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Rich Malibu Liberal Bravely Compliments Rich Hollywood Liberal
For actress Meryl Streep, the goal of every awards show appearance is to get everyone talking about Meryl Streep. So at last night’s Golden Globes — the corrupt, swarthier cousin of the Oscars — Streep delivered a WASPy rebuke to President-elect Donald Trump.
Being a male and thus, a football fan, I didn’t watch the event, but I assume The Donald hired dingos to kill her baby or some such. No matter, the left and right took their assigned positions to 1) praise her great courage, or 2) yell “this is why Trump won!”
But Streep’s dull condemnation was just an excuse for other coastal hangers-on to shine reflected light upon themselves. One of the silliest overreactions came from Malibu New Age guru Marianne Williamson.
Once she built an empire on spirituality-without-sacrifice pabulum, WIlliamson focused herself on more earthly affairs. In 2014, she tried to replace retiring Rep. Henry Waxman, a gentleman most famous for receiving the world’s first nostril enhancement surgery.
Williamson spent wildly on the race, thanks to generous contributions from friends such as Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry. Famous-for-something Nicole Richie also donated “because the children of America are our future, and we need to make sure that we are not only living up to our past, but taking it even further.” Voters didn’t agree, perhaps because they didn’t understand what the hell she was talking about. Williamson dumped $2 million on her primary bid but only came in fourth place, the ultimate winner being Ted Lieu who spent a quarter of that total.
After supporting Bernie Sanders in 2016, Sunday night, Williamson turned her keen political instincts to applaud the new Leader of the Opposition, Meryl Streep:
Per Williamson, Streep’s Golden Globes acceptance will be listed in school textbooks aside “I Have a Dream,” “Tear Down This Wall,” and the Gettysburg Address. And the best news for Streep? None of those speeches mentioned mixed martial arts.
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2 small thoughts-
Just saw a political cartoon that referred to Meryl’s speech as ‘Deplorables II’
And per Napoleon Bonaparte:
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
Much of liberalism is about feeling morally superior to other people. This is never more so than when it comes to Hollywood.
Can anyone imagine the outcry if someone would have expressed real concern over O’s election at such an event ? That person would never have been able to show his face in public and would have been branded a racist forever. This notwithstanding the fact that race was not an issue and all those concerns were borne out – and many times over.
The real irony is that an identical speech could have been made about St Hill had she won. But the bubble in Hollywood is impregnable.
What a servile air-head this Marianne Williamson is. It’s disgusting and sad.
I think Trump should tweet:
-Republican campaigners should thank Marianne Williamson. She is doing a there job for them. # irony-
Re # 14
They aren’t deluded. They’re deliberately lying, I think. I suppose this just shows how nieve I am, but I’m suprised that they would.
Can’t it be both?