Bush Whacked By Ricky

thank you for your coverage of ricky martin. i do beg to differ re: your commentary on martin being apolitical and a "party boy". he has been working on his foundation for nearly 10 years and is extremely understated in his humanitarian work. he has always been active on the charity scene. unfortunately, purely spanish tunes (which made him an international superstar years before the u.s. first heard of him at the '98 grammy's), unfortunately don't appeal to a mainstream, U.S. society that is overwhelmingly not very receptive to anything in a foreign language. it's really unfortunate that martin's least desirable songs (those on his english album), was what appealed the most to mainstream u.s.a--the u.s. never knew about his international stardom--even when he sang at the 1998 world cup (most americans probably didn't even know what the world cup is!

Grow a brain ! ! How dare you imply that Ricky MArtin is anything but a intelligent man who always does his best to represent his people. Ricky Martin appeared with Bush so there would be a Latino representation on that stage. If you really did your homework you would know that he has been involved in humanitarian work for many years. You sound like a bitter person ....don't let it color your view of Mr. Martin.

Ricky Martin is trying to garner fans at the expense of George W Bush becuase he lacks the talent to do so with his art.

In response to "Bush whacked by Ricky Martin" by Jose Davila, published May 17, 2007.
So Mr. Jose Davila, do you really believe that thrusting your middle finger at someone is a sign of growing a brain? How about it being disrespectful and vulgar? For your "Hero" Ricky Martin, he should know that no one likes to be in a war, and sure it would be nice to live life in peace, but unfortunately, America was forced to confront these terrorist on their soil, when they deliberately killed innocent American lives on 9/11. Did you and your hunk forget about this Mr. Davila. American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have stopped any further attack in America by these lunatics, by having the war taken to them. Take the troops out now, and you give them the chance to export their violence again. Hopefully Mr. Davila, you and your Latin sensation won't be one of their victims and be caught somewhere with your fingers in the air, or somewhere else.

Who are you to say that Ricky "might not have the COURAGE" to proclaim his sexuality? Does it matter? Who are you to speak of courage? Ricky Martin is a tremendous human rights activist who has the COURAGE to look at millions of human traffickers in the eye and declare war on them. Ricky has the COURAGE to stand before congress and explain why human trafficking has become a giant problem in our country (WHEN THEY SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THE REASONS)! I don't think that you or anyone has the right to say Ricky Martin lacks courage-when he is putting his fame to excellent use. He is the voice of many children who's voices were taken from them. He is the builder of homes for tsunami victims who were robbed of their homes, and the provider of aid to Katrina victims when our President turned their back on them! Frankly I think Ricky's sexuality should be the least of anyones concerns- because after all, it is HIS PRIVATE BUSINESS. Should YOU (the author) have the COURAGE to understand that-you can research what Ricky is all about before bashing his COURAGE in ridiculous articles. THANK YOU :)

overall i thought your story was ok, i didn't much like the heading.. or the sexual slir which had nothing to do with the subject. I thought you were honest with the facts... he did make a statement by singing for the president who has completly screwed up our foreign policy and also this country's budgets ... even republician party are trying to distance themselves from their favorite son. Back to ricky martin, i really don't think his sexual preference or lack of discussion on the subject has anything to do with this story of him flipping the bird to Mr. Bush. shame on you for that, that was a low blow, on what could have been a great story. what he does in the privacy of his bedroom is no ones business, have we not grown yet, out of this stupid purtian behavior yet.... the only person who really cares is gosip coloumests. Thank you Ricky Martin for finding your voice, and using it to speak out against a useless unessary war.
being someone that was in 9/ 11 NYC i believe those who were not there should not speak on the subject, or how to get back at the terriorists... if you were there you would realize that this war didn't make a bit of difference, and Iraq has nothing What So Ever to do with the teriorism but a political move to get rid of a tirant. now we are in a civil war, and getting our ass kicked, and our childeren are paying the price for our alowing this to happen... shame on us, who voted this man into a second term...

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Regarding the article, I feel that he sold out when he performed for the President. A boricua representing our President?, Give me a Break!!!!. George Bush used him just like Ricky used the event to promote himself. Any of us that is not really into political stuff would have done the same so I don't blame him but he should have known better. Do I think that maybe his anglo record producers and promoters were, "C'mon Ricky, this will make you a bigger star".... with dollar bills in their eyes...yes! And let's face it, you would do the same thing. I am really happy that he finally opened his eyes. What everyone has to remember about this article is that we live in a free country and we have something called, FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Everyone has an opinion, as the writer pointed out. Do I think Ricky Martin was naive?, Yes! He was this HUGE star and was asked to promote himself in a way that some people might think is very honorable. He simply didn't think of it as a "political" thing. I like him but let's tell the truth, he is not exactly the best singer but let's give him credit where credit is deserved, the boy can give a great performance. And HE MADE IT or else he would not be selling out arenas. The crack about him being gay...OMG, let the boy have sex with who-ever he wants. Does it really make a difference who he is sleeping with??? What will the people gain from knowing if he likes men or women??? OMG, LET HIM LIVE HIS LIFE!!

Regarding the article, I feel that he sold out when he performed for the President. A boricua representing our President?, Give me a Break!!!!. George Bush used him just like Ricky used the event to promote himself. Any of us that is not really into political stuff would have done the same so I don't blame him but he should have known better. Do I think that maybe his anglo record producers and promoters were, "C'mon Ricky, this will make you a bigger star".... with dollar bills in their eyes...yes! And let's face it, you would do the same thing. I am really happy that he finally opened his eyes. What everyone has to remember about this article is that we live in a free country and we have something called, FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Everyone has an opinion, as the writer pointed out. Do I think Ricky Martin was naive?, Yes! He was this HUGE star and was asked to promote himself in a way that some people might think is very honorable. He simply didn't think of it as a "political" thing. I like him but let's tell the truth, he is not exactly the best singer but let's give him credit where credit is deserved, the boy can give a great performance. And HE MADE IT or else he would not be selling out arenas. The crack about him being gay...OMG, let the boy have sex with who-ever he wants. Does it really make a difference who he is sleeping with??? What will the people gain from knowing if he likes men or women??? OMG, LET HIM LIVE HIS LIFE!!

LALALAL - NOT LISTENING - LALA. Jose, where you under presure to fish the article? I only ask because it seems you didn't have time to do all your research. All that I will say is that there are few (if any) celebrities out there with the COURAGE to lead the way Ricky is doing. He has grown up (like the rest of us) - and he has a full time job that he is commit to with the Ricky Martin Foundation (as is evident through his work). Listen to him very carefully when he speaks on national TV. If you put aside the facination with the celebrity, you can see a person that speaks profoundly and sincerely. It takes courage to speak so openly on national platforms. I see a person without fear. I see a person that doesn't know it all - but that tries. Ricky is inspiration to us all (Latinos and non-latinos) - AND THAT'S SACRED.

Also, if you really listen to 'Asignature Pendiente' you would see that the comment to the 'picture with bush' is not something that fills him (or that he’s necessarily proud of). He's basically says: 'according to some, I've done it all, I have it all, but it's not what I need'. He is still searching - and in some interview he commented that he's talking about INDIA (the country). It seems to be a song about his journey, his spirituality, his mission. Only Ricky knows what inspired that song (that by the way he did not write - Arjona did), but it's certainly not about being proud of having a picture with Bush (or any PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES).

Impressive, Jose. We had no idea of the depth of political impressions.
It must be an inherited quality. Good job.