Obama Campaign Responds to Eastwood's Empty Chair Jibe

Friday, August 31, 2012 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

The Twitter account of Barack Obama responded last night to Clint Eastwood's Republican convention speech mocking Obama with an empty chair.

A photo captioned "This seat's taken" was posted featuring a rear view of Obama presiding over a meeting while seated in a highback leather chair with a brass plaque on the back embossed, "THE PRESIDENT January 20, 2009"

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[The_Victor]

So January 20, 2009 was the last cabinet meeting?

[Aevery_Freeman]

Wow! That chair is even more empty than the one on the stage next to Mr. Eastwood.

[Juan Medén]

Oh my gosh, they’re right! It’s not an empty chair, it’s an empty head!

[TigerClaws]

He’s on Twitter at the meeting?

Thin skinned Obamabots.

[gov_bean_ counter]

This group is waaay too touchy. Why even bother to respond to a comedy routine performed by an 82 year old man???

And the response has a rather childish flavor to it.

[Bender2]

Yeah, yeah that seat is taken by Big O but that just proves we need... to flush it over and over again until it gets clean--

[silverleaf]

Luckily, his chair is labeled so he knows where to sit

He also has his name sewn onto his official CinC combat jacket so the troops know he is their leader

I wonder if he has a note in his pocket with Valerie Jarret's number to call in case of emergency?

[HangingTuff]

As usual, has his back turned toward Americans

[ConorMacNessa]

An empty chair sounds perfectly appropriate to me - considering that Obama is nothing but an empty suit. Shades of John Balliol - the Toom Tabard King of Scotland!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[jersey117]

The seat’s taken but not filled.

[philman_36]

Yep, you can tell when somebody “gets to” that person...he reacts in a childish manner just like here.

[COUNTrecount]

[p. henry]

Chuckle of the day. Nice response.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Empty chair, empty suit, M.T. Obama.

[SueRae]

Not for long. 66 days.

[exit82]

I wonder if he has a note in his pocket with Valerie Jarret's number to call in case of emergency?

Quite frankly, with that scar on the right side of head, near the ear, I think he has an antenna implant, to get real-time information from Command Central.

[crosshairs]

Not for long. 66 days.

Or in husseins case, 66.6 days.

[silverleaf]

Is he looking into a mirror on the opposite wall?