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Bush and Streisand Embrace, Both Survive

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Posted on Dec 9, 2008
Streisand and Bush

Playing nice: Streisand and Bush get diplomatically cozy at the White House on Sunday.

Having been one of President George W. Bush’s most vocal celebrity critics in recent years, it must have been strange for Barbra Streisand to find herself smiling and embracing the lame duck last Sunday at the White House. Both parties put aside their differences for the sake of the annual Kennedy Center Honors, which included Streisand as one of six artists saluted in this year’s lineup.


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Streisand and fellow award recipients—actor Morgan Freeman, country music giant George Jones, choreographer Twyla Tharp, and the Who’s Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey—were feted during two days of events that seemed, for a rare moment in the nation’s capital, to relegate politics to the back seat.

“This is being honored by your country,” said Streisand, 66, at a black-tie party Saturday night in the State Department’s ornate Thomas Jefferson room. “It was nice to get the Legion of Honor from France, but it’s nice to get it from your own country too.”

Streisand, a stalwart Democrat, added that it “would have been nice” to receive the award next year, from Bush’s successor, but she’s not complaining.

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By djork, December 28, 2008 at 8:06 pm Link to this comment
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Uhhh, you could’ve just declined to accept the award, you know. At the very least, you didn’t have to fawn over him. Sheesh.

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By Fellowdigger, December 24, 2008 at 5:19 am Link to this comment

I have been an avid Streisand fan for years - I have put up with a lot of stupid songs and movies and forgiven her for bad judgement - but nothing was as shocking as this - Bush knew he would make a fool out of Streisand and she caved - she must have been in some catatonic shock

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By DocReality, December 10, 2008 at 9:38 pm Link to this comment

Shes a Zionist ass kisser, what do you expect? Can things get any more bizarre?

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By Reubenesque, December 10, 2008 at 9:17 am Link to this comment

Babs.  I hope your cheek doesn’t rot off.  Pretty much anything GW has touched in his life has putrefied.

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By Sodium, December 10, 2008 at 12:42 am Link to this comment
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The whole world knows that George W. Bush and his cohorts have a sea of human blood on their hands.

Accepting any kind of award from George W. Bush and shaking his hand,let alone exchanging cheeks kisses with him,is an insult to the 4,200 American soldiers who were killed in Iraq and the estimated one million innocent Iraqis who were slaughtered in Bush’s illegal and immoral war in Iraq.

Bush and his cohorts are war criminals and must be treated as such.Period.

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By Sodium, December 10, 2008 at 12:38 am Link to this comment
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The whole world knows that George W. Bush and his cohorts have a sea of human blood on their hands.

Accepting any kind of award from George W. Bush and shaking his hand,let alone exchanging cheeks kisses with him,is an insult to the 4,200 American soldures who were killed in Iraq and the estimated one million innocent Iraqis who were slaughtered in Bush’s illegal and immoral war in Iraq.

Bush and his cohorts are war criminals and must be treated as such.Period.

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