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KorVetBob · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:53 pm Post subject: Denzel Washington

I picked this up from one of the many blog sites I visit - I thought it would be of interest - heaven knows there aren't many in hollywood who aren't like Asner.

Subject: Denzel Washinton

Did you see the Denzel Washington interview with Katie Couric on NBC last
Friday morning? Not many people are talking about it. They are wishing it

would go away and are trying to sweep it under the rug.

But it's not going to happen! Smile

It basically went like this.

Meryl Streep and Denzel were on the today show "live" with Katie Couric to
talk about the movie "Manchurian Candidate." At one point Katie asked
Denzel, "have you seen Fahrenheit 9/11?" To which Denzel replied, "No, and

I have no intentions on seeing it." Katie and Meryl were "so noticeably"
taken aback! It was so cool! Smile

Then, a discourse (or more preferably, a fight!) began between all three of

them with Denzel being barraged with all kinds of anti-Bush,
anti-Republican
comments, but "the man stood his ground" and soon enraged the women so much

that they couldn't get a word in edgewise. Meryl Streep turned blood red
and she sat with her legs crossed and her one leg shaking up and down,
fuming! Then Katie uttered the words that put the final nail in her
coffin,
she said to Denzel "you see, that's the problem I have with 'you people'."
She of course did not get to finish her sentence because Denzel pounced on
her verbally by responding "YOU PEOPLE! YOU PEOPLE! Just what do you mean

you people! Do you mean 'You People' as in me as a Christian, or do you
mean '"You People'" as in me as a REPUBLICAN?" She then tap danced her way

through the next minute of the show. But Denzel went out fighting and
declaring that Fahrenheit 9/11 is nothing but propaganda and lies distorted

to support a Democratic cynical film directors views.

Whoo hoo!! I love the man! Smile

There's a celebrity that deserves to wear

the uniform in movies and I don't mind at all.
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cjg · PO3 Joined: 13 Aug 2004 Posts: 254

I have always liked Danzel, but now I really have a lot of respect for
him, as he has the courage of his convictens and lets people know it!

I wish I had seen that program just to see Katie trying to backpedal.
And they say the MSM is not biased!

She was darn lucky he did not take it a slur against his race, she would
have been up the creek without the paddle.
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P. Aaron · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:58 pm Post subject:

I applaud Denzel for standing his ground. But you will never get me to watch that show for a whole year in the hope that I may see one episode like that.
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darthsikle · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 8:49 pm Post subject:

Denzel is the man
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How can any man possibly say they are against "Bush"

jataylor11 · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:02 pm Post subject:

This is a urban legend --- did not happen

JasonBinPNW · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject:

Here's the break down of what happened:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/denzel.asp

And here is the transcript for the show:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5489846/
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