Alec Baldwin Has No Interest in Making Joe Lieberman’s Day

In a July interview with Playboy, Alec Baldwin was true to his actor ego and ambitiously revealed his desire to enter politics. “I have sometimes thought I could move to New Jersey or Connecticut and run,” he told the classic skin-mag, singling out every lefty’s favorite turncoat Joe Lieberman as a potential opponent. “I have no use for him,” said Baldwin before admitting that “it’s all fantasy” because he wouldn’t ever be able to leave New York, as noted by Gossip Cop.

The half-hearted challenge seems to have left Lieberman a little shaken, though, as the Connecticut senator took to CNN’s “State of the Union” to dust off the potential contest, telling Baldwin: “Make my day.” In what might be interpreted as a smug tone and with a nervous chuckle, Sen. Lieberman continued, “You know, I must say that I respect Alec Baldwin as an actor and as a comedian, and if he wants to run, that’s his right.”

Fear not, Joe, because Baldwin has no real interest in running against you, as he made clear in a blog entry on The Huffington Post:

Lastly, no I am not moving to Connecticut to run against Joe Lieberman. As much as I think Lieberman is an enormous letdown to the party that gave him their nomination for Vice President, I am sure that Democratic Party leaders in that state will take care of themselves.

Check out the clip of Lieberman responding to the non-story below.

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