Posted on 05/08/2008 1:09:01 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
(CBS) Now that actor Alec Baldwin is 50 years old, he might run for political office. Baldwin talks to 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer about that and other aspects of his life, including his very public divorce and custody battle, in a profile to be broadcast this Sunday, May 11, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
A decade ago, Baldwin was interested in politics, but said he was only 39 and all the people who ran the world were in their fifties. Since then, he has publicly dismissed the notion of running for office. A few weeks ago, he changed his mind. "There's other things I want to do [besides acting]. I mean, in a matter of weeks, I'm going to be 50," says Baldwin, who turned 50 on April 3. "There’s no age limit on running for office, to a degree. [It is] something I might do one day," says Baldwin.
Baldwin says he is ready for the public scrutiny and realizes the tact one must use when running for office because he's learned a lesson about what he says and how it can affect others in the nasty divorce-custody battle with his ex-wife, Kim Basinger. The spat resulted in the publication of an embarrassing voicemail to his daughter in which he calls her a "thoughtless little pig."
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You suppose his daughter will campaign for him?
We have a VERY low standard for electing RATS in NYS. Just look at the record: Spitzer, Patterson, Hevesi, Hillary (who shall not be named but should be in jail), Andrew Cuomo.
So who knows. Baldwin probably needs to abuse a few more kids however before he would be really competitive in the state.
Perhaps an English class . . . .
If he runs, him calling his daughter a “PIG” will be replayed and replayed. Alec you do not stand a chance in hell at getting elected. You make Al Franken look like a choir boy.
I’m just saying that out of all of the Baldwin brothers, if the choices for voters to pick from was just from all of them, Stephen would be the best choice.
You are right Alec there is no age limit, however there is a requirement for a functioning brain.
What makes this thin-skinned creep think that anyone would vote for him outside his immediate circle of syncphants. Heck, he tried to guest host a radio show, and lasted only a few minutes before Sean Hannity and Mark Levin called in and sent him scramobling out of the room in a huff.
Maybe his “Little Pig” daughter will help him campaign.
Ha!
I wonder if anybody has the audio link of Baldwin’s attempt at talk radio. I’ve heard Hannity play it a few times on his radio show. It’s hilarious how utterly stupid he is when he doesn’t have somebody else writing his lines.
That would require a barf alert. :-)
Red X, darn.
“...A few weeks ago, he changed his mind....” Earth to Alec: To change it, you’ve first gotta have one.
Alec Baldwin (D - France)
Do you really want to vote for a man named “Jane”? LOL!
Oh,yeah, I would vote for him if he ran for, oh, say, dogcatcher, but then again maybe not, he might try to use it as a springboard to something big like town council.
He can choose Rosie O’Donnell as his running mate.
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