Posted on 08/31/2012 6:07:51 PM PDT by smoothsailing
August 31, 2012
by Ed Farnan
The left was thrown for a loop last night, when one of their own, (they think EVERYONE in Hollywood is one of their own), had the temerity to come out on stage in front of a national audience and express his unvarnished opinion about President Obama.
The mystery speaker for the closing night of the GOP convention in Tampa, is now only a mystery to those unsophisticated, humorless pundits on the left.
Clint Eastwood came out on stage at the Republican National Convention last night, in front of millions and had a conversation with an empty chair. The chair sitting next to him on the dais, (that’s a stage for those on the left) is a common prop used in one man shows in comedy routines as well as lectures and speeches.
Of course for most of those in the Tampa audience and those who have the mental acuity to know these things, the empty chair (with a teleprompter in front of it) had an imaginary President Obama sitting in it. To many in the US, it is symbolic of President Obamas leadership. He hasn’t had a budget in 3 years, played more golf than any sitting president in history, but met only once with his council of economic advisers, even though the economy is in dire shape.
But there was a teachable moment which put the spotlight on how some subtleties escape the left. Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow and Al Sharpton , in a post convention wrap up. criticized Clints performance. Calling it a bizarre performance, saying Clint had lost it and they shouldn’t allow an 82 year old out on stage. It was almost hysterical to listen to them…Hey you little whiners isn’t that age discrimination?
But of course they were extremely sensitive and aware of any perceived slight that Clint might direct towards any of their herd of sacred cows, bending themselves into pretzel like contortions to find any slight, imaginary or real.
Eastwood said to the audience, “we own this country,” the politicians are our employees and when they don’t do their job, we fire them.”
Now this really got their liberal panties in a wad and one of the hapless trio saw an entitlement mentality message wrapped up in what Clint said….At that point I was actually laughing out loud with incredulity and wondering just who actually watches MSNBC and believes anything emanating from it…My teachable moment was: I actually understood why many in the media refer to MSNBC as MSLSD.
Of course Clint meant that all American citizens own this country, Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, etc. and we deserve the best…When we don’t get it, it is time to make a change….If that’s an entitlement mentality, then I want more of it on a massive scale.
Eastwood, praised Romney as a "stellar businessman. Referring to Obama saying “it's never a good idea for attorneys to be president. They are always devil's advocating this and bifurcating this and bifurcating that. But, I think it is maybe time -- what do you think -- for a businessman. How about that? A stellar businessman... And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside, Mr. Romney can take over. You can maybe still use the plane.”
Of course Eastwood threw away the subtlety and used a sledge hammer a few times like when he said Joe Biden was the intellect of the Democrat Party.
How, in just a few months, can Clint Eastwood slip from hero down to zero for the left? They were hailing him as a genius and a hero when he narrated the GM/Obama Super Bowlcommercial extolling the benefits of having a Government Motors.
This morning the cacophony from the left is making my ears bleed as they find ways to criticize Clint Eastwoods ad lib performance…The more they criticize, the more they reveal their ignorance…Go ahead, "make my day."
But the noise on the left is also a smokescreen to hide the fact that speaker after speaker on the RNC stage last night, was a superstar of intellect and accomplishment.....Leading up to to a masterful acceptance speech by Governor Romney.
You must be talking about Dale Jackson. What an a**hat he is. When I take the kids to school I listen Rick & Bubba instead of that jerk.
Yep. Usually listen to WAY FM in the morning. Helps put me in a better frame of mind for work. Made the mistake of tuning to 92.5 this morning.
Is Hillary trying to suppress a laugh?
Only Eastwood could have pulled this off . I was a bit miffed with him re : the J Edgar movie , but he is forgiven now .
It's so hard to criticize because we're immediately deemed racist, but Clint doesn't care. Go ahead make his day!!!!
One of the most overlooked subtleties was his parody of The Greatest Orator In All History’s egregious speech patterns.
Conservatives understand chess; liberals understand checkers.
Make that snakes and ladders!
Clint did more in 11 minutes than the Republicans have done in 4 years.
I loved it. Nice job Clint. You rocked it!
I definitely believe you. I think Clint Eastwood all but handed America a Romney victory and an Obama defeat. This is one of those things in politics that are remembered and talked about for a long time. A turning point.
Agree, too, with Applegateranch 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.
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.
Jeez, Applegate ...
Now I’ll need to watch Clint’s masterful performance yet AGAIN, with yet ANOTHER layer of subtlety to look for. I never thought about Obummer’s sloppy, stumbling speech pattern when he’s not reading from a teleprompter.
Clint Eastwood quietly made history on Thursday night. Glad I got to watch it.
I can’t take credit, I found it here...
http://www.happyplace.com/17699/the-greatest-moments-of-obama-chairs-presidency-funny-politics
:)
Can you describe Clint’s parody of zero’s speech patterns? Maybe I forgot when he did this....
One thing that seemed obvious to me is that now it’s mainstream to mock Obama and his so called “soaring rhetoric” is not only exposed as empty and meaningless but it’s fun to ridicule zero for his baloney.
The so-called "progressives" and their talking heads, including Geraldo, didn't "miss" the subtlety, they 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 comment 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.
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.
Images of The Empty Chair and a faded Obama poster on a bedroom wall will become prized exhibits at the Smithsonian years from now.
I heard about how awful Eastwood’s speech was. I just watched it on YouTube. He totally pwnd Obama.
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