Posted on 08/31/2012 5:59:12 AM PDT by Yosemitest
His schtick with the chair was fantastic. Especially the “He cant do that to himself” routine.
I loved it, too.
A kind of down-to-earth assessment of Obama and our country - kind of nice, really. Basically saying we the people are in charge here and politicians are our employees so when they fail to do the job, we gotta let ‘em go. No wild eyed rant - what a relief. He’s been in politician office himself BTW.
I downloaded the video from YouTube. It’s going to be a classic reminder of this convention.
Maybe a bit too down to earth. I don’t know, I felt sorry for him up there to see him age like that. Sometimes a teleprompter can be your friend.
It was good of him to come, but it felt out of place coming before Rubio’s and Mitt’s stirring speeches. Both of them did a great job, and did you notice Romney knew every word and verse of America the Beautiful ?
God bless you Clint. You are a Great American!!
MAKE THEIR DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just before I pull the GOP lever in the polling place, I’ll pretend I’m talking to Obama, “Mr. Obama, you have to ask yourself a question.....”
Thanks for adding in all those great images.
I'd say it's emblematic of his entire presidency, except that he's done exactly what he intended to do, make America a 2nd rate nation.
“Sometimes a teleprompter can be your friend.”
He had a teleprompter, but it froze on the first page. He had to wing it from there, but I thought his takeoff on Jimmy Stewart’s “Harvey” was ingenious.
I also thought it was a subtle mocking of obama who actually DOES talk like that when he’s trying to speak extemporaneously.
Whatever the case, Clint Eastwood is a GREAT AMERICAN and I love him to death. People who are mocking him today do not have a sliver of couth in their entire bodies.
Those who have never seen “Harvey” should enrich their existence by making a special effort to rent it and watch it because it’s a ckassic for all ages. My little one swears she can see Harvey, a six foot white rabbit, Elwood P. Dowd’s best friend, and you know what? Sometimes I think she actually can. She still has her imagination and innocence and I have never dissuaded her from it. ‘Grownups’ should be so lucky.
Good call. I thought Jimmy Stewart, but Newhart is good too.
I wasn’t thinking of comparisons between comedy routines or movies; my first impression was “Empty chair = Empty suit”, and that stuck with me throughout the routine. Also, Obama ostensibly telling Eastwood (and Romney) to go [ ] oneself, brought back those images of Obama with his middle finger raised. All-in-all, it was a masterful put down of Obama.
I liked Eastwood’s speech a lot better than those of the others, even Romney. Very straightforward. It’s the kind of plain speaking that resonates with the average person.
So what if it wasn’t scripted and he didn’t use a teleprompter? He said what he had to say. Goodness knows we have had enough of almost four years of canned speeches and the teleprompter from the Liar-in-Chief.
I'm wondering if this is the tell, since it came just before the denouement.
Could Eastwood be pizzed at Bobo's patently false ad accusing Romney of murdering that man's wife. Could that have been the tipping point where he picked up the phone?
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