You remember when President Reagan got shot back in 1980? Do you remember what happened to the dude who shot him? His name was John Hinckley. He is still alive, and in jail. When they asked Hinckley what his motivation was, he said, "to impress Jodie Foster". Seriously, he did.
Many thought he said this because he was crazy... or better... just wanted to sound crazy. What is weird is, dude meant it. He truly shot the President to impress Jodie Foster. In law archives is the actual letter. Yeah, that is something huh? Jodie Foster used to be quite the hottie, and has aged quite nicely from being a child star. In fact, the whole assassination was apparently a freaky re-enactment of the storyline in Taxi Driver, in which Foster starred alongside Robert DeNiro (and was nominated for an Academy Award). So here is the question I want to know the answer to: Jodie Foster, were you impressed?
Seriously, I mean... dude shot the President for you. Whether or not you agree with his politics, you have to be at least a little impressed. I remember when I was a teenager and I was playing guitar at this coffee house and some girl came up to me and handed me a matchbook with her phone number on it. She was too shy to talk to me. I was stoked, and that great ego boost has carried me many, many years through guitar practice. So you can imagine, if said gal shot the president for me, well I would just be honored. I mean, you shouldn't shoot anybody, fer chrissakes. If you really want to impress a gal, though, I think that takes the cake.
Article comments
1 - Finz
As this article is suppose to be humorous.....
Ms. Foster did address this incident at the end of her Bravo Inside the Actors show a few years back.
Stalkers are kind of like bombers and the golden rule of about any bomb threat is always think secondary device. Being that she is a rather street smart lady, now doubt that is why she does not chit chat about it. As far as distressed about it-the fact James Brady's wounds will never heal, Foster spent a long time trying to comprehend the tragic events that affect more than just she and the Regan family.
Hope you had fun at the expense of someone else. I pray neither you or anyone in your family is ever the target of a stalker. I Hope the laugh was worth it as once again she gets stalked by less than clever satire.
And she is a mom who as recently as 97 had a series of serious death threats posted against her on the internet.
You have a nice day.
Thanks for reminding me Irony is just cruelty and not humorous at all.
finz
2 - jn
finz is a pussy. this is funny