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Stephen Baldwin: Preacher Man
Actor and famous brother Stephen Baldwin has been on the stump of late trying to rally up the under-25 crowd for conservatives. He appeared last week at the big 9/12 march in DC, and on Friday afternoon he was one of the big names at the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit. Troubled by the fact that Obama overwhelmingly won the youth vote, conservatives seem to be pinning their hopes on people like Baldwin and Carrie Prejean to broaden their appeal to the next generation. But if Baldwin is the best celebrity they can come up with, their movement is in big trouble.
Baldwin, who became a born-again Christian after the 9/11 attacks, runs an extreme-sports ministry that brought God to arenas and other such sacred venues. He also co-hosts a popular talk radio show. At the summit, Baldwin appeared with his show's co-host Kevin McCullough to heavy applause from the gathered faithful. Baldwin acknowledged the warm welcome with many "amens" and then explained how he liked to turn these things "over to the Lord."
Without any irony, Baldwin lamented the impact that Hollywood has had on youth culture, perhaps thinking about his first film, The Beast, or his 2007 appearance on "Ty Murray's Bull Riding Challenge." Apparently Baldwin has hopes of returning America to the country of his youth, when people really believed in the American dream. (Lots of the Values Voters speakers have used this kind of restoration language.) The only way to recover this lost dream, according to Baldwin, is with "the spirit of the Lord." Baldwin's spiel was heavy on faith, light on politics. In fact, far from rallying a political movement, Baldwin seemed to be practicing his next sermon. And when it comes to preaching, Baldwin is no Mike Huckabee. One snippet:
"The American dream is the same thing as believing in things we cannot see. We need to be in the place in our experience in that dynamic that allows the spirit of the Lord that allows us to do it through us."
Coming from a guy who recently ended up in the hospital suffering from life-threatening bug bites he got on "I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!" it was a bit hard to follow. Nonetheless, the still-studly Baldwin—who once wrote a song called "My 18-inch Biceps"—will be rocking out with all the young conservatives here in the far reaches of the Omni Shoreham later tonight.
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"Apparently Baldwin has
"Apparently Baldwin has hopes of returning America to the country of his youth, when people really believed in the American dream."
The 70s?
He's had a few of his rants posted at WND,
and let's just say, he was definitely not the brains in that family.
How dare he
How dare he emphasize such things as personal responsibility, love of country, faith and hard work.???
These conservatives are dangerous, dangerous I tell you!
Hard work?
What hard work has Stephen Baldwin ever done? There are millions of people in this country who work far, far harder than Stephen Baldwin does, and contribute much more than he, who don't even have access to health care, affordable housing, or living wages. And why is it that "personal responsibility" never seems to apply to the rich? They can screw their employees over (Enron), poison whole groups of people (Merck), put faulty products into the world that lead to death (Goodyear), destroy the world economy (nearly every major investment firm), drive drunk (G.W.Bush), get C's at a college known for rampant grade inflation (G.W.Bush), kill millions in wars started on faulty premises (G.W.Bush), or continue those same wars, damning millions more to suffering and death like they could never imagine (Obama). Yet if a poor woman makes the horrible mistake of biologically reproducing and then, years later, losing her job, her kids are, in the conservative's view, rightfully damned to a life of poverty and illness. Well, if personal responsibility were important to conservatives than George W. would be a homeless wino now.
Belief
Notice that he wants people to start believing again in the American Dream. It's not that the dream has turned into a nightmare, but that less people are believing it -- wow!
Dream = still good.
Belief = lacking.
'They call it the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe in it' - George Carlin.
I guess he found something
I guess he found something he can make a few bucks with...... unlike acting.
Like the man said...jacka$$
Hey! Im over here
Here is one of the family fame victims who embraces his religion because he trusts absolutes, and he is absolutely sure he will encounter no detractors among his extremely religious(absolute) brethern, because if he did, he knows from experience that he can only participate, once disagreed with, in a road-rage manner.
He reeks of lack of impulse control, and indeed proudly exhibits this hair-triggerness because he believes that it somehow refers to his being nobly ready to shed blood for the Lamb.
He has but little talent, but he thinks people would not realize this if it weren't for the fact that he had immensely talented brothers.