# Can you think of a \*worse\* celeb to be on your political side than Victoria Jackson? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 12, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833 "2012-11-12T22:18:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/21 "2012-11-13T00:18:45Z")
I had to google Victoria Jackson. Joe Jackson. real bad. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/22 "2012-11-13T00:30:44Z")
I’d say Paris Hilton but she actually managed to come off looking okay in her mock political battle in 2008. Which had to be really embarrassing for the McCain campaign. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/23 "2012-11-13T00:36:27Z")
Billy Bragg for a US politician. Ian Donaldson in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/24 "2012-11-13T00:38:06Z")
Actually, OP, I can’t. Every other bad name postulated comes with an obvious, “well, duh, disregard” attached. I mean, Lindsey Lohan? Of course she’s going to say something eye-rollingly ignorant. That’s just par for the course. Victoria Jackson has managed to claw her way out of obscurity to embrace her new life as a misguided, sequitor-lacking loudspeaker of shrill hateblather. It’s an amazing achievement, and it should not be belittled. Roundly mocked and put on display, yes. Belittled, no. ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/25 "2012-11-13T00:44:53Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > As a liberal, I’m pretty embarrassed by Alec Baldwin. Dude, STFU and be funny on 30 Rock. I don’t want to know anything else about you! The only strikes I see on Wikipedia are animal rights activist and a rant about stoning a sitting Congressman that he let out on Saturday Night Live over a decade ago. The latter is enough to make him very embarrassing but time heals all wounds and I’d downgrade him to “minor embarrassment” if he’s gone 14 years of reasonably good behavior. Has he done anything else stupid that I missed? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/26 "2012-11-13T01:06:25Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > How about Orly Taitz? Just once I would like to see that name and not have my mind see ‘Oily Taint’. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/27 "2012-11-13T01:27:18Z")
Jackson is an insane loon, hardly damaging to any party she’s affiliated with. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/28 "2012-11-13T01:28:41Z")
> [@drew870mitchell](#): > > The only strikes I see on Wikipedia are animal rights activist and a rant about stoning a sitting Congressman that he let out on Saturday Night Live over a decade ago. > > The latter is enough to make him very embarrassing but time heals all wounds and I’d downgrade him to “minor embarrassment” if he’s gone 14 years of reasonably good behavior. Has he done anything else stupid that I missed? There was the recent screaming incident to his daughter being recorded IIRC, but recently he got in the nerve of many Republicans and made many Democrats go "good! and “scary that there were several” when he tweeted recently this: “You know your party’s in trouble when you read this: A: The rape guy lost. B: Which one?” ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/29 "2012-11-13T01:35:22Z")
> [@drew870mitchell](#): > > The only strikes I see on Wikipedia are animal rights activist and a rant about stoning a sitting Congressman that he let out on Saturday Night Live over a decade ago. > > The latter is enough to make him very embarrassing but time heals all wounds and I’d downgrade him to “minor embarrassment” if he’s gone 14 years of reasonably good behavior. Has he done anything else stupid that I missed? Not politically, but there was that rather nasty stuff he said to his daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/30 "2012-11-13T01:40:48Z")
At this moment, excluding serial killers or something, I’d go with Trump. He’s completely gone tits to the wind. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/31 "2012-11-13T01:41:51Z")
> [@drew870mitchell](#): > > The latter is enough to make him very embarrassing but time heals all wounds and I’d downgrade him to “minor embarrassment” if he’s gone 14 years of reasonably good behavior. Has he done anything else stupid that I missed? There was the telephone incident in 2007 that GIGObuster referred to. Baldwin and his ex-wife, Kim Basinger, had a bitter divorce. Basinger had custody of their daughter, Ireland. According to Baldwin, Basinger kept trying to prevent Baldwin from seeing Ireland and told Ireland things to turn her against her father. Baldwin said he kept having difficulties speaking with Ireland and after one unreturned phone call he “snapped” and left an angry message where he called her a “rude, thoughtless little pig”. Baldwin has apologized and admitted he was completely wrong to do this. A more recent issue was last December. Baldwin was on a plane and was playing a video game on his cell phone while waiting for the flight to take off. The staff on the plane asked Baldwin to turn off his cell phone and he refused for some reason. This turned into a confrontation and Baldwin was asked to leave the plane. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/32 "2012-11-13T02:02:35Z")
Carrot Top ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/33 "2012-11-13T02:05:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > There was the telephone incident in 2007 that GIGObuster referred to. Baldwin and his ex-wife, Kim Basinger, had a bitter divorce. Basinger had custody of their daughter, Ireland. > > According to Baldwin, Basinger kept trying to prevent Baldwin from seeing Ireland and told Ireland things to turn her against her father. Baldwin said he kept having difficulties speaking with Ireland and after one unreturned phone call he “snapped” and left an angry message where he called her a “rude, thoughtless little pig”. Baldwin has apologized and admitted he was completely wrong to do this. > > A more recent issue was last December. Baldwin was on a plane and was playing a video game on his cell phone while waiting for the flight to take off. The staff on the plane asked Baldwin to turn off his cell phone and he refused for some reason. This turned into a confrontation and Baldwin was asked to leave the plane. I see. I will downgrade him from “minor embarrassment” to “kind of an asshole.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/34 "2012-11-13T02:23:40Z")
Tom Cruise Kanye West Jessica Simpson Woody Allen Nancy Grace ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/35 "2012-11-13T03:11:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Orly Taitz Good call! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/36 "2012-11-13T03:29:25Z")
Any of you guys hear from Gallagher lately? Don’t. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/37 "2012-11-13T03:55:11Z")
Mmm, good ideas for my list on the coming SDMB Death pool… ;):D;) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/38 "2012-11-13T03:56:44Z")
GG Allin. Also any prominent member of either the neo-nazi or communist party although they aren’t celebrities. As far as international celebrities, Ahmadinejad’s endorsement couldn’t be good. Kim Jong Il either. ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/39 "2012-11-13T04:13:38Z")
Got robo-called by the Young Republicans today. F’ing Ann Coulter was the spokesperson before a live person came on. I stayed on just so I could unload on them. The bitch that called the sitting president a retard? Wow, good call! That’ll work. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833/40 "2012-11-13T05:31:34Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Kim Jong Il either. He very ill, in fact. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-a-worse-celeb-to-be-on-your-political-side-than-victoria-jackson/640833.md?page=3)