Redford backs Obama
No surprise here: Actor and activist Robert Redford says he's going to support presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama for president.
But the Sundance Kid is not 100 percent confident the Illinois senator will win.
"I hope he'll win. I think he will," he told Michael Dwyer of The Irish Times in a public interview at Dublin's Trinity College. "If he doesn't, you can kiss the Democratic Party goodbye. I think we need new voices, new blood. We need to get a whole group out, get a new group in."
Redford recalled that when he first became politically active, speaking out on energy issues in the 1970s, he was frequently belittled as "just an actor."
"That had a lot of weight," Redford said, "until Reagan was elected. Now things have changed so much. You're not alone out there."
Redford is receiving an honorary degree from Trinity College today.
But the Sundance Kid is not 100 percent confident the Illinois senator will win.
"I hope he'll win. I think he will," he told Michael Dwyer of The Irish Times in a public interview at Dublin's Trinity College. "If he doesn't, you can kiss the Democratic Party goodbye. I think we need new voices, new blood. We need to get a whole group out, get a new group in."
Redford recalled that when he first became politically active, speaking out on energy issues in the 1970s, he was frequently belittled as "just an actor."
"That had a lot of weight," Redford said, "until Reagan was elected. Now things have changed so much. You're not alone out there."
Redford is receiving an honorary degree from Trinity College today.
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