celebs speak out

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The Other Half Speak
While well-known celebrity activists like Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover and Jessica Lange have already warned Americans of the potential horrors of war, there are still others in Hollywood who are clearly on the opposite side of the political fence.

Take action star Jean-Claude Van Damme for example. On the topic of celebrities speaking out against an all-out assault on Iraq, he told Globe magazine, "Some of those in Hollywood are part of the axis of ignorance!"

Singer Brian McKnight recently told MSNBC, "If we do go to war, I'm going to support whatever President Bush decides to do." And Pamela Anderson's other half, Kid Rock, didn't waste time mincing words by saying, "We got to kill that mother-[bleeper] Saddam. Slit his throat." Taking a far less visual stand than Mr. Rock, The West Wing's Rob Lowe recently told the Fox News Channel that Americans should support the military and that the best way to do that was to support President Bush.

But the grand poobah of Bush backers has to be Bruce Willis, whose latest film, Tears of The Sun, has him playing a loyal veteran officer of an elite Navy S.E.A.L unit. Bruce claims he even asked the President to dispatch him as a secret weapon to get Saddam Hussein. According to the star, he would've been the first in line if only the army would allow him. "I thought about signing up," Bruce said, who never really had the option, "but my friends told me I was too old. ... I called the White House, called President Bush and asked what I could do." Instead of getting his orders to deploy, the president tactfully suggested that the aging actor would be better off adopting some kids instead of leading the siege. The president has since tapped Bruce to serve as a national spokesperson for children in foster care.






Last edited by slavdogg at Mar 13 2003, 06:45 PM