Wish there were more like him.

So guys like Mark Ruffalo make me melt

lol...

I just adore him too!

He doesn't have to win. Just force her to defend the indefensible.

Feeling fortunate and grateful indeed! I don't know if I could marry a republic-CON. We'd have too many fights. And we might need separate residences.

And I would like to.

Just a little crash course-

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mark-ruffalo-on-the-fracking-fight-20120516

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/07/18/actor-mark-ruffalo-joins-detroit-water-shutoffs-protestactor-mark-ruffalo-joins-detroit-water-shutoff-protest/

http://mruffalo.com/2013/08/mark-ruffalo-speaks-at-jackson-mississippi-abortion-rights-rally/

He sure has all the right attitudes.

Has he ever sought election to anything?

And if he was in the Senate, dang - I'd actually watch CSpan.

How refreshing!

BACK OFF, GIRL!!!

Your posts make this cranky person laugh. I crown you the funniest person on DU!

LEMME AT YOU!!!

I adore people with a twisted sense of humor. It makes life grand.

5 days ago you were hot for me!!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018688747

Now I have to call my mother back.

yes INDEED

are awesome looking and liberal.

Brad Pitt
Leonardo deCaprio
Warren Beatty
Sean Penn
George Clooney
Ben Affleck
Matt Damon

Yeah, and Mark is right in there, too.

to get them in Congress. Or Governor. Or something to drown out the crazies.

Tommy Lee Jones is a liberal. Just imagine if he would have run for governor of Texas?

He sure had me fooled!

At the 2000 Democratic National Convention, he presented the nominating speech for his college roommate, Al Gore, as the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States.

and I live in Maryland.

Sam

He's not as outspoken but definitely one of us. (He became an ordained minister just to marry his gay friends.) Yummy, yummy.

Is a devout Republican...

confuse actors with characters?

Who is a flaming, raging liberal. He coulda been the best actor of his generation. Sigh....

I love him too.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]When asked if he'd ever consider running for office, as many have wished he'd do, he said, "Nah. I've slept with too many women and done too many drugs."

We all know how a political campaign means in-depth delving into a candidate's personal life, background, family, and all known associates.

I think performers in particular, because of their frequently libertine life styles (especially when young), think like George does. What's acceptable for an artist is definitely not acceptable in a political candidate.

Thus many, many excellent potential candidates self eliminate because they won't subject themselves or their family & friends to such an ordeal.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Must have done a pretty good job of covering up for a long time.

I seen him as a block head and not much more, still do for that matter, block head, meat head you know

because he's a Republican. Anything that happened before today can be written off as a youthful indiscretion. Meanwhile, Democrats can still get tagged with things that happened when they were in kindergarten. (Was that around Obama's age when that so-called terrorist was associated with the Weather Underground?) Didn't one of the Republicans impeaching Clinton get caught cheating on his wife a few years earlier - yet, when the affair was revealed, he said it was a youthful indiscretion, even though he was in his mid 40s at the time?

However, that is just me.

Still, that is completely right about not subjecting families through such an ordeal. I find it ridiculous.

The only time those things matter to me is during as follows:
1 - It affects their work performance. Such as that idiot who disappeared for a while only to be found with a mistress in South America.
2 - They make it their life's work to rail against the lack of family values, only to be found to be worse than average.

In Hollywood, if you're not, people would look at you as if you were crazy. There are a few notable exceptions and basically all producers (union busters, greedy, soulless), but for the most part it is a given. But to be a good actor, which Mark Ruffalo definitely is, takes a certain kind of personality. That personality is not someone you would want as a leader. I'm glad he speaks up and his fame means that people listen to him. I hope he uses his influence to support good causes, but we don't need actors in office.

good representatives of the people. Why should any segment of the population be excluded from elected office?

If you are thinking of Reagan, I do not see why we should punish others of that profession because he was such a disaster.

I mean think about what you said. Someone's occupation should exclude them from elected office.

How about lawyers? Should we exclude lawyers from elected office? Doesn't it take a 'certain kind of personality' to be a lawyer?

Just what occupations do you believe attract the 'kind of personalities' we 'want as a leader'??

Frankly I would prefer actors who have compassion and sensitivity to people's problems, to lawyers, especially since that is what we mostly have had in elected office. And look at the mess we are in.

Would you prefer the newly minted Republican 'turtle face' to eg, actor, Ashley Judd in elected office?

One of the keys is name recognition and obviously with this group, female appeal. I think it helped Bill Clinton and JFK. This could be a real infusion of excitement if we could dig deeper into this profession.Could this be a roaring river of Hollywood money?

I work in film and television and the qualities necessary for an actor are, well, different. I'll just leave it at that. I have actually met Mark Ruffalo a few times and he is very nice and down to earth. So it's nothing against him personally.

But I am a bit shocked to see so many advocating for actors to become politicians because they are well-known. I think perhaps it's because people don't know all the things that go into making their favorite movies or shows, and perhaps they are confusing the work of hundreds of very talented people with the star. An actor stands before a camera, bathed in lights set by the master artists of our time. He is speaking lines that someone else has written. His performance is edited with fine precision. And his every action is at the pleasure and direction of the director. I would estimate that about 10-25% of what you see on screen can be attributed to an actor--with exceptions of course. I guess what I am saying is their persona is very carefully crafted, on and off screen. For most actors, being intellectual is actually a hinderance to their job which is much more instinctual and emotional.

But for politicians, I hope we can refrain from jumping on the bandwagon of the rich and famous. If Mark Ruffalo or any of the actors here ran for city council or lower, working their way up the ranks, I would support that. But I think that we should choose our leaders from people with a point of view about governance, a very deeply thought out and tested theory of how this country should work. That is why people like Senators Sanders and Warren resonate so deeply with me. It's not just that I agree with what they are saying, it is that they have researched and worked and debated the issue so much that they are expert and their conclusions are sound. Because their beliefs are more than just opinions, that is why they aren't easily swayed or controlled, which is always the case when someone inexperienced or unqualified lands in high office (with examples too numerous to count).

Do I think someone with liberal values but no experience like Ashley Judd would be better than a Republican? Of course I do. But do I think she is ready for high office? No. I would love to have better candidates and stop the cycle of the latest shiny thing, that's all.

Famous does not equal qualified, even if they do sometimes say the right words.

quack doctor or just rich and want to seems to work just fine.

I saw him in "Now You See Me" which was a really fun movie about magicians pulling off a bank heist, from summer 2013.

I still dig George Clooney more.

He's a 9/11 truther, he thinks it's strange how the towers fell.

It is strange. The jury is out on that.

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and so do quite a cadre of reputable scientists, engineers and architects. The jury remains out, and those who will acknowledge that fact are more open-minded and flexible thinkers IMO. We are capable of mass denial in this country, of anything to do with 9-11 especially. It's a controversial topic and remains so.

I think it was a multiple shooter, others for some strange reason think it was the CIA

Yeah I don't feel I really know for sure what happened re Kennedy, and the same about those buildings falling on 9-11. I don't get involved with either of the issues much, not out of fear of being called a conspiracy theorist, but because I know we will not find out anything under the current govt codes of secrecy. After what has happened since 9-11 there is every reason to be skeptical. Am familiar with architecture and building so I side with the significant numbers of engineers and architects who have repeatedly called for an investigation.

Let's put it this way--when I saw the buildings fall-- in the footage at the time, my very first thought was --"huh?! That's physically impossible!" So I have always thought the official story that the planes brought the buildings down--was suspect. I never bought it in the first place.

then I give him credit. I don't buy the crap story either. I will agree that there are a lot of crazy theories, but that doesn't make the story presented by our Oligarch leaders right. I think that having an open mind is important for a liberal. It's the conservatives that want desperately to have everything explained to make them feel secure.

I keep an open mind on a lot of things, who knows what caused the towers to fall like that, I just have a problem with conspiracy theorists.

Calling someone a "truther" IS INSULTING. Was it a mistake?

So tell us what your problem is with conspiracy theorists? Seriously, what's the problem?

for somebody who wants to find the truth about something. As for conspiracies I have no problem with them as long as they aren't way out there.

Loved him in Shutter Island, if you havent seen it DO NOW.

Reservation Road, too. All his roles that I've seen are good, actually - Brothers Bloom, We Don't Live Here Anymore, The Normal Heart, etc

I had never heard of him before that and I instantly loved him. It is a must see.

I'll have to check it out. I liked Shutter Island, and What Doesn't Kill You, too.

one cool dude!!!!

without getting fired

Make the 1% pay for military expenditures ... that's who the military is there to protect. We want health care.

He doesn't know it, yet, but we are.

He was in PA a few years back, working on a documentary about fracking. I forget the name of it at the moment, dammit.

Can I come to the wedding?

that if they ever remake Columbo, Mark could play him perfectly!