Oscar billboards to thank Hollywood for W.

Published: Feb. 8, 2005 at 6:25 PM

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Billboards thanking Hollywood for helping President Bush win re-election in 2004 will be on display outside the 2005 Academy Awards, Variety reports.

The billboards, the brainchild of conservative author and activist David Bossie's Citizens' United organization are going up in sight of Los Angeles' Kodak Theater, home to the motion picture industry's prestigious Feb. 27 Oscars.

Featured on the billboards is a picture of Bush juxtaposed with easily recognizable entertainment industry figures including "Fahrenheit 9/11's" Michael Moore, actress-singer-director-political activist Barbara Streisand and comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, who all engaged in what some pundits called an "in your face" attack on Bush, urging his defeat.

One of the billboards reads, "W. still president. Thank you Hollywood!" a slogan that reflects the belief held by Bossie and others on the right that the attacks on Bush caused a backlash against the so-called Hollywood left.

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