Clint Eastwood made his debut at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night in Tampa and at times it felt as if he was doing improv. Eastwood’s script seemed wildly unscripted with one CNN analysts saying the ‘teleprompter’ was in fact blank. So the RNC gave good ole Dirty Harry free reign…nice!
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Eastwood addressed an empty chair, was slightly incoherent…putting words in the mouth of an invisible President Obama. Going from one topic to another, from the economy, the war in Afghanistan and the detention centers in Guantanamo Bay. Rambling for a grand total of eleven minutes and if you remembered anything from what he said..or did….one thing will forever be embedded in your memory bank, the sight of the actor addressing an ‘empty chair.’
At one point, the actor said he “never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be president,” apparently unaware that Romney holds a law degree.
The most prolific moment of his speech was when he said “what I’ve heard from non-journalist, non-political people for the last two years is that President Obama hasn’t delivered on his promises, and now things are worse. There’s a growing sense, that’s been growing for a while, that President Obama doesn’t know or care what he’s doing, that he’s an empty suit.
Since Eastwood’s speech last night there has been an onslaught of media that says Eastwood was a flop, a mistake of epic proportions.
My thoughts..? Well, one thing for sure… Clint Eastwood is an icon….he connects with real people.
After Eastwood’s onstage performance the Obama campaign felt the need to respond with a tweet saying, “This seat’s taken” and a picture of President Obama sitting in his chair in the White House Cabinet Room.
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His speech was political satire, and those morons at the Convention never noticed. The line, ‘…I think Mr. Romney asked the only sensible question, you know, he says, “Why are you giving the date out now? Why don’t you just bring them home tomorrow morning?” ‘ was actually Ron Paul’s position. Eastwood slipped that in brilliantly.
One statement Mr. Eastwood made is actually true, the one when he said “We own America, you and I…”. Surely, he added “…libertarian and democrats…”. But, the emphasis was on “We” and “own”.
And make no mistake – they, I mean the delegates of the convention, either do indeed own most of the American wealth, or represent the people who do.
And, yes, they, the owners, decide which politicians to hire, and which should be let go.
The rest of us are just what? Renters, at best, perhaps? The owners will decide just what kinds of accommodations we will have to live in and how much and in what way we will have to pay for what they are willing to let us have.
All this, while celebrating our individual freedoms and our willingness to take responsibilities for our lives, accepting that this is all we have actually and fairly deserved.