Russell Brand calls George Bush a 'retard' at MTV awards

Russell Brand calls George Bush a 'retard' at MTV awards


If his aim was to be noticed by America, Russell Brand more than achieved his goal last night as he ranted that President Bush was a “retarded cowboy” while hosting the MTV awards.

The British comedian, who is a virtual unknown in America, left the crème of the music world stunned as he championed Barack Obama, ran down Bush and made lewd jokes about the Christian pop band Jonas Brothers.

Ignoring the renowned patriotism of Americans, Brand told the Hollywood audience they must vote for Barrack Obama “on behalf of the world”, before insinuating that America had lower standards than Britain when it came to picking leaders.

"Some people, I think they're called racists, say America is not ready for a black president.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4703539.ece

I appreciate the sentiment, but that really ain't the best way to change people's minds.

We certainly don't need his "help".

He's no "retard"--he's a psycho with no conscience! :grr:

Thanks for those entirely counterproductive comments. I hope that there weren't a lot of people watching that.

"Retard". :puke:

:)

That's good to know about the lack of viewership.

:-)

Bush *is a retarded cowboy... and far worse is said about him on DU.
Stewart and other comedians skewer Bush on a regular basis because he's such a fuck up.

I wish they'd have quoted what was said about the Jonas brothers joke rather than just say it was sooooo offensive that some little xtian girl was upset by it.

meh.. at some point I might look for a transcript.

or retarded as a pejorative that rankles people.

I admit, it rankles me.

I worked with developmentally disabled adults for years.
The people I worked with were very definitely like family to me, but I still use the term "retarded"

..more often in relation to timing but sometimes about people ;)

You use it as a pejorative when talking about other people, even after working with developmentally disabled adults?

That surprises me.

I stopped using it when I my friend, whose sister is developmentally disabled, gently rebuffed me when I was 14 years old. She said that it has always
offended her and her family when people threw that word around, and it only served to hurt her sister. So, I learned at a young age not to use it, as
it would hurt someone close to me.

Maybe because I have more experience with the word from an automotive perspective.
:shrug:
retarded = stopped pre baseline
developmentally disabled = development stopped pre baseline ("normal")

As for the word being hurtful to dd'ers... it's different for each individual but I'd guess those that are offended are conditioned to be offended. They'd just as easily be offended by "Developmentally Disabled" if they were taught to be.
Developmentally Disabled might sound better in polite society for a variety of reasons but at least to some of the high functioning dd'ers I worked with it wasn't significantly different.

he goes with "retard?"

Stupid.