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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: bijou on November 04, 2008, 02:25:40 PM
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Democrats must be particularly anxious today after eight years of Bush. Tim Robbins, actor-director, partner of Susan Sarandon, and a poster child of Hollywood liberalism, was edgier than normal as he waited to cast his vote this morning. Writes in a tipster, who sadly didn't have a cameraphone: "My friend is waiting to vote at the YMCA on 14th between 6th and 7th... Tim Robbins is making a scene, apparently yelling at some dude. And now the police were called and arrived about 10 minutes ago..." What was that all about?
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(http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2008/11/tim_robbins_4_wenn1515155.jpg)
link (http://gawker.com/5076076/tim-robbins-makes-a-scene-at-polling-place-cops-called)
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we will never hear the end of this shit, regardless of who wins this thing. :thatsright: :-)
Tim Robbins made a big stink at the YMCA on West 14th Street this morning when he was told that his name was not on the voter list. According to City Room, Robbins has been voting at the same polling place since 1997, but for some unknown reason, his name was nowhere to be found when he went in this morning. The Times happened upon him sitting in a folding chair looking dejected and annoyed: "The poll workers here know me...The woman said she remembered seeing me here for the primaries."
On Real Time with Bill Maher last month, Robbins seemingly foresaw his fate when he urged thwarted voters to "refuse provisional ballots. They’re throwing those out. They can throw those out. If that’s your last resort, take it, but fight in the polling place to vote. It’s your right as an American." And fight he did, even refusing to move at the behest of a poll worker who threatened to have an officer remove him. "Is this some kind of intimidation? I’m taking this as intimidation," the Tapeheads star reportedly remarked.
After filling out but not submitting an affidavit ballot, Robbins trooped down to the Board of Elections office at 200 Varick Street, where board officials verified that he was a registered voter and a Civil Court judge ruled that he must be allowed to vote. Apparently, at least 40 voters at his polling place had the same problem. Robbins told the the Times, "I have the time and luxury to do this. If this is a systemic thing, what does that mean for the country? Do the math on this one. It bears looking into that this might be a random elimination." His partner, Susan Sarandon, was able to vote without any problems.
More (http://gothamist.com/2008/11/04/actor_tim_robbins_stymied_at_polls.php)
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I love some of the comments below the story......
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I am so breaking out my Team America collector's edition DVD tonight :cheersmate:
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I love some of the comments below the story......
So cruel, yet so funny. :-)
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I am so breaking out my Team America collector's edition DVD tonight :cheersmate:
LOL Now THAT is a good idea!
KC
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He's nothing more than the ultimate asshat.
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this is par for the course for a governmental agency; and this is the same bunch of people that liberals want running our health care. just wait 'till someone forgets where they put tim robbins' liver, or his ED medication gets dropped off of the "approved" list.
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Maybe he should have asked them to look under "Sarandon, Susan, Bitch of."
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Maybe he should have asked them to look under "Sarandon, Susan, Bitch of."
:rotf: :bow: Okay, now THAT was damn funny DAT!!! You win post of the day. :lmao:
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Maybe he should have asked them to look under "Sarandon, Susan, Bitch of."
LOL! :rotf:
H5
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I just totally stole my new sig from one of the posts there...