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Clint Eastwood - big success!

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Clint Eastwood's appearance at the RNC was a big success. He covers many generations of fans, felt no reservations about poking fun of Obama and in endorsing Mitt Romney. The RCN crowd loved him and the only thing that matters to independents is that Clint Eastwood endorses Romney.
Clint Eastwood for Romney is to independents what Oprah was to Obama in his primary contest with Hillary.
 
joko104 said:
Clint Eastwood's appearance at the RNC was a big success. He covers many generations of fans, felt no reservations about poking fun of Obama and in endorsing Mitt Romney. The RCN crowd loved him and the only thing that matters to independents is that Clint Eastwood endorses Romney.
Clint Eastwood for Romney is to independents what Oprah was to Obama in his primary contest with Hillary.
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Was Eastwood really endorsing Romney or criticizing Obama? We rarely vote for anyone as much as against someone.
 
joko104 said:
Clint Eastwood's appearance at the RNC was a big success. He covers many generations of fans, felt no reservations about poking fun of Obama and in endorsing Mitt Romney. The RCN crowd loved him and the only thing that matters to independents is that Clint Eastwood endorses Romney.
Clint Eastwood for Romney is to independents what Oprah was to Obama in his primary contest with Hillary.
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People who are bashing Eastwood don't understand what they witnessed

He was the voice of the Independent, the silent voices out there suffering under 15% Real Unemployment. He was speaking for all of us to an empty chair. The symbolism couldn't have been more clear and stunning. For him to do this off teleprompter was amazing.

Clearly it got under Obama's skin which is why you saw the narcissist in chief tweet a pic of himself. All Obama accomplished by doing that was to once again show how thin skinned and out of ideas he truly is.
 
grip said:
We rarely vote for anyone as much as against someone.
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Boy, did you hit the nail on the head. We are such a negative nation - no wonder we can't do better at problem solving.
 
A big success.. if you mean a big success in taking the media attention away from that so called candidate the GOP has.. then yes!
 
joko104 said:
Clint Eastwood's appearance at the RNC was a big success. He covers many generations of fans, felt no reservations about poking fun of Obama and in endorsing Mitt Romney. The RCN crowd loved him and the only thing that matters to independents is that Clint Eastwood endorses Romney.
Clint Eastwood for Romney is to independents what Oprah was to Obama in his primary contest with Hillary.
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I did not realize that his success within the hall was a reflection of Independent voters? How did you jump to this conclusion?
 
Samhain said:
Clint Eastwood Endorses Romney - ABC News

Official endorsement was a month ago.
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It sure wasn't last night because all I heard was about Obama.


specklebang said:
Boy, did you hit the nail on the head. We are such a negative nation - no wonder we can't do better at problem solving.
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Yes, unfortunately we've been held captive in this scenario. Too many people want everything polarized with definitive stances, when I my personal views are split down the middle on more than half. I may lean a little more one way or another on each issue but not to the extremes that I see others.
 
I think you are a member of The Logical Party even if you haven't signed up yet.

Welcome Brother.



grip said:
Yes, unfortunately we've been held captive in this scenario. Too many people want everything polarized with definitive stances, when I my personal views are split down the middle on more than half. I may lean a little more one way or another on each issue but not to the extremes that I see others.
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due to his ad hoc remarks we are now discussing eastwood's appearance at the convention instead of romney's acceptance speech
that does not sound like a real success to me
more like a rationalization for something gone very wrong
 
haymarket said:
I did not realize that his success within the hall was a reflection of Independent voters? How did you jump to this conclusion?
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Hmmm...
If independent voters were asked who do you most believe, Barack Obama or Clint Eastwood, which would most pick?

Being a non-politician, Eastwood had nothing to gain or lose, meaning at least what he said he believed.
 
justabubba said:
due to his ad hoc remarks we are now discussing eastwood's appearance at the convention instead of romney's acceptance speech
that does not sound like a real success to me
more like a rationalization for something gone very wrong
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LOL. Look at the forum threads if you have some odd view that no one is discussing anything but Eastwood's appearance? Or look at your local newspaper.
 
joko104 said:
Hmmm...
If independent voters were asked who do you most believe, Barack Obama or Clint Eastwood, which would most pick?

Being a non-politician, Eastwood had nothing to gain or lose, meaning at least what he said he believed.
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I would be happy to read that survey and results if you could supply the appropriate link.
 
joko104 said:
LOL. Look at the forum threads if you have some odd view that no one is discussing anything but Eastwood's appearance? Or look at your local newspaper.
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look at this very thread - yours
we are spending our time discussing eastwood's crazy presentation rather than romney's remarks
that is not helpful to romney's campaign
which causes eastwod's remarks, directed to an empty chair, to have been something other than a 'success'
 
What did I gather from Eastwood's speech? That he thinks it was a bad idea for Obama to invade Afghanistan, and that it is a bad idea to elect a lawyer as president. He also seems to be of the opinion that Obama is the first president in history to fail or refuse to fulfill his elections promises. What did I miss?
 
Andalublue said:
What did I gather from Eastwood's speech? That he thinks it was a bad idea for Obama to invade Afghanistan (W Bush), and that it is a bad idea to elect a lawyer as president(Romney). He also seems to be of the opinion that Obama is the first president in history to fail or refuse to fulfill his elections promises(GOP obstructionism). What did I miss?
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Fixed that for you, read it again and see if you can figure out what the problem is.
 
With this, Romney has clearly nailed down the doddering, crazy white person vote. Oh wait ... he already had that.
 
Bronson said:
People who are bashing Eastwood don't understand what they witnessed

He was the voice of the Independent, the silent voices out there suffering under 15% Real Unemployment. He was speaking for all of us to an empty chair. The symbolism couldn't have been more clear and stunning. For him to do this off teleprompter was amazing.

Clearly it got under Obama's skin which is why you saw the narcissist in chief tweet a pic of himself. All Obama accomplished by doing that was to once again show how thin skinned and out of ideas he truly is.
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I'm an Independent and he wasn't speaking for me. If he had been, then he would have looked at Romney and asked him, "What is your plan for creating jobs in America?"
 
Andalublue said:
What did I gather from Eastwood's speech? That he thinks it was a bad idea for Obama to invade Afghanistan, and that it is a bad idea to elect a lawyer as president. He also seems to be of the opinion that Obama is the first president in history to fail or refuse to fulfill his elections promises. What did I miss?
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He also mentioned Obama's broken promise about Gitmo and Obama's contradictions about Afghanistan, plus that when a person fails they should be fired.

The empty chair is a known symbol of calling the other person a coward refusing to answer or address tough questions. Obama is a cowardly shill who rose to power as a shill. His history is of kissing the ass of who he determines has power he can benefit from.

What kind of f...ed up excuse is it to say "well, other presidents have broken promises and failed?" So lets vote for the lying failure?
 
AdamT said:
With this, Romney has clearly nailed down the doddering, crazy white person vote. Oh wait ... he already had that.
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If Romney wins the doddering old white people's vote, Romney is the next president.
 
joko104 said:
He also mentioned Obama's broken promise about Gitmo
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Fair criticism, but I suspect anyone outraged that Obama has failed to do so will not be voting Romney in the hope that he will close Gitmo.
and Obama's contradictions about Afghanistan,
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That point really didn't hit home.
plus that when a person fails they should be fired.
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No s***, Sherlock! It kind of depends on whether economic failure can all be laid at the door of the White House. I've a feeling that a large portion of the electorate see a bit of the blame lying with that class so glaringly represented by the ex-CEO of Bain Capital.
The empty chair is a known symbol of calling the other person a coward refusing to answer or address tough questions.
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No, it isn't. Try Googling "Empty chair symbolism" and you'll see that it's a symbol of loss and bereavement. The only reference to it as a symbol of cowardice is in references to Eastwood's speech. He just invented that.
Obama is a cowardly shill who rose to power as a shill.
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I agree, but a shill for whom? For the same forces represented by Romney; global corporate capital. The only difference is that they represent different competing corporations.
His history is of kissing the ass of who he determines has power he can benefit from.
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I think you could say that of every POTUS since FDR.

What kind of f...ed up excuse is it to say "well, other presidents have broken promises and failed?" So lets vote for the lying failure?
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What kind of f*****d up logic would claim that Romney would not do the same? It's what politicians do; better to judge them on what they actually do, not on what they intend, promise and subsequently fail to do.
 
Bronson said:
People who are bashing Eastwood don't understand what they witnessed

He was the voice of the Independent, the silent voices out there suffering under 15% Real Unemployment. He was speaking for all of us to an empty chair. The symbolism couldn't have been more clear and stunning. For him to do this off teleprompter was amazing.

Clearly it got under Obama's skin which is why you saw the narcissist in chief tweet a pic of himself. All Obama accomplished by doing that was to once again show how thin skinned and out of ideas he truly is.
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It sounds like you're being sarcastic, but I know you really aren't which just goes to show how far off the deep in you are.
 
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