Bryan Cranston, the actor probably most known for playing a meth kingpin in the AMC drama Breaking Bad, thinks President Obama’s time in the White House will later be looked upon as “very favorably,” mainly because of what he did with ObamaCare. “I think his legacy will be looked upon, maybe not right now, but in years to come, I think it will be looked upon very favorably because of what he was able to do with the healthcare initiative, ObamaCare.”
Cranston made these and other interesting comments to The Hill’s “In the Know” on Tuesday.
Having voted for Obama twice before, it’s no surprise Cranston will be cheering on Hilary Clinton for president because of “what she stands for.” Though Cranston never told the paper what Clinton stands for (does anyone know?), he thinks she can “gain a lot of perspective, perhaps, from what…Barack Obama has laid before,” primarily speaking about healthcare:
“The concept of covering basic healthcare for all of our citizens is a good and noble act…a social program like that, which has been vilified – even the word ‘socialist’ has become a dirty word. But in many aspects, as we’ve found, aspects of socialism are a good thing.”
With so much talk of socialism, it’s amazing he isn’t supporting Bernie Sanders – a self-admitted socialist Democrat (but aren’t they all?) Cranston contends that everyone benefits from government: “You try to tell someone that’s even a staunch conservative, say, ‘Well, you are a benefactor [benficiary?] of social services — Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, the police department, the school department, the library — these are social services that are exceptionally and incredibly important.”
Besides ObamaCare, Cranston also loves Obama’s diplomatic strategy (who knew he even had one?) He says, “You hear people say, ‘I would never even talk to the leader of that country.’ And it’s like, really, that’s your solution? To slam the door? It’s like when does that ever resolve anything? Because you’re having a discussion with someone doesn’t mean you’re going to cower to them, it means [Obama], I think, needed to know more information. Tell me where you stand. Let me look at you straight in the eye and figure out for myself and for my country where you stand and how that affects us.”
Now that certainly sounds like something a meth-head would say, let alone an actor who actually played one.
