Ben Afflek is a dick head

[redstate_democrat]

He said on Bill Maher's show that he "likes" Sarah Palin. :wow: Palin is a total fraud who believes in some of the most fringe ideas in the world. She is a racist, xenophobic, homophobic, ignorant, religiously intolerant fool. Every time she opens her tattooed trap, she places Obama's life in danger.

Ben Afflek lost me on that one. I used to respect him, too.

[BayouBengal07]

1. Matt Damon was always cooler.

[KathieG]

2. I agree

[redstate_democrat]

5. And I thought Ben was the cooler one.

Go figure. Love Matt in Bourne Identity. He always plays bad ass characters. Ben is always in some costume or playing some guy who thinks he's really fucking deep or smart or something.

Go Matt Damon!

[FVZA_Colonel]

18. You can't get much cooler then Jason Bourne.

[blonndee]

23. I didn't see the show because I don't have HBO but I know I agree with you.

I LURVE Matt Damon. He's a lefty ALL the way. Not only is he cooler, but he's more talented and smarter than Ben. Plus, he gives LOTS of money to progressive causes.

I like Ben okay, but based on Matt's past interviews, I hardly think Matt would say he "likes" Sarah Palin. What a chickens**t thing to say.

Hopefully the rest of the show was better!

[nam78_two]

43. True

I like Matt Damon :D.

[msanthrope]

68. This thread is total bullshit--OP is misconstruing the episode, defaming

a fine, hard-working Obama supporter.

This bullshit has got to stop---

[Cosmocat]

70. Damon IS "cooler" but the OP is retarded ...

I fell asleep during Maher's opening monologue, but I have seen Afleck MORE then enough to know he is a strong D.

Palin is now an institutionalized JOKE, some off hand remark doesn't make a strong D an evil turncoat.

[SunsetDreams]

3. Probably because JLo is for Obama

.......or not....either way he disappoints me.

[rebel with a cause]

44. I am pretty sure that Ben was backing Obama before.

I know I saw that somewhere. I'll go googling and get back to you. :7


Edited to add, read them and weep. Ben is a big Obama supporter.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/category?blogid=7+year=2007+month=03+day=01&cat=78

http://www.usmagazine.com/ben_affleck_jennifer_garner_throw_barack_obama_fundraiser

http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:BenAffleck,00.html

http://popsugar.com/1114972

[SE7Nth]

4. Probably said it out of spite for his friend. To be contradictory.

[elshiva]

6. Oh WHY? WHY? WHY?

I thought Affleck was a liberal. Didn't he support Kerry?

[redstate_democrat]

It doesn't matter

Anyone with a brain, regardless of party affiliation, knows what's up with this fraud named Palin.

[RichGirl]

73. YOU ARE WRONG!

If this is true, why are so many people supporting McCain/Palin. They may all have brains, but they don't use them!!!

[HardWorkingDem]

7. I think you missed what he was trying to say....(GILF)...

Actually, from his numerous appearances on Maher's show, he's usually show more intelligence than people give "stars" credit for. But with that, I think he made it kind of clear he was talking about her looks.

[redstate_democrat]

10. I obviously didnt get the joke. I thought he was married to that lady who played that badass on tv

If he was talking about fucking this broad, he is even lamer than I thought.

[Sidney J Mussburger]

61. Yeah,...not an endorsement of palin

pathetic where this thread has gone. Yes Pathetic. Only a real shitfuck asshole would believe Ben Affleck was a Republican. Ha. fuck you, you dumb fucks. later.....

[RichGirl]

72. I didn't see the show and I would ordinarily agree with you.

But...Ben should know that these are very critical times and that we have many, MANY incredibly STUPID people voting. He should know better than to say ANYTHING remotely positive about Palin...to give even one person a reason to vote for her.

If he said it about her looks he is equally wrong. I thought she was pretty too, on day one. But her hatefulness, blatant lying and sheer stupidity has made her UGLY! It's very shallow to see beauty as being only skin deep.

[TornadoTN]

8. What else did he say? He's a very strong liberal - so I doubt it was anything major towards her

Obama even takes the high road with her - although I suspect that is starting to change, at least to Biden.

[redstate_democrat]

11. Luntz was on the show and Affleck made some random, arbitrary remark about him probably liking Palin

more than Luntz likes her. (was that a sly remark about Luntz's sexuality or something? :shrug:) Maher asked him repeatedly to explain why and Affleck seemed like he didn't want to get into it. He did say, however, that she is like one of the regular people or some crazy ass shit.

[iamthebandfanman]

14. yeah he say that, then rolled his eyes

and said 'i dont know'

[nam78_two]

42. Isn't Luntz a Republican pollster ?

At least I thought he was...so my reading of that is that it could be a reference to the effect Palin is having on the polls for McCain-Palin ticket. She is definitely a net drag and not a net positive for that ticket by now, so a kind reading of that remark is that it would be a reference to her dampening effect on the polls?

[redstate_democrat]

46. This makes sense

but...you just had to see it. I guess when you look at it in its totality it sounded crazy because he had been more deferential to McCain earlier.

[rebel with a cause]

47. He is an Obama supporter big time.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/category?blogid=7+year=2007+month=03+day=01&cat=78

http://www.usmagazine.com/ben_affleck_jennifer_garner_throw_barack_obama_fundraiser

http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:BenAffleck,00.html

http://popsugar.com/1114972

[HardWorkingDem]

25. Affleck is not a wingnut and what I perceived was...

after Maher kept after him to tell him why he liked her, he said something about how he didn't really want to say or go into it and then added he thought she had some appeal that isn't always present...

I took it as he was trying to say he thought she is attractive...

And Affleck is not a wingnut. He's been on Maher plenty of times before and has made his leanings quite clear....

[redstate_democrat]

37. I know about Ben Affleck

and how he is supposedly a big liberal, went to DNC conventions, etc. I thought he was sincere about saying he liked Palin. Maher seemed to think he was. He was also, in the beginning, taking up for Joe the Plumber. This is no time to play it safe down the middle. It's time to get hardcore partisan on these THUGS in the GOP.

[angee_is_mad]

41. Thinking about HIS political future

its been speculated that he will run for office one day in Massachusetts. Guess he isn't trying to alienate anyone. He was just trying to show he could be the candidate for stupid people also.

Ben is more visibly politically active and partisan than Matt. I believe Matt is more issue driven like angelina jolie who refuses to endorse anyone and is sometimes complimentary of bush.

[rebel with a cause]

49. Ben and Jennifer are Obama supporters and have said so.

He even supported Barack in the primary, went to the convention and threw a party to raise funds for Barack.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/category?blogid=7+year=2007+month=03+day=01&cat=78

http://www.usmagazine.com/ben_affleck_jennifer_garner_throw_barack_obama_fundraiser

http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:BenAffleck,00.html

http://popsugar.com/1114972

[RichGirl]

74. That's all fine and dandy.

But all the people in the viewing audience aren't going to these websites to find out that he supports Obama!! If he is in the public eye, he needs to be clear about what he believes and not play coy games. I KNOW he supports Obama, but he didn't help Obama last night.

[Kerrytravelers]

9. What was the context of the conversation?

[Solomon]

12. He did all right except for the Palin thing and,

he interupted an extremely important point being made by Martin Short which is that the right wing is evil, plays dirty. But thank goodness after Afleck did his spiel, Sanders brought it back to Short's point, and it got discussed.

[redstate_democrat]

13. Thank you.

Affleck can get carried away sometimes with his little "history lessons". Like, dude, everybody fucking knows about the history of the GOP. Got it? Good.

[thoughtcrime1984]

15. Great sigline pic! LOL

[Sorceress]

16. OP used to respect Ben Affleck? Wow.

Matt is by far the cooler BFF. He was so hawt when he was ranting about Palin. Dude was livid!

[bjobotts]

17. He's a phony. A real smart ass and a loser in person. wingnut all the way.Makes him ugly.

[redstate_democrat]

19. Wingnut, huh?

And people here are talking about him being a liberal? I don't know. He lost me on this Palin crap. This woman said Obama pals around with terrorist(s).

And he "likes" her.

[bjobotts]

22. It's the real reason he wasn't allowed on boat with cast of Oceans 11-Asshole

[rebel with a cause]

50. He is not a wingnut.

he is a big Obama supporter and has been from almost the beginning. This is the fourth and final time I will post these things, but geesh you guys should google sometimes instead of jumping on a bandwagon.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/category?blogid=7+year=2007+month=03+day=01&cat=78

http://www.usmagazine.com/ben_affleck_jennifer_garner_throw_barack_obama_fundraiser

http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:BenAffleck,00.html

http://popsugar.com/1114972


Look for yourself at how much he has been involved with Obama's campaign.

[Blondiegrrl]

60. I share your frustration:

DU:

[rebel with a cause]

62. Good knee jerk there.

I envy you guys that can do the graphics or whatever it is called.

Thank you for sharing my frustations. I was feeling quite alone. ;)

:hug:

[Blondiegrrl]

57. Oh, for christ's sake. Ben Affleck is not a wingnut.

Check out his campaign donations:
http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Ben_Affleck.php

From the archives of the Charleston (WV) Gazette:

Charleston's sweetheart, movie star Jennifer Garner, and her actor husband, Ben Affleck, are campaigning hard for Barack Obama for president. They both gave speeches at a Miami fundraiser for the Democratic nominee. Garner - the 2007 West Virginian of the Year - was "very witty, clever and funny," according to People magazine. Affleck told the crowd: "All of us are here because we just want Barack. We believe in what he wants to do: ending the war in Iraq, universal health care." He called Obama "extraordinary ... a genuine, real force." The couple also hosted their own Obama fundraiser in Affleck's hometown of Boston - and they supported him at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

... and I believe Affleck has also appeared in MoveOn ads for Obama.

[rebel with a cause]

63. If I could I would recommend this post and name it the

Post of the Day/Week/Year. Anyway, you get the drift. I love this post. :applause: :yourock:

[BeyondGeography]

20. Couldn't watch because I find him insufferable

even when I agree with him, which is most of the time.

[redstate_democrat]

27. I don't see why everyone thinks he's this big Hollywood brain or something

Gosh, are we that pathetic, that anyone who can reason on a normal, college educated level is all of a sudden the smartest motherfucker alive? Give me a break. Yea, dude knows some facts and can connect the dots. Woohooo!

[FLyellowdog]

21. Is this about the insurance talking duck? Oh, never mind.

[TheWraith]

24. "Likes" Sarah Palin may simply mean he'd like to get naked with her.

He went out with J-Lo, which proves that at least at times he doesn't take personality into account.

[HardWorkingDem]

26. That's what I took from his comments...

GILF....

[redstate_democrat]

29. Well, then, he's a pig.

[Codeine]

34. Why does wanting to get naked with somebody

make a person a pig?

[redstate_democrat]

35. Isn't he married to a woman who just had his kid?

Did he divorce her already?

[HardWorkingDem]

38. Um....it is a sarcastic, comedy show, too....nt...

...

[redstate_democrat]

39. You don't say.

I thought I was watching MTP. You can't joke about these people. Times are too serious and SHE is too dangerous.

[Vektor]

55. If he's NOT divorced...

...and he's actually implying that he finds that whacked out Palin (who looks like a drag queen in bad make-up) attractive, then he's not only blind and stupid, he probably WILL be divorced soon.

Palin "attractive"?

On what cell block?

:puke:

[Left Is Write]

84. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have a 2-year-old daughter and a baby on the way.

[progressivebydesign]

86. he has a history of being a sleazeball toward women. So it's not surprising. n/t

[rebel with a cause]

52. Jennifer Lopez, Ben Afleck and Jennifer Garner all

support Barack Obama. I don't know why you don't know these things. I know these things and my senior moments are horrendous.
Yahoo and Google are your friends. Look up thread. I have posted four times with the links about Afleck and Obama.

[TheWraith]

82. Why are you complaining at me instead of the OP?

I was simply pointing out one possible meaning of him saying he likes Sarah Palin OTHER than that he plans to vote for her, which he clearly doesn't.

[rebel with a cause]

94. I wasn't just complaining to you.

I was talking to everyone who jumped on the op's bandwagon. Don't take it personal, if you look at the thread I posted to quite a few others also.

[RichGirl]

76. He's like to get naked with a....

...fear-mongering, racist, hateful, lying...incredibly stupid woman...just because she's hot?????? How shallow can he get!!

[TheWraith]

83. I say again... J-Lo. nt

[MattP]

28. Ben and Jennifer Garner were two of the first to have fundraisers for Obama during the primary

He is one of Obamas early supporters, and a very strong liberal. If he made a stupid comment I'm sure there was something else to it.

[redstate_democrat]

31. Okay.

I wanna hear him get his Matt Damon on. Don't say you "like" someone after they've incited violence against a guy you "support".

[MattP]

36. Good people say stupid things all the time

[my3boyz]

33. I agree! If you google search you will come up with all sorts of articles

about him supporting Obama. Also, even a topic from DU showed up in the search.

[rebel with a cause]

53. Exactly,

posted some of the links to the articles throughout the thread just because this is crazy that people don't know that one of Barack's biggest supporters is Ben Afleck.

[krawhitham]

30. He said he liked her more than Bill Maher did

[MattP]

32. And he agreed after there should be more vetting of Todd Palin

[dansolo]

91. Probably because she has killed McCain's chances

Sarah Palin has been a dead weight on the McCain campaign, which dramatically increases the chance of an Obama win. In that regard, I absolutely love Sarah Palin.

[OneSelf]

40. I'll reserve any judgment...

until I see the youtubes.

Sounds like a stupid but innocuous comment.

[rosesareredroses]

45. luckily i have long since deemed him worthless and his pal damon too

[rebel with a cause]

54. huh, perhaps that is because they are Barack supporters.

Just saying. :shrug:

[Blondiegrrl]

58. Yeah. Let's demand that Ben take back all his Obama donations and stop

hosting fundraisers for Obama, since he's in the tank for the GOP!

[rebel with a cause]

65. yeah, that should show him.

:eyes:

[emilyg]

48. Why do we even care what Hollywood people think.

[win_in_06]

51. If a proven liberal like Affleck is smitten by Palin

how many on-the-fence voters will be?

[rebel with a cause]

56. He is not smitten.

Jennifer would kick his butt, even if she is way pregnant. It was probably a joke, probably an insiders joke.

[Grown2Hate]

59. Actually, he said, in defense towards Frank Luntz that he "probably

likes her more than you do". Then Bill Maher made him defend the comment, which he refused to do, or couldn't, made some backwards type compliment to her, and visibly dropped the subject and passed to Martin Short. I didn't get the impression at ALL that he liked her. It seemed like something BEYOND satire. Did you see the entire episode?

[Poseidan]

64. because luntz is a gay

That's why every time he's on the show, Bill touches him and Luntz throws a fit.

Enough with the Bush horseshit though, people. This whole 'with us or against us' crap needs to end. Why let someone you hate control your life?

[msanthrope]

67. "a gay"???? What the fuck did you just write? n/t

[ruggerson]

85. do "the gheys" control yours?

[Unsane]

66. The OP is a dickhead. Ben is one of the good guys.

[Imagevision]

69. The problem with Affleck is he never reads how opinions of his statements are being received...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

71. Maybe, as a strong Obama supporter he was trying to be gracious about her. That

is the only explanation I can conjure up about why he didn't talk about how dangerous she is. Maher was very surprised.

[OnionPatch]

77. That was my impression, exactly.

He was just trying, in some way, to be polite.

[GalleryGod]

75. I Think he meant he'd "like to go down on" Sarah Palin .

But, Ben,seriously...after J-Lo?
Your affections for women are to be seriously under scrutiny,Pal. 4 ever!
Just GIVE $$$ and do 30 second GOTV speeches!

[Myrina]

89. ewwww ... just vomited in my mouth a little ....

:puke:

[Blue_Roses]

78. I was surprised to hear him say that too! What is with men and her?

they seem to let the little head tell the big head what to do:eyes:

[rucky]

79. What did you think of Obama's praise of her at the debate?

[Kerrytravelers]

96. Didn't you know? Obama's totally in the tank for the GOP.

:rofl:

[undeterred]

80. Bill Maher is a dickhead. I don't know why anyone goes on his show

to begin with. The guy is a total misogynist and I can't stand him.

[onenote]

81. is Joe Biden a dickhead too? Cause he's said nice things about Palin as well, hasn't he?

[Ichingcarpenter]

87. Study: 38 Percent Of People Not Actually Entitled To Their Opinion

CHICAGO—In a surprising refutation of the conventional wisdom on opinion entitlement, a study conducted by the University of Chicago's School for Behavioral Science concluded that more than one-third of the U.S. population is neither entitled nor qualified to have opinions.

"On topics from evolution to the environment to gay marriage to immigration reform, we found that many of the opinions expressed were so off-base and ill-informed that they actually hurt society by being voiced," said chief researcher Professor Mark Fultz, who based the findings on hundreds of telephone, office, and dinner-party conversations compiled over a three-year period. "While people have long asserted that it takes all kinds, our research shows that American society currently has a drastic oversupply of the kinds who don't have any good or worthwhile thoughts whatsoever. We could actually do just fine without them."

In 2002, Fultz's team shook the academic world by conclusively proving the existence of both bad ideas during brainstorming and dumb questions during question-and-answer sessions.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/61948

[Myrina]

88. He didn't say he agreed with her, or that he was voting for her ...

... just that she's likeable.

Which, in a way, is the entire reason the GOP put her on the ticket.
Certainly not for her brains.

In the real world, she could be one of those 'likeable' PTA moms that you chat over the milk and cookies with ... nothing more.


Ben is and probably always will be a strong, strong Democrat.

Try not to overreact so drastically next time ... :crazy:

[bevoette]

90. actually...last night was the first time i liked him, LOL

i'm a Damon fan myself, heh

but i thought last night he actually made a good point...or, if not 'good', a pretty salient one w/ regard to Palin and part of what she represents about Americans

after the hemming and hawwing about not wanting to say, he finally said (this is close to a quote, but maybe not exact) - "i think she represents a large part of American that is often overlooked in this country by the left"


i thought it was actually an astute statement, and one i've thought in the past. there IS a certain level of disdain and disgust for some of what she represents, or at least some of what her supporters are identifying with.

NOTE: i'm not arguing that there's not PLENTY about her and the far right that IS disgusting and detestable, but it's a disservice to put all of 'small town' America or all of non-educated America or whatever into that same ugly box.

good people abound in this country. i believe that, and i believe OBAMA believes that.

anyway...that's all i thought he meant. i'd actually thought him more of a himbo before last night :)

[Kind of Blue]

92. I agree with the OP. Afflek was a dick head last night. Totally

wishy-washy trying to wrap it in a semblance of intelligence. He made me sick!

[AnnieBW]

93. His wife is gonna kick his ass for that one.

Jennifer Garner has been campaigning for Obama in her home state of WVA.

[MattP]

95. I thought he did a great job other than one comment which you shouldn't stretch the meaning of to fa...

If you watched the show he was one of the strongest advocates on why people of wealth should pay higher taxes and all the things government does for that money and he went off on how it is now acceptable to say that a "Arab" is not compatible with a good family man because of the environment the media has created.