Is Ben Affleck planning on a future career in politics?

[Wonk]

He just handed fTucker Carlson's ass to him live on CNN, easily holding his own in their discussion.

I'd like to see more of him. Maybe a guest hosting spot on Crossfire sometime soon, followed by who knows what in the years to come?

[Wonk]

1. LOL, CNN just had a caller ask him the very same question! nt

[aquart]

4. Uh huh. AND THE ANSWER???

[Wonk]

7. He's considered it. nt

[Feanorcurufinwe]

2. Between him and Rev. Al, Tucker was like a whipped puppy

[lapfog_1]

9. But then...

Tuckeredout is ALWAYS like a whipped puppy. A whining whipped
puppy.

[Cha]

3. I would have loved to hear Ben Affleck hand

tucker's ass to him.

[PopSixSquish]

5. Back During the Bennifer Days

in one of the 6 bazillion articles written about them, there was something about him wanting to run for office someday. And it's long been said that Matt Damon is the better actor and Ben Affleck is the better politician in that he plays (before JLo anyway) the Hollywood game as good as anyone.

[angee_is_mad]

6. He has the looks

and the smarts for politics. It would be great to finally see a democratic actor in a political office.

[LearnedHand]

10. Oh, jeezus!

The joys of that art too great to imagine: looks good on camera; can string not just one but two grammatically correct sentences together -- IN A ROW -- AND has progressive values.

[Mara Steele]

8. Would probably be a good move...

I'd applaud it, as I have a low tolerance for his cardboard movies... :D

[LearnedHand]

11. I don't know

"Chasing Amy" is one of the best films I've EVER seen.

[Mara Steele]

12. I should probably see some more before I judge

That one for example, I missed. My apologies...

Will check it out...

[groton]

13. Ben Acts good

dont look at Gigi
and some of his others

Look at The smaller movies he has made.

also I would vote for Ben if he ran.

[WindRavenX]

14. so would I

He seems to be a very progressive Democrat, even if he is a Red Sox nut :puke:

[NewJeffCT]

18. welcome to DU, and...

Even if Ben Affleck is not a great actor, he is still better than Ronald Reagan or Arnold when it comes to acting chops... and, I enjoyed a lot of Arnold's 80s movies.

[Piperay]

15. I hope so

he was TERRIFIC!!! :thumbsup:

[ronabop]

16. Give him 15 years.

He's still too young to get the AARP on his side.

After that, I'd like to see him hand arnie's ass to him in a sling. :-)

-Bop
edit: spelling

[JSJ]

17. if he wants to be a successful politician...

...then he'll have to work on his acting chops a bit more.

[misanthrope]

19. Sorry...

...but I would find it hard to vote for a guy whom I saw tell someone, "Convince us you deserve to be in the room with us."

If it weren't for Gus van Sant, this chump would be NOWHERE.

[zanana]

21. If Ahhnold can become governor of California...

N/T

[AngryAmish]

20. Well, it looks like he killed his career in movies