Woody Allen wants Obama as dictator for a few years

[Silver Bullet]

http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/05/17/woody-allen-president-obama-dictator/?test=faces

Woody Allen has a strange take on the democracy that allowed him to become rich and famous.
The "Scoop" director said it would be a cool idea for President Barack Obama to be dictator for for a few years.
Why?
So he could get things done without all the hassle of opposing views getting in the way.
In an interview published by Spanish language newspaper La Vanguardia (that we translated), Allen says “I am pleased with Obama. I think he’s brilliant. The Republican Party should get out of his way and stop trying to hurt him.”
But wait - there's more!
The director said "it would be good…if he could be a dictator for a few years because he could do a lot of good things quickly."

Democrats crack me up.

483 days down, 978 days to go.  33%.

[Monkeyleg]

As much as I enjoyed Woody Allen's comedy flicks from the 70's, he's a moron.

He also recently reiterated his support for Roman Polanski, saying that Polanski should be left alone because he's an artist, and he didn't do anything wrong.

If that's how you view the world, then Obama certainly would look brilliant. Hell, my late dog would look brilliant, even though he's now ashes in an urn.

[taurusowner]

Is there really any doubt about the Left's attitude?  They talk all the time about freedom and diversity and all sorts of flowery crap.  But the truth is pretty simple.  They don't like you living your life how you want.  They don't like you believing things they don't agree with.  And they will do what they need to to make you fit with them, freedom be damned.

[kgbsquirrel]

Not surprised. Yeah, I got nothing else to add, except maybe: 

[MechAg94]

He says Obama would do a lot of good things quickly.  I guess I would have to ask him what "good" things he has done so far and what exactly is it you think he would do if he could?

Yeah, he lives in a different world than the rest of us.

[longeyes]

Keep talking, Woody, keep talking.  Make clear to everybody exactly what you guys on the Left have in mind.

[roo_ster]

As much as I enjoyed Woody Allen's comedy flicks from the 70's, he's a moron.

He also recently reiterated his support for Roman Polanski, saying that Polanski should be left alone because he's an artist, and he didn't do anything wrong.

Not surprising, given Woody's predilections.

[sanglant]

we're supposed to care what a man that married his daughter thinks?

[makattak]

we're supposed to care what a man that married his daughter thinks?

Yes, but not care as in "his opinion is worthwhile and should be considered" but as in "his opinion is a frightening example of how the left thinks when the mask is down."

[longeyes]

There was a time when artists not only understood liberty--other than libertinism--they promoted it.  At some point nihilism began to infiltrate the arts.  Opinions differ on when.  It's disquieting to see people of legitimate artistic talent not only praising autocracy but hobnobbing with dictators.

[MicroBalrog]

Not like none of us ever secretly harbored a desire to just put our favorite politician in charge and get it over with.

What do you think all the silly 'civil war' fantasies people engage in are about?

[sanglant]

unless your thinking of the che guevara nut jobs, not what you think.

[Doggy Daddy]

Woody is a libral pergressif?

I am SHOCKED!

DD

[longeyes]

My favorite "politician" is me, and I have no desire for controlling anybody.

My point was that there's a nasty, nihilist, sanguinary streak in even the bleedingest of the bleeding hearts today.  It's narcissism, infantilism coupled with too much money and too much access to publicity.

[alex_trebek]

Not like none of us ever secretly harbored a desire to just put our favorite politician in charge and get it over with.

What do you think all the silly 'civil war' fantasies people engage in are about?

This is true, much the same way I would be tempted to steal a z06 corvette if I saw one parked unlocked with keys in the ignition and a sign title on the passenger seat. Virtually anyone would be tempted to take that.

Those with principles would never actually do it though, much in the same way a principled politician would never seriously consider accepting the position.

[MicroBalrog]

And it's not like Obama is actually going to be a dictator for a few years.

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

He practically is a dictator now.  Congress can't stop him.  Neither the Constitution nor a conscience impede him any.  The people can't do anything about him until November.

[alex_trebek]

And it's not like Obama is actually going to be a dictator for a few years.

Some would say it's hyperbole to call him a dictator, some would say it's simply premature.

Personally, I think he isn't as bad as some previous presidents, but who knows what the future may hold?

He is certainly closer to one than any other president of the last few decades for sure, hence some of the hysteria.

[Tallpine]

Some would say it's hyperbole to call him a dictator, some would say it's simply premature.

Personally, I think he isn't as bad as some previous presidents, but who knows what the future may hold?

He is certainly closer to one than any other president of the last few decades for sure, hence some of the hysteria.

It's the people he hangs around with and appoints to new contrived offices that bothers me 

[lee n. field]

483 days down, 978 days to go.  33%.

"a time, times and half a time"

[Silver Bullet]

I see Jamis moved my thread from APS Roundtable to The Politics Place.  I had debated in which of those two to place it, and I settled on the Roundtable because the story shows up on Fox News under their Entertainment > Blog category, instead of a politics category.  You can see it in the URL I referenced.

Meaning ... Fox News considered it entertaining rather than politically newsworthy.  Nobody takes Woody seriously !   

[Scout26]

Nobody takes Woody seriously !   

I don't, never seen one of his movies....


I don't give money to lefties.....

[Tallpine]

never seen one of his movies

Me neither and never will for sure now 

[Boomhauer]

As I said on another forum, Allen and his ilk should just pick up some straight razors and do the world a favor...

[PTK]

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
--January 27, 1838

One of the few things he said that I entirely agreed with. Seemed right on, for this current situation.