Alec Baldwin is not Worthless
Alec Baldwin visited Zuccotti Park last night and got drawn into an exchange with some of the wilder and woolier protesters. NY Mag describes one exchange which was caught on video:
It's pretty clear that Baldwin, a liberal Dem, wanted to like what was going on there more than what he actually saw. He's been tweeting a lot about it ever since: The visit seems to have brought out a little bit of his inner Jack Donaghy ("Arbitrary, or even considered, attempts at defining 'acceptable' levels of income disparity may lead 2 Chinese style socialism. U want that?") or maybe it's the criticism protesters have lobbed his wayfor his gig doing TV commercials for Capital One. Below, watch Baldwin defend capitalism (though not the SEC), clarify emphatically that he will not endorse Ron Paul, and refer to his walking-talking tour of Zuccotti Park as being a little like a Woody Allen movie.
It's an entertaining clip in its own right, but it may be un-worthless in one more way:
For many conservatives, Alec Baldwin symbolizes the Hollywood Left. Baldwin's politics can be belligerent and silly, sure. But it's also sometimes useful to be reminded: if "left" means "replace the market economy with some other form of social organization," then there's a lot of air-miles between most American liberals and "the left." Alec Baldwin, Capital One pitchman, very much included.
