Chasing the younger Skeery daughter's tail was his mission. He scored - if you can call it that - and moved on.
BTW, never piss off the Photoshop crowd. I dunno who created this masterpiece, but it works for me.
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| Ben Affleck's Next Role: Senator? |
| 2005-09-28 |
| Not satisfied with being the Peter Lawford of the 21st Century... For Ben Affleck, the closest role he's had to senator so far was his part as CIA agent Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy's spy thriller "The Sum of all Fears." I saw that. It sucked. But the Washington Post reports some want Affleck to say goodbye to the Hollywood Hills and hello to Capital Hill as the Democratic senator from Virginia. Post columnist Amy Argetsinger says Virginia Democrats are desperately seeking a big name to take on rising Republican star Sen. George Allen next year. STREI...SAND! STREI...SAND!! STREI..SAND!!! "They need someone who is smart and photogenic and has a lot of his own money to subsidize a campaign. It just so happens that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have been looking for real estate in Charlottesville," Argetsinger tells CBS affiliate WUSA. And his career currently seems to center on being a lousy poker player on Celebrity Texas Hold'em Tournaments, so he's got plenty of time on his hands to devote to campaigning. University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato tells the Post the Affleck speculation is "spread pretty widely, at least in the political underground." Democratic Gov. Mark Warner, who at one point had been mentioned as a potential Senate candidate but is now seen as a possible 2008 presidential contender, says he welcomes the Afflecks as new residents, but won't say much more. "If he moves to Virginia and wants to get involved politically, he has a major name but that's not somebody I think there's an active recruitment going on with," says Warner. Hidden message from the governor: He's a wannabe stiff. Affleck has never held public office but was prominent at last year's Democratic National Convention. Which worked out real well as I remember. And he certainly wouldn't be the first actor to turn to politics. President Reagan and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have both made that same career move. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...right. Affleck's spokesman Ken Sunshine says there's no truth to the rumors, but says Affleck "would be a superb candidate for public office in the future. Right now, he's very busy directing his first feature movie for Disney, 'Gone, Baby, Gone.'" ...which I'm sure that'll be another huuuuuuge hit for him. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #10 Thhanks, .com, there went my appetite for dinner.( Sgt. Mom's patented weight reduction plan strikes again--- another nausea-enducing picture viewed just before a meal.) |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2005-09-28 18:34 |
| #9 "prominent at last year's Democratic National Convention" Chasing the younger Skeery daughter's tail was his mission. He scored - if you can call it that - and moved on. BTW, never piss off the Photoshop crowd. I dunno who created this masterpiece, but it works for me. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-09-28 15:34 |
| #8 He will surely enervate [sic] the base, as he did with Kerry's 2004 campaign. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-09-28 15:25 |
| #7 I'm all for him running. Nothing points out glaring idoitcy like the glaring spotlight. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-09-28 12:20 |
| #6 "They need someone who is smart and photogenic.." Photogenic, sure. Smart? Not necessarily. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-09-28 11:48 |
| #5 Wanted: |
| Posted by: john 2005-09-28 11:40 |
| #4 Maybe its the Dan Quayle strategy: the women will vote for him because of his looks. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2005-09-28 11:26 |
| #3 Remember, you don't have to be faster than the bear, only faster than someone else in your group. Although he may be a so so actor among his peers, among the Dem pols, he'll be far ahead in his ability to portray grandstanding, demagoguery, and hypocrisy with a straight face. "I'm not a real statesman but I will play one in Washington." Can't say he'd do any worse than the crowd there now. |
| Posted by: Hupolump Ebbavilet3398 2005-09-28 10:59 |
| #2 I thought politix is 'showbiz for ugly people'... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-09-28 10:59 |
| #1 PLEEEEEEEEEZE!!!He SUCKS as an actor, Soooooo,what makes him think he'll be any better in POLITICS??? |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2005-09-28 10:52 |