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Actor Kelsey Grammer on his new show “Boss” in which he plays a Chicago Mayor and the Presidential race.
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And in the windy city students -- teachers are back -- school after a week long strike Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Calling the agreement and honest compromise but my next guests were running the -- I'm thinking to myself self.
Unions would probably be running.
Scared Kelsey -- playing the mayor of Chicago in itself bought sun starts are expected say about -- the united person chatting before the -- Com.
I didn't know you had all that anger in all your parts of an affable low key.
Yeah and and you'll lunatic Sparky zone he's a fighter and I haven't really -- a fighter -- -- but he's definitely a -- it's his first.
It's his go to response than almost any situation you know they'll fight.
It's a knee jerk for him so are you playing Rahm Emanuel I'm not playing from a man I don't believe you know you know he asked me the same question -- -- and said.
No it's not a hit piece on anybody -- was not hit piece on the former mayor Daley or are on from mayor Emanuel.
It's it's important combination of the lead -- terror culmination of -- of of the kind of the history of mayors in a city like the windy city.
The city of big shoulders it's it's the city of big ego of Amanda could actually.
Think he controls the whole town and I think that's -- yes well he believes ago Bosnia and I literally have those -- of the life.
Mayors and governors anymore I don't I don't think they're really exist anymore amendment minds than mine dominion of Renault might have I -- -- -- president favors well I think that kind of what eighty Christmas teenagers.
-- -- maybe you know I don't know you don't like our mother and I'm really conversant with what he does.
Okay.
I got -- it -- because I know your political leanings -- Republican you don't showcasing you know make a big deal that.
Are you less inclined now after it.
The -- within the convention all gosh north dialect and on the clintons -- -- I was I think I think empty chair was an apropos metaphor.
And it was something that I actually kind of embrace this to some it was fun.
And you know people were being attacked in politics tend not to have a sense of humor so you see why the reaction went so.
Virulent you know against mysteries would you know on the I I was there I was credit monitoring agent without my even charming.
And of course after.
After that the killing of our ambassador of you know last week thought you know maybe there were more than one -- future.
That's -- just what you don't go -- -- your way.
To get overly political heated or do like to Jon -- thing.
Wine well John as a -- that.
Is is.
There's a mission to him now and Eminem.
You know we are we're friends.
I I admire him a great deal for he feels like it's more important -- -- else for him to be vocal about what it feels.
I -- really like you lose in this country it's open line I believe that certainly the country's changing.
I don't know it's changing for the good.
And so are our -- -- questions and I I'm alarmed and concerned and nervous would you be alarmed at the present reelected you.
And Mitt Romney needed stake in the last couple of that it's -- gonna -- well -- -- in context -- have to -- -- that is -- political.
What's the word pragmatism.
I know I've attended one of those fund -- basically I know the context -- for that basic.
-- Is to say.
I was in California the time is that you won't see Mitt Romney.
Campaign -- here we know that it's a waste of our money.
And the context of that conversation about 4748 whatever -- going for that crucial.
Middle chunk of people is based on the fact that the alignment of voters in this country tends to be already.
Solidified.
And he needs to go for just a few can you see him winning or did this -- 10.
Gosh I I don't know -- it.
-- I don't take this personally but I mean I guess some people want to.
And the medium very good answer you know I think the media gets a little bit overblown with stuff like this because -- There are so invested in the outcome.
And it's clear that that's true so you know OK and Fox News takes -- for being invested in in the opposite outcome but.
Have not regardless of your views strong.
Certainly has -- career.
As an organization -- -- -- unity big stars on stars -- you know there have been moments Arafat must do an even after say well you know not gonna help that guy now.
Well.
I've got to do -- real -- Long time ago saying all -- morning.
Aren't they helping you aren't they gonna had a -- -- that's an advisor technical what I told the that -- thing was risky -- that but but it hasn't -- if I did invest in the wind company generally tablets and they had a lot of money out of time for a small -- turbine but.
No attention was paid.
On the hard to believe Kelsey Grammer.
He's the boss on stars.
And despite everything is thriving and.
