I saw the headline on this piece – “Alec Baldwin interested in congressional run” – and thought “Oh, great. He’ll come to Minnesota and run against John Kline or Erik Paulsen”
Emmy Award winner Alec Baldwin is eyeing a post-acting career that could take him off a Hollywood soundstage into the halls of Congress.
But I was relieved – in a sense, anyway – to see that there are states other than Minnesota with enough vacuous hamsters who vote purely on name recognition:
A native New Yorker, Baldwin said he has been approached by an unnamed Democratic law firm who wanted him to run for governor of Ohio, and he has also considered moving to New Jersey or Connecticut to run for office. “I’d love to run against Joe Lieberman,” Baldwin said of the Independent Democratic senator who is no favorite of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party. But Baldwin dismissed the idea, saying “It’s all fantasy.”
And he does some pondering which, if he were a Republican, would get him branded “Grade-A Whackjob”:
[Baldwin] noted the unpredictable nature of politics, citing Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Sen. Hillary Clinton’s resignations.
He also asked hypothetical questions about the future of Sen. Chuck Schumer, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Rep. Tim Bishop.
“How much longer will Chuck Schumer stay as senator? After 2013 Bloomberg will be gone. What happens then? Do I run for Congress on Long Island? What’s Tim Bishop going to do? He represents my district. People get sick, die. They’re offered lucrative deals and want to cash in and make money for their retirement. People misstep,” he said. “Unfortunately, an opportunity for me may mean bad things for someone else. I don’t wish that.”
But being a Hollywood Liberal means never having to say you’re sorry – or for that matter having to say “Hey, why haven’t I moved to France yet?”
Asked if he had ever turned down a sketch on Saturday Night Live, because it was too outrageous, Baldwin responded, “Probably a few. It’s hard to remember. I’m often asked if I think about going into politics. If I do, these guys will have a field day. I’ve given them so much crap to use against me… If I run for political office, they’ll have a forest of material to kill me with.”
Only if you switch parties, Al. Don’t sweat it.
Electing an actor?!
It all started from letting that Democrat turncoat, deficit-loving, Iranian-gifting Reagan into public office.
Bedtime for Arnold,
/jc
Rep. Fred Grandy ‘Gopher’ from Love Boat
Republican, Iowa
Senator Fred Thompson, Tennessee
Rep Sonny Bono
Republican, CA
Clint Eastwood
Republican Mayor
Ahhhhnold
Ronald Reagan (just seeing if you are paying attention)
Actually I think Ronald Reagan’s official job title was union leader.
Yes, I know – there are quite a few actors in politics. Of course, the good ones – Reagan – spent plenty of years doing other things before leveraging their acting to go into politics; Reagan was off the marquee for more than a decade before he ran for office.
I’ll give Franken this much; he spent a few years writing (badly) and talking (worse) about politics before he went into it. Being a C-list pundit is probably better background for office than being, say, a regular snark-for-hire on a tiresome, long-past-its-shelf-date comedy show and whiner who’d be living in France if his word were worth anything. Not as good as running a small town, whether in a “backwater” or the Twin Cities suburbs, but baby steps.
Besides, isn’t Alec Baldwin a brain-eating alien with tentacles in his thorax? I’m sure I saw that on TV.
Gopher from “Love Boat”… how much name recognition did he actually have?
You’re kidding, right Badda? Like Iowa has a bigger resident celebrity than Gopher from The Love Boat?
Angryclown thinks Jack Lord would have made a great president.
Like Iowa has a bigger resident celebrity than Gopher from The Love Boat?
Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Hell, AC… Jack Lord’s hair alone might have been a good president.
AC, to quote Geddy and Neil from Rush, you’re looking through the eyeglass in reverse.
Just so’s we’re clear on this: Alec Baldwin is no Ronald Reagan.
Like Iowa has a bigger resident celebrity than Gopher from The Love Boat?
Oh yeah? John Wayne! Wait, he’s dead too. Never mind.
John Wayne, like Reagan, spent World War II acting. Typical Republican.
Chuckwagon said: “Actually I think Ronald Reagan’s official job title was union leader.”
Yeah, he was a community organizer in Hollywood.
Presidential prerequisite – “he was a community organizer i”
John Wayne, like Reagan, spent World War II acting
You of all people should know the value of propaganda.
Tony Soprano was a community organizer!
Joe Stalin and Mao were community organizers. Fidel Castro is still at it!
Doesn’t the constitution say that each state gets no more than two senators?
AC? Did you forget Jimmy Stewart?
By the way, Sinatra was a Democrat when he didn’t serve in the war.