Christopher Walken for President 2008!

[AntiCoup2K4]

Actor Christopher Walken to run as Candidate in 2008 Presidential Race
For Immediate Release

New York - Early today, actor Christopher Walken, 62, held a private conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York in which he announced his intentions to run for the Presidency of the United States in the 2008 Election.

Said the Queens native, “I have always been a follower of politics. My father was friends with the mayor of Schodack (NY) back in the 1940’s. We would walk the streets of Schodack and the people, they would wave to him. The children adored him. That is what I love to be, a man of respect and love.”

From a statement by Walken's agent, Toni Howard: “Mr. Walken has greatly admired the celebrities who have entered politics and he wants to be able to give a good name and reputation to the acting community as well as the political community. As for going national with this news we have not made any plans for the immediate future."

Because Mr. Walken is currently contracted for more than one film production, the Walken campaign manager Michael Hansee admitted that there would be relatively minimal publicity at this early stage. " has a full plate right now, acting in a number of different films, and can't start any personal campaign work until these obligations are fulfilled," he commented. "We're looking to spread the word and build a little support base with our website, in preparation for a full campaign in early 2007."

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.

http://www.walken2008.com/

[KingFlorez]

1. No way

This is unbelieveable, Shrub has messed up so bad actors are running for President.

[Telly Savalas]

29. The same could be said of Jimmy Carter.

Although Carter was a much better president than Bush.

[dissent1977]

30. Remember Reagan?

This won't be the first actor to run.

On edit: although he will be the first good actor to run.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. National ticket: "Shampan-yuh and cowbells for everybody!"

[susanna]

4. LOL

too funny... :-)

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. I'm the guy who says what everyone is thinking.

Not much of an achievement ;-)

[susanna]

7. It made me laugh...!

every time I get champagne for New Years I pull the "shampan-yuh" stunt when we open it and start doing snippets from Walken's "Hotel Continental" skit. My husband is a little tired of it but I just can't help myself. :-)

[GreenInNC]

9. cowbells

What a great slogan: I gotta have more cowbell, baby!

[katamaran]

38. Did someone say cowbell?

(Took forever to find this darn pic)

[fujiyama]

44. HAHA

:rofl:

I just saw that skit the other week. Funny as hell.

[Cha]

3. I was looking for "Onion" or

something satirical. After reading his website..I'm a little choked with emotion.

I'm wondering if Warren Beatty is going to run for Guv of Calif?

[omega minimo]

6. Vice President VIGGO

:patriot:

[AntiCoup2K4]

8. But he's already a King

Would he accept the pay cut?

[omega minimo]

11. "Would he accept the pay cut?"--- for a Noble Cause.....

LOL you got me good.


Walken/Viggo 2008 slogan:

"IT'S GOT A GOOD BEAT AND YOU CAN DANCE TO IT"

"GIVE US BOMBSHELLS, NOT BOMBS"

[orleans]

10. what party is he running with?

and also--hey, wasn't he on the boat screwing robert wagner while wagner's wife--natalie wood--was losing her balance and falling into the water, drowning?

he's gonna have to do better than that to get my vote!

[GreenInNC]

12. a cowbell in every pot

[Journeyman]

13. Nowhere on the site does he give political affiliation. . .

very interesting. perhaps its the start of a independent movement.

[cbear70]

15. indeed

I find it very interesting as well.. will be interested to see what develops.

[GreenInNC]

14. forty acres and a cowbell

[Rosco T.]

16. Go check the "Weapon of Choice" video...

.. a president that can DANCE!

[Ian David]

17. This is good news. He can see people's future when he shakes their hand

Here's his slogan:

Christopher Walken for President: He's Only Creepy in the Movies.

[Ian David]

18. In World(Nut)Daily

Christopher Walken for president?
WorldNetDaily, OR - 20 hours ago
... "Mr. Walken has greatly admired the celebrities who have ... "I believe that campaign finance is a very tough issue, with good points on both sides," Walken says. ...
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45757

[Ian David]

19. Our great country is in a terrible downward spiral

"Our great country is in a terrible downward spiral. We're outsourcing jobs, bankrupting social security, and losing lives at war. We need to focus on what's important-- paying attention to our children, our citizens, our future. We need to think about improving our failing educational system, making better use of our resources, and helping to promote a stable, safe, and tolerant global society. It's time to be smart about our politics. It's time to get America back on track."
-- Christopher Walken

It doesn't sound like he's running as a Republican.

Why does he pick some of the creepiest pictures of himself to put on his website?

Filmography:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000686/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118643/

[PurgedVoter]

20. Liberal issues, Conservative tone.

A complete outsider that has the ability to say a line, a simple line and have it stick. We have seen him take a simple line, live and onstage, and make it memorable. We have seen him play an angel so darkly. I don't see him losing. If he can resolve the Rove issue, I don't see anyone defeating him.

Hint to Walken: If the opposition even meets with Rove, Respond, "Now I have to win, a man who consorts with traitors must not lead our Nation."

[DoYouEverWonder]

21. I don't know much about Chris's politics

but his parents owned the bakery in my old neighborhood in Queens and they made the best black & white cookies in the world.

[noamnety]

22. I loooove black and white cookies

I miss them from my childhood. :(

I will vote for him if he sends me those cookies.

(his website seems a bit short on political views)

[dissent1977]

23. Is this for real? What party is he running under? n/t

[hippiechick]

24. Uhmmm ... I'm thinkin' this is a hoax ...

Do some googling. It's turning into an urban legend, quicklike.


:hi:

[Catshrink]

25. Colonel Angus for Prez?

I guess we could do worse. He's better than Holy Joe.

[Borgnine]

26. It's a hoax. It has to be. But...

...just imagine how fun the debates would be with Walken. Or the State of the Union.

[omega minimo]

27. The alien abductions might be a liability

:evilgrin:


edit: on second thought, who better to win against the V lizard people?

[The Traveler]

28. Truly, we live in surreal times.

But ... hey ... I'm a Walken fan. "To catch a mouse, you have to THINK like a mouse." (nibbles mouse turd) "A little low in vitamin A ..."

[susanna]

self delete...

weird; this double-posted, see below. sorry!

[susanna]

31. Huge Walken fan here, too...

I always think of the line, "and you're a canteloupe" from True Romance. He and Dennis Hopper were amazing in that scene.

Did you ever see Walken and Susan Sarandon in a Hallmark TV movie from the earliest 80s (maybe even 79), "Who Am I This Time?" It's really an amazing tele-movie.

[The Traveler]

32. What's really weird is

he might be able to do the deed. Walken is a pretty cool frood, definitely not a light weight. Still, the whole idea of Gabriel running for President has my head ready to explode.

And, yeah, I do remember that film, vaguely. He has been in so many ...

[susanna]

34. He rocked as Gabriel.

So much that I understood fully, though disagreed, with his character's motivations. Now THAT'S talent. ;-)

[The Traveler]

36. Did you see the sequels?

The three movies present a cohesive cycle. The rebel Gabriel is taken to Hell, and rejected by the Devil (well played by Viggo Mortenson) is cast back on earth to be eventually made human. Wherein he discovers pain, suffering, pleasure and compassion ... and is redeemed. Mythic stuff, really ...

[susanna]

39. Funny you should ask...

I have all of them. I just built a bookshelf to house all my videos. I cleaned all of them as they went on the shelves and felt very shocked as I placed Prophecy 1, 2 and 3...because I didn't realize I had been so affected that I had collected them all! ;-)

You are correct in your summation - just plain mythic in its totality.

[cobaindrain]

33. he'll be 65 in 2008, and has zero political experience

yea, arnold had none, but he wasn't running for president and it wasn't a real election. Reagan was a stupid old coot...but at least he was governor.

[KingFlorez]

35. Seems to be a joke

Planned by member of a forum called "General Mayhem"

[Blue_Tires]

37. psssshhh.....George Carlin is MY president!!

always has been, always will be!

[wli]

40. Christopher Walken is pretty cool

I'll have to wait for official confirmation, though.

I wonder if he'll allow images of himself to be used as Linux splashscreens.

[VolcanoJen]

41. This thread is bananas.

What in the hell does anyone know about Christopher Walken besides he's a cool actor, and you know lots of people who do bad Christopher Walken impressions?

Seriously. Bananas.

[AntiCoup2K4]

42. Of course it is.

I wasn't posting it as an endorsement of Walken by any means. For the record, I don't endorse ANYBODY for 2008 yet, and don't plan on doing so until 2007 at the earliest.

Having said that, there are things on Walken's site which sound better than any of the candidates that the You-Know-Who has been trying to ram down our throats in recent months. ;)

[fujiyama]

43. HAHA That would be great!

Walken is the coolest actor.

But if he is interested in politics I'd urge him to run for a statewide office first.

[kiki]

45. Well,

he'd certainly keep the country safe from stereotypical Hispanic and Chinese drug dealers. And none of the other world leaders would fuck with his ass - which has a gold watch hidden up it.

All hail President Watch-Ass!

[malmapus]

46. This country has a fever, and the only prescription is....more cowbell

I'm so jumping on that bandwagon heh

[Hippo_Tron]

47. Well, did anybody else see The Wedding Crashers?

Because I think that they predicted this.