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Ok, so that Clint Eastwood thing didn't work out very well...

Phys251 said:
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Yes, and unfortunately there's an empty suit sittiing in it.
 
Connery said:
Polished sounded bites taken from movies in context are very effective in campaigns. Eastwood did a Hollywood type exercise in the political arena. It was a poor choice by both Eastwood and the Romney campaign.
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Don't be so sure, my friend.
 
American said:
Yes, and unfortunately there's an empty suit sittiing in it.
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Thats the truly sad part. They have to provide photographic evidence in order for people to actually know the difference. Empty or taken, unemployment is still a huge problem. Debt and annual deficits are still a huge problem. There is still a vacuum in foreign policy leadership or for that matter leadership of any type. Hell...beyond he annual fluff NCAA March Madness picks...we got nothing...
 
American said:
Don't be so sure, my friend.
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I am. I expected more from Eastwood. Eastwood's fits, starts and doddering were reminiscent of how Romney reacts when asked to formulate an impromptu opinion.
 
Bronson said:
Clint Eastwood is an American Icon and he sat the boy narcissist president down and handled business
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Umm, no, he didn't. He was actually just talking to an empty chair. He didn't sit anyone down.
 
Velvet Elvis said:
If the guy did this at the DNC, y'all would have thought he was brilliant. Stop pretending.
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We'll see what happens when the Dems trot out Ed Asner on the same night as Obama...oh wait, that's unlikely.

He looked like a doddering old fool who didn't know what day it was. Was Victoria Jackson booked or something?

BTW, did anybody else see the teleprompters? I thought onlyh Obama used them, so they certainly wouldn't be needed at the Republican convention.
 
rocket88 said:
BTW, did anybody else see the teleprompters? I thought onlyh Obama used them, so they certainly wouldn't be needed at the Republican convention.
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All politicians use them. Obama got dinged when he used one in front of a bunch of students at an elementary school.
 
In the interest of full disclosure let me first say that I simply have the highest possible opinion of he professional work of Clint Eastwood. Many of his films are among my favorites. He is a very talented actor. As a director, I would say he is one of the three best American directors of the last forty years along with Speilberg and Scorsese. When I went to northern California a few years ago I made a pilgramage to this restaurant and ranch in Carmel and had a meal that I will remember for a long time. I have friends in the Michigan film business who worked on GRAN TORINO and have nothing but praise for the man.

So it pains me to write this: Clint Eastwood make a public fool of himself Thrusday night at the GOP Convention. I have no problem with his being there. I have no problem with him supporting Romney for President. He is a citizen just like the rest of us and his right to participate in politics is no different than anybody else.

What I do have a problem with is his crossing the line with this remark - made not once but at least twice.

You're crazy, you're absolutely crazy.
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Shame on Eastwood for uttering that. Rip Obama a new one for his policies. Criticize his record all you want. Ridicule his style till midnight for all I care.

But you do not tell the world that the President of the USA is crazy - not once but twice.

If I were part of the Democratic party team assembling footage of the GOP gathering to be used in later attack ads, this line would be front and center on on a loop.

Shame on you Clint. You are much better than that.
 
Peter King said:
I have seen a few speeches about Romney, and sorry, not one of the keynote speeches I have seen seem passionate about Romney. Not even the parts I have seen from his wifes speech. Maybe it was in the parts I did not see but it may have been a loving speech but passionate? No.
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Yes, it seems like an entire party of reluctant salesman that just do not believe in the product, but want to protect their careers to sell the the 2016 edition (which each hopes he will be).... almost every speech had only minimal mention of Romney...

Wow, that may have been the most pathetic party convention in 100 years. After the casting call for the clowns aka as the Republican primaries to this, well I am almost feeling sorry for the "Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight" Well, even though the cons have seemingly had their guns aimed at their feet all year, I guess the foot is safe.
 
OpportunityCost said:
Yeah, totally called for. :roll:
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The obama slurpers are upset-Clint was funny and far sharper at 82 than the brain dead Obama toadies in hollywood who support Obama so they can pretend to be "enlightened" and not feel bad about having more affairs than acting roles
 
VanceMack said:
Thats the truly sad part. They have to provide photographic evidence in order for people to actually know the difference. Empty or taken, unemployment is still a huge problem. Debt and annual deficits are still a huge problem. There is still a vacuum in foreign policy leadership or for that matter leadership of any type. Hell...beyond he annual fluff NCAA March Madness picks...we got nothing...
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If they are so important why did every speaker in the convention fail to "take on the tough issues" by failing to not mention a single solution, as vague as it might be, to fixing these. Instead, we had tea leaf hints that the Reps really don't care about the debt as they are more than willing to start another war.
 
They should have used George Strait instead.

 
I want to hear Ann Romney get on stage and tell Michelle Obama to Go F Yourself now.
 
TurtleDude said:
The obama slurpers are upset-Clint was funny and far sharper at 82 than the brain dead Obama toadies in hollywood who support Obama so they can pretend to be "enlightened" and not feel bad about having more affairs than acting roles
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Lets put aside your usual over the top hyperbole and partisan vitriol for a moment .... do you think Eastwood should go on national TV in that forum and pronounce the President of the USA as CRAZY - not once but twice?
 
Piffle.. Leave Clint alone.. He's 82 and he can say whatever he wants.
 
I'm embarrassed for Eastwood.
 
PerfectStorm said:
All politicians use them. Obama got dinged when he used one in front of a bunch of students at an elementary school.
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That's what I've always said. Not that it's stopped some from noticing "Romney's not using teleprompters! He's way smarter than Obama!"
 


I didn't watch any coverage last night and reading through this thread piqued my curiosity. After reading some of the posts I was expecting to see a mindless buffoon playing to an audience aghast with a collective embarrassment written all over their faces and dead silence. After watching the performance I would have to say that most of the criticism has been GREATLY exaggerated. It wasn't any where near as bad as it is being made out to be. I wouldn't call it "good" but c'mon, man. It doesn't rise anywhere near the level of awful that it is being made out to be.

If this is the best reason you can come up with to call the convention a failure then I would have to say that desperation must be setting in...
 
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I didn't watch any coverage last night and reading through this thread piqued my curiosity. After reading some of the posts I was expecting to see a mindless buffoon playing to an audience aghast with a collective embarrassment written all over their faces and dead silence. After watching the performance I would have to say that most of the criticism has been GREATLY exaggerated. It wasn't any where near as bad as it is being made out to be. I wouldn't call it "good" but c'mon, man. It doesn't rise anywhere near the level of awful that it is being made out to be.

If this is the best reason you can come up with to call the convention a failure then I would have to say that desperation must be setting in...
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So you think Eastwood helped both himself and Romney by pronouncing the President of the USA as CRAZY - not once but twice?
 
avusbluem5 said:
What was the Romney camp thinking, letting an 82 year old actor ad lib at 10:00pm on the last day of the convention. This will eat into what should have been a Friday news day dominated by Romney coverage... Now it will be split 50/50 with Eastwood coverage.

It shows a severe lack of judgement by the team Romney selected to manage the convention, which reflects badly on Romney's judgement. Seriously, someone should have put a stop to that idea, or at least moved Clint to the 4:30pm slot.

I imagine Romney's team had delusions of something simillar to the Super Bowl Half time spot Eastwood narrated... but that was a professionally written and produced piece, and probably took Eastwood 50 takes to get right.

It's was just astonishing what happened tonight.
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Ummmm, you got your panties in a wad about an actor? Seriously? :lol:
 
lizzie said:
Ummmm, you got your panties in a wad about an actor? Seriously? :lol:
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I suspect the twisting panties are encroaching upon the nether regions of the GOP braintrust who came up with this less than stellar idea.
 
haymarket said:
I suspect the twisting panties are encroaching upon the nether regions of the GOP braintrust who came up with this less than stellar idea.
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Haha- you guys take comic relief much too seriously. :lol:
 
haymarket said:
So you think Eastwood helped both himself and Romney by pronouncing the President of the USA as CRAZY - not once but twice?
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I don't know, but he did expose your debate skills.
 
I care about what clint eastwood says just as much as I care what Michael Moore says....pffffffffffffft
 
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