Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

All About Alec - all the time
4/27/2007 | Riley Driver

Posted on 04/27/2007 11:56:49 AM PDT by RileyD, nwJ

All About Alec - all the time

Amazingly little of what has been written about Alec Baldwin’s angry phone message to his daughter has mentioned the inherent narcissism. One only has to go to YouTube and listen to his 2 minute and 15 second rant to have the message that it’s ALL ABOUT ALEC - all the time, come through loud and clear.

In the first minute alone he makes 15 references to himself. That’s an average of one self-reference every 4 seconds. The second minute was worse with 20 references to himself, an average of one every 3 seconds. The last 15 seconds contained ‘only’ 2 references to himself, but it also contained the ugly personal attack on his daughter.

This is narcissism writ large. The numbers above, while instructive, don’t really tell the story. So the following is provided for the rest of the story.

01 .....I want to tell …
02 .....I want to leave a message …
03/04 ..I’ve made an ass of myself …
05 .....the time comes for me
06/07 ..I stop whatever I’m doing
08/09 ..I go and I make …
10 .....I want you to know …
11 .....I’m tired of playing …
12 .....I’m leaving this message …
13 .....have insulted me …
14 .....have insulted me … (repeat)
15 .....I don’t give a damn

1 minute/60 seconds

16 .....as far as I am concerned
17 .....have humiliated me …
18 .....When I come out there
19 .....I’m going to fly …
20 .....I’m going to let …
21 .....disappointed in you I am
22 .....how angry I am
23 .....done this to me again
24 .....made me feel like …
25 .....made me feel like a fool
26 .....crap you pull one me …
27 .....do it to me constantly
28 .....I’m going to get on …
29 .....I’m going to come out …
30 .....I’m going to straighten …
31 .....when I see you
32 .....Do you understand me?
33 .....I’m going to really …
34 .....then I’m going to get
35 .....I’m going to come …

2 minutes/120 seconds

36 .....ready to meet with me
37 .....how I feel …

2 minutes 15 seconds/135 seconds

Between 9 and 10 he blames his daughter. Between 14 and 15 he blames her again and personally attacks her. Between 26 and 27 he blames her again. After 37 he has the extended personal attack on her that everyone is now familiar with. But the real message is that Alec Baldwin has the ego of an infant who can only think in terms of me! Me! ME! ME!!

I do not know Mr. Baldwin or Ms. Basinger or their daughter, but I know a number of couples who have been through a divorce as probably the entire adult population of the United States do. It was never the fault of the children.

That being said, I don’t know anyone who exhibits Alex Baldwin’s incredible level of self absorption, deep narcissism, and focus on personal feelings to the complete exclusion of others.

The most amazing thing about all of this is how all the commentary has been focused on Mr. Baldwin’s ugly words to his daughter near the end of his self absorbed rant and virtually ignored the deep seated narcissism exhibited throughout.

Thirty-seven references to himself in 135 seconds – an average of one reference to himself every 3.7 seconds.

9 of the 37 references refer directly to his feelings or how he believes he has been personally attacked.
- insulted me
- insulted me
- humiliated me
- how angry I am
- made me feel
- made me feel
- pull on me
- do it to meet
- how I feel

It was all about Alec all the time.

How and why did all the public commentators miss this? Is this level of vanity and/or self-absorption so rampant in our culture it is no longer noticed? Maybe the personal attack at the end was so vile the obvious was overlooked and missed.

My common sense and observation tells me this focus on self borders on the dangerous. This person and those like him are to be avoided.

Now (addendum) Alec Baldwin assumes he will become a speaker about the problem of "parental alienation" - a problem that clearly exists. Just as all adults know someone who has been divorced, most also know someone who has suffered parental alienation due to the actions of a former spouse.

Those that I have met and talked with (and prayed with) suffered greatly due to this alienation. However, to a person, they were all more concerned about their child or children instead of themselves. This is not the case here.

Alex Baldwin is not the right person to become the spokesman about the problem of parential alienation because for him it is always about alec all the time.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alecbaldwin; baldwin; ego; phonemessage
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-35 next last
Anyone seen Alec on the View?
If so, was his ego/feelings still front and center?
1 posted on 04/27/2007 11:56:52 AM PDT by RileyD, nwJ
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj
Yesterday, Tammy Bruce was filling in on the radio for Jerry Doyle.

She actually worked with Baldwin for a short time many years ago, and from the stories that she was telling, he's been a raging self-consumed narcissist for his entire life.

2 posted on 04/27/2007 12:00:20 PM PDT by jpl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj
You not suggesting that Alec is pretentious, are you? LOL
3 posted on 04/27/2007 12:00:37 PM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj
There needs to be a quotient of how much worthless info on any given individual wastes cyberspace - space. For example - Alecs would be high.
4 posted on 04/27/2007 12:01:27 PM PDT by SF Republican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj
That being said, I don’t know anyone who exhibits Alex Baldwin’s incredible level of self absorption, deep narcissism, and focus on personal feelings to the complete exclusion of others.

That's liberalism at its core. And he's one of the worst.

5 posted on 04/27/2007 12:02:05 PM PDT by mikeus_maximus (Abort Rudy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj

I have recently come to the conclusion that Alec in real life is the same kind of guy that Alec played in The Cat in the Hat. Tries to convince everyone he is this great guy, but is mean, mean, mean. There is something about him that makes me want to take a shower to wash the slime off whenever I see him on TV.


6 posted on 04/27/2007 12:02:20 PM PDT by USMCWife6869 (Godspeed Sand Sharks.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj
Alec should replace Rosie on the View.

7 posted on 04/27/2007 12:03:39 PM PDT by beeber (stuned)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj
Alec Baldwin Calls Dora the Explorer (video)
8 posted on 04/27/2007 12:03:50 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: HEY4QDEMS

Pretentious, self-aggrandizing, narcissistic, egomaniacal, self-absorbed, self-centered, . . . etc. Did I leave anything out?


9 posted on 04/27/2007 12:04:00 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj
Most people are narcissist today. Even when they’ve absolutely no reason to feel “self important”. I believe the reason is that we’re taught from a young age that we are important. The fact of the matter is that very few people are.
10 posted on 04/27/2007 12:05:01 PM PDT by Jaysun (Pave the rainforest.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SoldierDad

Did I leave anything out?......Vain..........


11 posted on 04/27/2007 12:06:09 PM PDT by Red Badger (My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: SoldierDad

ACTOR????


12 posted on 04/27/2007 12:06:24 PM PDT by ishabibble (ALL AMERICAN INFIDEL)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj
Here's a real oldie, I wrote back in 1998:


My Political Awakening At The Baldwin Fundraiser

Oh, my God! My eyes have finally been opened!

You may be wondering what could inspire such an exclamation. Well, if you attended the recent Democratic fund-raiser in Hollywood that I did, you would certainly share my excitement. It was hosted by Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, and it really changed my life.

If you are a fan of Xena - Warrior Princess, you may be familiar with my work. I was recently added to the cast as Norvak The Peevish. Before that, my only film role was that of Maurice, the gay neighbor with a heart of gold in “To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday”. Although I only had one line - “Is your dog spayed?”, my emotional delivery led to my landing the role on Xena, America’s eleventh highest rated weekly show in syndication!

Now that I am something of a star, I received a personal invitation from the Hollywood Assistant Director of Democratic Fundraising. Following the advice of my agent, I immediately had my Dad wire the $5,000 mandatory donation, and sent my RSVP back.

Now, I have to admit that I’ve never really followed politics much. I mean, I knew that Ronald Reagan was the meanest President ever, and his Vice-President Quayle was really stupid. (I wasn’t completely ignorant!) But ever since Bill Clinton beat those guys in the election (twice!!), I kinda felt that everything was going really well and I didn’t need to worry. This weekend’s fundraiser really woke me up.

As soon as I entered, I could feel a special warmth from all the participants. Ms. Basinger personally greeted each of us at the door. I was trembling with excitement as I made my way down the receiving line. I was sure she wouldn’t know who I was, so imagine my surprise when she took my hand and said, “Welcome, I really admire your work.” I couldn’t believe how sincere she was. The guy behind me was even more impressed that she knew him. His only screen credit was a crowd scene in “My Giant”. She really made us feel at home.

Once everyone was enjoying cocktails, Kim (I call her Kim, now) gave a brief overview of the menu. I was already enjoying the fo-grass, so imagine my surprise when I found out it was vegetarian fo-grass. She went on to describe how they make real fo-grass. If I recall correctly, she said it was made out of cow brains. They make the cows live in a little box and force feed them to make their brains bigger. Now, I know eating steaks and bacon isn’t really nice to cows, but hey, we can’t all be Sister Teresa. Eating their brains, however, is really cruel. I don’t know how anyone could do that!

I didn’t really hear much of the rest of what Kim said, because by that time, I was standing next to a vision of loveliness. “How do you like the fo-grass?” she drawled in a somewhat realistic southern accent. I thought, “Think of something clever, Andre. Reel this bird in!” But all I could say was, “Good.”

She ignored my initial shyness, and continued, “I’m Tiffany. Are you into politics?”

I was determined to keep her interest - so I lied, “Yes, in fact, I used to work for a senator.”

“Oh,” she seemed impressed, “Which one?”

How could I not have seen that question coming? “Think,” I thought, “Think politics. You must know one senator.” Finally I came up with a name - “Senator Washington.” At first, I wasn’t even sure if there really was a Senator Washington (I told you, I don’t follow politics).

Of course, she had heard of him. She was really informed. “I really admire the work he does for children and animals. What state is he from again?”

“Washington,” I guessed. I must have a psychic streak. I was right again!

“It’s so nice to meet people who try to improve the world. My fiancee once told me, ‘We can all try to improve the world’. I’ll never forget that. It’s so true.”

Her fiancee! Shot down, I muttered, “Your fiancee must be very special.”

“He was,” she fought back a tear, “He’s dead now.”

Back in action, I consoled, “Oh, I am so sorry. How did it happen?”

“He died a hero. He was an animal liberationist. One Saturday night, he broke into a Military Research facility. He climbed onto the roof and jumped down fifteen feet into their lab. He released twenty-five monkeys from their cages. Unfortunately, he couldn’t climb back out the window. On Monday morning, they found his bloody sneakers on the floor, and one of the monkeys was wearing his scalp. That was all that was left.”

“Wow. How noble.”

Our conversation was interrupted when the amazing Alec Baldwin took the stage. This man is an intellectual giant. From the moment he opened his mouth, I knew I had a lot to learn.

“Good evening, all you half-assed jerks. Do you think it’s enough that you show up at a fundraiser and throw a little money at our problems? Republicans still hold many offices in this nation, and you jackasses go about your business like nothing’s wrong. When will you learn? These people are evil. You’ll all act surprised when they throw your stupid grandmother on the street. They have no compassion for the elderly. Don’t you know they want to kill old people!?”

I swear I didn’t know that. Here I was thinking that everything was going OK, and the Republicans are out there trying to kill old people. I thought of my dear father, and my dear mother, and my first dear stepmother, and my first dear stepfather. My second stepmother was a bit cold, and my second stepfather was dead. I still haven’t met my third stepfather, but that’s beside the point. Alec continued to illuminate the horrid political system in this country.

“Do you know they want to kick down your door tonight and arrest you for having sex!?”

Tiffany looked at me and blushed. Cool!

“They are giving children guns. The kids are gunning each other down at their schools. No condoms for the first graders, just more guns!!”

I heard about those school shootings. The Republicans! I should have suspected them.

“I hope you can get used to living without whales, and dolphins, and rainforests, and television. The Republicans are gonna get rid of all of that.”

Television!! Why wasn’t I told about this sooner!

“Didn’t you listen to Jane Fonda. Millions of children dying of starvation, in Georgia alone! But you fat simpletons don’t care! You sit there and you eat your vegetarian fo-grass and wait for someone to fix the problem. Well, get ready for the concentration camps. That’s where we’re all going. You think about it. You think “Ellen” got canceled ‘cause her ratings sucked? Fools!!”

Ellen who? And I’m originally from Georgia. Wow, have I been out of touch or what?

“I hope you feel satisfied. Be thankful that none of you are black! Except Whoopie. Kisses, Whoopie. The Republicans are gonna put the blacks back on the plantation. Someone’s gotta pick the cotton. You don’t think it’s gonna be Biff and Buffy, do you? They’ve already started rounding up the blacks. How many of you have seen any African Americans in your neighborhood, besides Whoopie and the domestic help?”

Not a single hand went up. Why wasn’t this on the news?? And I thought the conservative media bias was just a rumor.

“The only way we can fix this nation is to destroy the two party system. We need one party rule.” He shot his right arm up and in front of him, with one finger extended. Then he brought his arm back to his chest and repeated the motion. “One party rule! One party rule! One party rule!” Soon the whole crowd was thrusting their right arm out and up. It made for a really powerful visual. I don’t know why nobody else thought to rile up a crowd like that before.

When he finally left the stage, Tiffany and I were exhausted. That night, I put a chair in front of the door, to keep the Republicans out while we had sex. She moved into my house the next day. We’re really in love.

And my political education is just beginning. I have to get Dad to wire me $10,000 for next week’s fundraiser (Tiffany is between jobs). Ed Asner is going to speak about the true effects of our policy in Central America in the 1980’s (whatever did happen to that Ayatollah?) It should be a lot of fun - Woody Harrelson’s bringing brownies!!

- Andre

13 posted on 04/27/2007 12:06:43 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Oh, yeah, forgot that one. Thanks.


14 posted on 04/27/2007 12:07:38 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: ishabibble

Have you watched anything he’s been in? Actor is not a word I’d use to describe his many talents.


15 posted on 04/27/2007 12:08:38 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj
Bet the farm his Q rating has skyrocketed and he will garner 8 figures in his next movie.

Watch for this in the aftermath of the Dr Phil appearance!!

16 posted on 04/27/2007 12:10:05 PM PDT by PISANO
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SoldierDad
Did I leave anything out?

Paternal, Nurturing, Non-Confrontational.
17 posted on 04/27/2007 12:10:54 PM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj

I read somewhere that actors/actresses are notorious self-centered. The reason that divorce is so prevalent in H’weird is that actors/actresses need constant emotional stroking from their partner. If their partner is an actor/actress, emotional stroking each other becomes tiresome and burdensome.


18 posted on 04/27/2007 12:12:12 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RileyD, nwj
He’s the pig, not his daughter. He’s a totally self-absorbed, narcissistic POS with no redeeming qualities whatsoever
19 posted on 04/27/2007 12:12:19 PM PDT by stm (Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dead

LOL!!! Oh, if wasn’t only so true!:)


20 posted on 04/27/2007 12:12:40 PM PDT by xJones
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-35 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson