Kal Penn pokes fun at Clint Eastwood at U.S. Democratic National Convention

hollywood.com ^ | Sept. 5, 2012

[Free ThinkerNY]

Movie legend Eastwood hit headlines after his bizarre performance in Tampa, Florida last Thursday (30Aug12), during which the Dirty Harry star chatted to an invisible Obama about foreign policy and economics, suggesting it was time for the President to be replaced by his party's candidate, Mitt Romney.

His eyebrow-raising antics provided great material for Penn, who is now a member of the leader's White House Office of Public Engagement, and he took the opportunity as one of the main speakers on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina to mock the film veteran.

Praising Obama for his successes during his first term in office, the Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle star said, "I've worked on a lot of fun movies, but my favorite job was having a boss who gave the order to take out (terrorist Osama) Bin Laden and who's cool with all of us getting gay married (sic).

"So thank you invisible man in the chair, for that, and for giving my friends access to affordable health insurance and doubling funding for the Pell Grant (government funding for financially-strapped students)."

[MNJohnnie]

Who? Does anyone even know who this 5th rate clown is?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Talk to us when you’ve starred in a string of popular movies and won a couple Oscars, Kal.

[PGR88]

Kal Penn is one of Obama’s gay friends, isn’t he?

[twister881]

You mean Kal Penn, the notorious Turd Burglar and Trunk Spelunker?

[Argus]

(Nobody has to ask “Clint who?”)

Normal trajectory of a Hollywood career:

1. “Who’s Kal Penn?”

2. “Get me Kal Penn.”

3. “Get me a Kal Penn type.”

4. “Who’s Kal Penn?”

[UCANSEE2]

So... the big plan by the DNC is (as usual) to REACT to (and IMITATE) Clint Eastwood’s epic delivery ?

GO DNC. Have EVERY speaker condemn Eastwood.

The ‘funny’ part will be that in the history books, all it took to get Obama out of office was AN EMPTY CHAIR.

[SnakeDoctor]

He was on House for a while. He's alright.

Overall, I think it'd be great if Democrats followed his lead and started referring to Barack as "empty chair". They actually think we're laughing with them.

SnakeDoc

[alancarp]

Okay.... so in four years, the BEST things he could say about Zero were:

1. Gay Marriage (which he had nothing to do with)
2. Pell Grants
3. “Affordable healthcare” (which hasn’t been implemented yet, and whose prices are escalating daily).

Good work, that.

[CottonBall]

So... the big plan by the DNC is (as usual) to REACT to (and IMITATE) Clint Eastwood’s epic delivery ?

GO DNC. Have EVERY speaker condemn Eastwood.

Eastwood really got under their skin; they can't stop talking about it. If what he did was a silly and ridiculous as they say, they wouldn't be responding so adamantly. The simplicity of what he did was brilliant, IMO. And obviously worked.

Notice how everything this guy thanks Obama for is free handouts? Our money being redistributed.

[dforest]

Who is Kal Penn? We all know who Clint Eastwood is, he is the guy that was unafraid to take on Obama.

[MNlurker]

Was a fun read over at Hillbuzz:

DuJuan didn’t mince words. He said 20 years from now people will remark how big of balls it took to have your male lover go on stage at the Convention in support of you.

He also said that Penn officially outed himself last night.

[alancarp]

His next movie should be “Harold and Kumar Escape the Democrat Convention.”

[hkusp40]

The ‘funny’ part will be that in the history books, all it took to get Obama out of office was AN EMPTY CHAIR. Badabing!

[V_TWIN]

Repubs have Dirty Harry, the dims only have dingy harry.........

[a fool in paradise]

"I've worked on a lot of fun movies, but my favorite job was having a boss ...who's cool with all of us getting gay married..."

Compare and contrast, discuss.

CHOOM GANG 2012

[EEGator]

[John S Mosby]

“now a member of the leader’s White House Office of....”

The “leader’s”

Oh, that One:

DEAR LEADER

[Twinkie]

He is THE Kal Penn . . . !

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Songwriters: BACHARACH, BURT / DAVID, HAL A chair is still a chair Even when there's no one sitting there.... Obama asks: "Where the hell is everyone?"