Have you heard about a broken glass election?
A broken glass election connotes an electorate so fired up to vote that they would crawl over broken glass in order to vote.
Well, if this guys runs for Congress in my district, it will be a crawl over broken glass into a shark tank (with laser beams) over a mile long bed of hot coals through the land of Mordor to Mt. Doom election. (ht Hotair)
The network is quoting sources close to actor Alec Baldwin as saying he intends to challenge Randy Altschuler of New York for Congress in two years if the Republican candidate ends up winning the House seat currently occupied by Rep. Tim Bishop, D-N.Y. The Altschuler-Bishop race is one of a handful still deemed too close to call; the most recent count shows Bishop, a four-term incumbent, trailing by less than 400 votes.
Baldwin is no stranger to politics. He has been both criticized and acclaimed for his outspoken support of the Democratic Party (he donated $2,000 to Bishop’s campaign this year), and in an interview with CNN last year, revealed his interest in running for public office.
“The desire is there; that’s one component,” he said. “The other component is opportunity.”
Now the opportunity could materialize, if New York’s 1st Congressional District, which includes Baldwin’s Long Island home, turns Republican.
As of right now, it appears that Altschuler is in the lead pending absentee ballots.
If this nutball runs for Congress in my district I vow right here and now to call his campaign office every day and scream the following voicemail.
“You don’t have the brains or the decency as a human being, I don’t give a damn that you’re 12 years old, or 11 years old, or that you’re a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn’t care about what you do as far as I’m concerned. You have humiliated me for the last time with this phone.”
Broken glass election doesn’t even begin to cut it.
November 9, 2010 at 5:23 pm
But he's a celebrity, so people will vote for him. Iowa chose Gopher. Minnesota elected Ventura and Franken, for heaven's sake. In the immortal words of Rebecca Howe, "we are too stupid to live".
Embarrassed Minnesotan
November 9, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Maybe his brother Stephen would run against him. He's the conservative one, right?
November 10, 2010 at 12:57 am
Easy, Patrick. Slow, deep breaths. Now, then, tell us how you REALLY feel.
— Mack
November 10, 2010 at 4:38 am
Wait a minute…wasn't he supposed to move out of the country if Bush won in 2000/2004? Move to Canada? Or did he move back in 2008? He's still a good actor (30 Rock's a riot). And 50 lbs. ago he was quite a hunk. Oy! Shut up and act.
November 10, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Maybe Adam Baldwin would run against him.
November 10, 2010 at 6:41 pm
You may not agree with his political viewpoint, which is a reason to vote against him, but as for the quote from his "leaked" phone message to his daughter, I would recommend researching the phenomenon of Parental Alienation Syndrome. It can drive a normally sane person to crazy behavior out of frustration. We all have our less-than-stellar parenting moments, but most of us don't have to have them taped and played for the rest of the world.
November 12, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Susan J.,
The daughter made that voice mail public because she wanted to shine the light on the fact that it was not an isolated incident. He's a terrible and verbally abusive father. Oh, and, there's a "syndrome" for everything. "Syndrome" being a synonym for "excuse", of course.
November 13, 2010 at 5:48 am
I think it's hilarious when a group of people who are thrilled about the Tea Party's ethic of cleaning up house and bringing non-politicians into politics have something to say about things like this, but only when it's a liberal person they don't want in politics. If you don't like him because he's liberal, just be honest and say that. Saying anything else makes you seem petty, under-informed and reactionary.