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Actor urges audience to vote Bush outNorton airs views in speech at CCC
Source of photos: Out & About Society 10/20/04 Cleveland Plain DealerThursday, October 21, 2004Sarah CrumpPlain Dealer ReporterMore than 1,000 people left a college benefit luncheon Wednesday with no question about actor Edward Norton's politics. The Golden Globe winner used the stage to make his political platform clear: He's not a fan of President Bush. The actor ended his passionate speech at Cuyahoga Community College's 2004 Presidential Scholarship Luncheon with a plea to vote the president out. Norton's screen credits include a role as Republican Nelson Rockefeller in 2002's "Frida," but Norton had no kind words for the current administration. The political bashing started early in the actor's speech, when Norton said he spends months rehearsing to be other people but hates talking about Edward Norton. The president "has more to say about the great literature of Europe than I have to say about myself," said Norton, snidely, bringing a volley of laughter from the audience at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel event. On second thought, it isn't a fair comparison, he added. "I would probably have something to say about myself." Norton went on to attack governmental moves from cuts in financing for colleges, including CCC, to tax advantages for the rich, admitting that he had also received a healthy tax break. "Do tax breaks for movie stars make any sense to you?" Not everyone in the hotel ballroom was pleased with Norton's remarks. Stefani Krueger, next on the program after Norton, handed him a mild retort along with a souvenir of Cleveland an official Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum jacket. "I may not agree with everything you said," Krueger, the president of the college's joint student council said, adding that she appreciated his remarks anyway. CCC President Jerry Sue Thornton announced that the college will set aside $50,000 from luncheon receipts for a CCC scholarship foundation in Norton's name. More CoverageFrom Out & About Society weblogWednesday, October 20, 2004 Edward Norton Flays Bush Hollywood actor Edward Norton delivered a fiery anti-Bush speech today at the Tri-C scholarship luncheon in front of an audience of 1,000 in the Renaissance Hotel Grand Ballroom. The event raised more than $500,000 for the scholarship fund. Norton came to town at the behest of former Cleveland do-gooder, Rena Blumberg Olshansky. Her, son, Stuart Blumberg attended Yale with Norton and the two worked on the movie, "Keeping the Faith," together, in which Rena had a small part. Rumor has it that several big money Republican donors were outraged at Norton's overt political jabs and refused to attend the after-party. ArticlesMain Page || Biography || News || Films || Articles || Photo Gallery || Multimedia || Site Map || Website UpdatesIf you have new information on Edward Norton (and you can provide a verifiable and reputable source), please email me- Susan Note: Articles and images have been posted without permission for noncommercial and nonprofit use
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