Board of Elections to Tim Robbins: Turn Lemons Into PSA

A day after Antitrust star Tim Robbins excoriated the Board of Elections in an open letter that described commissioner Gregory Soumas as a "petty vindictive corrupt scumbag," the bureaucrats have fired back with their own open letter! After some boilerplate about how the NYC BOE "takes special pride in the conduct of the November 4, 2008 election," and how they "recognize the need for all voters to be informed of all electoral procedural requirements," the letter gets down to brass tacks: "We also recognize and applaud that passion of Mr. Robbins exhibited with regard to his Election Day experience. Therefore, to harness the passion of Mr. Robbins, and to further the purpose of the NYC BOE, we hereby extend our invitation Mr. Robbins to join the NYC BOE to produce voter participation service announcements." Your move, Norville Barnes!

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By John Del Signore in News on November 19, 2008 1:21 PM

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HUGO_MEGO

It looks like Timmy Robbins is the real scumbag.

NannyState

Yeah, having Susan Sarandon on your ass would be much worse. The BoE should just lay low because this douche has a loud bark but the old lady's bite is always envenomed.

ides_of_march

When a liberal democrat throws a hissy fit, it's described as "passion" when a conservative expresses any anger it's inevitably called "hate" or "devisiveness" or "intolerance."

The Edge

Yikes, #9 sounds like a jilted lover.

Wza

BOE: 1 Robbins: 0

thefacts

Forget using him as a guest celebrity, giving home the publicity his waning career craves.

Ask him to work as a poll worker, the people he abused, who stay there from 6am till 9pm for a measly $200 and have to take crap from egomaniacal jerks like him.

I have heard first-hand stories that his wife, Susan Sarandon, is equally obnoxious to blue collar workers.

These two gives liberals a bad name.

Internet Handle

Hey John, what are some other movies in which Tim Robbins has appeared? Please inform us! We need to know! Listing film roles counts as real journalism, the kind that is sure to launch you to great success above all the peons who lack access to IMDB.

In addition, please write more theater reviews. Everyone cares.

CR

He should sue. That part about sending his home address and info to the media - unforgiveable. Soumas should be removed from his job and that's that.

zodak

we live in a blue state so people think it's ok to make fun of him, but if this were happening in a red state we would all be saying how lucky it is that a famous person was able to draw so much attention to election deficiencies in this country. so i support him in his crusade & open letters.