Bad News Bears Actor Running For Congress: Baseball Is ‘A Good Analogy’ For Difference Between 1% And 99%

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by Nando Di Fino | 12:33 pm, February 10th, 2012

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David Pollock, endearingly known to movie fans as “Rudi Stein” from The Bad News Bears, announced in August that he was running for Congress as a Democrat in California’s 26th District. On Friday, he stopped by MSNBC for an interview with Thomas Roberts.

Roberts asked Pollock about his early career in acting, followed by time as a financial analyst and member of city council and the president of the California School Boards Association. “Explain why your understory might be one that’s going to resonate with the voters in this new 26th District,”

Pollock said that the baseball analogy analogy he’s been using — to demonstrate the “uneven playing field” between the corporations and the middle class — has been received very well by the public.

“They understand the middle class has gotten a raw deal in all of this, and it’s time to start fighting back,” Pollock said, “Baseball proved to be a good analogy for doing that.”

Watch the interview below, courtesy of MSNBC:

David Pollock, msnbc, Rudi Stein, Thomas Roberts

Anonymous

I’m a native of Ca and have lived most of my life here. I can assure you that the Democrats in California stick it to the middle class every chance they get. This guy will be no different.
Anonymous

You ought to just leave CA like all the other productive people are doing and let the “takers” figure it out for themselves.
Sean Smith

I’d sooner vote for Lupus than Stein. Ogilvie even!
http://twitter.com/JamesonLovesYou Jameson Lingl

This guy is awesome! As a voter in the CA 26th district I can’t wait to vote for him!
Anonymous

I am almost to that point. Still love the state even though it is chock full o’ morons :)