Afternoon Open Thread: Donald Trump Reviews the Oscars
Posted: February 25, 2013 Filed under: open thread | Tags: Donald Trump, Fox & Friends, Oscars 16 Comments
Good Afternoon!!
In an appearance on “Fox & Friends” this morning, Donald Trump shared his opinions about last night’s Oscars. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! Trump thought the Oscar set was “tacky” and the whole show was “very average.” It takes one to know one, I guess. Not unexpectedly, Trump included his long-time obsessions, reverse racism and birtherism in his critique of the Oscar contenders.
He announced that Quentin Tarrantinos’ Django was
“one of the most racist movies I’ve ever seen,” and that it was “terrible and a disgrace.
“You know, when they talk about guns and gun control, that movie– people should watch that,” he said. “You wanna talk about somebody with a problem. But, I thought it was terrible.”
Trump objected to Daniel Day Lewis winning the Oscar for “Best Actor,” because Lewis isn’t an American and speaks with a British accent.
“he’s not from this country…“I don’t think Lincoln had an English accent,” Trump said, apparently oblivious to the fact that Lincoln in the film does not speak with the same accent. “I know lots of politicians and lots of powerful people and they don’t talk like that,” he complained.
The Fox & Friends hosts agreed, adding that Lincoln was boring “like a documentary” or “a play.”
He did applaud the Academy for awarding the “Best Actor” Oscar to Ben Affeck for his role in Argo.
“I really thought that Ben Affleck was shuttered aside,” he said. “I thought that was terrible, what they did with him. He should have been up for director. I thought ‘Argo’ was very good and I was very happy that he got it.”
I think maybe he means “shunted aside.”
Here’s the video (courtesy of Mediaite).
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Trump is a Dunce.
Really? What was your first clue?
The thing he wears on his head that is supposed to simulate hair. 🙂
Good answer.
And Fox News loves him! I amost sprayed my monitor when I read the part “The Fox & Friends hosts agreed, adding that Lincoln was boring “like a documentary” or “a play.”
Yep them plays are shure boring.
GAH almost all I watch on teevee are documentaries.
When I saw this earlier today, it sounded more like an SNL skit.
I guess The Donald still believes that any publicity is good publicity so he never hesitates to remind us what an idiot he is. Django Unchained was a racist movie? On what planet? Trump is a buffoon.
Orange orangutan I think.
According to rumor one of his parents is an orangutan. He’s provided his birth certificate trying to disprover the rumor, but he won’t give up his long form birth certificate, and you know what that means.
Definitely an orangutan then!
Charles Pierce: Tonight On EyeCenterwitness News
The Repubs deserve a few Ronnie Lott style hits.
NPR did a piece on the National Parks curtailing services and hours. But then that’s what Nice Polite Republicans do.
Local Eyewitness News shows will probably be a bit more sensational once money starts to dry up and the effects can be shown.
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I can’t believe this shit is still going on!
The college officials responsible for this should be fired. And I hope so many students protest this that they can’t all be expelled without breaking the college’s budget.