On Clint Eastwood

The National Review ^ | September 1, 2012 | Jonah Goldberg

[Emperor Palpatine]

Personally I think its better than that.

I think Clint was just parodying Zero’s off-the-teleprompter speech patterns....with all the halts and pauses.

[kevao]

As others have pointed out, it was a parody of the Jimmy Stewart movie “Harvey”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKECvqSVWPA

[diamond6]

I didn’t see the Eastwood speech, what happened with the empty chair?

[EDINVA]

Just a simple empty chair (cum TOTUS) is definitely a game changer. Best part, it so got under O’s skin, he had to tweet about it. Can’t tell me that’s not effective. All the bleating talking heads should be so effective!

[combat_boots]

We now have COTUS: Chair of the United States.

We even have JCOTUS. Jobs Council of the United States.

[maine-iac7]

the problem,that no one is reproting, is that clint was using a teleprompter - which blacked out - so he was trying to remember the lines in order...

After all, he’s a busy man, he’s not running for office- so he didn’t memorize his speech.

Given that - he still pulled it off....

[loveliberty2]

Jonah, way too many words about a brilliant performance and the nonsensical reaction of "progressives."

The Dem "talking heads" and surrogates just can't bring themselves to acknowledge that the entire world "got" Eastwood's message loud and clear--and they have nowhere to hide.

Agree, too, with Applegateranch's comments on another thread about the genius of Eastwood's use of his object's own "egregious speech pattern," commonly referred to by pseudointellectual "progressives" as a sign of Obama's great intellect and deliberative style.

Now, however, with Eastwood's use of it, "progressives" (an entire set of "empty chairs" when it comes to understanding and defending the ideas of freedom), find such a "deliberate" and halting style denotes everything from senility to "doddering fool."

Another gem was his use of a former President's assessment of Romney's "stellar business performance" in this total unmasking of the great destroyer of business in America.

From Geraldo Rivera on FOX to Gloria Borger on CNN, the faux criticism and claims that Eastwood distracted from the Romney speech and Borger's claim that parts were "crass" are laughable when compared with much of the Dem performer language and inferences. No, he actually set up the public for a speech by a man who's been known for filling many seats of leadership.

This was a priceless and iconic performance which will live on, long after Eastwood is gone, and Obama is a distant memory in the rearview mirror of presidents.

[Dante3]

Good comments.

[ArmstedFragg]

Brilliant strategy: make a speech that can't be reduced to a coherent sound bite without being forced to use one of the key talking points. Sheer genius!

[ArmstedFragg]

COTUS is the more useful.

[Intolerant in NJ]

The clips I’ve seen on the news aren’t incoherent, rambling, or even weird, as some of the talking heads are saying...exactly - while there were portions of Clint's presentation which were a bit incoherent and vague, there were enough that came through crystal clear and unambiguous - like the empty chair, "if somebody's not doing the job you let 'em go" and "I haven't cried so much since I heard there were 23 million unemployed" - the libs heard them loud and clear, and that's why they're going ballistic.......

[sushiman]

” I think Clint was just parodying Zero’s off-the-teleprompter speech patterns....with all the halts and pauses.”

Yes , that too . But a lot of folks didn’t seem to GET it .

[Redcloak]

I had my doubts about the empty chair speech, but it obviously worked. The MSM is in a lather and Obama was goaded into a response.

[ScaniaBoy]

I was sad Sarah Palin was not invited as a prime-time speaker - not because I thought it would hurt her to stay outside; win or lose in November, she’ll be the leader of the internal opposition - but because she like no other can get under the skin of Barack Obama.....

AND THEN ALONG CAME CLINT EASTWOOD!!!!