Posted on 08/31/2012 3:26:48 AM PDT by nuconvert
Go ahead. Vet my day. A fistful of incoherence. High slurs rambler. Every which way and loose.
Clint Eastwood, the 82-year-old movie star and director, inspired what seemed like enthusiasm inside the Republican National Convention's Tampa Bay Times Forum—and disbelief outside it and on Twitter.
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I agree, and it's amazing how many folks bypassed the first and most obvious explanation: Eastwood is an actor and he was, er, acting.
And maybe that empty chair was a prop for the actor. A definite clue as to what was going on.
I had surgery with general anesthetic Wednesday. I am 20 years younger than Mr. Eastwood and I wish I felt as good as I am sure he did when he walked off that stage.
Say what you will about Clint, if the Dems try to mock him at their convention, it will go badly for them.
And the best line of the evening would have been from Marco Rubio, "Hey the guy was taking up my time at the podium, but I sure wasn't about to come out here and ask him to leave!"
One of my friends said I COULD do that. He was never mean about it....just very confused. He had a two cats and we went to DC and had separate rooms and we ate boulabase (sp) at an expensive French restaurant.
When he first started speaking, I was afraid that he might be in the process of, or getting ready to have a Stroke.
Later I heard that his prompter had shit the bed on him. Considering that, I think it did pretty damn good to be up there winging it. ESPECIALLY, given his age!
(would it be too much to ask for 0bama’s prompter to crash for him during HIS speach?? I’d PAY to see that!)
Was a great common-sense line from an American icon. It will speak to many people who know Obama is horrible, but who suffer from White-Guilt Syndrome. This gives them a guilt-free rationale for firing Obama's ass.
I was thinking...Ah...A one man Broadway show...Must have been something he always wanted to do.
LLS
“A fool speaks because he thinks he has to, a wise man speaks when he has something to say”
Excellent comment, you said what I was thinking.
Clint took charge of his own career very early on and it's truly a business.
He understands fully what “O’s” policies have done to business and I think he was being overly generous and considerate of “O” and his lack of leadership. He COULD have been MUCH more strident and wasn't.
August 31, 2012
The Greatest Piece of Performance Art in American Political History
Ed Timperlake
Americans have a firm appreciation for sports metaphors. So if one looks at our political process to select the President as the “Super Bowl” then it could be implied that the two conventions are the first and second quarters respectively.
The second half, with both conventions gaveled to a close, will show how each competing team R and D adjusts to address what plays happened in the first half. The Republican’s just had a spectacular first quarter, in my opinion, their best Convention ever, and it is soon time for the Ds to run their game plan.
However, something uniquely American happened during the Republican convention — a new, never seen before play was run. An iconic and extremely successful artist created an original, entirely unique moments in our political history. Clint Eastwood gave one of the greatest pieces of performance art ever seen.
Clint Eastwood knew exactly what he was doing — as both an actor AND director he knows full well how to deliver a message that resonates. As a simple, practical matter his speech will be discussed for a very very long time and that will bring positive focus back to a very successful GOP convention again and again.
But Clint’s true artistic genius was provoking the ready, fire, aim, liberal Obama Administration supporters, and was reflective of how the “take him down at all costs” pack journalism thinks. It was pathetic when they focused on his age as their attack line. So go ahead you fools insult the elderly, use getting old as a weapon to discredit an extremely powerful message done with fantastic humor. That will turn out to be very, very stupid media attack line in the run up to the election. Not to mention, how off the mark it is because Clint Eastwood was out-thinking everyone and was intellectually miles ahead of all of you.
It gets better. In this age of ubiquitous social media — especially YouTube — every observation and attack segment that Clint Eastwood articulated will be proliferated nationwide by his countless fans. His performance was, at times, filled with nuance and droll asides, but always combined with the underlying principle a direct no BS statement of what it means to be an American citizen.
Going into their Convention and the second half there is nothing the Obama Administration can do about it. As a successful actor and director Clint Eastwood knows how to make a point and he made a politically historic point using his artistic gifts.
Finally, President Obama and his wife claimed to not be watching the RNC—actually their best PR strategy. Yet, according to the New York Post, the President of the United States just engaged against a surrogate.
Our current President AKA “Mr Cool” was provoked enough to blow-up his own strategy and make his original position a lie. Not a bad nights performance all around Mr Eastwood!!
It is yours for the taking pal!
LLS
I was even crying. And then finally — and I haven’t cried that hard since I found out that there is 23 million unemployed people in this country.
Now that is something to cry for because that is a disgrace, a national disgrace, and we haven’t done enough, obviously — this administration hasn’t done enough to cure that.
I hope so. I had the late shift and missed the entire evening.
BTW, self righteous and sanctimonious mean the same thing.
Redundant, you know.
>>We havent heard Biden’s speech yet (the intellectual of the democrat party, as Eastwood noted)
That was a great line of Clint’s! Very refreshing speech... Biden - well, he have the speechwriters throw something together. Whether or not he’ll understand what he is reading is another matter.
...the democrats and their mouthpieces in the media are making fun of a senior citizen and an American icon.
I don’t know. Maybe I’m weird, but I’m laughing and enjoying it.
Yes, I think it went over many liberals heads, and it really ticked off those that understood the message. So many zingers, but I did laugh hysterically at the “No President he can’t do that to himself” (something like that).
It was edgy, it was different, a tight rope act, but in the end he was great.
Much of the criticism plays into a pet peeve of mine- our society’s lack of respect for older people, who are a repository of wisdom, experience and talent.
Excellent observations and beautifully expressed.
Another thread says the teleprompter froze up at the very beginning & Clint was doing the whole speech ad lib.
IF so—he did a fine job.
The Empty chair=
The Empty suit===
The Empty Presidency.....
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