Actor William Baldwin Wears Anti-Bush '01.20.09' T-Shirt on Kimmel's ABC Show

Actor William Baldwin Wears Anti-Bush '01.20.09' T-Shirt on Kimmel's ABC Show

By Brent Baker (Bio | Archive)
August 30, 2007 - 01:31 ET

Actor William Baldwin sported a left-wing “01.20.09" T-shirt Tuesday night on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live. The black shirt with white numbering, one of a wide-collection of collectibles and “wearables,” is meant to highlight the countdown to Bush's last day in office. The "Bush's Last Day" Web site exclaims:

“If you believe the country is heading backwards Bush is the primary reason. Join us in celebrating Bush's Last Day!...In the past five years, the decisions George W. Bush has made have had a damaging effect on our environment. He has made it clear that the success of big corporations is his top priority, not clean water and air. In the next three years, he will only continue to destroy what is most important to all living creatures unless we take a stand NOW.”

Baldwin said nothing about his shirt and Kimmel didn't mention it as Baldwin recited anecdotes from his life and plugged his role on ABC's fall drama about a powerful New York City family, Dirty Sexy Money, in which he plays, according to ABC's site for the show, “Patrick Darling, the attorney general for New York” who is “a handsome and commanding man whose political star is quickly rising. There's just one problem -- he has a transgendered girlfriend who won't go away.”

Baldwin, who used to be known as Billy Baldwin, is a founder of The Creative Coalition and the younger brother of Alec Baldwin. IMDb's bio page for William Baldwin, who probably is best-known for his role in the 1991 movie, Backdraft.

—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center

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He shouldn't be wishing so

August 30, 2007 - 02:14 ET by tracheostomy

He shouldn't be wishing so hard for 1/20/09 to come so quickly! Why, we still have impeachment proceedings to execute! And--and after January 20th, who's our whipping boy going to be then?

I urge both William and Alec to savor the moment while it lasts.

-PJ

"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07

Actor huh? Well OK then,

August 30, 2007 - 02:23 ET by Rackie

Actor huh? Well OK then, I'll have to take your word for it 'cause I've never seen Mister B. in anything, ever.

Some leftists would be

August 30, 2007 - 06:01 ET by jcrapes4

Some leftists would be disappointed on 1/20/09. Some believe Bush is going to subvert the Constitution and try to stay in power. BDS at flank speed:)

Kimmel didn't mention the

August 30, 2007 - 06:19 ET by motherbelt

Kimmel didn't mention the shirt, and he didn't bring it up either?

Wow.

Kimmel didn't mention it

August 30, 2007 - 06:26 ET by nicksmith112

Kimmel didn't mention it because TV personality's with far left views also see audience shrinkage.

I wonder if pretty boy airhead Billy wants the United States to send troops to Darfur ? I'll betcha he is one of those...lol!

I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.

I never got how this guy

August 30, 2007 - 11:09 ET by Chris Norman

I never got how this guy was considered good looking. He always struck me as having the looks of a dullard...

The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

- Arabian Proverb

I doubt the handlers are this smart, but...

August 30, 2007 - 06:26 ET by sarcasmo

If I were advising Bush, he'd wear one of those while playing golf/boating/etc. just to see what the nuts all say the next day. :)
JMR

Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul.

Yes, then when asked about

August 30, 2007 - 06:38 ET by motherbelt

Yes, then when asked about it by the press, he could say "My last day work, and of having to put up with you guys."

Bush deserves our respect

August 30, 2007 - 07:03 ET by rimsky

Bush deserves our respect for his ability to endure all the BS that is thrown at him from the msm and the far left moonbat kooks. No doubt he's looking forward to that last day. His family too. Baldwin, and all the other idiots in hollywaste can go pound sand.

Pat Boone's article

August 30, 2007 - 11:31 ET by LilyPearl

Motherbelt,

Your comment made me think of this article by Pat Boone. It is awesome: http://ads.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57308

1-21-09

August 30, 2007 - 07:03 ET by winston smith

That's the date that Baldwin would be headed back to the U.S. if he had been an honest man and kept his promise to leave the country after Bush took office. As it actually would turn out, Baldwin would stay in the U.S. and, by his own actions, slowly destroy his career. How differently things would have turned out for Baldwin had he kept his word and left to live in Europe is anybody's guess but calling his own biological daughter a "thoughtless little pig" in my mind will not get him any major leading roles anytime soon.

Wrong Baldwin?? Alec was

August 30, 2007 - 07:06 ET by nicksmith112

Wrong Baldwin??

Alec was the Baldwin behind that quote...?

I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.

Any difference?

August 30, 2007 - 07:15 ET by Mica the Magnificent

William? Alec? What's the difference?

I especially like the "Fire

August 30, 2007 - 07:24 ET by dmntd1

I especially like the "Fire Bush Hot Sauce" on that page. I imagine they don't recall that Bush is limited to two terms.... He doesn't get fired, he quits!

Did anyone else notice, on the website, that they push people to MorOn.org and true majority? And that there is a listing of where a 'portion of the profits' will be sent? That list includes MorOn.org, Acorn, Sierra Club, Save Darfur and Peace and Justice Center.

I really think that questioning others' masculinity is a game probably better left to people who haven't had more cock in and out of them than a Tyson Chicken regional distribution center. AceOfSpades 06162007

I used to enjoy some of

August 30, 2007 - 08:01 ET by ahusser

I used to enjoy some of these idiot's performances as ACTORS. From big brother Alec, to DeCaprio, Robbins, Damon et al. We all know their politics. Just like rock music and musicians in the 60's. After hearing their political leftie comments I find it difficult if not impossible to enjoy or watch any thing they have been in. They are supposedly entertainers for gosh sakes not political pundits or strategists. Somehow they believe that their celebrityhood gives them the right to "educate" us in their "correct" political beliefs. Just entertain us, I already know your politics (it's a given), and shut the F**k up.

Ahhh, the good old days.

August 30, 2007 - 08:04 ET by Mica the Magnificent

I agree, ahusser.

Give me the good old days when the actors and directors in Hollywood were communists, but didn't burden the average movie-goer with their inane propaganda.

Talkies only existed from

August 30, 2007 - 08:15 ET by ahusser

Talkies only existed from around 1930-31 and WWII started in (for us) at the end of '41. A lot of movies made during the depression have a very socialistic theme but the actors never bashed anyone in newsreels or appearances that I could see. It seems to be only since the 60's era and the Vietnam War that this protest mentality became mainstream. (With the help of our MSM friends). The tables turned in the McCarthy era but I always point out that in the US these "dissidents" (commies, whatever) were only blacklisted in the USSR they would have been executed.

01/20/2009 . . . That's

August 30, 2007 - 09:37 ET by jdhawk

01/20/2009 . . .

That's the day that a newly elected Republican takes the oath of office for president.

Meanwhile, Hollyweird is actually going to do a show, during prime time, of another sleazy lawyer serial . . . with a transgendered "girlfriend." Kinda gives transgenders a bad name don't you think?

Sarcasm aside, why does every TV show, movie, etc. have to have a queer in it? It's just boring . . .

Why not a toliet cleaning or lettuce picking illegal alien girlfriend doing what American's supposedly won't do? Come on Hollyweird, get down for the struggle!

That queer stuff, unless, of course, there is an airport bathroom shoe tapping scene, is just so yesterday.

Just a side note:

August 31, 2007 - 13:07 ET by Binxly

Just a side note: Transgendered people are not queers. I hate that its the automatic assumption that they are 'just the same as homosexuals.' I mean, if its one of those 'Im transgendered but I still like the sex I identify with' then sure, but most are not deviants of that nature. Its as simple as an extreme case of dysphoria of gender identity.

What a moron! The name of

August 30, 2007 - 09:51 ET by msh1973

What a moron!

The name of the TV show just about says it all....this is all Hollywood is about, sex and money. We don't go to the movies or watch much TV these days and the Baldwin types are the reason why.

There is always Stephen

August 30, 2007 - 11:34 ET by LilyPearl

The youngest Baldwin brother, Stephen, is a born again Christian and a supporter of Sam Brownback, probably one of the most pro life candidates. Interestingly, the day the Billy Baldwin appeared on Kimmel, Stephen was in Phoenix, Arizona having a press luncheon at North Phoenix Baptist Church announcing the first date of his Breakthrough Ministry Tour: http://www.pr.com/press-release/49550

Billy Baldwin and the Roseanne Factor

August 30, 2007 - 10:55 ET by Lame Cherry

Dumb posteriors like Billy Baldwin never quite figure things out like Jimmy Kimmel DID.

Kimmel used to have on dolts like Elvis Costello kicking George Bush dolls on stage.......and soon found out that ticking off major portions of your audience gets you soon unemployed. He had on Brad Garret a few months back hammering Ted Tugent.....if you notice Fox apparently does not have Garret on the fall line up.

This all relates back to high flying Roseanne grabbing her crotch singing the American anthem.......sure she had a 60 share, but immediately it dropped 7 points to 53.....yeah good ratings, but soon it slid and slid.......and the execs dumped her show as more and more Conservatives started talking and not watching.

That Conservative base networks know they can not live without. Sure CBS will run Cagney and Lacey or Lou Grant eating the loss, but they can not do that on all programs.

The prediction is with Billy Baldwin doing this that a 20 share of the audience will not watch it..........for those who do not know Donald Sutherland is on this show too like the girly president show ABC had last year and ABC had to kill that too after all efforts.

Loose another 20 share over America hating Donald with another 10 for Keifer going wacko one is talking about a 50 share loss and this show will not last a month. It is fun for Americans to watch a Texan like JR Ewing get punched for being a jerk, but nobody likes New Yorkers being jerks.

Why this all matters is simple.......Hillary has a negative 50 rating just like this show has, so.........if dirty sexy money is a bust.....it is a certainty that dirty unsexy rich Hillary will tank too.

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