Holy crap, Boston Legal is GOING OFF on BushCo and Americans

for allowing BushCo to get away with...with...everything! It's stunning! I hope someone is Tivo-ing Spader's courtroom speech!

Sounds good Atman!

In Spader's courtroom remarks, he said (paraphrasing) "I thought when people saw what our government was doing at Abu Ghraib, the American people would wake up and demand someone be held accountable. But they didn't. Then it was revealed out goverment was practicing rendition, the act of kidnapping people and shipping them to foreign countries to be tortured, and I was sure the American people would rise up. But they didn't. By their silence, the American people have told the administration they do, in fact, accept what is being done by our government."

It was obviously much more eloquent, and featured many more examples of the American people not caring. It was an amazing bit of teevee.

a politician on CSPAN instead of an actor on a tv show, but regardless that is definitely one hell of an impactful dialogue! Kudos to them!

caught last bit. AMAZING!!!

I read somewhere that the network told David Kelley he couldn't mention Fox News outright, but he manages to get his slams in anyway. :-)

they are not fair and balanced.."

Cause he mentioned headaches too. I hope they don't make his character sick.

attraction to 'the girl' as he explained to - - - - - DENNY CRANE. (That name must always be said after a pause and with some fanfare)

Like um, which head?

Best closing speech yet on this show.

David E. Kelley is "sticking it" (heh) to BushCo. big time. This show is such a breath of fresh air each week. Boston Legal and C-Span, that's all I need!

"What I'm most sick and tired of is how every time somebody disagrees with how the government is running things, he or she is labeled UnAmerican... And speech in this country is free, you hack. Free for me, free for you, free for Melissa Hughes to stand up to her government and say stick it... I object to government abusing its power to squash the constitutional freedoms of it's citizenry and God forbid anyone challenge it, they're smeared as being a heretic."

Alan Shore/Spader

AMEN>>>


well not really but it was awesome

I've just been sitting here absolutely blown away! James Spader's speech could have written by any good lefty -- just awesome!

sw

I hope they do.

Glad somebody out there gets it!

:)

and Liars. David E. Kelly ripped Bush a new one
and the country too, for not being outraged.

do your magic

:D

dp

I'm so missing West Wing, the early years.

-Hoot

except for tonight. Thank goodness I DVR'd it. I love James Spader. David E. Kelley is my hero. Do you think we could get him to run for something? At least then we might have someone who tells it like it is.

awesome and quite courageous, although it's appalling to me that I have to think about 'courage' when it comes to a damn TV show. That tells one how sick our government is.

Every American needed to hear that closing argument!!!!

BTW, watch the Daily Show. It's every bit as good!

I don't understand why Shatner get nominated, and win best actor, while Spader gets the supporting actor. He certainly has more airtime

Kicked and recommended

You modern kids.

Whats that? Haha just kidding :). Well, one thing you cant do with videotape is run your digital recording through a program to parse out all the boring commericals to chop down that 1 hour program into about 42 minutes. Then I go waste that 18 minutes I saved surfing the internets!

But I always turn that annoying feature off.

Spader sounds like I do when I'm yelling at the MORON Republicans at work & elsewhere. Gotta love it.

Gave me chills...

:applause:

I want my friends to see it!!!

I admit, I tuned in to this show for the very first time tonite. And when I heard James Spader's speech near the end, I turned to my wife and said, "This show should be called Boston Liberal" I love it! :P

Wow.

imho, it really does.

Um, me thinks it could use a little DUing...you have to register to post but that's not stopping the repuke trolls tonight.

http://forums.go.com/abc/primetime/bostonlegal/forum?start=0&forumID=35

don't want to... but you could leave DU link maybe?

will end up over HERE. Which may happen at some point but I'm sure as hell not helping them find the way.

i was simply stunned.. and then i cried because it was a freaking sitcom instead of the Senate floor..

i hope somebody with the resources sends the Senators a copy of this damn tape.. they freaking need to see it.

was a very nice, subtle commentary on life in America these days. ;) Using a position of authority and ridiculous language to try to stop the message, most poetic!

something like that from Shatner's character.

Spader replied 'the rich would have to start paying?'

PRICELESS!