Overconfident Alec Baldwin Boasts: Obama Win is 'In the Bag!'
Alec Baldwin is figuratively spiking the football before crossing the endzone. The liberal actor popped up on Tuesday’s edition of The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell to brag about Barack Obama’s chances of victory as he claimed that Republicans are “getting scared” and boasted that the President’s victory is all but “in the bag.” The 30 Rock star also acted as if he had an insight into the inner workings of the GOP as he asserted: “They know it’s not looking good for them.” (video after the jump)
The following exchange was aired on the May 1, 2012 edition of MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell:
LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: Alec, in 2007 the man [Mitt Romney] runs for president. He hears President, then Senator Barack Obama say, “If necessary I will violate Pakistan’s sovereignty in order to get Osama Bin Laden.” Romney says, “Oh can’t do that, can’t do that.” Today? He stands there at a New York City fire station says, “Oh I would’ve done exactly the same thing.”
ALEC BALDWIN: Well, you know, things for these guys aren’t going that well. You know the, the economy may stumble. It probably won’t stumble that badly between now and the election. For those people who look at these very handy benchmarks like the Dow, the Dow is still staying pretty well above 13,000. Which that kind of crowd of Romney’s really, really goes for. It’s the anniversary of this president getting Osama Bin Laden. And I think that the Republicans, I think that Romney, these guys are really, really getting scared. They really, they thought to themselves, after a tough primary - and they spent a lot of money on a bloody primary. It’s been a very ugly primary. I was one of the people that said very quickly that all Obama needs to do for the first month of the general election is just show clips of [Newt] Gingrich’s remarks about Romney. Just keep showing clips of Gingrich talking about Romney, in order to really, really get people off that.
O'DONNELL: And then Santorum’s...
BALDWIN: All of them. But Gingrich on Romney, alone, was like, was like, was like Wagner. And the, the - but, but my point is it’s just these guys are getting scared. They know that it’s not looking good for them. And I think that they’re, they’re sensing now that it's, they’re really gonna focus on the, the congressional races and the - Obama it’s starting to look like he has it in the bag.
A little bit later on in the segment O'Donnell depicted the GOP primary field as a bunch of warmongers:
BALDWIN: For me the most important thing is that Obama shows up. He, he stealthily goes into Afghanistan here. And on this anniversary he talks about peace. He’s talking about peace. And I’ll tell you one thing. If you play all these Republican debates - and they had more debates than there are, you know, games in the NBA season. These guys had debate after debate. You never heard them once, you never once heard the word “peace” mentioned. And what I’m, what I’m proudest of and whether the guy was a Republican or a Democrat -- he happens to be a Democrat now – is we’re back to talking about the language of peace. Which I think is very important for the United States and for the world.
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Wait for it....
Submitted by c5then on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 2:41pm.
You have to give it about a month for all the conservatives and libertarians and independants and disappointed and disenchented democrats to realize that it's either Romney or another 4 years of Obama and the boy blunder.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
ABO - Anyone But ObamAA+
Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 2:47pm.
Although the way Mitt has been talking the last 2 days, things are looking up!
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
My aged memory may be playing tricks on me, but . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:09pm.
. . . isn't this the very same Alec Baldwin who declared that he was moving to France if Bush-43 was re-elected?
Baldwin has been listening to Bob "Wrong Way" Shrum too much.
BALDWIN: ". . . These guys (the GOP candidates) had debate after debate. You never heard them once, you never once heard the word “peace” mentioned. And what I’m, what I’m proudest of and whether the guy was a Republican or a Democrat -- he happens to be a Democrat now – is we’re back to talking about the language of peace. Which I think is very important for the United States and for the world."
Wrong focus, dude. According to major polls, nowhere near as important to voters as the economy. The Dow Jones doesn't matter if unemployment remains about 8%; in fact, Obama may be dead meat if unemployment is about 7% come November. "It's the economy, stupid!"
The GOP wasn't talking about peace because the Number One issue is not peace, or free contraception, or going "green." It's jobs and the economy.
Bill Clinton was obsessed
Submitted by texastommy on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:07pm.
Bill Clinton was obsessed with piece as was John Edwards.
Alec, you eediot! Shut up!
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:10pm.
How many of you folks out there are tired of liberal egomaniacs such as Alec Baldwin? He only made one decent film in his life ("The Hunt for Red October") and if it weren't for "30 Rock" would be gone and deservedly forgotten. Shut up, you eediot (remember "Ren & Stimpy"?), and go back to that stupid sitcom!
➚ No, let him talk
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:13pm.
We love Liberal Drivelers. Exposes the unhinged value system.
in the bag
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:17pm.
Besides, there's one way I would agree with Baldwin about the win being in the bag....the TRASH bag, thrown out with the other refuse(pronounced reh-fuse as opposed to ree-fuse) where voters refused(pronounced ree-fused as opposed to the before-mentioned reh-fuse) to vote for him again, God willing.
-Jon
Can you imagine his reaction
Submitted by NC Cop on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:18pm.
Can you imagine his reaction if Obama loses!! That alone would be worth the price of admission.
He's such a thoughtless little pig.
Maybe we can
Submitted by c5then on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:22pm.
Maybe someone can set up an AlecBaldwin live feed for Election night and we can watch his reactions as the results start to come in. No sound. Just a web cam always on his face...
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Better yet . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:06pm.
. . . Broadcast a live "reality" show of Baldwin, David Letterman, Janeane Garofalo, Piers Morgan, Joy Behar, Special Ed Schultz, Oprah, Soledad O'Brien, Lawrence O'Donnell, Rosie O'Donnell, Roseanne Barr . . . well, you get the idea.
Have them all in the same room when the Election Night coverage opens, and remain with them until the election is called.
They could call it "The Biggest Loser" -- oh, wait. I understand that title is already taken.
I'd tune in, and I'm no fan of reality TV.
And watch a mass head explosion, too!
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 5:07pm.
Seating all these clowns (by the way, add Brian Williams and Chris Matthews to that toxic mix) in the same studio on Election Night is a great idea. We can all watch exploding heads en masse if The Great Ears loses!
I disagree...
Submitted by WhoIsJohnGalt on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:37pm.
He made one other film with Nicole Kidman, I forget the name, but he played an ego maniacal surgeon who...well, the plot doesn't matter. He played an ego maniac, so he was correctly cast. Suited him to a T.
➚ Malice
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:41pm.
Good movie.
I'm sure his "rude little pig" daughter has seen it by now.
He was good in Malice, and in
Submitted by balboa on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:03pm.
He was good in Malice, and in the opening to Glengarry Glen Ross. Also, State and Main.
I don't know what to think of this election. I really thought the Republicans had the edge going into November, but given the lukewarm conservative response to Romney, I don't know.
➚ Trivia
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:30pm.
Who was the second African American woman to win "Best Actress"
LOL
Submitted by TempusFugit on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:32pm.
Good one!
Who cares?
Submitted by balboa on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:55pm.
Who cares?
➚You do, bal
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 5:00pm.
Here's proof.
I can't stand the prick, but
Submitted by monsterman on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 7:14am.
I can't stand the prick, but he has had a few other movies that have been decent, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Edge, and The Departed, my favorite of all of which he is in. The pisser is that Damon is in that too. Usually I refuse to watch him either, but Jack is so damn good in that.
A Liberal's idea of "peace"...
Submitted by c5then on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:20pm.
Is the same as Neville Chamberlain's idea of "peace" back in the late 1930's.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Baldwin and the Bag
Submitted by NVRAT on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:26pm.
and as soon obama gets the bag, we the people are going to throw it away in the trash.
I love his most recent
Submitted by inquiringmind on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:35pm.
I love his most recent commercial for a credit card where he is with some barbarians. You can see how short he is in comparison to everyone esle. What is he, like 5'3"-5'4" ?
And 5 feet wide
Submitted by TempusFugit on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:30pm.
Dayum, has he gotten fat! Compare to how slim he was in Beetlejuice. That's one lib we know who definitely isn't a vegetarian
Alec Baldwin, an Obama pimp
Submitted by ohio granny on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:30pm.
All I can say to Alec Baldwin is hahahahahahahaha. You can only wish. What are you going to do when your messiah is beaten in a landslide?
If "it's in the bag" does
Submitted by Lakewood Ed on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:41pm.
If "it's in the bag" does that mean they have rigged the election already?
The only thing in the bag is
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:49pm.
The only thing in the bag is the bottle Alec is drinking from to help him come up with this nonsense.
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
What did he say,
Submitted by Order270 on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:52pm.
"Obama is a wind bag?"
Alec
Submitted by mmilesll on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:01pm.
Alec needs another drink. Wonder if he would want to bet on this? Of course when nobama loses this ass will never pay.
When Obama loses.......
Submitted by BEGRUNT on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:15pm.
will this flaming douchebag FINALLY LEAVE the U.S. !! PLEASE!!!
"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"
Cicero
Just what we need, comments
Submitted by cristo on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:26pm.
Just what we need, comments from a B actor who works for the company that produces the Prison Channel.
Yeah right Mr. Hypocrite
Submitted by TempusFugit on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:29pm.
Making speeches for Occupy Wall Street whilst being the spokesman for the Capital One credit card. You are thoroughly delusional. As the great Dr. Frasier Crane once said "what color is the sky in your world?"
Yeah right Mr. Hypocrite
Submitted by TempusFugit on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:29pm.
Making speeches for Occupy Wall Street whilst being the spokesman for the Capital One credit card. You are thoroughly delusional. As the great Dr. Frasier Crane once said "what color is the sky in your world?"
Yeah right Mr. Hypocrite
Submitted by TempusFugit on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:29pm.
Making speeches for Occupy Wall Street whilst being the spokesman for the Capital One credit card. You are thoroughly delusional. As the great Dr. Frasier Crane once said "what color is the sky in your world?"
In the bag....
Submitted by Pilgrim1949 on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:32pm.
...like the one I have to take with me whenever I take my dog out for a walk.
"It" is in the bag after that "constitutional" exercise as well.
"Ye canne change the laws of physics....." but some politicians believe that with the right legislation you can pretend they don't really apply to your own pet projects...
Alec Baldwin could very well be right
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 7:30pm.
49% of Americans are now net tax consumers, and they are not about to vote for someone who might derail their gravy train.
The votes next November will be counted by a company headquartered overseas.
Voter fraud of every description is going to be rampant.
And I'm not all that confident Mittens RINOmney has what it takes to really go after the Dear Ruler. The kid glove treatment I have seen from him to this point just isn't going to cut it.
He needs to be out there ripping the Kenyan commie fraud a new one on an hourly basis for the duration - just like Ronald Reagan did to Jihad Jimmy.
If he doesn't, he is going to lose.
And don't discount the fact that the "idiot factor" is going to loom large in November, as the Kenyan commie's approval ratings have repeatedly demonstrated.
We live in a nation half populated by morons, and the other half is stupid enough to allow them to vote.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Don't forget he's father and airline passenger of the year too.
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 7:40pm.
His wonderful talk to his daughter is memorable, as is his conduct that had him thrown off the American Airlines flight.
Lest we forget all of his ultra-polite Tweets and the reversal of his decision not to use that service--which lasted all of a few weeks.
He is a walking grab bag of psychiatric diagnoses, none of which seem to be effectively treated.
Baldwin boyshave
Submitted by American.Patriot on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 6:03pm.
a pretty poor history of mental illness. With the suicide rate and other terrible things that run in this family. I would give him a pass if he wern't such a douce bag
I have two words for you, Alec
Submitted by panzerakc on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 8:28pm.
Harry Truman.
I think you meant to say Thomas Dewey as in Dewey...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 3:19am.
had the election in the so-called bag back in 1948.
I don't think an incumbent
Submitted by Smartypants on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 9:09pm.
I don't think an incumbent President, who is sitting pretty much in a dead heat with a damaged opponent in May, is in all that good of shape overall. With the media in his back pocket, covering for him at every turn, he should have a comfortable lead at this point in time. He has little to run on, other than the tired old blame it on Bush mantra, and that's not going to work as well this time around. If the Republicans are on their game, they need to remind voters of what it was like when the Dems ran the country entirely--how much money was spent, the healthcare bill that was rammed down our throats and the virtual lack of measurable progress on the economic front. In fact, Obama and the Dems pretty much let the economy go down the tubes while they focused for over a year on getting their precious healthcare bill passed. The public needs to be reminded of this fact on a regular basis.
Baldwin is a bald-faced liar
Submitted by Kevin Groenhagen on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 9:32pm.
"These guys had debate after debate. You never heard them once, you never once heard the word “peace” mentioned."
Transcripts of the debates show that the word "peace" was used dozens of times. Check the record.
The guy is a good actor, but as a political commentator, he is a dolt.
Thats ok Alex,
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 9:50pm.
In 4 years we havent heard a dimwit say balanced budget. Creep
This is for the execs at Capital One: Long after Alec...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 3:13am.
Baldwin is through pitching your credit card I will remember that you hired him to do just that, therefore, I will never apply for a credit card from your company no matter how many incentives you may offer. That is my solemn promise!