Alec Baldwin calls Texas governor a 'lap
dog'
Associated Press
Posted October 9 2003, 2:04 PM EDT
Associated Press
Posted October 9 2003, 2:04 PM EDT
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AUSTIN, Texas -- Alec Baldwin came bearing a gift when he attended
a fund-raiser for House Democrats: a box of dog biscuits for Republican Gov.
Rick Perry.
"I wanted to give this to Tom DeLay's lap dog, Rick Perry," the actor said Tuesday. "I thought maybe he had worked up a big appetite up there on the Capitol so Governor Perry, AKA Tom DeLay's lap dog in the Texas state Legislature, this box of dog biscuits is for you and I hope you enjoy it while you're toiling away at a redistricting plan."
Republicans have been working to draw a new redistricting plan to increase their strength in Texas' congressional delegation, which Democrats now rule 17-15. DeLay, the U.S. House majority leader from Sugar Land, has been one of the strongest advocates for redrawing the lines.
Democrats have been opposed to the move and a few of them joined Baldwin as he launched into a tirade about redistricting, the California recall and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Republican Party leadership and the Bush administration, of which he said half of its members were either stupid or sociopathic.
"Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy and they're coming down here and they're telling Rick Perry what to do," Baldwin said.
Perry spokesman Gene Acuna shot back: "Mr. Baldwin's political views against President Bush and Republicans in general are well known and documented. I have no doubt that Texans will give the comments made by the star of 'Beetlejuice' all of the attention they are due."
"I wanted to give this to Tom DeLay's lap dog, Rick Perry," the actor said Tuesday. "I thought maybe he had worked up a big appetite up there on the Capitol so Governor Perry, AKA Tom DeLay's lap dog in the Texas state Legislature, this box of dog biscuits is for you and I hope you enjoy it while you're toiling away at a redistricting plan."
Republicans have been working to draw a new redistricting plan to increase their strength in Texas' congressional delegation, which Democrats now rule 17-15. DeLay, the U.S. House majority leader from Sugar Land, has been one of the strongest advocates for redrawing the lines.
Democrats have been opposed to the move and a few of them joined Baldwin as he launched into a tirade about redistricting, the California recall and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Republican Party leadership and the Bush administration, of which he said half of its members were either stupid or sociopathic.
"Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy and they're coming down here and they're telling Rick Perry what to do," Baldwin said.
Perry spokesman Gene Acuna shot back: "Mr. Baldwin's political views against President Bush and Republicans in general are well known and documented. I have no doubt that Texans will give the comments made by the star of 'Beetlejuice' all of the attention they are due."
Charles Mims
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