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Bill Maher: Eastwood 'killed' it
politico ^ | 9/1/12 | CAITLIN MCDEVITT

Posted on 09/01/2012 9:35:17 AM PDT by ColdOne

“As a performer, as a stand-up comedian for 30 years who knows how hard it is to get laughs, excuse me, he went up there … without a net, on a tightrope. There was no teleprompter. He did a bit with just an empty chair and killed,” Maher said. “He committed to it, it was consistent and it worked.”

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billmaher; clinteastwood
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To: dragnet2
hey what happened to ‘hitchwolf’ ??

oh well he probably left to go f*** himself like obama told several to do...clint Eastwood had me clapping and laughing so loud that hubby said I disturbed the pup and woke her up...

81 posted on 09/01/2012 11:06:03 AM PDT by haircutter
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To: blackie

Obama WAS “cool” before.

Now he’s not.

Win for Eastwood.


82 posted on 09/01/2012 11:10:39 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Chgogal

83 posted on 09/01/2012 11:11:10 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: black_diamond
It sounded like he was imitating Obama’s speaking style when he doesn't have a teleprompter.

Eastwood is 82 what is Obama’s excuse.

84 posted on 09/01/2012 11:16:39 AM PDT by Barb4Bush (God bless Glenn Beck!)
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To: hitchwolf
Good afternoon.

I just checked the rest of the thread. You haven't defended your post. Normally, a FReeper will defend his or her opinion.

What say you?

5.56mm

85 posted on 09/01/2012 11:17:21 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: WKUHilltopper
Maher is nothing more than a rat who understands his ship is sinking—and will grab onto anything that will save him. Even trying to suck up to conservatives.

I think you're right. Maher may be a liberal idiot, but that doesn't mean he's completely stupid in all areas. He can see which way the wind is blowing. So can a lot of other liberal hangers-on.

Expect to see ever more "defections" from the left as people hedge their bets or simply come over "...why no, I've always supported..." Because a liberal can claim to have "supported" anything, even in complete utter silence. Even when it seemed they were backing just the opposite. They can lie to themselves and anyone else and claim after the fact that they've supported anything.

Watch for the coming wave of lies and new-found "support" of people and ideas that look like they're going to win in November.

86 posted on 09/01/2012 11:21:35 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: hitchwolf
I think you're a plant.


87 posted on 09/01/2012 11:23:28 AM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: hitchwolf
Even more proof to me Eastwood trolled all of us and was a plant.

huh?  what?

88 posted on 09/01/2012 11:27:26 AM PDT by softwarecreator
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To: Dr. Sivana

“For my part I found it painful, moreso because I know this is a tier 1 veteran actor/director, and expected a smoother delivery.”
I disagree. I believe Eastwood created a new Schtick and it was brilliant. Who will be the most sought after Convention speaker this year?


89 posted on 09/01/2012 11:29:05 AM PDT by HChampagne
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To: hitchwolf

Perhaps you didn’t read the whole article. The whole article was to set up Maher’s final and true thoughts about Eastwood.


90 posted on 09/01/2012 11:30:23 AM PDT by hawaiianninja (Palm note to self: Work for a successful 2012! +Throw the liberal garbage out!)
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To: hitchwolf
Even more proof to me Eastwood trolled all of us and was a plant.

Whatcha mean "Us", Trollman?

91 posted on 09/01/2012 11:31:05 AM PDT by Ole Okie
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To: hitchwolf

There is only one plant around here, and you would look simply divine next to an empty chair.


92 posted on 09/01/2012 11:34:51 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Barack Obama--you are the weakest link. Goodbye!)
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To: hitchwolf
Even more proof to me Eastwood trolled all of us and was a plant.

What???

I just went on utube to see what all the fuss was about with this speech because I did not bother to watch the convention. Had no interest in it.

But all the hubbub about the speech drew me to it(like thousands of others who did not catch it live or care to) so sat through the whole utube clip and have only one question....What rino approved that routine?????For the first time in my life can I think of something a rino has done or approved as a stroke of genius.

93 posted on 09/01/2012 11:36:02 AM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: SaxxonWoods
Nothing wrong with not being a Romney supporter

Well..... he was not my first choice, or my second, or even my THIRD.... but at this point - its either Romney/Ryan or 4 more years... he has been making disparaging remarks about Romney on several threads -

that is all I meant - I am a little out of it today - had to put my 14 year old dog to sleep this a.m. :(

94 posted on 09/01/2012 11:41:55 AM PDT by Momto2 (WAR EAGLE!!!!)
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To: Lattero
There was no teleprompter.

Yes there was, but it was used by the chair. LOL! Now that's funny! Even an empty-chair version of Obama needs a teleprompter!

95 posted on 09/01/2012 11:45:47 AM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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To: TigersEye
LOL! I think hitchwolf is a plant, too. But more this kind.


96 posted on 09/01/2012 11:45:57 AM PDT by hawaiianninja (Palm note to self: Work for a successful 2012! +Throw the liberal garbage out!)
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To: logitech

Nah, he’s a professional scoffer (see the use of that word in the Old Testament Scriptures) — it’s similar to being a jerk, is more studied than being a jerk because professional scoffers are deliberately offensive toward Christian (and sometimes Jewish) culture, piety and morality, while jerks are just offensive at random.


97 posted on 09/01/2012 11:48:22 AM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: UCANSEE2
AHHHHHH, but there WAS a TELEPROMPTER. Not just ONE but two, and ALMOST EVERYONE MISSED IT. They, like the chair, were a prop and part of the skit.

Absolutely brilliant. Too bad that message didn't get across on my television.

98 posted on 09/01/2012 11:50:10 AM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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To: hitchwolf

A plant?

Your statement reminds me of the story about the guy in the bar fight who claimed he damned near broke the other guys fist when he hit it with his jaw.


99 posted on 09/01/2012 11:51:34 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Hopey changey Low emission unicorns and a crap sandwich)
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To: hawaiianninja; hitchwolf
Naw, that's a very useful plant. Clothes, medicine, building materials, soil conservation, livestock feed, food, industrial goods, ...

hitchwolf is just a potted plant that sits in the living room, doesn't bear fruit, is poisonous to unwary pets and requires watering, feeding and cleaning.

100 posted on 09/01/2012 11:55:38 AM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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