Would Val Kilmer Be a Better Environmental Governor Than Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Back in September, rumors began circulating that the famous actor Val Kilmer was considering a run for governor of New Mexico in 2010. He’s now confirmed the rumors.
Kilmer was recently quoted as saying: “What I do for a living is listen. If I run, I’m going to be the next governor.” Kilmer is registered as a Democrat, and donated to Ralph Nader’s and Bill Richardson’s campaigns for president in 2008.
Kilmer voted for Barack Obama though, and eagerly attended the new president’s inauguration ceremonies, comparing it to attending the Gettysburg Address. He also told the Boston Globe that actors when elections.
Better Than Arnold as an Environmental Governor?
Back when rumors began circulating about Kilmer’s potential run, we previewed his environmental credentials/views on Red, Green, and Blue. You can read our write-up by clicking here. One of the great tidbits we found was a quote from Kilmer about California’s famous governor: “I did get some lobbyists once saying that I’d make a good governor. Reagan wasn’t much of an actor and look how that worked out for him. And then there’s Arnold… I think you should be able to pronounce the name of the state.”
Another interesting environmental tidbit about Kilmer: he will be starring in two upcoming movies that have global warming tie-ins. One will be called The Steam Experiment. According to information on the Internet Movie Database, “In the film, Val Kilmer plays a former university professor who overheats his hostages to prove that humans will devolve into chaos under the pressures of global warming. He tells a detective that their location will be revealed if his hypothesis is printed as the local paper’s front-page headline.”
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As a resident of New Mexico, I sure hope this doesn’t happen. No offense to Kilmer, but we need a real Governor. Our state needs help in every area, not just the environment.
As a resident of New Mexico, I do hope Val becomes governor. He is very supportive of all environmental issues. And works very hard with the Wildlife Center here. Hundreds of wounded and injured wildlife have been released back into the wild via Val’s own property here, when the Center says they are healed enough for release.
Also Val helped pass legislation which has brought many new clean jobs to the state and millions of dollars in revenue.
And everything that Val commits to he works very hard at. I believe he would do a very good job.