Mortensen Defends Bush Criticism

[LynneSin]

http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-12-15/#celeb6

Mortensen Defends Bush Criticism

The Lord Of The Rings star Viggo Mortensen refuses to apologize for his recent attack on President George W. Bush - maintaining the political leader is a "beast." The outspoken actor hit out at Bush after his controversial handling of Hurricane Katrina, but also disagrees with the President's Iraq policies, gossip site The Scoop reports. He fumes, []b"I'm not anti-Bush; I'm anti-Bush behavior. In other words, I'm against cheating, greed, cruelty, racism, imperialism, religious fundamentalism, treason, and the seemingly limitless capacity for hypocrisy shown by Bush and his administration. Cindy Sheehan (peace activist whose son was killed in Iraq) and how badly Katrina was bungled are two shots to the heart. I hope the beast does fall down soon.

Anti-Bush and gorgerous to boot. He should have had a nomination for "A History of Violence" (Ed Harris too)

[cleofus1]

1. i just finished

watching the first installment of lord of the rings and am halfway thru "the two towers" (extended directors cut)...the kids and i just sit there transfixed...viggo is the man...and a great actor too!

[Bridget Burke]

2. After you finish the LOTR movies, check out the "special features"

You'll like Viggo even more. He offers some intelligent comments about Tolkien & the film. And you will find that the other cast members liked & respected him. The stunties (stuntmen & stuntwomen) loved him. Even the horses were fans!

[Solon]

3. You know the guy is cool when...

He made anti-war T-Shirts by hand and wore them on TV during interviews BEFORE the Iraq war even started.

[Evergreen Emerald]

4. I concur

He is hot hot hot.

[MissMillie]

5. Liberalism is so sexy

and it comes in a pretty package w/ Viggo.

Viggo, will you marry me?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. I don't know - Vigo creeps me out

[ghostsofgiants]

8. You wanna battle my boys?

That's not legal.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

16. Ok ok ok - you're in control

Geez Louise!

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

31. "I've worked with better....

but not many."

[ForrestGump]

7. I'd hit it

:loveya:

Seriously...it's just as well that I'm not likely to make it to go see Brokeback Mountain, because old Viggo, here, is close enough to turning me gay just by virtue of his character.

Okay, so he's a stunning physical specimen, too -- kind of odd-looking, really, but, hey, it works.

I need to go look at photos of my favorite girl now, just to regain my self... :D

[brentspeak]

9. Still waiting for Bill O'Reilly and all the other morons

to apologize to the Dixie Chicks.

The Dixie Chicks were right; they were wrong.

[CatBoreal]

10. One of the few men....

...I'd cheat on hubby with.

Well not really, but I can pretend.

[Liberalynn]

11. Sexy as hell

and just as smart. I'm in love. Oh yeah. :loveya:

[GalleryGod]

12. Vig Rocks!

:yourock:

[Love Bug]

13. Yet another reason to love Viggo

[Zomby Woof]

14. 38% approval or less for Chimp

And the fucking media STILL puts anti-Bush people on the DEFENSIVE???? :argh: :nuke:

If this were real journalism, the headline would read "Mortensen's anti-Bush statements resonate with the mainstream".

[lizziegrace]

15. He's my hero! n/t

[SOteric]

17. *swoon*

[gollygee]

18. I'm in love

:loveya:

[NaturalHigh]

19. Wasn't Viggo in one of those awful "Texas Chainsaw" sequels?

Off the topic, I know.

[Taverner]

20. No...that was Matthew McConoghey (sp?)

And Renée Zellweger...

Aweful movie - especially since in essence it was a remake (in the same vein on how Never Say Never Again was a remake of Thunderball)

[NaturalHigh]

22. I remember that one with MM.

This was an earlier one, like in 1989 or 1990. I think it was Texas Chainsaw Massacre Three - Leatherface or something like that.

By the way, the one you're talking about was truly awful.

[CatBoreal]

26. Uummm... I hate to break it to you but...

...that was Viggo, a very young Viggo.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099994/





After a little more investigation, you are right, MM and RZ were in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre, only the 1994 version: Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110978/

[CottonBear]

21. Don't worry Viggo, I'll defend you!

That man is georgous, loves horses, writes poetry, paints and is a liberal.

[jonnyblitz]

27. and he has been known to speak at ANSWER anti-war rallies

in DC. my sister caught a t-shirt he threw into the crowd. he tossed a bunch of them out..

[CottonBear]

32. How cool is that? Lucky girl! Swoon. n/t

[lizziegrace]

23. Since we're swooning...

[lizziegrace]

24. And since he's a horse lover

[CottonBear]

34. He bought the Hidalgo horse in the picture above and took him home!

What a guy!

[CatBoreal]

35. Okay, I'm seriously falling in love here....

...this is not good.

Seven more nights until I see hubby again........

[CottonBear]

36. There was a photo shoot and Viggo was sharing a bowl of oatmeal

with a little Shetland pony in his kitchen! :)

I think the pictures were in Vanity Fair. B&W. Beautiful. *swoon*

He used to be marries to Exene Cervenka of the band X and they have a son named Henry.

[Lisa]

38. and his son told him he should do LoTR ...

So I, for one, owe Henry a big thanks!

[CatBoreal]

41. Thank you Henry!

Can you imagine Stuart Townsend as Aragorn??

EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

[lizziegrace]

37. Get in line!

I'm so far gone for him it isn't funny. Where's that swooning smilie when you need it?? Visit http://www.percevalpress.com/home.html?-session=pp_sc:9CC43A88DC7959B4F9AA725C1AEB5EED

I ordered the book last year called Miyelo. It's a photo essay of the Ghost Dance taken at Pine Ridge Reservation shortly after Hidalgo finished shooting up there. Wonderful commentary and stories are intertwined with the images taken with a single roll of film.

Sigh...

[CottonBear]

39. I'm married and I'd fight for a first place in line.

;) He's incredible.

[CatBoreal]

40. I'm a regular visitor to Perceval...

and was thinking about buying that book.

He is such an incredibly talented man. He speaks 4 languages (I think), writes poetry, is a photographer, an artist, a musician and actor, he rides horses, is thoughtful and politically minded.

This is a man you can actually have a conversation with!

*sigh* If someone tells me he rides a motorcycle, I'm think I'll to move to LA and stalk him!

[lizziegrace]

42. The book is haunting

I know you'd really like it.

[Aristus]

25. I appreciate ALL passionate, outspoken liberals, but I gotta say:

I'm REALLY glad Viggo is on our side.

A true Renaissance Man.

And...yeah, okay, he's pretty good-looking. B-)

[geniph]

28. The guy BOUGHT that gorgeous white horse for the stuntwoman

after filming was over, because she was so brokenhearted at parting with the horse! That is one seriously cool thing to do - he bought the horse and quietly presented it to her after the shoot was over!

(The beautiful white horse that Arwen "rides" fleeing the Black Riders - all the actual riding scenes were the stuntwoman, not Liv Tyler. She fell in love with that horse, and he with her, and they were both desolated at being parted from one another. Viggo BOUGHT the damn thing for her!)

[CatBoreal]

29. I actually cried when I saw that....

What a man. Viggo is on my top 10 people to have tea with.

[CottonBear]

33. That is so wonderful. That horse is beautiful. n/t

[derby378]

30. Viggo's a bona fide CSA

That's "Cindy Sheehan Advocate" to the rest of ya... :hi:

[WilliamPitt]

43. I met him at Camp Casey

Hie hair was dyed orange. It was weird to see Aragorn with bright orange hair. :)

[CatBoreal]

44. What was he like?

[MiniMandaRuth]

45. Oh... that picture makes my heart melt.

Sure, he's good looking and all... But he has the most beautiful eyes of all time.

[CatBoreal]

46. Another reason to love Viggo...

...he's a Montreal Canadians fan according to IMDB.