Police Work, Politics and World Affairs, Football and the ongoing search for great Scotch Whiskey!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

The Father of the Year wants to be Big Daddy of New York NY...

This is too good for the Republicans. First Anthony Weiner takes all the heat off of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now it looks like little Alec "You're a rude thoughtless pig!" Baldwin wants to be mayor of the Big Apple.

NOTE: Adult language on this one.


POLITICAL SMART ALEC Baldwin sees Weiner’s implosion as opportunity for him in 2013

Alec Baldwin is mulling a run for mayor of New York City now that kinky Congressman Anthony Weiner appears to have sexted himself out of the 2013 race.

The “30 Rock” star, who has long talked about running for political office, believes Weinergate has shaken up the field of candidates enough that he might have a chance to win, a friend of the actor told The Daily.

“Alec said, ‘Hey, maybe this changes the race. The dynamics have shifted,’ ” said Baldwin’s pal.

“The Democrats need a high-profile candidate, and Alec can fill that bill.”

Baldwin, a die-hard Democrat originally from Massapequa, a suburb on Long Island, N.Y., has said 2012 will be his last year on “30 Rock,” which would free him up for a 2013 mayoral run.

...Meanwhile, Baldwin probably won’t be able to run for Weiner’s congressional seat representing parts of Brooklyn and Queens, even if he wanted to. As a result of the last census, New York State is expected to lose two seats.

“They’ll take one Republican district upstate, and one Democratic district in the city,” said one political operative. “Weiner can say goodbye to his seat.”

Baldwin, 53, famous for his liberal politics, has been talking about the possibility of running for office since the ’90s.

“Is this something that I want to do? Yes,” Baldwin said in a 1997 New York magazine cover story on his political ambitions. But he said it didn’t seem like the right time.

“The men and women that run the world are in their 50s. It takes time to build that kind of thing. I’m 39.”

Fast-forward 11 years. In a 2008 interview on “60 Minutes,” Baldwin mused about being in his 50s and said it was possible that politics would be his second act.

“There’s no age limit on running for office, to a degree,” he said. It’s “something I might do, one day.”

...“I do believe that people want to believe that someone who deeply cares about the middle class … would like to seek public office,” Baldwin said.
All I can say is please, please Alex run. If you get the nomination and loose to a Republican, even a Rockefeller one New York may be able to make some progress. You win, oh well you will be entertaining. Otherwise you and Weiner will be the family picture for the Democrats. This is a gift from Heaven for the Republicans!

No comments:

Post a Comment