Will Alec Baldwin Keep His Promise?

The ultra-liberal Baldwin, who has often drawn the ire of neighbors with his "editorials" in the East Hampton Star, has just produced more prose to rile up his critics. In his most recent diatribe, Baldwin writes, "It's mourning in America, to paraphrase a speechwriter for the last great Republican underachiever who became president...How can they get that oil flowing in Alaska? Cut taxes for the wealthy? Create an entire industry out of the false promise of school vouchers? Build more prisons? Execute more indigent defendants?"

In response, many have seized upon Baldwin's promise to get out of the states if Bush won the recent presidential election. One man wrote, "Well, George W. Bush will be the president and I was wondering when and from where Baldwin was leaving so that I could wave goodbye." Another critic wrote, "I want to take this opportunity to wish Alec Baldwin a safe trip to wherever he decides to set up his permanent residency."

It's unclear why people have taken Baldwin so seriously, but some would suggest that many hard-working middle class people are irritated with wealthy celebrities using their ultra-visible status as spokespeople for the Democratic Party while they get crushed financially by Democratic tax and spend policies. For Baldwin's critics, however, the current turn of events has become a no-lose situation. Either Baldwin leaves the country, thus ridding them of his irritating presence, or is duly exposed for what he truly is - an outspoken actor whose sense of self-importance is exceeded only by his ignorance in assuming that people care what he has to say.