President Bush may have retired to Texas, but The Huffington Post indulges Alec Baldwin as he makes completely imaginary points about how the whole world bent to Dubya’s will for eight years:
Everyone seems to be on this "First Hundred Days" trip. What's Obama gonna do to clean up these disparate, enormous messes? Put out all the fires?
Give it a rest. A plane load of Saudi sociopaths hit the World Trade Center and the Congress, the country and the world gave W. a pass for eight years. Whatever he wanted. They gave him the MasterCard. The result: priceless.
This is why no one wants to listen to celebrities when they take up politics: their egos are so large that they seem to overwhelm any need for accuracy. Baldwin concluded his February 6 Huffington fever dream by telling John McCain to shut up and "go out" with dignity:
To John McCain. You need to keep quiet, John McCain. You lost and more importantly you are to blame for your loss. You ran a lousy campaign. In terms of message, logistics, ideas. Now you can't seem to shut up about the stimulus package. Another rich Republican market shill who can only deal with spending bills that stimulate the Dow. You gotta shut up, John McCain. We can never go back to the Stone Age ideas that the likes of you and Paulson and Cheney (re: fighting terrorism) have tried to force down our throats. Your political career is over, essentially. So go out with a little dignity. You lost the race, so you can take your lips off the Bush family fundraising apparatus now.
On the plus side, if Baldwin didn’t completely ruin his pundit status with the imaginary Global Reign of Bush claims, Baldwin insisted Tim Geithner should resign: "There must be dozens of other men and women who could do that job just as well and right now. Why is Geithner still there? Geithner should resign."
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.




















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February 9, 2009 - 11:03 ET by Gothampc"the country and the world gave W. a pass for eight years. Whatever he wanted."
I can understand how liberals would think this.
They wanted Bush censured. His whole eight years in office, they wanted him punished (for stealing the election, for 9/11, for Katrina, etc etc) Since he was never impeached like Clinton was, liberals think that Bush "got a pass".
Hey Canteen boy lover!
February 9, 2009 - 11:04 ET by JTPPlease include facts with your rants. They may have some value to your readers once you try it. As far as Tim Geithner... When did morals become important to you oh loving father?
"I need more cowbell!" SNL
Alec Baldwin
February 9, 2009 - 11:04 ET by LilyPearlIt is so interesting to me how the Dumbocrats scream about free speech, yet, when someone like John McCain chooses to use it, he gets told to "shut up".
I am still praying for Alec's salvation as I am sure his brother Stephen is too.
A plane load of Saudi sociopaths?
February 9, 2009 - 11:21 ET by KC MulvilleI find it difficult to get past the ignorance of that line: "a plane load of Saudi sociopaths."
Ignorance is too slight a word to capture this.
Tired
February 9, 2009 - 11:21 ET by okiehawk44I was tired of John McCain well before he somehow became the Republican candidate for president and I could not agree more with Baldwin on the need to terminate Tim Geithner's cabinet appt.
Next.
tired
February 9, 2009 - 12:33 ET by 1611LilacLadyI sure hope you voted 3rd Party.
Isaiah 5:20a Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil. . . KJV
Is he..
February 9, 2009 - 11:34 ET by StarAZIs he the big Baldwin or the one in the show with that pretty derivative Sarah Palin impersonator?
Another dumb actor
February 9, 2009 - 11:48 ET by BlondeI think it's a requirement before they can get into the acting profession to check their brains at the door.
Here's another rant....from another dumb actor, Val Kilmer.
Shut up and act!
I have enjoyed Kilmer's
February 9, 2009 - 18:06 ET by stratmanI have enjoyed Kilmer's acting for years. Now he has to go and say this tripe. I knew he was a kook of sorts. Who doesn't have a picadillo or two. But this comment is off the chart stupid.
I hope the people of New Mexico do NOT vote him in as Governor.
Who's dumber?
February 9, 2009 - 18:19 ET by BlondeBill Richardson or Val Kilmer?
Which one is worse: The
February 9, 2009 - 19:35 ET by stratmanWhich one is worse:
To put it a bit more respectfully, which one will do the least amount of harm?
I am unsure at this time.
He's Baaaaaack.
February 9, 2009 - 11:51 ET by flyingmonkeyIs that moron back in the country? We missed you for the last 8 years Alec. Oh wait, you never left. Just another broken promise from another hysterical liberal.
Love the way you blasted John McCain Alec. Are you practicing for your next phone call to your daughter? What a stud! What a He-man! What a whiney, hypocritical, liberal piece o' sh*t.
We Need Baldwin
February 9, 2009 - 12:02 ET by rammingspeedWe need Baldwin and his ilk to shout it out from the mountain tops. People need reminding that he is a buffoon, and being a spokesman for Hollywood, he keeps mature people in touch with what's going on out there.
Thanks, Alec. Grab all the microphones you can find! Scream your heart out!
yet another pathetic attempt ...
February 9, 2009 - 12:11 ET by pmohbuckof a hollywood hack trying to sound like he's an authority on everything american. alec baldwin, the self-annointed all-american whose only service to this country is making a mint playing make-believe on television and bashing the very country that gave him the opportunity to be famous and wealthy.
if baldwin and his liberal hollywood egomanics get the wealth redistribution they crave ... we should all expect a nice, large chunk of their accumulated wealth to be dispersed to the rest of us. no more limos, private jets, mansions in beverly hills, padded bank accounts and preferred treatment ...
Lest we forget . .
February 9, 2009 - 12:30 ET by 1611LilacLadyIt was this idiot who was pushing for building a sports stadium on the site of 9/11 ground zero. And when he received flak for his unbelievably stupid idea, what did he do? Did he admit that hey, maybe it wasn't such a great idea?
Yeah, in your dreams. He pushed for it again.
Remember the groundswell of support for his stupid idea?
Me either.
Isaiah 5:20a Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil. . . KJV
I laughed so hard I almost
February 9, 2009 - 12:55 ET by wiwfI laughed so hard I almost peed myself.
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Obama wants a pass now
February 9, 2009 - 13:01 ET by slickwillie2001I might also say:
A bus load of Wall Street bankers messed up and Obama wants the Congress, the country and the world to give him a pass for four years. Anything he wants. Give him a trillion dollars to spend on pet liberal programs. The result will be: priceless.
His price is now
February 9, 2009 - 14:59 ET by Ozark_Sunshine9.7 trillion dollars according to Bloomberg.
Alec Baldwin
February 9, 2009 - 14:57 ET by Ozark_SunshineShould be in jail for fraud for impersonating an actor and for child abuse. The man is worthless. By the way, when are the liberals going to bash Obama for not going to Kentucky for the disaster he caused and the people he has neglected there. Oh yeah, I forgot, they are white people so the Dems and liberals don't give a damn about them. They are such liars and hypocrites.
Just passed...
February 9, 2009 - 18:42 ET by jdlybrandnewsisblues
I think I just passed an Alec Baldwin. It really stunk. Guess I'll check my pants for any mess. I can't stand it anymore!
Follow your own advice
February 9, 2009 - 19:18 ET by Reaver"So go out with a little dignity." Alec Baldwin, expert on human dignity.
Doesn't it make you wonder?
February 9, 2009 - 22:40 ET by goldenthroatAs to whether Alec and his brother Stephen are even out of the the same gene pool?
"One night I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I don't know!" - Captain Spaulding (Groucho Marx) in "Animal Crackers"
Kim Jung Il
February 10, 2009 - 01:53 ET by LoosMoose"You are worthless Alec Baldwin you are worthless Alec Baldwin...." I wonder just how bent he gets everytime he hears that song... what a crackup....
I had a nightmare that Keith Olberman was run over by a bus,....... and lived.