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Oh, wait ... those comments in Rolling Stone about San Miguel County were out of context, right? Actor
Val Kilmer, who lives in Pecos, N.M., is rumored to be interested in running for governor of New Mexico in 2010, according to
KOB-TV's Stuart Dyson.
Stu must have picked up on politics blogger
Heath Haussamen's item this week, which in turn linked to an item titled
"Batman Forever" on Politico.com last Thursday.
A big stumbling block to any future run by the star of "Batman Forever" and "The Doors" (about another part-time New Mexico resident named Jim Morrison) and a bangup turn as Doc Holliday in "Tombstone" could be the remarks he may or may not have made about his home town of Pecos.
"A 2003 Rolling Stone article stirred controversy in New Mexico when it quoted Kilmer as saying he lives `in the homicidal capital of the Southwest' and that `80 percent of the people in my county (San Miguel) are drunk,'" Haussamen wrote.
Haussamen cited
The Associated Press where Kilmer claimed he was misquoted and taken out of context.
According to Haussamen, Kilmer later dined with current Gov. Bill Richardson to try to smooth things over with angry New Mexicans., and Richardson called him ??a great New Mexican.?