Emmys Censor Sally Field's Anti-War Statement

Los Angeles Times   |  Tom O'Neil   |   September 16, 2007 11:41 PM


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"If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn't be any god -" Emmy winner Sally Field said before the Emmycast cut her off her sound and pointed the camera away from the stage so viewers would be distracted. Cut off were the words "god-damned wars in the first place."

"How can this be?" she asked when she won best actress in a drama series for her work as matriarch Nora Walker on "Brothers & Sisters." While the two-time Oscar winner already has two Emmys, this was her first nomination for series work, and she bested a field that included favorite Edie Falco of "The Sopranos."

"This belongs to all the mothers of the world - may they be seen and valued," she said in a heartfelt speech that was only partially heard by Emmywatchers in the US while CTV in Canada did not cut her off.

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I think she must have been drunk or something because she made no sense

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:47 AM on 09/18/2007

Edie Falco should have won. She was bleeped because she cursed, nobody bleeps the word war. Give me a break. Who watches this crap anyway?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:34 AM on 09/18/2007

Nobody watched the Emmys.

Second smallest viewing audience ever.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:39 AM on 09/18/2007

BIGOT ALERT! RACIST ON HUFFPOST. REPUBLICAN PIG!

Thanks, Huffpost for keeping previous postings.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:11 AM on 09/18/2007

They didn't censor poor little Sally but they probably should have because she was in another one of her drunken stupors

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:14 AM on 09/18/2007

God bless You Sister,
I can't believe that you are older than I am, but only by a few months, You Go Gal!
I Love You,
You're the Truth, I am by Your Side,
Always,
Bro. Al Holt

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:03 AM on 09/18/2007

I liked her better smokin a ciggy in a black trans am.

you've come a long way sister petril

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:46 PM on 09/17/2007

Bravo! Bravo!
Sally Field you are a HERO!!!
We love you!!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:26 PM on 09/17/2007

[" booboouu:
Well, that's what libs like to believe... the truth is that the majority of liberals are uneducated and poor...waiting for a government handout..."]



You mean like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:47 PM on 09/17/2007

I really liked the part when she said "... um, er, ub, er... I forgot what I was going to say...um, erb, ub...".

She strikes me as a nice uneducated lady who means well, but is lost without a script or a teleprompter.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:28 PM on 09/17/2007

Sally, you're holding up for an old broad. Work on your tricepts though, your arms were swinging around a tad bit.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:09 PM on 09/17/2007

She's sixty years old, dumbo. Are you one of these guys that whacks off to computer pornography six hours a day and thinks there's a law that says all women must look like porn actors just to please your selfish ass?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:22 AM on 09/18/2007

I miss her days as The Flying Nun. It was a joke that she won the award last night. At least she stays in the news by giving ridiculous acceptance speeches every 20 years.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:21 PM on 09/17/2007

And you, of course, applaud The Chimp's speaking

abilities. LOL

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:58 PM on 09/17/2007

I just watched the full video of Sally's speech. It was great! It should be aired on all stations so the rest of the country can see her passion. She is absolutely right! If people can't stand the heat, they should get out of the kitchen! Hats off to you girl!

By censoring her, more people will now hear her words because of You Tube and other blogs. Fox will go down in history as the traitors that they are, along side King George!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:19 PM on 09/17/2007

"By censoring her, more people will now hear her words because of You Tube and other blogs."

I know being kind and fair to "furriners" is a no-no in today's America, but I think you people should spend a few words to thank those damned Socialist, freedom-hating Canucks (CTV) who broadcasted the ceremony uncensored, the ONLY source of all clips you can find on the internet.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:31 PM on 09/17/2007

Did you know that about one out of every 1000 Canadians becomes a citizen of the USA every year?

About one out of every 35,000 US citizens becomes a Canadian.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:22 PM on 09/17/2007

That probably has more to do with the fact that one must show that they're of some worth to society before most countries will let them in.

If the US made it as hard to move here as most European nations and Canada, There would be substantially fewer legal immigrants.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:55 PM on 09/18/2007

ceasenake--As obsessed with nationalism as you are, what will you do when transnational corporate rule imposes the North American Union? You'll probably just switch "USA! USA!" for "NAU! NAU!" like rooting for a new football team. Warmongers are so incredibly stupid.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:17 AM on 09/18/2007

people are trying to shut her up?

how do i get on that list?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:17 PM on 09/17/2007

Work for BushCo but you could end up in jail.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:03 AM on 09/18/2007

And exactly how many "Big Oil" contracts have been won in the oil fields of Iraq?
---------------------------------------
TIMN
they have got the Kurdistan ones, and working on the OIL LAWS right now even if the Parliament is not fully functional

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-huntdeal_11bus.ART0.State.Edition1.363542e.html

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/20/1523250

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:50 PM on 09/17/2007

I want everyone here to pay close attention. I am going to do something you all of you deluded ideoloques are incapable of doing. I am going to concede a point. I was not aware that 6 days ago a small American Oil company (not a "Big Oil" company as I requested) had signed on to a high-risk venture to explore oil in Kurdistan Iraq. Still a far cry from the multi-billion dollar contracts won by Chinese and Indian firms to manage EXISTING oil reserves, but nevertheless I shall concede the point.

Do you guys think that this was all part of the Bush Neocon Cabal scheme for domination of the world's oil markets? I'm sure Cheney sent in some thugs to strong arm the Kurds into hiring his guys. It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that American oil exploration teams have proven themselves to be the world's best.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:41 PM on 09/17/2007

Timmy,

Hunt Oil is one of the LARGEST privately held independent oil companies in the world.

*NOT "a small American Oil company"

And Hunt himself is one of the BushCo gang.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:43 PM on 09/17/2007

Her anti-war statement was done, they merely censored her "damned". I think Huffpo's being a little dramatic here.

Her anti-war statement is baloney too. Women and mothers have made for wonderful war mongers too.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:05 PM on 09/17/2007

rektruax--What slander. Since you hate women, why did stay inside your mother's womb for nine months? What a pity she didn't evict you.

Open any history book anywhere. It's MEN who created and have maintained for thousands of years the institution of continuous territorial warfare. It's only a recent experiment for men to try to force girls and women to carry out men's wars of aggression.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:12 AM on 09/18/2007

You know nothing of which you speak. Since Egyptian times women rulers have proven themselves quite capable of making war.

Where in my comment do find anything that leads a (reasonable) person to conclude that I hate women? Or can't anyone make a comment about anything without hating it?

Knee jerk nothingness... Flick.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:50 PM on 09/18/2007

I have always loved the charm of Sally's voice, her general demeanor, and her acting. Consider that it was Jock that was her father - the Jock of all Jocks. If you look closely you will see that MS. Fields has fine bones but her tricepts need a little work. She has the weights. I saw them in her ad, so Sally... One two, one two.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:01 PM on 09/17/2007

...." POOR SALLY THEY CENSORED HER "...........

THEY also censored the RALLEY over the weekend of " ANTI WAR VETS ", TWO RALLEYS and the ANTI-WAR RALLEY SHADED OUT THE BUSH VICTORY PEOPLE..
BUT is was a little hard for me to watch MOTHERS of our FALLEN GETTING UP TO A MIKE AND SAYING :
........" MY SON CHOSE TO DIE "................

......" ALL THE TOOPS WANT US TO STAY ".........

..........." WE CANT CUT AND RUN "............

WHAT MOTHER IN HER RIGHT MINDE WOULD SAY :
......" ALLTHE TROOPS WANT US TO STAY "........

NO ONE KNOWS WHATS IN THE MINDE OF OTHERS.

WHEN I WAS DRAFTED IN "63" OUR PRESIDENT :
HIDE OUT IN THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD---COAWARD

AND THE MOTHERS FEEL A COWARED IS THE BEST.

OTHERS STOOD TO SAY BUSH AND CHENEY WERE SAINTS

AGAIN " TWO COWARDS " THEY WANT TO LEAD THEM

AND THIS CUT AND RUN ONLY THE REPUBLICANS ARESAYING THAT YOU KNOW THEM AS THERE SONS AND DOUGHTERS LAY DEAD IN IRAQ THE REPUBLICANS CONGRESS AND SENATE TOOK BRIBES, KICK BACKS, MONEY UNDER THE TABLE.
AS HALLABURTON STOLE BILLIONS OUR TROOPS DRANK UNCLEAN WATER FROM THE RIVER.

BUT NOT ONE PICTURE WAS IN THE PAPPER BECAUSE LESS THEN 500 PEOPLE SHOWED FOR THE VICTORY MARCH.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:56 PM on 09/17/2007

Norma Rae she ain't!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:57 PM on 09/17/2007

Sally, pointless.

It is true that wars ARE started by one 'mother' or another. Always have been. Always will be.

New

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:45 PM on 09/17/2007

You're wrong to use the word "mother" as a pejorative. Wars are started by one man or another. Always have been. Always will be.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:02 PM on 09/17/2007

And how could she possibly have been better than Edie Falco?!

What does she want to do when evil people want to hurt us - say stop it now, take a time out! Bad boys! I'm a mom too and her comments were just dumb.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:32 PM on 09/17/2007

So are your's

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:54 PM on 09/17/2007

Another hollywood nut job who can't keep their mouth shut. I don't care what she has to say about anything. Shut up and act!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:31 PM on 09/17/2007

Hey, how come nobody has created www.thankyousallyfield.com yet?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:25 PM on 09/17/2007

Hey Sally, do us all a favor and shut up. Terrorists know that with people like you, they only need to lay low and keep their powder dry, you will do the work for them.



i really doubt that osama was tuned in to the emmy's, you stupid fuck.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:15 PM on 09/17/2007

He knows about neocons, global warming, the mortgage crisis and Noam Chomski, so why not?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:18 PM on 09/17/2007

Osama has a television in his remote cave. It runs off the same generator as his dialysis machine.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:54 PM on 09/17/2007

Incidentally, this is what Jay Leno said last week. Oh yes, and everybody knows Osama runs a man/goat dating service...

Many, many Americans get their "news" from Jay Leno...

:)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:25 PM on 09/17/2007

Another "news" source is whitehouse.org. They do a great job spoofing Bush speeches. Gallows humor--survival in the USA requires it!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:57 AM on 09/18/2007

Boycott Faux and they will get the message or go bankrupt!!!!!

Sally Field you spoke the truth and it was censored by Faux!

Wake up America to what Faux and its criminials are doing to our great country!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:13 PM on 09/17/2007

why is it that cons are always saying that actors and actress are airheads that shouldn't give public opinions about political issues,
yet CONS seem perfectly willing to elect ACTORS with NO OTHER QUALIFICATIONS to public offics
ARNOLD
REAGAN
NOW THOMPSON
funny thing is- with their lame ass actro candidates-CONS prove themselvers right

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:01 PM on 09/17/2007

NOAMJUNIOR....You just earned a 'High Five' and a fruitbasket, after making that profound point...


A-fucking-men!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:08 PM on 09/17/2007
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