In Defense of Chevy Chase’s Right to Call Bush a Dumb F*ck

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by Jackson Thoreau

http://www.bartcop.com/chevy-jackson.htm

I’ve long liked Chevy Chase, but now I like him even more. He joins Jon Stewart and Bill Maher as my favorite comedians.
To stand up and call Bush a dumb fuck at a hoity-toity event like one hosted by the People for the American Way in mid-December http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3216-2004Dec15.html>, takes some guts. Chase just said what most of us want to say,
but doubt we would if we had a national stage like Chase has and had to worry about pissing off fans who pay to see our movies and acts.

And I don’t know why Democrats and liberal-types have to apologize for, and distance themselves from, Chase, such as some with the People
for the American Way and others on Fox shows like Hannity’s did. They come off sounding like wimps, and maybe a lot of liberals are wimps
.

Don’t call Chase’s remarks offensive and act like Bush is a legitimate U.S. president. Just say Chase’s opinions are his own and leave it at that. I mean,
if Cheney, who is supposedly a moral statesman, can use the f-word on the floor of Congress, a comedian can surely use it at an awards ceremony.

Bill O’Reilly, that purveyor of morality who paid millions to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit by an employee after transcripts revealed he admitted to having extramarital affairs amid phone sex with her, was indignant at Chase daring to "disrespect" the president this way.


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