Actor/activist/photographer-assaulter Sean Penn tried his best to take the 'I Can Say Really Stupid Things Because I'm Famous' award back from Rosie O'Donnell's hands last month when he publicly read an open letter to President Bush at Congresswoman Barbara Lee's March 24th Town Hall meeting.
Using the occasion (and the free press coverage) to attack Bush, Penn rattled off his words in a speech that spanned from almost intelligent to juvenile. First, Penn lists the targets of his attack:
"Mr. President, Mr. Cheney, Ms. Rice et al: Indeed America has a rich history of greatness -indeed, America is still today a devastating military superpower.
And because, in the absence of a competent or brave Congress, of a mobilized citizenry, that level of power lies in your hands, it is you who have misused it to become our country's and our constitution's most devastating enemy."
So, not only is Sean Penn calling out the current Republican administration, but his fellow Democrats in Congress as well. Good to see he is an equal-opportunity idiot. Then, like all good Hollywood leftists, he brings up - and shows that he completely misses the point - of 9/11:
"The needless blood on your hands, and therefore, on our own, is drowning the freedom, the security, and the dream that America might have been, once healed of and awakened by, the tragedy of September 11, 2001."
And then the fall to the expressive abilities of a four year old:
"Well, you and the smarmy pundits in your pocket, those who bathe in the moisture of your soiled and bloodstained underwear, can take that noise and shove it. We will be snowed no more..."
You don't write your own scripts, do you Sean? Shudder....
He then tells the President that he has walked the streets of Baghdad, as opposed to Dubya who, apparently suffering from a bout of common sense, hasn't taken a stroll through a war-torn Iraqi neighborhood. Penn then plays the liberal 'kid card', describing the plight of Iraqi children who have '...suffered minimally...' living in a '...rainstorm of civilian death...' whose dead numbers - and he repeats this a few times for full effect - '...Two hundred 9/11s...'.
Not content with just droning on about Iraq, Penn switches over to that other land of peace and harmony, Iran:
"You want to rattle sabers toward Iran now? Let me tell you something about Iran, because I've been there and you haven't. Iran is a great country. A great country. Does it have its haters? You bet. Just like the United States has its haters. Does it have a corrupt regime? You bet. Just like the United States has a corrupt regime. Does it want a nuclear weapon? Maybe. Do we have one? You bet. But the people of Iran are great people..."
Is Penn actually saying that, since the United States has nuclear weapons, it's alright for Iran to have them as well? Is he really comparing the two countries? ...the two leaders? ...really?
The final paragraphs of the letter contains important information such as how America could have used the money devoted to the war to solve hunger in Africa, build new gigantic walls around New Orleans (and other terror-fighting acts), and a quote from his 15 year old daughter's school report. Interestingly, his daughter's writing was at a higher intellectual level than her old man's.
We get it, Sean. You and your Clinton-loving socialist Hollywood friends don't like Bush or the war in Iraq. But, while you are sitting in the basement of your mansion with Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins watching Fahrenheit 9/11 over and over, you might want to ask yourself why there hasn't been a major terrorist attack inside your nation's borders since September, 2001.
Put down the bong, Spicolli.
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