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Christopher Walken For Governor!

 
  

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Matthew Fluxington
18:27 / 08.10.03
George Pataki sucks. He's been the governor of New York for too long, and the economy of this state is a mess now! Let's ditch him!

You know who'd be really awesome as governor of New York?



CHRISTOPHER WALKEN!

It'd be hilarious! His speech patterns are even weirder and more hilarious than Arnold's!

It would rock!

Let's recall George Pataki, and make Christopher Walken governor of New York. We can do this.
 
 
Papess
18:42 / 08.10.03
And just think of the incredible caricatures would be found in the Editorials! Just look at that hair!...that forehead! A virtual playground for a cartoonist!


Go for it fair City York of New!
 
 
Cheap. Easy. Cruel.
18:43 / 08.10.03
But, would there be more cowbell?
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
18:44 / 08.10.03
The mayor of NYC sucks, but I want Walken to be governor. That means it's the whole state!

Oh! Just think about it - on the campaign trail, he can do those old fashioned song and dance routines, like he does on SNL sometimes!
 
 
Papess
18:46 / 08.10.03
Pardon me Flux.

Fair state of York of New. Governor, right...what do you want from me?...I am Canadian ya know!


yeesh.
 
 
8===>Q: alyn
19:05 / 08.10.03
I think it's fairly obvious that from now on a film career will be a prerequisite for public office. You gotta give Face, right?

Walken for Governor! Fairuza Balk for Mayor! Val Kilmer for Comptroller of Detroit!
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
19:11 / 08.10.03
Fairuza Balk would be the best mayor EVER.

Oh, you know what'd be the funniest ever? Vincent Gallo for mayor of NYC!
 
 
8===>Q: alyn
19:13 / 08.10.03
By which I mean to say, Flux, that you are being a perfect asshole.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
19:15 / 08.10.03
What the hell?

I'm just having some fun. Lighten up, dude.
 
 
Char Aina
19:16 / 08.10.03
shouldnt this thread be in the switchboard forum?
 
 
8===>Q: alyn
19:18 / 08.10.03
It's not funny. We already have recalls in this country, they're called elections. Hah hah! It's so funny! Democracy is going down the tubes because Americans are nitwits who can't be bothered to pay attention to their own best interests, especially if a celebrity is involved!

We've been fucking brainwashed to do whatever movie stars tell us. It's evil and not funny.
 
 
Saint Keggers
19:18 / 08.10.03
I keep thinking back to the 'for lunch I was a crocodile' story...man this guy would soo rock.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
19:23 / 08.10.03
Screw you, Qalyn. You take politics way too seriously. No one cares what governors do. It's not really that important of a job, if you think about it. Governors are just like presidents and senators - they just smile for the cameras and give speeches, all the real politics stuff is done by assistants and the people who pay for the campaigns. So we may as well have awesome Governors, right?

It'd be cool if we could have a televised debate between Arnold and Walken. That'd be really cool. The best part about Walken is that unlike Arnold, he can actually run for President someday.
 
 
8===>Q: alyn
19:25 / 08.10.03
Yeah, exactly, Flux. If FDR was alive today he'd get up out of his wheelchair to punch you in the face.
 
 
HCE
19:27 / 08.10.03
Don't be so quick with the 'unlike Arnold' bit. Or hasn't that rumor hit your part of town yet.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
19:30 / 08.10.03
Fred, please cool it with the rumors. There is no conspiracy. This is just democracy in action.

Don't you think it's kinda cool that California has a Governator?

Hasta la vista, energy crisis! Ha!
 
 
grant
19:32 / 08.10.03
DeNiro -- I think he's already a bit of a mover in NYC business.

The weird thing (that I'm only now reading about) is that the Schwarzenegger candidacy didn't come out of nowhere. He was making overtures about running against Davis last time around, and has been campaigning about other things (a referendum about phys ed at public schools, for example) over the last couple years.

This SFGate piece has a great, bitter paragraph summing up the weirdness of California's new ruler:

His is a baffling life to contemplate. For a time, he was the most commercially successful actor in the world, and yet he can barely act. He has a reputation for charm, and yet he exudes little warmth. He has an enormous ego, yet people think of him as self-deprecating. In the campaign, he was perceived by many as a straight-shooter, even as he remained vague on the issues. And he was regarded as a tough guy, while avoiding all but one debate.

They also have a great map showing which counties voted for the recall and which against -- the Bay Area and LA against the rest of the state.
 
 
Baz Auckland
19:33 / 08.10.03
Bah. Politics needs more humour, more Jesse Venturas and more Arnolds... Yes, evil corrupt bastards ruin our lives, but we need to be able to have a laugh about it all from time to time, yes? Otherwise we just end up bitter and frustrated.

So let's get Mike Myers for mayor! Get the entire cast of Goodfellas to run New Jersey and New York!
 
 
Baz Auckland
19:35 / 08.10.03
...and based on the voting results, can we see California split up into something like William Gibson's NoCal and SoCal?
 
 
grant
19:36 / 08.10.03
But anyway, I think DeNiro would make a better rallying point for the New York electorate. I think DeNiro cares about things that happen in New York.

Also, he shoots more in his movies. Although Walken did get to be an evil angel, it's not quite the same thing.
 
 
Saint Keggers
19:36 / 08.10.03
Mike Myers for mayor! Yes! The more Canadians running the U.S the better!
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
19:39 / 08.10.03
Fuck Goodfellas. I think Tony Soprano should run New Jersey! It shouldn't even be James Gandolfini. It should be Gandolfini playing Soprano as governor of New Jersey.
 
 
grant
19:40 / 08.10.03
Baz: more like E-Cal and We-Cal. Although if it wasn't for LA County, it'd look more like a north/south split.


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Hello, future! I have Kennedys on my side!
 
 
Saint Keggers
19:42 / 08.10.03
Oswalds gonna need a buffalo gun to take this one down!
 
 
Char Aina
19:42 / 08.10.03
Politics needs more humour, more Jesse Venturas and more Arnolds... Yes, evil corrupt bastards ruin our lives, but we need to be able to have a laugh about it all from time to time, yes?

there are some people somewhere who had that exact same thought, and used the information to manipulate all the californians into getting arnie.

easily led sheep, all of us.
 
 
grant
19:59 / 08.10.03
Just so you know, DeNiro is already connected to governors George Wallace and Ronald Reagan via two failed assassins.

It could be fate.

And his part in Wag the Dog shows that he understands politics, but his roles in Mean Streets and Awakenings prove that he is still one of the people. He's not an insider, he's a plucky entrepreneur with a heart! He's already got a gang!

... ... ...
Governor? ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Governor!
 
 
grant
20:17 / 08.10.03
By the way, for those of you that care, Arianna Huffington came in fifth in the election, despite dropping out a week ago. Face recognition counts for a lot.

I don't think we'd even necessarily have to ask DeNiro's (or Walken's) permission to run them successfully as candidates.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
21:15 / 08.10.03
Isn't Walken the King of New York?

If not someone should make that position available for him!
 
 
Murray Hamhandler
21:56 / 08.10.03
I'll bet Tony Soporno is a pretty bright guy. He runs things pretty good on the television so I bet he'd do reealy good as Govenor.

Foragive my amispelings as I am on Wellbutrin. Walken can take a flying fuck.
 
 
bio k9
22:33 / 08.10.03
George Steinbrenner should run for governor. He runs a tight ship, understands business, and know how to win. Hell, for him ,winning is second only to breathing! You know its a match made in heaven.

And Yankee Stadium would finally get the upgrades it deserves.
 
 
bitchiekittie
23:10 / 08.10.03
don't forget the wealth of humor opportunities from SOs, children, pets, and dodgy pasts.

 
 
Ethan Hawke
00:10 / 09.10.03
The only way I'll let my tax dollars go to Yankee Stadium is if they do the renovations with C4.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
10:50 / 09.10.03
It'd be rad if Steinbrenner built a new super-sized version of Yankees stadium on the site of the World Trade Center.
 
 
gornorft
11:10 / 09.10.03
I'm with the Fairuza Balk suggestion.

Or Pee Wee Herman. One of those.
 
 
gornorft
11:31 / 09.10.03
 
  

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