Posted on 09/07/2012 7:13:32 AM PDT by NYer
Indeed he is.
After a week as topic No. 1 in American politics, former Carmel Mayor Clint Eastwood said the outpouring of criticism from left-wing reporters and liberal politicians after his appearance at the Republican National Convention last Thursday night, followed by an avalanche of support on Twitter and in the blogosphere, is all the proof anybody needs that his 12-minute discourse achieved exactly what he intended it to.
“President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people,” Eastwood told The Pine Cone this week. “Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know. I may have irritated a lot of the lefties, but I was aiming for people in the middle.”
For five days after he thrilled or horrified the nation by talking to an empty chair representing Obama on the night Mitt Romney accepted the Republican nomination for president, Eastwood remained silent while pundits and critics debated whether his remarks, and the rambling way he made them, had helped or hurt Romney’s chances of winning in November.
But in a wide-ranging interview with The Pine Cone Tuesday, he said he had conveyed the messages he wanted to convey, and that the spontaneous nature of his presentation was intentional, too.
“I had three points I wanted to make,” Eastwood said. “That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who’s not doing a good job. But I didn’t make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.”
Spot on.
Well, apart from the idea that American Idol identifies talent...
88 million out of the labor force. Unemployment would be well over 15% if the goobermint was honest with the numbers.
And when Eastwood says “I don’t give a f*** who gets married”,
he is basically parroting the libertarian line. Now that he’s a good, card-carrying republican, he’ll probably “evolve” in his thinking. Truth of the matter is he’s not
the religious type and for him marriage is a man and woman. He’s been married twice - to women, not men, and has seven children.
He is a sharp and creative man! Like many in that industry....too bad so many have turned left rather than right.
Or that rap is considered music.
The Left controls Hollywood, If you want to get along, you go along.
We got stuck with a stand up philosopher (obscure Mel Brooks reference) instead of a leader.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl4VD8uvgec
LOVE THE ARTICLE!
God bless him. He knows!
bttt
I have a right old laugh when someone is complimented on their ‘sampling’ skills.
It’s like being patted on the back for running a photocopier.
Just ask Sherrif Joe Arapio whether he agrees with Clint. The hard cold facts are starring the entire nation in the face.
(1)...“That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left
(2)... that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office,
(3)...the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who’s not doing a good job.
Great job Mr. Eastwood - the nation got the message... Thanks.
And especially when people think Kanye West is some kind of genius.....What?!?!? I sure don’t see it.
I’m changing the message on my chair outside TODAY!
Ward Bond, Wagon Tran, not Rawhide.
Guess I got my cowboys mixed up!
Clint is not afraid of anyone. So glad he is on OUR side. Keep bold Clint!
The left doesn't tolerate those who don't tow the line... You're right Joe, they'll try to destroy him... Prayers for Clint Eastwood.
I’m glad he’s saying what needs to be said. Good thing is, he feels secure which emboldens him. He’s a legend. There’s little Hollywood could do to him. He’s made his fortune.
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