what a surprise

george clooney announces he's a liberal on the liberal huffington post.

he expands the 'we're better than you' tone of his oscar speech. incidentally, clooney was against [search 'touch' reveals cloony 'seriously doubts it'] the idea that 'hollywood is out of touch' before he was for it.

uber-conservative ann coulter sliced and diced this thought in her usual colorful manner

Even on AIDS -- which is something you'd expect people like Clooney to know something about -- Hollywood was about seven years behind. Wait, no -- bad choice of words. Even on AIDS, Hollywood got caught with its pants down. Still no good. On AIDS, Hollywood got it right in the end.

while peggy noonan is a bit more diplomatic [bugmenot login] about clooney's condescension, which is her way

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