If Al Gore was president....

UGAalum94 · #1 04-05-2007, 04:54 PM

I'm not as sure that ignorant moron and former US Senator are as mutually exclusive as you seemed to be, but I take your point.

shinerbock · #2 04-05-2007, 05:11 PM

Well, I'm sure they're not, however, Martin Sheen is a pretty big moron.

Granted, I did like the west wing.

UGAalum94 · #3 04-05-2007, 06:49 PM

I remember thinking during the 2000 election that I found the West Wing so much more engaging than I did any of the real candidates.

I'm kind of embarrassed about that but, alas, it was true. But 2004, I think I was over it.

Martin Sheen is in a category of people that I have a complex mix of emotion about it. I feel a varying blend of pity, confusion, admiration, and embarrassment.

Some people come by their political zaniness more authentically than others, and I think Martin Sheen’s is an outgrowth of taking social justice Catholic teaching very much to heart. Other celebrities pretty deliberately seem to turn political advocacy into public relations currency, but I don’t think that’s where it’s at with Sheen.