Val Kilmer Mulls Bid for N.M. Governor

Newsmax ^ | January 21, 2009 | Rick Pedraza

[RatsDawg]

Actor Val Kilmer says he is strongly considering a run for governor of New Mexico in 2011 when term limits force Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson out after 12 years.

Reports that Kilmer is serious about making a bid for his home state’s highest office have been circulating for months.

In November, Kilmer told the New York Post, "There's sort of a rumor around that I'm maybe thinking about running to be governor of New Mexico? Well, it's sort of true. It's been my home for 25 years. I really love my state. Poor, hardworking, decent people — Native Americans, carpenters, artists, expats mixed in with hundreds of the world's smartest physicists at Los Alamos. I've always thought of myself as functioning as a candidate for them.”

At the Huffington Post inaugural party for President Barack Obama Monday, Kilmer again confirmed he is interested in the governorship and said Democratic Party officials have approached him to do so, but he did not name them.

“Actually, they’ve asked me to run for governor,” he tells The Hill. “People seem to want me to.”

Richardson supports Kilmer’s bid to replace him. In September, he told Starpulse.com, "I like the idea. Val Kilmer is a New Mexican, he was Batman. You know there have been successful actors going into politics. I haven't talked to him about it, I don't know how serious he is, but you know if he jumps in a race he's got name ID, so it can't be discounted."

[CedarDave]

Why would he run for Governor? Richardson already built the railroad and our small state faces a $500 million deficit which, incidentally, is the same as the cost of the railroad.

[2CAVTrooper]

“It’s as if there were nothing more worthy in all of history to talk about. They do little actual history, unless you consider the ‘history of the car’ or ‘the history of fast foods’ to be suitable intellectual fare.”

Well the history of cars and fast food is more than suitable intellectual fare when compared to the brainless pre-scripted “reality” shows found on the other networks. :D

[TigersEye]

I’ve also got to put in a good word for the guy who played Ike, I think his name is Stephen Lang. His Ike was so real and right, so believable, and he looks like a heck of a horseman to boot.

Stephen Lang played a great Ike Clanton. If you want to see a lot more of his acting and horsemanship he played George Pickett in Gettysburg and Stonewall Jackson in Gods and Generals. Both great movies. I especially liked his portrayal of Stonewall Jackson. Riveting performances all.

Tombstone is a case of too many inspired performances to list built on a great script. The casting was brilliant.