"JR est bien plus intelligent que George Bush", selon l'ex-acteur de Dallas

Golly, when the French decide Larry Hagman is the Voice of Reason, you know they are up a creek. The story is about an interview Hagman did with the German paper Der Tagesspiegel to promote his autobiography. My French skills are non-existent (just like my English skills), but basically Hagman is saying that Bush isn't near as smart as J.R. was (what is is with these Hollywood sorts who think their fictional characters are somehow smarter than real people? I guess I should ask President Bartlet, eh?) and that J.R. was crafty and ruthless, but managed to connive his way to getting what he wanted without violence.

Hagman goes on to say that if Bush attacks Iraq, tens of thousands will die without reason, and further, Hagman says something like Bush is a evil, ignorant fellow who doesn't get out of America much, and is leading us all into fascism. When asked if Bush knows what Hagman thinks of him, Hagman replies that it doesn't matter, and that Bush doesn't even know what fascism is.

Larry Hagman. Actor, author, idiot, spokesman for the Union Members Discount Network.

Bless his little heart.

UPDATE: Here is the link to the Der Tagesspiegel's artikle, and a link to the Google translation of the interview. As with most computer translation, a lot gets mangled, but there is one nice bit down at the bottom--

We travel much. For example past week after Texas.

Did you talk there also so openly about of Americas politics?

No, not possibly.

Maj Hagman: "Larry said in the airplane: for the next days you sew yourself the mouth too."

Yes, it's amazing--you don't spout this crap at home because you figure it might damage your career (such as it is), but once you're in Germany, you figure you can say anything and some dumb ol' cracker in Alabama won't hear about it and post it on his silly little blog.

Wow, you know, J. R. is a LOT smarter than you.

UPDATE II: Here is a link to the English version of the AFP story--for some reason the only English version is at Yahoo Singapore. Go figure.
posted by Terry at 9:47:00 AM