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Sean Penn, Useful Idiot

by John Cole|  January 12, 20031:08 am| 3 Comments

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Sean Penn was on Larry King Live, and he is a blithering idiot (No offense to William Sulik).

KING: WOULD YOU GO TO NORTH KOREA?

PENN: IRAQ NOT POLITICAL IS HUMAN. I DONT SPEAK OUT MUCH, BUT I FEEL IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN. BAGHDAD. CONSCIENCE, AND I DID FEEL, UM, COULD BE GREAT TO TRY TO, UM, DIALOGUE. ARMS INSPECTORS. REALLY UNAMERICAN. MURDOCH. BECAUSE I AM A FATHER. I’D LIKE TO WRITE MORE. NOT PROLIFIC TO WRITE SCRIPT. TO BE DIRECTOR. YES, SURE. CHILDREN BOMBS IN CONSCIOUSNESS, CAN’T READ ARABIC. THANK YOU, LARRY…

KING: GNARLY, DUDE.

Gnarly indeed.

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  1. 1.

    Blithering Idiot

    April 29, 2003 at 7:37 am

    None Taken.

    :o)

  2. 2.

    JohnA. Miller

    June 4, 2003 at 11:01 am

    What the hell is he talking about. I think all those 100 cigerettes he smokes a day are affecting his brain. I do believe he is one of the greatest actors to come out in the last 20 years but with his actions lately he may also be one of the biggest assholes to come out in the last 20 years.

  3. 3.

    abel posadas

    January 19, 2004 at 5:55 am

    I`VE JUST SEEN
    I AM JOE AND I THINK SEAN PENN HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN A TRAP. HE`S BECOMING THE ROBIN WILLIAMS OF THE 10`S -TWENTY FIRST CENTURY-. FULL OF MANNERISMS AND LACKING A DIRECTOR.

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