Vote Walken in 2008
The little bandwagon rolled quietly by in front of my house today and I decided to jump on. I may turn out to be fickle, but right now I'm firmly behind the Christopher Walken 2008 campaign for president.
The press release from Walken's campaign, dated 9 Augsut 2005 (see the website), said
The campaign website is patriotic-themed, with the tag-line "To Get America Back on Track." Hansee stated that the campaign is hoping to drum up early support through their online presence, much like Howard Dean did in the 2004 race.
So, consider this part of the early support. Yee haw!
He has no party affiliation, which seems — at this point — like a vote in his favor. It's early days, but he's working on his platform (writing it himself), which is heading in the right direction, I'd say. Rather than wildly liberal or conservative, I'd say his politics look sensible.
Besides, he looks incredibly presidential, and that seems to figure heavily in the media's analysis of presidential campaigns: does he look presidential, is he electable? I always thought candidates who could get the most votes were the electable ones, but I'm not really a fully qualified pundit.
Besides again, didn't Walken play important political figures in movies? I loved him as Lieutenant McDuff in "Scotland, PA". That makes him at least as qualified as Reagan, who only played war and football heroes and such, and is considered by some to be the greatest presidential gipper ever. In my reality-based world, Reagan wasn't even a very good actor, which suggests that a Walken presidency could be absolutely fabulous.
Seriously, I don't have anything a priori against the idea of electing actors to political offices: there's no reason to think they're any less qualified, or any less trustworthy, or any less committed, than any other candidate. At the start, I find it easy to take Walken seriously and read what he has to say.
Keep your eye on Walken's campaign.