Clint is "the man".
The Empty Chair will be an iconic political metaphor for years to come.
The libs are attacking it because they more than anyone realize the power of mockery.
Eastwood is a multi-winning Oscar director. He knew exactly what he was doing.
Clint is "the man".
“But I’m baffled by the claim that there’s an upside for Obama in what Eastwood said.”
Me too. Clint hit him right between the eyes. And if those that are too dense to see the symbolism of him talking to an empty chair, they are probably ALREADY in Zero’s base...
It was a game changer.
On the other hand, if it’s too tight, rehearsed, and planned, his speech would have been like any other speech. Precisely because of the loose, improv, and a bit rambling that the speech is memorable.
I dare say if you put a Romney sign in your front yard along with a chair. You’re going to get your car keyed. Or slashed tires.
I have a saying. The young and old are protected by me. Everyone in the middle is fair game .I love Clint and thought his delivery was excellent!
It was as simple as a cold beer on a hot day after hard work..not fancy in fact a little sloppy..but in the end it hit the spot like nothing else
This thing will have legs for quite sometime.
Now what we are not counting on and what may happen is if Clint hit the hastings with Romney-Ryan, Oh that could really get under O-Ba-Mao's skin...
Eastwood said what every one of us wanted to but were too polite. Either Eastwood was a wacko crank (bad on him and Obama) or a perceptive genius (worse on Obama).
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I haven’t seen anybody recognize this as a takeoff on Jimmy Stewart’s ‘Harvey’ routine.
Perhaps it would considered racist to refer to Obama as a ‘Pooka’.
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!
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....
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.
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.
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!!!!