]

17. I vote for 3

but that's not enough. Everybody should, but you know many will not....pity too...

[Mobius]

18. Zero, theres a 5 sec time delay this year

like michael powell would let anything good get through.

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. Right on Mobius..and in comes the music then fade to black.

Or a Pepsi commercial.

[Kamika]

19. I bet they are forced not to say anything

I'm sure they've gotten pretty strict rules as to what not to say.. maybe they even have had to sign something.

[Panda1]

21. Don't forget what Chimpy said...

...we're "lucky to be free" just like the Iraqis. :(

[bigwillq]

22. If Penn or Robbins win,

they might and then maybe someone else so I voted three times. Let's see how many times Crystal makes a remark about the shrub!

[Bill of Rights]

25. Charlize Theron is set to win

best actress for Monster. She came out against the Death Penalty during one interview. In Monster she plays a woman who loves another woman. As a gay person, I am hoping for some kind of symbolic gesture of solidarity from Hollywood.