I saw a clip of George Clooney (who is no conservative) on Bill Maher's show. Maher was defining to Clooney what he thought was the difference between "conservatives" and "liberals." "Conservatives" Maher said, "just cant feel any empathy towards anyone unlike themselves. Whereas liberals can and do." The crowd, being Maher's typical crowd, applauded & cheered wildly. But Clooney interrupted the applause, and Maher, and rendered the entire set quiet for multiple seconds with, "Ok, you can say that, but the majority of our help and donations on Sudan this year, came from conservative people."
Clooney's buddy, the actor Don Cheadle (who did a fantastic movie titled "Hotel Rowanda"), runs a huge Sudan charity group. They have an annual celebrity charity poker tournament here in town. I can only assume that multiple donations came in whose names' Clooney readily recognized as "conservative."
Perhaps "conservatives" are more apt to get involved, donate & participate without needing their name on the marquee; but at the very least, Cheadle's outfit is intellectually consistent enough to admit where they get their suport, and that bodes well for the legitimacy of their charity.
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Thanks for the heads up, I have watched Hotel Rowanda several times and am pretty well read on the Rowanda ordeal. I will look up his info.
Thanks again
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