The most outstanding thing about Eastwoods sketch is that OUR side did it, instead of having it done to us. I always wished President Bush had fought harder to set the record straight and been more aggressive toward those who attacked him all the time. His style was different, but it still feels good to have someone of Clint Eastwoods stature using the Alinsky tactic of “ridicule, mans most powerful weapon”, against the one many who deserves it the most.
Eastwood’s sketch was highly successful in that people are **still** talking about it. And...Just as “**WE** built this!” has caught on , so has Eastwood’s “Empty Chair”.
Clint Eastwood’s sketch reminded me in many ways of Andy Kaufman’s wacky humor with its uncomfortable long pauses followed with a completely unexpected zinger! Brilliant!