March 29, 2006

Men of the People

A bit of fireworks happened on the radio between Sean Hannity and Alec Baldwin recently. I don't listen to Hannity's shows (too much yelling and Medved is much more cerebral), but I saw this and had to laugh.

Alec Baldwin was on a show that Sean Hannity called in to, culiminating in Baldwin walking out.

    HANNITY: Alec, I wanted to give you an official WABC welcome considering you were supposed to come on my program last week and you didn't show up. What happened?

    BALDWIN: No, I wasn't supposed to come on your program, Sean Hannity.

    HANNITY: No, actually you were supposed to come on the program because a deal was made with your agent that if you were going to come on with Brian, first you'd come on with me.

    BALDWIN: I wouldn't dream of coming on your program, Sean Hannity. I'm here with Brian. I'm here with a really talented broadcaster.

    HANNITY: [Crosstalk] that you are, you don't tell the truth.

    BALDWIN: Why would I want to come on the show with a no-talent, former construction worker hack like you?


What's wrong with being a construction worker? He acts like changing careers is a bad thing.

Alec Baldwin pretty much finishes up with this line...

    BALDWIN: You're a no-talent, ignorant fool from Long Island. You should go back to building houses in Hempstead.

So what's the problem with the building trades? Baldwin acts like it's beneath him.

It shouldn't be. He's a former busboy.

Upward mobility for liberals is one thing, but for a conservative, it's a different thing altogether.

Posted by AlexC at March 29, 2006 5:05 PM

Not to prop up Alex Baldwin (though he was pretty good in "Prelude to a Kiss" and okay in "Elizabethtown") but this sounds like all the more reason to not listen to Sean Hannity's show.

I do like Michael Medved I don't know if he's on Denver or Satellite radio. I'd give him a try though my radio time is usually devoted to Jazz. Politics from Internet, music from radio. Just seems to work for me.

Posted by: jk at March 29, 2006 5:26 PM

He's on in Denver, http://www.michaelmedved.com/
Very worth listening to. His depth of knowledge is ridiculous.

Posted by: AlexC at March 29, 2006 5:48 PM

Even funnier, his diatribe slams Long Islanders. The Baldwin brothers all came from the Island. Nice way to win friend and influence people!

And nice shot at laborers, too. I thought the labor unions were the backbone of the DNC (such that the DNC has a spine to begin with!)? Why bite the hand that feeds?

Posted by: TrekMedic251 at March 29, 2006 6:52 PM

Two buffoons berating one another. Sounds like an enlightening show. I think I'll stick to music too.

Posted by: LatteSipper at March 29, 2006 7:00 PM

I thought Adam Baldwin was one of the brothers. Adam has a Tim Minear trifecta (Angel, Firefly, and The Inside). I am happy to hear he is not of that gene pool. I'll sleep better tonight.

Posted by: jk at March 29, 2006 7:24 PM

BTW - ALex,..I used to listen to Medved, too, but I think he stoops to name-calling a little too much. He needs to stop calling third-party types "Losertarians" and "Constipation Party."

Don't we all have the right to express our political views?

NB: I'm neither a Libertarian nor a Consitution Party member, but I support their right to exist!

Posted by: TrekMedic251 at March 30, 2006 8:52 PM

Medic - I seriously doubt that Medved thinks the Libertarian and Constitution parties should be denied their rights, he just believes that they are misguided and wasting their efforts. Kind of like JK calling dagny and me depressing and "academic."

Medved, like JK and Denver's Mike Rosen, is a pragmatist. He only endorses what is politically possible, not necessarily what is philosophically correct.

Posted by: johngalt at March 31, 2006 1:07 AM

Johngalt, politics isn't called the art of the possible for no reason. ;)

Posted by: AlexC at March 31, 2006 4:36 PM

Yes, you are absolutely right. And I'm not saying that serious people should withdraw from the political arena because it is pragmatic or imperfect. I'm saying that one must have an integrated philosophical ideal that guides him during the political give and take over time. Otherwise he can lose his way and end up where he started or worse, where his opponent wants to go.

Think of a philosophical base as a political lighthouse.

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