Calling George Clooney a traitor is just encouraging him.

Clooney, who has weathered attacks since opposing the 2003 Iraq invasion, said at one point that it was "frustrating" to be listed as a "traitor" on a set of playing cards, but he also accepted people's right to free speech.

He later admitted he relished the attacks.

"I think it's important to be on the right side of history," Clooney said.

"I want to be on that deck of cards. And I want to be able to say that they boycotted my films... I want to be able to say I was on the cover of a magazine called a 'traitor,"' he said.

I have a sort of a "man-crush" on George. I mean he is not as pretty as Brad Pitt but he has great scruples. I am very impressed with this guys unabashed patriotism and his fearlessness in taking on the Bush administration.

Oh great! Now I have a perfectly reasonable heterosexual admiration boner!