Posted on 08/31/2012 6:46:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Who does Clint Eastwood think he is? Having an empty chair next to him on stage while he pretended to talk to a non-existent Barack Obama supposedly sitting in that chair was racism. It was intended to make our President seem small, inconsequential, like a black man who doesn't count -- or counts at most as 3/5 of a person.
Was the empty chair a metaphor for Barack Obama as an empty suit, or an emperor with no clothes? This is clearly code for society's assumption that a black man cannot be taken seriously and is not up to the job.
Towering above the empty chair Eastwood talked down to an imaginary Barack Obama. A black man does not need to be talked down to by a white man, especially a white man who is famous for playing characters always armed and dangerous.
And where does he get off mentioning the President's record of failure? Barack Obama doesn't need a record of success. He is Barack Obama, and that should be enough.
Wait...I'm sure some pundits on the left will make all the arguments above, and maybe throw in the fact that when he called for Obama's firing and drew his hand across his neck it was a coded message for the President's lynching.
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I found his record.
I think he missed an opportunity to have an empty suit draped on that empty chair.
Somebody’s panties sure are in a big wad this morning, aren’t they??
This fool must have a severe case of constipation.
PBS didn’t show Hicks, either. I would have liked to see him.
IIRC in some of the wide shots I saw a TOTUS sitting close to "invisible obama"...
A YouTube video of Clint in Tampa already has 243,000 views!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiHNVYRTKP8
Using math and common sense re saying no to rat deficit spending to buy votes from minorities and illegals or terrible green tyranny is evil and racist.
Being a practicing Christian or Jew in today’s America, is a worse evil as well as being racist.
Telling the truth is now evil racism!
Last but not least, believing in personal responsibility is both evil, radical and racist.
Clint did it exactly right, with the the right subtle allusions.
Always has been and always will be. Many FReepers are also sarcasm challenged.
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