Joss Parties for Kerry

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Originally posted by CobbofCanton:
John Kerry sucks. He has no idea of what the American people need and what they need is a president who can lead us to a victory in Iraq. George Bush can easily do that for us. I am only 14 years old and I think Pres. Bush should be put back in the White House for FOUR MORE YEARS.

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This might be why 14 year olds are not allowed to vote.

"You've just gotta go ahead and change the captain of your brainship, because he's drunk at the wheel."

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Originally posted by BONNIET:
Nothing like a comment containing the word "crack"!
I wonder why Republicans seem so bitter though, hmph.

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What HERO means by this...

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Originally posted by Hero:
Maybe I can pay in crack, thats Democratic currency here in Ohio.

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Is that the Afro community isn't welcome. It's a little code white crackers use to imply democrates are crack smoking "black folk".

Rascism.

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Actually, I think Hero is referring to a voter registration fraud case in Ohio. A woman volunteered (or was recruited, not sure which) with the NAACP to register voters and then turned around and sub-contracted. She was paying her sub-contractor with crack cocaine. The dude got about six registrations and then faked a few hundred more (all in his handwriting with addresses that didn't exist and names like Mary Poppins and Michael Jackson). This was discovered after the applications had been submitted and an investigation led to the dude and then his employer.

So ease off the accelerator, Ghoulman.

* we now return you to the regularly scheduled thread already in progress *

There are three kinds of people: fighters, lovers, and screamers.

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I have one last reminder for tomorrow and a large, sunny ray of hope for all procrastinators~~

DON'T FORGET the High Stakes parties tomorrow!! The Joss phone call is at 2:00 pm PT/5:00 pm ET

All you procrastinators still have time to find a High Stakes party:

www.highstakes2004.com

IF YOU CAN'T attend a party, there is still hope for you. You can go to www.johnkerry.com/buffy and donate. Then you can dial in from home and hear Joss anyway. Wow, what Joss will do for his fans!

You have to do it really soon though, like now if possible! As soon as possible, that is. Very early tomorrow morning would work too. After that, the organizers will be headed off to the parties and then you're out of luck.

So don't miss out! This is your last chance to hear Joss answer bothersome fan questions, talk about X3, Serenity, Kerry and whatever else he's got on his mind.

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I just believe that Stars should not do this. I am a supporter of the president (not 14) and a huge Josh fan. Knowing that the liberal leaning Hollywood is doing what they can to subvert an election is really cause for concern. Who do the libertarians and republicans have for this type of "advertisement".

What is it that these actors and writers feel that their opinions in politics matter? I personally just wish the whole of Hollywood would shut up and start concentrating on making good movies again. They have not been doing this well for years!

As for the election, be careful who you vote for. I have a feeling people are voting for Kerry just BECAUSE they want a change, not because they believe him to be a good presidential candidate.

As for Josh doing this, it is greatly disappointing to me. Do these Hollywood types understand on how this makes their fans feel about them? Why in the world would I change my opinion because of someone who writes fiction?

I don't get it. Probably never will.


A concerned Citizen!

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"I just believe that Stars should not do this. I am a supporter of the president (not 14) and a huge Josh fan. Knowing that the liberal leaning Hollywood is doing what they can to subvert an election is really cause for concern. Who do the libertarians and republicans have for this type of "advertisement"."

Oh, I dunno. How about Sinclair? I'd say that's a pretty powerful group using its weight to support Bush.

Everyone has the right to speak out, even celebrities. I mean, really, if the National Rifle Association can endorse a candidate, then so can Joss Whedon. Who do you think has more clout?

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What is it that these actors and writers feel that their opinions in politics matter?

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I guess they thought they were citizens of the United States of America and that they had a right to voice their opinion.

Whatever gave them that silly notion, I'll never know.

"You've just gotta go ahead and change the captain of your brainship, because he's drunk at the wheel."

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Joss’ phone call was only a half hour long, which is disappointing
I’m only writing up the non-political parts…I’m sure that the complete transcript will be available online soon
But I don’t take notes that fast anyway.

Joss arrived and thanked us for having him in our homes but he wished we had put a little more effort into the decorations, but really…it is just fine…
He introduced Alyson Hannigan & Amy Acker, who were the only ones courageous enough to get into the booth with him.

Alyson volunteered the information that altho Emma Cawfield is a Republican she is voting for Kerry (this was in response to a question about how you talk to/convince people like Adam Baldwin)

Someone pointed out that ED’s TV show Tru Calling has been cancelled and would Faith be in a Buffyverse movie…
Joss replied that he loves Faith and Eliza, and they both deserve a wonderful vehicle to explore the character further, but no body can say when anything like that will happen (evidently there are no Buffyverse movies in the offing, altho he didn’t say that directly).

Someone asked about writing a mythic character and Joss said it helps to hire brilliant actors, and he introduced Nick Brendon & Alexis Denisoff who had worked up their courage to come into the booth. Nick said ‘hi’ and Alexis said he would be happy to take any questions so long as Joss answers them.
Joss went on to say that you have to write
1. Bigger than life
2. A story people can relate to
And then the two work together to make a mythic story, you can’t leave out either element.

Someone asked what we as fans can do to encourage Joss to keep writing and he said: Elect John Kerry, because otherwise he will spiral into a depression and stop writing.
(sorry I know you don’t necessarily want to hear the political stuff, but he was taking a political spin on everything,
And they chose the questions for political content I think).

Joss said that he is currently writing a new screen play, something that is not based on anyone else’s work or on anything he wrote in the past.

He was asked again about the Ats cliffhanger and he repeated that the message was that you have to keep fighting…
But he went ahead and said (I think he was being flippant):
Gunn dies (groans in the background…I think J August Richards was there)
Allyria survives
Spike Shanshues
Angel loses an arm Xander loses his other eye with is odd because he wasn’t even there.

Question about who Spike would vote for. Joss said, ‘Spike, he is so hot!’
Joss went on to say he always secretly thought that Spike was a tad more evolved than Angel. But Spike loves a fight, and might want to be ornery…and has a wicked sense of humor. So maybe Spike would vote for Nader.

Introduced Nathan Fillon who got lost & turned around and ended up in Santa Monica, which is a comment on his GPS system.

Joss also said he would NOT be directing Xmen3, he wasn’t going to be writing or directing it…he thought long and hard about it but Fox didn’t ask him and if he showed up to start directing it would be a faux pas…

So it was only a half hour, and went by way too quickly…:(


But it was fun!
And there was a lot more…be sure to read the transcripts when they come out if you want to hear Joss’ political rants.

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Why shouldn't stars do this? Is it any worse than corporation donations or directives given to employees to donate to campaigns (and yes, this is done epecially at investment houses to get around campaign finance reform)? Or how 'bout all the special interest ads w/ questionable "facts"?

Face it, in the current state of politics, the candidate's stance doesn't really matter. Just the sound bite. This year it seems like the only people talking about the issues (besides in the debates) are the stars on the bully pulpit. And in lieu of a media that actually does investigative reporting rather than spewing talking points, it's better than nothing.

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