Oh, Gawd! One simply wants to vomit at the news that this woman is choosing to run for the Senate as if it's some sort of hobby.
You realize, of course, that this is an argument for bringing back literacy tests.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Posted on 07/08/2002 7:39:44 PM PDT by Drew68
SARAH Jessica Parker, the star of the television hit Sex and the City, is to hang up her trademark Manolo high-heels and embrace a career on the political stage by running for the US Senate.
The actress, who plays the newspaper columnist Carrie Bradshaw in the series, screened on Channel 4, is a long-time supporter of the Democratic Party, having once dated the late John F Kennedy Jr, the son of the late president.
Parker, 37, who is expecting her first child with her husband, the actor Matthew Broderick, joins many other celebrities who have become stars of the political world, including Ronald Reagan, Clint Eastwood, Glenda Jackson and Susan Sarandon.
The star said she was inspired to enter politics out of concern for the impact of spending cuts by the Bush administration.
Parker said: "I’d like to represent either California or New York.
"I see it as the only effective way to change things. I work hard for charitable and political organisations because I think it’s really important to try to leave the world a better place than you found it.
"I’m very, very concerned about the Bush presidency,z she added. "I’m worried about the kind of cuts he might make in programmes that mean something to a lot of people, including my family."
The actress began taking an interest in politics during her relationship with the late John F Kennedy Jr.
The couple, who dated in 1992, shared the same political views, and she kept up her affinity with the Democrats long after she split with Kennedy, who was killed in a plane crash in 1999.
Since the mid-1990s, she has campaigned hard, turning up at rallies and gala fundraisers.
Such is the actress’s political pull, she was asked by the team running Al Gore’s campaign to record a "personal" phone message urging Americans to vote for him in the presidential race.
Her endorsement was then relayed by telephone to thousands of potential voters, with young, female voters - most likely to be fans of Sex and the City - heavily targeted.
The programme, which charts the lives and loves of four young women, has always celebrated New York and Parker became a guiding light through the trauma of 11 September, refusing to leave the city after the attacks.
She inspired many Americans with her words at the time: "New Yorkers have always been into their accessories, and this year they are courage and resilience."
But her political ambitions will have to take a back seat for the moment as she and Broderick prepare for the arrival of their new child, due in October.
Being pregnant may also have helped her to make up her mind about a political career, claims one obstetrician.
He said: "It’s not uncommon for pregnant woman and new mothers to suddenly become overwhelmed by an urge to make the world a better place. It comes from a deep and primitive instinct, just as any other animal might fight to protect its cubs.
"I see this all the time with my patients, and it’s very touching. Pregnancy allows women to get in touch with their purest feelings for self-preservation and protection for their unborn child."
Reagan was the first Hollywood actor to carve out a successful political career, occupying the White House as president between 1981 and 1989 after appearing in 53 films. In 1951, he co-starred with a chimpanzee in the film Bedtime for Bonzo and always maintained that he found acting harder than running America.
Clint Eastwood, the star of the Dirty Harry films, also became mayor of his home town, Carmel in California, from 1986-1988.
The Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon, who is married to the actor Tim Robbins, recorded a telephone message similar to Parker’s, in support of the controversial Green Party candidate Ralph Nader.
The best-known British star to enter the political arena is Glenda Jackson, who won two Best Actress Oscars in the 1970s. Famed for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in 1971, she is now a Labour MP and was formerly the shipping minister.
Other actors take up political campaigns, such as Sir Sean Connery who is a vociferous SNP supporter.
The next high-profile actor to enter politics is Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is expected to stand for governor of California after filming Terminator 3 at the end of the year.
They go so well with the latest fashions from Paris.
If she can beat Hillary I say go for it.
I'll bet Senators Boxer, Feinstein, Schumer and Clinton are peeing all over themselves with fear.
NOT!
Leaving now would make it a better place...........
If being a piece of Kennedy tail was a qualification for public office, the Democrat Party would be entirely women.
Oh, Gawd! One simply wants to vomit at the news that this woman is choosing to run for the Senate as if it's some sort of hobby.
You realize, of course, that this is an argument for bringing back literacy tests.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Why does she expect us to support her family. Isn't she making enough?
Me too....
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